Verdant Brewing Co. Quiet Charge (4.5%)
Dressed in what looks like it ought to be a Stereolab Record sleeve, Verdant’s Pale Ale is a thing of subtle loveliness, rather like a Stereolab Record. Pouring a cloudy peachy gold, the smell is...
View ArticleFive Points Brewing Co. JUPA (5.5%)
JUPA is a “Juicy Pale Ale”. Its can tells me that it is a refreshing beer with flavours of pineapple and mango. And it is. But it still leaves me with very little to say. It’s a decent enough Pale …...
View ArticleAlphabet Brewing Co. Small Packages (2.8%)
Out with your mates and your the designated driver? At home but you really ought to give your liver a rest for an evening? Then grab one of these little cans of fun and stay lucid and refreshed. Small...
View ArticleYes, Oakham Can
Oakham Ales, based a short way down the road from me in Peterborough, have long been a standard go-to brewery when I do my supermarket shopping. Their Citra and Scarlet Macaw often ending up in my...
View ArticleYeastie Boys Hot Space (3.2%)
Hot Space is an Extra Pale Ale that’s light and refreshing and full of fun. For a start there’s the soft and peppery garden flower aroma that drifts up from the bright gold beer as it lounges I your...
View ArticleVocation Brewery Love & Hate (7.2%)
What a nice surprise it was to find this in Tesco. A well made, full bodied New England Pale Ale that pours a fuzzy peach and smells of freshly chopped tropical fruit salad. There’s a soft chewy, warm...
View ArticleBrewChap Brewing Concern Dukla Prague Away Kit (3.7%)
What a world we live in when you receive beer through the post from a friendly home brewer and you’re asked to judge between “bottle conditioned” and “evil keg”. I mean, how many home brewers are...
View ArticleCampervan Brewery Wandering #4 The Hoppy Botanist (3.8%)
This is a gentle little Pale Ale brewed with rhubarb, vanilla pods and lactose. It balances its soft malts, all waffles and doughnuts, honey and caramel, with its sharp herbal hops, giving you lemon...
View ArticleTiny Rebel Brewing Co. Pump Up The Jam (5%)
I’m not sure where to begin with this. You see, Pump Up The Jam is a Jam Doughnut Pale Ale that tastes like Jam Doughnuts. It really does. And I’m not sure why, because other than the lactose that adds...
View ArticleTiny Rebel Brewing Co. Peaches & Cream (5.5%)
You know how fuzzy peaches can be? So fuzzy that sometimes it feels as though you can smell the fuzz, that it’s just so very peachy and juicy you can’t help but take a big bite? That’s this beer. The …...
View ArticleBeatnikz Republic Brewing Co. Beach Bum (5%)
This American Pale Ale is big and bright and sexy. Full of grapefruit and satsuma, lime leaves, mandarin zest and passion fruit from the hops, you’ll find honeysuckle and vermouth in the aroma and a...
View ArticleEight Arch Brewing Co. Square Logic (4.2%)
Fancy an easy drinking, light but juicy half hour? Then look no further as Square Logic is a beer with a light and smooth caramel and wafer, honey and pancake body thanks to the Munich malts and oats...
View ArticleYonder Brewing & Blending Dunstan’s Exile (5.5%)
This Pale Ale has a really deep and interesting flavour, lots of extra bits added to the basic Pale Ale malt and hop bill. Mind you, it’s not quite your normal hop bill, as in this beer Yonder have...
View ArticleSheffield Indie Beer Feast, or Do You Have An Inbuilt Homing Device?
I’d like to tell you a story. A story that starts well, though I’ve no idea how it finishes. You see, I was kindly invited to attend this year’s Sheffield Indie Beer Feast last Friday and after last...
View Article12XU: A Gang Of Four From Overtone Brewing Co.
Pale Enigma (6%) Yes it’s a Pale Ale with a 6% ABV, and yes it rocks as much as you’d imagine it to. Overtime have taken an Enigma packed dream of a beer, all lime zest and mandarins, herbal green …...
View Article6˚ North Brewing Co. Vélo (5.5%)
This, dear reader, is the best Pale Ale that I’ve had in some time. Oh, you want to know why? I thought you’d just trust my judgement. But OK, here we go. Firstly the name reminds me of long days …...
View ArticleFyne Ales Easy Trail (4.2%)
Fyne Ales have seemingly rebranded as a “Farm Brewery,” which is, excuse the pun, fine, as they do brew on a farm. But it seems a little unnecessary to add the farm bit to a brand that is already...
View ArticleHalf A Dozen Reasons To Like Two Tribes Brewing
NEIPA (5.9%) A collaboration with Australia’s Big Shed Brewing, this lovely little beer uses a dank London Yeast strain, Australian Cascade, Ella and Topaz hops, and some lovely English malts. There’s...
View ArticleOrbit Brewing Ltd. Earl Grey Pale (4.5%)
I really like this. In fact, right now I wish I had a keg full to spend my evening with. Orbit’s Earl Grey Pale is brewed with tea and bergamot, coriander and Mandarina and Citra hops. The label says...
View ArticleFuller’s & Friends: Is This What Buy-Outs Taste Like?
I’ve long been a big fan of Fuller’s and so, like many, I was disheartened to hear that they’d been sold to a large corporation. I feared the worst, but thought I’d keep drinking their beer and wait...
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