Another Gang Of Four From Anspach & Hobday
The Table Beer (3%) I really like this rather subtle take on a Table Beer. Instead of the usual ploy of trying to get a low ABV beer to hold heaps of zingy hops, often resulting in a beer with a …...
View ArticleThat Essence Rare: A Gang Of Four From Signature Brew
Nightingale (5.4%) is a delightfully balanced New England Pale Ale that was brewed in association with The Women Of Manchester Punk Festival. Given what is happening in the world right now, Signature...
View ArticleSolvay Society: Belgian Inspired Beer From London
Minimise (3.2%) is a Table Saison, and it’s far better than I was anticipating. In fact it’s really rather good. A sticky caramel and brown sugar, wholemeal bread and honey malt body gives that beer...
View ArticleHowling Hops Low Ride (5.4%)
Low Ride is a Citra, Topaz and Amarillo Double Dry Hopped Pale Ale, and as such it’s a sharp and tangy citrus bomb of a beer. Pouring with a fluffy little head, the beer smells of grapefruit and...
View ArticlePeople Like Us Brewery Tea Party (6.5%)
I really like this but for one flaw. Tea Party is supposed to be a Cream Ale brewed with Green Tea, and there’s Green Tea in abundance, but there’s so much so that any creaminess in the body is...
View ArticleVerdant Brewing Co. The Strongest Of The Strange (5.2%)
Melons to the Nth degree. Which in itself is a great name for a beer. The Strongest Of The Strange is a cloudy Pale Ale that has a massive Gala and Watermelon flavour running throughout. And I’m not...
View ArticleBoxcar Brewery Blushing Tone (4.6%)
Up until this beer I’ve not been overly impressed by what I’ve tried from Boxcar. It’s all been well made but a bit, well, standard. But this little Pale Ale with its enormous floral fruity aroma that...
View ArticleA Couple Of Beauties From Bad Seed Brewery
Glow Stick Warrior (4%) Crisp and clean and ever so drinkable, Glow Stick Warrior is more of a super Pale Ale than a Session IPA. The beer pours a bright sunny gold and smells of lemonade and Weetabix,...
View ArticleUiltje Brewing Co. Track Down (5.2%)
With its soft lemon curd aroma and the way it sits an invitingly pale gold in my glass, this is a beer just asking to be drunk. There’s a soft as pillows caramel and Stroopwaffle malt body, sticky...
View ArticleWooha!: Craft Brewing In Speyside
Wooha Brewery have been making beer for five years now, but I have only just come across them. Whether this is because they have slowly moved their beer to a wider audience or I’ve bee looking in the...
View ArticleVerdant Brewing Co. Unnecessary Sockets (5.2%)
Brewed with Ekuanot, Bru-1, Meridian and Mosaic, there’s a rather nice metallic Basil flavour underpinning all the other hoppy goodness here. It adds a steely dryness to the melon balls and lemon...
View ArticleLittle Monster Brewing Co. Yul (4.6%)
East Grinstead, a part of the map not many people visit. A part of the London suburbs that once upon a time, back in the very early seventies, saw some hippies I know wander in through the front door...
View ArticleAbbeydale Brewing Co. Deception (4.1%)
This delightfully soft Pale Ale is brewed with Nelson Sauvin, a hop so delicious you can barely do anything wrong with it. But let’s start with the other stuff. The malting for example. The malts are...
View ArticleA Brace Of Beauities From Ashover Brewery
Zoo (5.5%) is a Pale brewed with Mosaic and Citra, and it’s a well made beer, and definitely and interesting introduction to this brewery. There’s a solid Rich Tea biscuit, pancake, honey and caramel...
View ArticleHalf A Dozen Reasons To Get To Know Mondo Brewing
Hoosier (5%), Mondo’s American Pils is dry and crisp and delightfully refreshing. You find a soft and creamy caramel body, lots of waffles and ice cream corners with a drizzle of honey on the side....
View ArticleBarrier Brewing Co. Greenroom (5.4%)
This is a gentle and subtle little Pale Ale that feels much lighter than its ABV. With its garden flower aroma and pale peach colour you would be forgiven for thinking that you were in the presence of...
View ArticleDonzoko Indie Graft (4.7%)
Only available through Independent shops, this is a wicked little Pale Ale coupling Nelson Sauvin hops with a Belgian yeast strain. Right from the off you find green grapes and gooseberries. It’s that...
View ArticleTurning Point Brew Co. Earth Years Old (4.8%)
This Pale Ale has been brewed with a new and experimental hops variety called Bru-1. Turning Point have paired it with Citra and a light and subtle malt base. What they have created is a light beer...
View ArticleSignature Brew Co. Lo-Fi (0.5%)
I’m generally not fan of non-alcoholic beer, but if I had to pick one to drink it would be this one. And if more breweries could make low ABV beer as good as this I may come around to the … Continue...
View ArticleUnBarred Brewing Co. Honeycomb Milkshake (6%)
Not too long ago I was talking to a beer person I know and they told me in no uncertain terms that Pale beer should not have Lactose in it. That it just isn’t right. I let them have their … Continue...
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