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31-10-2012, 11:23
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http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YCiSq8ymjbg/UJD_96Xt3II/AAAAAAAAGTk/oL9ruqjgE2M/s200/photo.JPG (http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YCiSq8ymjbg/UJD_96Xt3II/AAAAAAAAGTk/oL9ruqjgE2M/s1600/photo.JPG)One of the newest breweries about is Wellcross based in deepest Lancashire near Skelmersdale, the 2.5 barrel plant only starting up in August this year. I have only encountered two of its beers 'Hops' which does what it says on the tin, and 'Slurp' which is - to put it mildly - a bit unusual.


Not that it is a bad beer, it isn't. It just does not taste like beer. I have no idea what ingredients the brewer has used to create the taste, but the 4.1% beer (if you can find the abv hidden on the pump clip) seemed to taste more like cider than beer in my opinion. It is light coloured, and looks like beer but the more I drank, the more it tasted of fresh apples, a very clean, appealing taste I must admit, but not quiet what I expected.

Maybe I need to try it again to give it a proper judgement and I will. If you come across it it is well worth a pint, see if you agree, or if my taste buds have finally given up the ghost (seeing as it's Hallowe'en!). which starting brewing
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