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http://goodfoodgoodbeer.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/069.jpg?w=224&h=300 (http://goodfoodgoodbeer.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/069.jpg)Beer names and styles. Something that people always feel strongly about. I’m no brewer, but I’ve played that ‘If I Owned A Brewery‘ game (although now it’s ‘If I Owned A Deli/Grillhouse/Pie Shop with a Bar In It…’) and I must admit, finding the right tone for your beer name is tough. Do you go down the route of simple descriptor, such as here (http://saltairebrewery.co.uk/saltaire/?page_id=14), or do you hit up a local meaning for your customers to latch onto such as here (http://www.morduebrewery.com/beers/)?*Or perhaps puns (http://temevalleybrewery.co.uk/) are your forte? Either way, it’s a big deal; if people don’t like saying it at the bar, then they won’t choose your beer.
Years ago things were simpler with styles, too. Now we have Cascadian things, White Stouts, Black IPA, Wheat IPA’s…the list goes on.*All of which makes me especially happy when a beer is called something that nails it – to a letter. Like Arrogant Bastard. Like Human Cannonball. Like Revival…like Axe Edge.
The beer that sparked all this rumination was one birthed from Brain’s ‘Craft Brewery (http://brainscraftbrewery.com/)‘ (I know, I know…but check out the website; the beers sound lovely, to be fair – and the site’s cute, too). I’d tried a few of them before now, with varying degrees of satisfaction. Destiny (5.8% abv), brewed initially with Marverine Cole of Beer Beauty (http://www.beerbeauty.co.uk/) infamy, is billed as a ‘Dark Tropical IPA’ , and comes in a suitably eye-popping vibrant-pink package. Eyebrows are suitably raised.
The beer is poured.
Firstly, the aroma arrives on the air with a flourish; a really well-blended mixture of mocha and earthy cereal grain, with citrus peel bubbling underneath. Think Terry’s Chocolate Orange and you’re there. The beer itself is all roasted malt and drinking chocolate sweetness up front, but as the sip disappears down your throat a veritable fruit-basket of Mango, Strawberry and more Citrus pops up, making the whole thing incredibly fruity and refreshing. Everything is in perfect*proportion, and the entire package is light yet immensely satisfying. In short, it’s a bloody good beer.
In fact, after drinking it, I take another look at the name, label and descriptor. It’s entirely, entirely right . What a fun beer.

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