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02-03-2010, 08:03
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Dark Star's (http://www.darkstarbrewing.co.uk/opdarkstar.htm) Six Hop (http://www.eveningstarbrighton.co.uk/images/Tasting_Notes2010.pdf) is one of the best beers I’ve drunk so far this year, whether in the UK or California, from anywhere in the world, dispensed from the bottle, can, keg or cask. It truly was a stunning glassful, a perfectly hand-pulled cask ale. It’s 6.5%, six-times hopped, a February special from the Sussex brewery. It shines in the glass, one of those pints that’s alive with colour and condition, a crown of frothing bubbles settling above. It’s a full bowl of tropical fruit, grapefruits, oranges and peaches, it’s fresh like spring, floral and grassy, it has hints of sweetness but never too much, the bitterness is bold but not brash, it’s smooth, it’s crisp, it’s dry and quenching yet and mouth-filling and lip-smacking. A complete triumph – if you see it, drink it.


I had this in The Bull (http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=22462564440&ref=search&sid=200902556.583036807..1) where an Oakham Inferno (http://www.oakhamales.com/inferno.asp) was a great start and a Pictish Porter (http://www.pictish-brewing.co.uk/seasonal.html) with a wonderful dry, roasty bitterness was on top form. I also got myself a bottle each of the Marble Decadence Kriek and Frambozen. That was my reward for following Lauren around the shops all day.


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