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01-10-2014, 09:24
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Though we try to enjoy what’s at hand — we drink a lot of St Austell in the pub — there are a few exotic out-of-town beers*we*can’t help*daydreaming about. 1.*Pabst’s take on Ballantine IPA (http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/ballantine-ipa-return/).*Since reading Mitch Steele’s excellent book on IPA (http://boakandbailey.com/2013/07/book-review-ipa-by-mitch-steele/), we’ve been dying to go back in time and try this highly influential beer. This, for now, looks as close as we’re going to get. Is anyone planning to import it into the UK?
2.*The revised version of Fuller’s/Melissa Cole’s Imperial Stout (https://twitter.com/MelissaCole/status/487171335811235840). We enjoyed the first batch, with reservations (http://boakandbailey.com/2013/11/fullers-imperial-stout/) (though some seem to have read it as a ‘slam’) and are pleased to hear it’s been tweaked. We might not go for a whole case on spec this time, though.
3.*BrewDog’s collaboration with Weihenstephan (http://www.brewdog.com/blog-article/our-plans-for-the-next-6-months).*This sounds intriguing, not least because there’s something appealing about*one of the world’s oldest and most conservative brewers working with one of the most determinedly and self-consciously experimental. It shouldn’t be too hard to find, but it might require some tactical mail ordering.
4. Elland 1872 Porter.*It was suggested by multiple people for our porter taste-off (http://boakandbailey.com/2014/09/british-bottled-porters-part-1/) but, as far as we can tell, is either not currently being bottled or has limited distribution. We’ll have to check out the handful of outposts of CAMRA-land in Cornwall (http://boakandbailey.com/2014/08/outpost-camra-land/) in the coming months and keep our fingers crossed.
5.*Conwy’s Version of Dobbin’s Yakima Grande Pale Ale (http://tandlemanbeerblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/the-return-of-legend-dobbins-yakima.html). Having spent all that time talking to and researching Brendan Dobbin for Brew Britannia, it would be a shame if we missed this chance to taste an approximation of his ground-breaking beer. It’s currently cask only and not distributed all that widely, though we hear there are plans to bottle it. If you see it on sale in bottles anywhere, or on cask in Cornwall,*please let us know!
What’s on your wish-list?
Beer Wish-List, Q4, 2014 (http://boakandbailey.com/2014/10/beer-wish-list-q4-2014/)
More... (http://boakandbailey.com/2014/10/beer-wish-list-q4-2014/)
Boak & Bailey's Beer Blog - Writing about beer and pubs since 2007 (http://boakandbailey.com)
http://boakandbailey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/ballantine_ale_1953_474.jpg
Though we try to enjoy what’s at hand — we drink a lot of St Austell in the pub — there are a few exotic out-of-town beers*we*can’t help*daydreaming about. 1.*Pabst’s take on Ballantine IPA (http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/ballantine-ipa-return/).*Since reading Mitch Steele’s excellent book on IPA (http://boakandbailey.com/2013/07/book-review-ipa-by-mitch-steele/), we’ve been dying to go back in time and try this highly influential beer. This, for now, looks as close as we’re going to get. Is anyone planning to import it into the UK?
2.*The revised version of Fuller’s/Melissa Cole’s Imperial Stout (https://twitter.com/MelissaCole/status/487171335811235840). We enjoyed the first batch, with reservations (http://boakandbailey.com/2013/11/fullers-imperial-stout/) (though some seem to have read it as a ‘slam’) and are pleased to hear it’s been tweaked. We might not go for a whole case on spec this time, though.
3.*BrewDog’s collaboration with Weihenstephan (http://www.brewdog.com/blog-article/our-plans-for-the-next-6-months).*This sounds intriguing, not least because there’s something appealing about*one of the world’s oldest and most conservative brewers working with one of the most determinedly and self-consciously experimental. It shouldn’t be too hard to find, but it might require some tactical mail ordering.
4. Elland 1872 Porter.*It was suggested by multiple people for our porter taste-off (http://boakandbailey.com/2014/09/british-bottled-porters-part-1/) but, as far as we can tell, is either not currently being bottled or has limited distribution. We’ll have to check out the handful of outposts of CAMRA-land in Cornwall (http://boakandbailey.com/2014/08/outpost-camra-land/) in the coming months and keep our fingers crossed.
5.*Conwy’s Version of Dobbin’s Yakima Grande Pale Ale (http://tandlemanbeerblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/the-return-of-legend-dobbins-yakima.html). Having spent all that time talking to and researching Brendan Dobbin for Brew Britannia, it would be a shame if we missed this chance to taste an approximation of his ground-breaking beer. It’s currently cask only and not distributed all that widely, though we hear there are plans to bottle it. If you see it on sale in bottles anywhere, or on cask in Cornwall,*please let us know!
What’s on your wish-list?
Beer Wish-List, Q4, 2014 (http://boakandbailey.com/2014/10/beer-wish-list-q4-2014/)
More... (http://boakandbailey.com/2014/10/beer-wish-list-q4-2014/)