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26-07-2016, 09:44
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https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0sEgfLYmbzo/V5YSUe-t25I/AAAAAAAAGjA/1Pczv3z0xcA5C3F1oHn4xA_HKlBOoU0ZQCLcB/s320/joulesgreenmonkey.jpg (https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0sEgfLYmbzo/V5YSUe-t25I/AAAAAAAAGjA/1Pczv3z0xcA5C3F1oHn4xA_HKlBOoU0ZQCLcB/s1600/joulesgreenmonkey.jpg)https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JnHFIqGigDs/V5YSS_EhaHI/AAAAAAAAGi8/PM1kz9gv4EgS0NH7ngT-mveE2BfK1X2agCLcB/s320/holdenslager.jpg (https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JnHFIqGigDs/V5YSS_EhaHI/AAAAAAAAGi8/PM1kz9gv4EgS0NH7ngT-mveE2BfK1X2agCLcB/s1600/holdenslager.jpg)On last week's trip to the Black Country I was more than surprised - taken aback might have been a better word - to find that most conservative of brewers, Holdens, selling their own Black Country Lager. In one of our first stops, the Black Bull in Sedgley, the very chatty Landlady heard us discussing it and offered me a taste. Very nice it was too, although that may have been different when scaled up. Oddly the brewery's own website makes no mention of it at all.
On the last day of our jaunt we stopped at Eccleshall and popped into the Royal Oak, a Joules House, and again there was an in-house lager on sale. This time the beer, Green Monkey, was clearly described on the website and interesting it was too. "We are very proud to say Green Monkey will never be pasteurised or artificial carbonated, we like our lagers "Brewery Fresh", and this comes from being lagered for up to four weeks. This careful method develops a naturally carbonated drink, producing the most delicate of bubbles, creating a smooth finish on the palate. I didn't have time to try this, but it did set me wondering how many such examples are being brewed out there. Two rather small breweries doing so is interesting. Now of course I know of the likes of Fullers, Lees, Shepherd Neame and probably more, but how common is this and are they readily available on draught?
Can anyone advise? Are there other such lagers out there?
Of course the question I should have asked of Joules, is how this naturally carbonated lager is pushed to the bar.
I also acquired a Joules T Shirt in the pub when the Landlord allowed us to add our drinks together to qualify for a promotion. Nice one.
More... (http://tandlemanbeerblog.blogspot.com/2016/07/more-craft-lager.html)
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0sEgfLYmbzo/V5YSUe-t25I/AAAAAAAAGjA/1Pczv3z0xcA5C3F1oHn4xA_HKlBOoU0ZQCLcB/s320/joulesgreenmonkey.jpg (https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0sEgfLYmbzo/V5YSUe-t25I/AAAAAAAAGjA/1Pczv3z0xcA5C3F1oHn4xA_HKlBOoU0ZQCLcB/s1600/joulesgreenmonkey.jpg)https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JnHFIqGigDs/V5YSS_EhaHI/AAAAAAAAGi8/PM1kz9gv4EgS0NH7ngT-mveE2BfK1X2agCLcB/s320/holdenslager.jpg (https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JnHFIqGigDs/V5YSS_EhaHI/AAAAAAAAGi8/PM1kz9gv4EgS0NH7ngT-mveE2BfK1X2agCLcB/s1600/holdenslager.jpg)On last week's trip to the Black Country I was more than surprised - taken aback might have been a better word - to find that most conservative of brewers, Holdens, selling their own Black Country Lager. In one of our first stops, the Black Bull in Sedgley, the very chatty Landlady heard us discussing it and offered me a taste. Very nice it was too, although that may have been different when scaled up. Oddly the brewery's own website makes no mention of it at all.
On the last day of our jaunt we stopped at Eccleshall and popped into the Royal Oak, a Joules House, and again there was an in-house lager on sale. This time the beer, Green Monkey, was clearly described on the website and interesting it was too. "We are very proud to say Green Monkey will never be pasteurised or artificial carbonated, we like our lagers "Brewery Fresh", and this comes from being lagered for up to four weeks. This careful method develops a naturally carbonated drink, producing the most delicate of bubbles, creating a smooth finish on the palate. I didn't have time to try this, but it did set me wondering how many such examples are being brewed out there. Two rather small breweries doing so is interesting. Now of course I know of the likes of Fullers, Lees, Shepherd Neame and probably more, but how common is this and are they readily available on draught?
Can anyone advise? Are there other such lagers out there?
Of course the question I should have asked of Joules, is how this naturally carbonated lager is pushed to the bar.
I also acquired a Joules T Shirt in the pub when the Landlord allowed us to add our drinks together to qualify for a promotion. Nice one.
More... (http://tandlemanbeerblog.blogspot.com/2016/07/more-craft-lager.html)