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14-06-2010, 16:31
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I’m sorry Shepherd Neame (http://www.shepherd-neame.co.uk/). I like your beers but your bottle openers suck. Late night in a small hotel room in Bayswater, after an evening visiting several hostelries. Glyn (http://rabidbarfly.blogspot.com/) from the Rake had given me a bottle of Kernel’s IPA (http://www.thekernelbrewery.com/) earlier and I fancied it. I had one of Sheps’ beer openers because I was on my way to Orval (http://www.orval.be/) the next day and having learnt from Chuck Cook (http://belgianbeerspecialist.blogspot.com/) in Baltimore that the nearest bar was closed, it was suggested that some cheese and Orval be brought from the souvenir shop and consumed al fresco. So I packed a Spitfire bottle opener, an item I have had problems with before. So in my room I opened or tried to open the IPA and the neck of the bottle opener broke. I got a micro-second of tinny martial music and loads of IPA went over my legs. Thanks Sheps. Hold on a minute though, let’s have a taste of Kernal IPA. Hello, I thought, is this Chicago or Portland rather than Borough where the brewery is based? It’s a thumper of a hop driven IPA with grapefruit and pine notes, and a big thick appetising bitterness that yomps all over the palate, Bergen and all. Great beer guys. Not so great bottle-opener Sheps.
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