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15-01-2012, 09:21
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The Grove has never been afraid to try to be a little different to other pubs in the Town. They have key kegs for one thing, and lots of bottles for another, but this week thy have tried something a little off the wall even for them.


They have Abbeydale 'Transformation' on the bar. Nothing unusual in that I hear you say. The method of dispense is though. Instead of coming through the usual beer lines, it is served though one of their 'lager' fonts for need of a better description. In the interests of science I thought I would give it a go and see what the difference was.


Before I go on, I should explain that I don't know the science that actually gets the beer from the cellar to the bar, but the beer was served without the carbonation that goes with lager, an the beer is from a cask, not a keg, so to all intents and purposes it is a cask beer. Onto the beer itself. It is a light, hoppy beer, typical of the Abbeydale stable, their tasting notes say it has a biscuit base, with a generous amount of hops from America, Australia, and New Zealand giving tropical fruit notes and a hint of toffee. What did I find? Well to be perfectly honest, none of these came though. The font dispense seems to mean the beer comes through a chiller, making it colder than your average cask beer, and the temperature of the beer seems to kill the subtle flavours there. I could tell it had hops, but would struggle to get any defined flavour from the beer, and the background maltiness that ought to be there was missing. My half was enough, I would not have wanted any more.


So a bit disappointing. It was interesting to try it, but I do not think it worked, and it certainly did not do justice to what sounded like a good beer. Admittedly, I have not tried the beer in its 'proper' cask form, so cannot really compare it, (it is on the taunting pole at the Star, so I should have a chance soon though), and to make a true comparison it may have been better to put one of the regular beers through a font. But there again, if you get chance try it, and see what you think.
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