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Tonight at Sheffield Hatters Inn
Next beer at Sheffield Hatter's Inn tonight is another one from Stori Beers in north Wales, Tenby Black Flag Rum Porter 5.5% in a 440ml can (though it can also be bought in five litre minikegs for only £23). This beer is made with the addition of Barti Ddu Rum, which is also made in Wales - Pembrokeshire, in fact. Just round the coast from Tenby. It must have been a tough journey for those pack horses to get it to the shop in Bala, but someone's got to do it.
Barti Ddu Rum (in English, Black Bart - possibly a pirate?) is a "spirit drink with Caribbean rum, infused with Pembrokeshire seaweed". Would I have known in a blind tasting that a) the beer was made with the addition of rum and/or b) that the rum was flavoured with seaweed? Probably not, and there are two, no make that three reasons for that. First, the can has been in my fridge for a couple of days. Second, the beer is overcarbonated. Third, I've just been drinking a vividly hopped, murky IPA with citra and something else beginning with C.
Actually, after giving the glass a bit of a swirl and sticking my nose in, I got the whiff of something that smelled a little bit like the harbour at Cardigan when I was in Wales last autumn. Has someone put a dog end in my beer can?