Iv'e just had that and agree ,I liked it but more like a porter.Originally Posted by Aqualung
Iv'e just had that and agree ,I liked it but more like a porter.
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
Tried another couple on Saturday.
Ninkasi Cream Ale tasted of virtually nothing,certainly not creamy.Just a stock straw coloured brew,my guess is that the American brewers recipe was just ignored by Caledonian Brewery.
Fat Head's Sunshine Daydream. Another poor one,rather more typical of the output from Batemans where it was brewed ,than something created by a US micro.
Gave up on the festival ales after that and went on to the real stuff.Decided to have a drink off between Dark Star Green Hopped IPA and Oakham Green Devil IPA.An excellent way to sink three pints.The winner ,the third pint ,was BOTW.
"Good people drink good beer" Hunter S Thompson
Yes I have to agree,my description of it as a dry stout was off beam.The bitterness pushed it into the porter category .Mea culpa.
"Good people drink good beer" Hunter S Thompson
I would agree with that generally. A lot of the paler American ones were rather bland. The best of the American ones were 21st Amendment, Ballast Point, Terrapin, Elysian (if in good nick) and way above the rest the Stone Black IPA.
New ones tried this week that were good were the Caledonian Porter, Evan Evans Gold, Cotleigh Lemon Ale, Strathaven Claverhouse and the best one the Mordue Oatmeal Stout. Low ponts were the Traditional Scottish Ales ROK IPA and the Liberation EPA both of which were extremely bland.
I've had 37 but I can't see any prospect of doing all 50 without a return visit to the Wibbas Down and that's unlikely. I know I'll get to 38 as there's a Purity Longhorn in Chingford.
It turned my stomach
MILD:
I ordered a third, 76p at Elephant, but only managed about a quarter of that. An earlier description of a liquid hazelnut chocolate brownie was correct - maybe heated up as a bedtime drink, otherwise not for me. And it took a few other (different) pints to de-coat my tongue, it sticks with you when you just want to move on...
I enjoyed a pint of it as my first one on my main Spoons crawl last week and that was before 10:00!
I think I've tried it in three different Spoons now.
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