I'd planned to do a bit of work tonight, but the walk home seems to have intoxicated me. My sense of direction wasn't good, either.
Sampled (half pints) tonight:
Hydes (Manchester): Owd Oak 3.5%
http://www.hydesbrewery.co.uka kind of sticky Guinness; tastes a bit like the smell of loose change
Dow Bridge (Catthorpe, Leics): D. B. Dark 4.4%
http://www.dowbridgebrewery.co.ukinitially thought evap milk, but it's a very weak fruit pastille. How lousy are my taste buds?
Big Bog (Waunfawr?): Bog Standard 3.6% no information I can find...
Hits back of tongue and top of mouth; kind of a high pitched taste, hardly citrus, minor fizz.
Raw (Chesterfield, Derbys): Edge Pale Ale 4.5%:
http://www.rawbrew.com/gets you on the upper front jaw first then a long aftertaste on the edges of the back of your tongue. A kind of Seville marmalade taste.
Wednesday
Castle Rock (Nottingham): Preservation 4.4%:
http://www.castlerockbrewery.co.uk/ bland and flat on first taste, but it has a long toffee aftertaste. Back and side of tongue fizz.
Robinsons (Manchester): Build a Rocket Boys 4%:
http://www.elbowbeer.co.uk/# Back and side of tongue fizz.Robinson is thicker and sourer - sherbet flavour, with a buzz on the bottom lip. Apple flavour. (Something to do with Elbow)
Castle Rock (Nottingham): Snowhite 4.2%:
http://www.castlerockbrewery.co.uk/ as citrus as you'd expect an IPA style - though it's off yellow. Top/back of throat tickle.
Captain Cook (Stokesley): Discovery 4.4%
http://www.yourround.co.uk/Brewer/Stokesley/Captain_Cook_Brewery/Beer/Discovery/TS9_5BL.aspx pear sherbet, very bitter aftertaste.
Rebel (Penryn): 80 Shilling Ale 4.1%: (or 5%) (
http://www.beermad.org.uk/brewery/4853)
- long after taste, a bit liquorice
Abbeydale (Sheffield) Gothic Stout Porter (
http://www.abbeydalebrewery.co.uk/index.html): 4.2
I really like the stout. At first I thought strawberry - it's fruit - but it's Muller Fruit Corner Black Cherry Yoghurt.
Cottage (Lovington) Mini Cooper (4.7%): (
http://www.cottagebrewing.co.uk/about.html)
a limey fruit pastille - long aftertaste which goes to the back of the throat.