Name: Black Sheep Yorkshire Square Ale ABV: 5.0 Bottled/ Draft: Bottled, not bottle conditioned. Colour: Golden syrup Head: Strong head; slightly over fizzed. Mouthfeel: Nice, ‘beery’ body. Sorry, that’s the best description I can come up with! Taste: Good bitterness which lingers; surprisingly light on the malt – from the look of it I had… Read more »
Name: Crabbie’s Alcoholic Ginger Beer ABV: 4.0 Bottled/ Draft: Bottled Colour: Golden Head: Reasonable head, but short lived. Mouthfeel: Somewhere between a lager and Tizer; feels like a grown up soft drink in your mouth! Taste: Fiery ginger, very sweet. Comment: Not a beer in any conventional sense, this is a wonderful drink for anyone… Read more »
Our first opportunity to attend a blogger review event together came in the form of an invitation from The Macallan to attend a special chocolate and whisky tasting featuring their whiskies paired with Artisan du Chocolat chocolate. But we couldn’t go! I was quite disappointed, let me tell you and Pete had a few choice… Read more »
Name: Thwaites Flying Shuttle ABV: 4.9% Bottled/ Draft: Bottled, not conditioned Colour: Deep, deep brown Head: Short lived, not over fizzed. Mouthfeel: Light, but not watery. Taste: Nutty maltiness, sweet with not much in the way of hops. Lighter tasting than you might expect such a dark beer to be. Comment: This is clearly my… Read more »
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