A pre-choir pint in The Cask and Barrel Southside – what could be better to lubricate the vocal chords? Also gives me a chance to try out the Android WordPress App – who knows, this may spawn a whole new challenge for the year? Slipway, from the grandly-titled Captain Cook Brewery in North Yorkshire, is [...]
Posted by mobile phone:19 aug 1856 Another pint in the Bow Bar, another beer from far away – Isle of Mann this time, in the form of this pleasant bitter. Initial taste reveals background melon flavours, followed by the expected bitterness, and the somewhat less expected cigar notes. The aftertaste is long and dry, with [...]
Picked up a bottle of this at Morrisons, intrigued as I always am by beers flavoured with something a little bit wierd! This one, as you may be able to guess from the name, has the addition of some Canadian maple – which adds a delicious sweet maple tone to the nose. I was worried [...]
Posted by mobile phone:Just stopped into the Guildford for a quick pint before another choir rehearsal, and found something of a mini beer festival in full swing! Beers from Atlas and Sinclair (Orkney Brewery) on tap – sounds dangerous for just the one swift half! However, I soldiered on undounted and ordered a pint of [...]
A pre-choir pint in The Cask and Barrel Southside – what could be better to lubricate the vocal chords? Also gives me a chance to try out the Android WordPress App – who knows, this may spawn a whole new challenge for the year?
Slipway, from the grandly-titled Captain Cook Brewery in North Yorkshire, is a very pleasantly bitter IPA. The nose is light and citrusy, while the colour is dark straw. The flavour is smooth but happy, with the bitterness building over time. The finish is long, bitter but satisfying. At 4.2% it’s not quite a session beer, although it would be difficult to stop at just the one!
You can read more about Slipway and its sister beers on the brewery website.
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19 aug 1856
Another pint in the Bow Bar, another beer from far away – Isle of Mann this time, in the form of this pleasant bitter. Initial taste reveals background melon flavours, followed by the expected bitterness, and the somewhat less expected cigar notes. The aftertaste is long and dry, with a lingering bitterness detectable long after in the rear of the mouth.
Picked up a bottle of this at Morrisons, intrigued as I always am by beers flavoured with something a little bit wierd! This one, as you may be able to guess from the name, has the addition of some Canadian maple – which adds a delicious sweet maple tone to the nose. I was worried that the flavour in the mouth would be too sweet and make this a somewhat sickly sup, but I needn’t have been. A delicious light flavour with the merest hint of syrup, it was a refreshing treat to usher in the weekend!
