Beer Hunting

London to Gent and all stops in-between

Part One – London

Utobeer – Best Place to buy beer in London. The Rake – The best place to drink beer in London

Due to an early EuroStar train from St Pancras International on Saturday morning we booked a B&B in London on Friday night

As soon as we arrived we [...click the heading to read more]

April 30th, 2010 Tags: , , , , | Section: Features, Places | Comments are closed | Print This Post | Email This Post

Wheat Stout

Crown Brewery

Brewed by a man who enjoys a good cheese sandwich

Reviewed by RD

6.6 % ABV

Colour: Wheat Stout…that’s a new one for me, but it poured just like I hoped. Pitch black and with an impressive foamy head with a strong mid brown color.

Nose: A big aroma wafted from the bellowing head. Aromas of coffee, chocolate, [...click the heading to read more]

April 6th, 2010 Tags: , | Section: Beer Reviews | 2 comments | Print This Post | Email This Post

Indian Pale Ale

Crown

Two experts, one wonderful IPA

Reviewed by RD

7.2% ABV

Colour: From the bottle this poured a cloudy mid to dark copper with very little head. But what head did appear was off white and creamy. Pass me the sprinkler and put a head on it!

Nose: A great nose, just what I hoped for! Sappy [...click the heading to read more]

January 15th, 2010 Tags: , | Section: Beer Reviews | 4 comments | Print This Post | Email This Post

Sam Berry’s

Crown Brewery

Who is Sam Berry?

Reviewed by RD

5.1% ABV

Colour: Very pale yellow with a hint of green. A few bits of sediment appear despite a very delicate pour. A brief foamy white head formed on top but receded to a fine film after a few seconds

Nose: A certain woody (Oak?) is the first thing that [...click the heading to read more]

January 10th, 2010 Tags: , | Section: Beer Reviews | One comment | Print This Post | Email This Post

Unpronounceable IPA

Crown

Unpronounceable…unpredictable!

7.0% ABV

Reviewed by RD

Colour: This British IPA cascaded into a sniffter a dull golden colour with two fingers of pure white foamy head.

Nose: Piney hops dominate by the sack load. A little yeast funk is then backed up by more butter, bread and biscuit malt. To start off it was rather acidic then smoothes [...click the heading to read more]

December 9th, 2009 Tags: , | Section: Beer Reviews | Leave a comment | Print This Post | Email This Post

Oktoberfest...at home

Oktoberfest may have ended a number of weeks ago but it is in full swing this evening at my house in Saltaire! [...click the heading to read more]

November 1st, 2009 Tags: , , , | Section: Beer Reviews, Features | 3 comments | Print This Post | Email This Post