Beer – #1045 – Hallertau – Ingrid Starnes Omega Plum and Rose Hip Sour
A beer with a long name – the Hallertau x Ingrid Starnes Omega Plum & Rose Hip Sour. I had a birthday day our recently and picked this up at … Continue reading
Beer – #1044 – Garage Project – Golden Spiral
Garage Project Golden Spiral. An Imperial IPA from the Cabinet of Curiosities: An ale hopped with fibonacci numbers. a complexity rivalled only in the wonders of nature itself A 650 … Continue reading
Beer – #1043 – Garage Project – Muse Hibiscus and Lemon
Garage Project Muse Hibiscus & Lemon, and a change of music, same band different album, which kind of fits the theme. a pristine blank canvas Muse is in a 330ml bottle, … Continue reading
Beer – #1042 – Garage Project – Muse Au Naturel
“Brewers make the wort and yeast makes the beer”. Yeast is all around us and different strains can radically effect the flavour of a beer. There are all manner of wild yeast varieties floating around the Wild Workshop which can make magic tasting beers but would infect and ‘ruin’ everything in a traditional brewery. Muse has a very simple malt base which was fermented with Garage Project’s saison blend and Lactobacillus and aged in oak barrels. Lactobacillus is a bacteria which produces sour lactic acid. Muse serves as the marvellously complex yet drinkable tart, sour canvas to which Garage Project are building a whole series of beers on. Each iteration of Muse is made with different additions. The infusion of dry hibiscus gives this iteration of Muse striking colour, aroma and flavour. The freshly zested lemon peel makes for a long dry zesty finish.
4:18 am and the clock goes tick-tick-tick Musings
So there I am awake. In this contemplation I’m thinking two things. Once again it’s space. If you’re travelling through space, at the speed of light, and you look out … Continue reading
Beer – Beer and Vinyl Sunday with a Mountain Goat
A Mountain Goat Nitro Burnin’ Funny Cars Stout. A very stout stout. I have a one litre bottle from the fill station of this beer. I’ve had 16% ABV beer … Continue reading
Beer – #1041 – Elation – Native Beast
Elation Native Beast – The second of the Sunday Stouts and along with some outstanding vinyl music I’m not having a lot of trouble smiling. I promised this against the … Continue reading
Beer – #1040 – Clements and Daughter – Boozed Bunny
Clements and Daughter Boozed Bunny Imperial Stout. I was sent previous brews by this brewer and was blown away with their professional level, and thought they’d embarrass professional brewers. Well … Continue reading
Beer – #1039 – McLeod’s – Triple
McLeod’s Tripel. Part of their limited Smuggler’s bay series, numbered bottles and everything. This is bottle 968 of 1500. I’ve had this beer before, this vintage, but I never wrote … Continue reading
Beer – #1038 – McLeod’s – Dubbel 2018
McLeod’s Dubbel. Part of their limited Smuggler’s bay series, numbered bottles and everything – this one is bottle 1144 from 1800 bottles – this is of course the 2018 version. … Continue reading
Beer – BarleyWhine
I didn’t care much for the particular bottle of barley wine that I last had – see Beer – #1037 – McLeod’s – Barley Wine, a beer I found so unpalatable that I … Continue reading
Beer – #1037 – McLeod’s – Barley Wine
McLeod’s Barley Wine. A beer that really did bring on the FOMO, and I ended up with put-asides for me in two stores, but thing happen like that for a reason, … Continue reading
Beer – #1036 – Monastère – Bière Blonde
Monastère Bière Blonde – a panic buy really, but I’m always intrigued when a brewer uses a cork and cage over a bottle cap, this is either going to be … Continue reading
Beer – #1035 – Panhead – Le Grande Zombi
Panhead Le Grande Zombi, or Li Grande Zombi – A Barleywine. Don’t see them for ages then you see them all over the place, it seems. Beware of the charms … Continue reading
Beer – #1034 – Moon Dog – Funky Miller’s Monkey Filler
Moon Dog beer – this one is the Funky Miller’s Monkey Filler. ‘Strayan beer, at least they’re trying at this, and good in places. Unexpected and awesome Funky Miller’s Monkey … Continue reading
Beer – #1033 – Moon Dog – Black Lung VIII
I find myself with a beer from Moon Dog – this one is the Black Lung VIII. How have I missed 7 other versions, why don’t I pay attention more, … Continue reading
Beer – #1032 – AleSmith – Old Numbskull
Stepping it up with some Barley Wine, a style that I’d hold above all others as the ultimate, or pinnacle of brewing. For no reason than in my head it … Continue reading
Beer – #1031- North End – Salt and Wood Rhum Visitation
North End Salt and Wood Rhum Visitation. You don’t get NZ version of Abbey Quads very often and I remember having real FOMO about this beer. leaving work early to … Continue reading
Beer – Vinyl Sunday with Clements and Daughter where Bob Dylan played his part
One of the great things about Social Media is the randomness of things. Sometimes it veers off to the ‘social’ as it is supposed to be. So when this happens, … Continue reading
