Beer – #1051 – Kereru – Chocolate Cherry Porter
Kereru Chocolate Cherry Porter – one of a batch of new beers from Kereru, they’ve had a resurgence of late. I had a conversation with an ambassador recently about their … Continue reading
Beer – #1050 – Kereru – Blueberry Stout
Kereru Blueberry Stout. A seemingly improbable mix. I’ve always thought as Kereru as more conservative brewer, but some of their recent releases make me think that they’ve been playing a … Continue reading
Beer – #1049 – Averbode – Averbode
Abdij Averbode. It’s all a bout the new beers, and this one looked too good to go past, the label is really clean and I thought rather appealing. Also Belgian … Continue reading
Beer – #1048 – Eagle – Kahikatoa
Eagle Kahikatoa – I’m a sucker for a Barley Wine beer, despite my recent experiences (you can tell I’ve let it go). But you know it’s about the beer I’m … Continue reading
Beer – #1047 – Deschutes – The Abyss Tequila
Deschutes The Abyss Tequila – the 2017 release, A gift from the favourite boy chid of mine, I’ve only the one, so they’ll figure out who I’m talking about. As … Continue reading
Beer – #1046 – Craftwork – Riverstone ’10
Craftwork Riverstone ’10. A beer brewed for a celebration. I don’t think that it was me opening a beer on Sunday they brewed it for, but we live in hope. … Continue reading
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
