So
this lot arrived (pictured below), should keep we going for awhile
and another good few ticks from the list to come too!
It’s
also almost time for the Hilden
Beer and Music Festival 2014,
line up looks good and I really enjoyed it last year – despite the
weather. I hope to get up on the Friday night but might have to see
how it goes. Anyone else heading up to Lisburn?
Right
on to the beers…
228.
Fuller’s Honeydew
Style:
Golden Ale. ABV:
5%. From:
Drinkstore.ie
(though my local Tesco has it as well at the minute).
Description:
Poured a vibrant yellow and perfectly clear, there was a thin white
head for about 2 seconds until it faded off into history, no real
lacing either. Pretty looking pint when the head was on it. Not much
aroma, vaguely grainy and beery (I know that’s not a really helpful
description but hey – it smells like beer!) with a hint of
sweetness and golden syrup. Again I get a hint of grain in the taste,
almost slightly lager like, a light bitterness, not too much in the
way of hops here. It then finishes on a sweeter note (again to me
more syrup than honey) and some very light spices. Light bodied and
slightly sticky.
Thoughts:
This did a perfectly acceptable 5pm on a Friday job, refreshing and
easy drinking. I wouldn’t rush back, slightly on the sweet side for
me, but would drink again if options were limited.
Score:
5
I
also managed a couple of beers not from “1001 Beers…”. First up
was Sierra
Nevada Summerfest 2014
(Style:
Pilsner. ABV:
5%. From:
The
Vineyard) –
straw coloured and clear with a small white head. Again not much
aroma – a faint grassy graininess. Flavour follows that, this is
clean and crisp with that grain and light grass again. A decent
little bitterness on the finish. This is another light easy drinking
summer beer – prefect for after mowing the lawn. Score:
6. Finally we have
Beavertown Gamma Ray(Style:
Pale Ale. ABV:
5.4%. From:
Drinkstore.ie),
amber and hazy, this poured with a huge fluffy white head – a
really gusher. Aroma is fantastic, lilt like tropical aromas:
pineapple, grapefruit, and a touch of bubblegum. Taste is tropical
too, mango is added to the lilt, as is a resinous caramel malt
backbone. Though I found this quite bitter and astringent. While this
was grand, the taste just didn’t live up to the smell and I found
the bitterness just a bit too much, over balancing the beer. Score:
6.
Right, hope to see
you at Hilden.
Cheers
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