Brewskie
In 5: Tangy, Royal, Average, Disappointing, Consistent
To celebrate/cash in on (delete as appropriate) the Royal Wedding of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, or Prince William and Kate Middleton to those of you without an ordnance survey map of royalty, Castle Rock Brewery launched a special edition ‘Kiss Me Kate’ blonde ale, in honour of the beautiful brunette bride.
So is this a beer that is fit for a King? Or will Castle Rock need to deploy the archers to fend off the wrath of the mighty Wills?
It’s quite light in colour with a hint of ginger more akin to the best man’s barnet than anything else and with a lovely foamy head on top. So how does it taste? Well overall it’s largely disappointing to be honest. It’s just a bit of a generic ale with nothing special going on, unwavering from first to last while you patiently wait for something exciting to happen (a bit like the ceremony?!). We had to Wills ourselves on just to finish the bottle we had! It’s almost as if they’ve had a look around the brewery warehouse for a few old spare bottles knocking about and whacked a ‘Special Edition’ label on it. As is tradition.
Kiss Me Kate? We’d rather kiss Pippa thanks.
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Brewskie
In 5: Fruity, Mellow, Flat, Consistent, Amber
Finally, a hooker the Mrs won’t mind you bringing home!
We Hooked up with this ‘beauty’ in Aldi this morning; they do say people are meeting the love of their life in the supermarket more than anywhere else these days, so we were initially quite hopeful. At just £1.49 and with there only being a couple of Hookers left; our hopes were soon replaced with concern that there was probably something wrong with this Hooker and our relationship was doomed to failure.
When she finally escapes from the bottle you’re met with a burnt amber coloured pint (“it looks like apple juice” was the Mrs decent contribution), with surprisingly little head, very surprising considering the name! It took a while to pin down its aroma but we eventually settled for a sort of caramel/biscuit scenario, a little bit like millionaires shortbread if you will. The taste follows the nose with similar flavours coming through, very much a whole mouth experience, very rounded and very defined. You’re left with a slightly bitter after taste which we thought might go away towards the end but stayed throughout the whole deal. From the first mouthful to the last, the flavour is unwavering, this hooker certainly won’t leave you with any nasty surprises.
Overall, it was a decent drink but we’re not sure we’ll be getting Hooked anytime soon.
This article is copyright © 2012
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