Brewskie
In 5: Dark, Pleasant, Sweet, Drinkable, Deceptive
We’d never heard of the Cottage Brewing Company before and the thought of a Cottage Brewing Industry, with people all around the country brewing beer in their back garden filled us with pleasure. Our home brew kit has long been overlooked in the cellar alongside a couple of bikes, some smokeless fuel, and an old bag of cement… gone hard. It’s high time we got it back out!
Atlantic Ale then… Well it looks stunning, dark and broody like the deep Atlantic abyss. Try not to let the smell of whisky put you off this magnificent brew as it’s not at all what you expect as it reaches your lips and unleashes a flowing torrent of flavour. Dark chocolates with a hint of liquorice hit your palette, but not too much, as this unexpectedly light beer drinks away.
We considered adding some Titanic puns but the mere thought of it left us with that sinking feeling.
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Brewskie
In 5: Rich, Dark, Fragrant, Moreish, Clean
You won’t frog-et the experience of supping this toadally delicious newt beer spawned by the Toad Brewery in Doncaster. With clean but rich flavours this is a good, honest bitter that really knows what it is. It has a long lasting head and each mouthful leaves you with a rich but uncomplicated aftertaste. Be careful not to park your beer for too long or it’ll get toad away by one of your drinking buddies. It’s rather moreish but we think it’s possible to have a rib-bit too much of it. Make sure you try one of these before you croak and when you get to the bar, remember, Brewskie toad you so.
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Brewskie
In 5: Dark, Enjoyable, Flavoursome, Medicinal, Citrus
Interesting fact: If you don’t speak German and you want to order a beer in Germany you need to be careful how many fingers you hold up. Unlike in the UK and other inefficient countries, in Germany, if you only want 1 beer you show them your thumb and then your first finger becomes your second beer and so on…
Every day is a school day on Brewskie! Although I wouldn’t worry about getting it wrong too much as there’s only 1 thing better than a beer, 2 beers!
So, the beer, well it’s not labelled as a dunkel (dark beer) but it is pretty dark in colour. Don’t let that fool you though, there is quite a citrus whiff to it and the taste is light. As it’s rather flat it seemed to fly down without really touching the sides. There was a moment early on where we were getting a little bit of a TCP smell and the taste does have some strange notes to it that we couldn’t quite put our fingers on. Overall, this Wesley (Schneider) definitely doesn’t deserve the Ballon d’or, instead it is an average player in one of the world’s most competitive arenas.
If only someone were to offer us a gallon d’beer right now…
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