Brewskie
In 5: Flat, Expensive, Processed, Dull, Bad
On a recent Brewskie outing in Liverpool we nearly wet ourselves with excitement at the sight of a German beer we’d never had before ON TAP! Woohoo we thought… little did we know.
First came the price, ouch, let’s just say there was only one place we were DABbing after paying for our round. Then we tried it. It turns out they got the name of the beer right, they just got the letters the wrong way round. It tasted processed, dull and flat, a pale comparison to some of the wonderful lagers that frequently come out of arguably the home of lager. Perhaps it was a bad barrel but ultimately they only got one shot to impress us and impressed we weren’t. We certainly won’t be in a hurry to try this again and unless the good people at DAB want to send us some bottles to see if we prefer them we won’t be spending our hard-earned on any more.
Probably the most interesting thing to happen while we laboured through our pints of BAD was DABbing up the condiments I spilt all over the scorecard, unfortunately for DAB we could still read our notes and they weren’t too clever.
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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.
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Brewskie
In 5: Rich, Tasty, Mahogany, Flat, Drinkable
We were under the impression that New Zealand was rubbish for everything other than scenery and rugby, but it turns out that not only can they host epic movies but they can make a half decent beer. No doubt their football team celebrated a magnificent result against the Peroni-swigging Italians with a couple of bottles of Original Ale during the World Cup last year. It’s called pale ale but there’s nothing pale about its taste as it explodes in your mouth with all the vigour of Aragorn scything down some unruly orcs with his trusty sword. It’s rich in taste but not too much and you certainly finish the bottle wanting Mordor.
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