A glass of my Pirate Pale while bottling some beers and preparing for a brewday tomorrow.
What are you drinking 2024.
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My son has just got a job with brewdog and I realised how negative I feel about the company, both the situation with sexual harassment with the founders, and the idea of selling out to the mass market. He’s challenged me about my views and today I’m in Aberdeen on the way up to Orkney and having lunch in the Brewdog here. So I asked the barman for a flight of the 4 beers that sold the least. He got brownie points for bringing 5 as it was an original challenge.
The 5 are (left to right ) King Crush, Dog M, Arcade mode, Mountain brew, and a barley wine I can’t remember the name of.
Overall I’m a bit stunned! These are really good beers, like I’d be super chuffed to make any of these except the Mountain Brew.
King Crush: New world stone fruit IPA - no hint of oxidation at all …. That’s far far harder than it sounds to make.
Dog M: This year’s release, an imperial IPA , my favourite, vanilla, oak and I’ve made something similar but annoyingly this is better
Arcade Mode: A close 2nd a new world fruity IPA - though more fruity than IPA , apparently a new hop variety - good
Mountain Dw: umm … nope.. lime, bitterness but too much sweetness, I’m sure it was meant to balance but nope doesn’t work
The barley wine: oooh yes ..sorry guys…. But this one does it for me… only reason it doesn’t reach the top spot is it is sooo caramel sweet it’s just a bit too much - small amounts only with other drinks
In last place, the accompanying chicken Caesar salad ordered for lunch. Judging by the brown edges to the lettuce I’m guessing not many people coming to a brewdog order a salad
The 5 are (left to right ) King Crush, Dog M, Arcade mode, Mountain brew, and a barley wine I can’t remember the name of.
Overall I’m a bit stunned! These are really good beers, like I’d be super chuffed to make any of these except the Mountain Brew.
King Crush: New world stone fruit IPA - no hint of oxidation at all …. That’s far far harder than it sounds to make.
Dog M: This year’s release, an imperial IPA , my favourite, vanilla, oak and I’ve made something similar but annoyingly this is better
Arcade Mode: A close 2nd a new world fruity IPA - though more fruity than IPA , apparently a new hop variety - good
Mountain Dw: umm … nope.. lime, bitterness but too much sweetness, I’m sure it was meant to balance but nope doesn’t work
The barley wine: oooh yes ..sorry guys…. But this one does it for me… only reason it doesn’t reach the top spot is it is sooo caramel sweet it’s just a bit too much - small amounts only with other drinks
In last place, the accompanying chicken Caesar salad ordered for lunch. Judging by the brown edges to the lettuce I’m guessing not many people coming to a brewdog order a salad
I'm now supping a pint of Dead Canary which is dead nice! Earlier it was cider at Erdigg Hall apple festival (see above)where I thoroughly enjoyed ruining the wife's photos!
Bottle conditioned Best Bitter. It’s still quite young and has a little chill haze as I’ve just taken it out of the fridge. Nice fresh flavour though and despite the haze it tastes clean.
My Red rye IPA looks better now, still cloudy but that’s not going to go, at least it’s a nice hue to it.
Been there several times and didn’t know it had that front as we are with the dogs and just walk the grounds.
Is the cider any good might go next weekend if the weather’s fine.
