Cheshire Cat
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Dunkel Weizen maybe.
What are you drinking tonight 2022?
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Will join you for a couple as it’s almost beer time anyway! This was a present from the youngest and partner. It’s stunning! So fruity!
Everyday hero by Amundsen Brewery. New World IPA. Really is very yummy!
Everyday hero by Amundsen Brewery. New World IPA. Really is very yummy!
Well today is the day 
I’m having a stout made by an Irishman. There is though one tiny detail I might get picked up on…
This brew was sent to me by @Donegal john a 7% American Stout. You can see from the picture it’s black in colour and has a nice light tan head which settled down to cuddle the beer and then stuck around leaving some nice loose lacing all the way down the glass. I can tell you the beer is nice and clear too.
The aroma is exactly what you’d expect, nice and roasty with coffee notes, a little chocolate, and some nice hoppy highlights from the Citra and Simcoe hops. Nothing in the hops stands out particularly, just a nice balance of hoppiness. The aroma is clean and fresh with no hint of anything untoward.
No messing with sips I took a big glug and I immediately got a little gentle sweet malt like dark, almost burnt, bread crust. That was just to lure me in because what followed was a stampede of hops followed by a pop of liquorice and a crescendo of bitterness. Out of the bitterness coffee pushed through and on it’s tail a mild roasty liquorice bitterness that lingered for a while.
Again!
Must be something about St. Paddy’s Day that’s made me all poetic but that my friend is a riot of a beer, like the stout version of the old Tango adverts.
Great beer John, well done and thank you!
I’m having a stout made by an Irishman. There is though one tiny detail I might get picked up on…
This brew was sent to me by @Donegal john a 7% American Stout. You can see from the picture it’s black in colour and has a nice light tan head which settled down to cuddle the beer and then stuck around leaving some nice loose lacing all the way down the glass. I can tell you the beer is nice and clear too.
The aroma is exactly what you’d expect, nice and roasty with coffee notes, a little chocolate, and some nice hoppy highlights from the Citra and Simcoe hops. Nothing in the hops stands out particularly, just a nice balance of hoppiness. The aroma is clean and fresh with no hint of anything untoward.
No messing with sips I took a big glug and I immediately got a little gentle sweet malt like dark, almost burnt, bread crust. That was just to lure me in because what followed was a stampede of hops followed by a pop of liquorice and a crescendo of bitterness. Out of the bitterness coffee pushed through and on it’s tail a mild roasty liquorice bitterness that lingered for a while.
Again!Must be something about St. Paddy’s Day that’s made me all poetic but that my friend is a riot of a beer, like the stout version of the old Tango adverts.
Great beer John, well done and thank you!
Surely the decision is which one first!
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Your 100% correct, I went with a German hefeweizen. I don't have temp control available my Belgian pale is in the brew fridge. The Dunkel will be next up
Heated seats pale ale by Mikkeller. Also very nice but the first one was much better.
Another stout, also brewed in Ireland. Fairly strong for a stout at 6% but also nice and smooth. Another one going down quickly 
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Thank you for the review h. It’s a beer I have brewed a few times and I’m pleased with itWell today is the day
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This brew was sent to me by @Donegal john a 7% American Stout. You can see from the picture it’s black in colour and has a nice light tan head which settled down to cuddle the beer and then stuck around leaving some nice loose lacing all the way down the glass. I can tell you the beer is nice and clear too.
The aroma is exactly what you’d expect, nice and roasty with coffee notes, a little chocolate, and some nice hoppy highlights from the Citra and Simcoe hops. Nothing in the hops stands out particularly, just a nice balance of hoppiness. The aroma is clean and fresh with no hint of anything untoward.
No messing with sips I took a big glug and I immediately got a little gentle sweet malt like dark, almost burnt, bread crust. That was just to lure me in because what followed was a stampede of hops followed by a pop of liquorice and a crescendo of bitterness. Out of the bitterness coffee pushed through and on it’s tail a mild roasty liquorice bitterness that lingered for a while.
Must be something about St. Paddy’s Day that’s made me all poetic but that my friend is a riot of a beer, like the stout version of the old Tango adverts.
Great beer John, well done and thank you!
It’s the spirit of the Irish that brings out the poetry. Everyone has it in them.
Glad you enjoyed it.
Something different now, this IPA.
Cheshire Cat
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H what’s the beer. I went to their brewery on the Greenwich peninsula a few weeks ago and drank their Mosaic IPA which was wonderful and had a long chat with the head brewer a lovely person from the US. I was so impressed by the Mosaic IPA I made a clone today.
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It’s a Simcoe pale, nice.H what’s the beer. I went to their brewery on the Greenwich peninsula a few weeks ago and drank their Mosaic IPA which was wonderful and had a long chat with the head brewer a lovely person from the US. I was so impressed by the Mosaic IPA I made a clone today.
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Talus/Mandarina Belgian pale
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Had a Camden Indian Pale Saison. Tasted a bit too Fairy Dish Liquid to me. The Black IPL and Off Menu IPA were much better.
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A NEIPA(?) for me, Irish coffee for my wife.
Is that tongue in cheek as your first was an American stout? I thought Magic Rock were in Huddersfield?Another stout, also brewed in Ireland. Fairly strong for a stout at 6% but also nice and smooth. Another one going down quickly
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I'm having a Beavertown Lupuloid IPA which seems to have gone downhill since I last had one. Little hop aroma or taste and a weird bitterness. Not really enjoying it.
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Agree with Lupuloid. After Heinekin bought into them, I've noticed their beer has gone down hill a bit. Lupuloid, Black Betty, Eight Ball... to name a few.
It wasn’t meant to be but I misread the label, it’s DISTRIBUTED by Grand Cru in Dublin. I’ll hang my head in shame
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