A very rare one, an American Trappist beer.

Appearance

mid amber nice head lots of sediment

Aroma

Malt and honey with a touch of peppery hops.

Taste

Light malt with citrus with very bitter finish

Overall

Trappist lite (as American)

Hobson's Postman's Plum Porter

A local brew today, made with damsons not true plums

Appearance

Dark reddy brown with a touch of purple. Off white disappearing heaf

Aroma

Dark malt and then comes the damsons, which compete with hops and win in the end.

Taste

Starts fruity but only for a moment then dark roasted malt comes to the fore, then some spicy hops with fruitiness like the skin of the plum and final bitter finish, with a tiny hint of fruit.

Overall

Lovely beer could drink a lot of this! 8/10 look out for it hope they do it again next year

Monty's Eastbound Double IPA

A welsh american style IPA

Appearance

Cloudy light mahogany which good size white head.

Aroma

Hops and carrot whiskey (lethal farmer home brew).

Taste

Smooth than expected then some bitter hop with chewyness. It fades then the finish gets bitter and bitter as time goes on, with slowly warming alcohol.

Overall

Note complex enough as the American IPA a good start but needs a bit more malt IMO. 6/10

Wood's pot o' gold

A local award winning bitter

Appearance

Golden ale with white head which lasts

Aroma

Biscuit malt with a spicy hop

Taste

Bitter hop which gets oven taken by biscuit malt which fades to hop bitterness but not over the top but lasting.

Overall

Fine fine bitter quaffable and easy drinking but taste enough for sipping 8/10

Wood's Christmas Cracker

Today's beer is a Shropshire brewery Christmas offering.

Appearance

Ruby chestnut small amount if tan head

Aroma

Rich vinous fruits touch if biscuit and malt loaf

Taste

The vinous fruits start strong but fade with malt coming through followed by the fruits coming back in a more spicy finish.

Overall

Nice Xmas beer, just spicy enough 7/10

Dorothy Goodbody's Christmas Craker Ale

A Christmas offering for the birth of baby in my new tankard!

Appearance
Dark chestnut with hint of ruby, small off white head

Aroma
Dark cane sugar vinous fruits wee hint of hops

Taste

Slightly burnt caramel, spicey raisons touch of sour cherries that fade to bitter hop finish

Overall

Nice enough, could handle being a touch higher in alcohol to have that winter warmer effect 6/10

Ch'ti Noel

A beir de garde Xmas special

 Appearance
Light amber with white small bubble head

Aroma
Malt touch of wet hay

Taste

Malt with grain, very full flavour, pleasant carbonation. Finish is dry malt touch of hops and almost lambic style of wet hay.

Overall

Nice winter warmer beer not to complex but still good 7/10

The Shropshire Brewer Spice Dancer

A Shropshire brew tonite and a crap picture.

Appearance

Light gold with fast disappearing head

Aroma

Slightly spicy, touch of malt and hop not much aroma

Taste,

Touch of spice on bit of biscuit malt fades to bitter hop drying finish. Bit bland.

Overall

Not special bit boring OK but hints at it could be more spicy 4/10

A beer brewed in Tottenham Hale, a place were I lived many moons ago. This is a smoked Porter

Appearance

Black with tan small bubble head

Aroma
Medicinal smoke with dark chocolate

Taste

Smoked like a rauch beer at first which is slowly taken over by chocolate which soon fades to smoke. Finish is bitter smoke

Overall

Not bad like the style like the beer but bloody expensive and I have had better smoked stouts and porters

7/10

Gentse Gruut Blond

Appearance

Light straw gold head disappear quickly

Aroma

Biscuit malt with floral hop overtones

Taste

Like a mix of an English bitter and a tripped, sweet malt is keep in check by the bitter hops at the same point the carbonation comes in. The finish is dryish and like like roasted peanuts, odd.

Overall

Nice beer I will drink this more often 8/10

Lindemans Cuvee Rene

Today's offering is a gueuze lambic

Appearance

Light gold no head but carbonation is present

Aroma

Wet hay with a touch of floral hops

Taste

The malt and hops starts then the acidic nature you expect hits you with a fizz of carbonation. The finish is bone dry and bitter.

Overall

I have grown to like this style but I have not enough experience to judge but this is nice in my eyes.

7/10

Coopers Extra Strong Vintage Ale

Today beer is australian trying to prove not all their beer is an April fool's joke

Appearance

Mid chestnut with small off white head

Aroma

Yeasty is a good way with vinous fruits and touch of chocolate

Taste

vinous fruits with a sweet edge like a dubbel, with nice carbonation, which fade as bitter hops come in.  The finish is warming strongly bitter with still a touch a sweetness for balance.

Overall

Nice different beer not special but nice change.

7/10

Baird Beer Shimaguni Stout

Today offering is a Japanese craft beer that some how made it to Netherlands

Appearance

Very dark chestnut with no head.

Aroma

Dark chocolate with a touch of blockbusters and hint of coffee grounds.

Taste

very bitter at first then nothing else comes through and becomes watery. The finish is bitter and iron like.

Overall

Very disappointed with this 2/10

Inedit Damn

This is a brewery I have not gone for till now due to the price but my friend Mez and Greg brought me one for Xmas

Appearance

Hazy pale straw little head

Aroma

Low smell touch of Orange peel and malt

Taste

Touch of spice and orange peel which malt coming through later, the taste is a bit thin. The finish is bitter but soon fades.

Overall

not a fan, like a watered down hoegaarden 6/10

Robinson's Unicorn

High hopes for this one given old tom

Appearance

Light chestnut with large slightly off white head

Aroma

Rich malt with a touch of vinous fruit

Taste

Bitter hops at first then honey taste without the sweetness, a bit too much carbonation. The finish is slightly bitter and drying and moreish.

Overall

Excellent bitter 8/10

Caesar Augustus lager IPA hybrid

Odd one today

Appearance

Pale straw colour with large white head

Aroma

Floral hops almost like lychee or elderflower

Taste

Very bitter at first with floral nature coming through later and a hint of malt. The finish is very bitter and drying.

overall

kind of works reminds me of little creatures but could be better balanced

7/10

Bosteel's Deus Brut de Flanders 0

Today's offering courtesy of my friends Pip and Barthoz.

Appearance

Pale straw with lots of carbonation and large white staying head.

Aroma

lot of citrus hops with touch of floral hops backed by grain rather than malt aroma.

Taste

Fills the mouth with malt than citrus hops come quickly to the fore. Great depth of flavour. Touch of pine comes through then warming alcohol than an almost ammonia tang with a sweetness. the finish is creamy malt and floral hops.

Overall

Very nice complex beer although they say serve at 2-4c which I'd say is to cold. 9/10

Hobson's Goldings green hop beer

This one use half a day fresh hops and is brewed in my "home" town.

Appearance

Very light pale slightly cloudy straw colour

Aroma

Fresh cut grass with touch of pepper and bitterness at the end.

Taste

Starts bitter which fades and a lovely creamy malt comes to the fore. Then the hops are back drying and bitter that leaves the finish which is refreshing.

Overall

Although seasonal only in September would be a great beer for the summer. let's see if I can keep some for then
7.5/10

Courage Imperial Russian Stout

Today's offering with the windy rainy weather should be a good one.

Appearance

Dark black seems to suck in light, like the one of the spacecraft in hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy, with small tan head.

Aroma

Slightly burnt malt rich vinous fruits with spice and a woody earthness.

Taste

Like a taste time bomb nothing happens then bam, touch of coffee in the malt intense hops warming alcohol and a finish that lasts for an ages bitter hops Smokey malt.

overall

lovely beer to sip a beer to saviour

9/10

The big Lubelski

Today's offering is my friend's Jacek home brew

Appearance

cloudy bronze with small white head

Aroma

Yeasty at first with a touch of honey sweetness and a hint of hops

Taste

Bitter hops dominant with not much malt flavour limited finish but hop dominated.