Month: January 2012

St Peters Golden Ale

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This bottle design grabbed my attention if I’m honest. It’s a nice looking beer, 4.7% from a 500ml bottle.

The bottle is slightly green and this gives the beer a lighter look than the dark amber poured product.

It’s got a nice head, and pretty grainy aroma. It’s quite strong and, if I’m a little honest, a bit overpowering until you’ve had a few mouthfuls to get used to it. There’s also a little bit of sweetness in there, a bit like cinder toffee.

It’s a pleasant enough beer but not in the top ten of mine I don’t think.

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Bombardier English

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And onto one of my all time favourites. A simple, English beer. It’s got very very subtle flavours so won’t be overpowering for the novice ale drinker. A bit bitter, but if I may be so bold, a perfect little number. Not much else to say about it other than go and grab a few!

Not only the beer is great, but now Rik Mayal has appeared in the adverts.

4.7% in a 500ml bottle.

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Innis & Gunn Original

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Blimey! This little 330ml 6.6% bottle packs quite a punch!

This beer has been aged in oak barrels which I think used to carry whisky. As a result you get a massive whisky aftertaste. Infact it’s like you dropped a shot of it into the beer.

You get nice oaky depth as you would expect with some nice vanilla tones.

I certainly couldn’t drink too many of these, they have a huge flavour and it’s a little overpowering if I’m honest.

So, a little powerhouse of a beer; a bit too much for me though.

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Pure Ubu

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I went to a wedding reception and this was the only ale, bottled behind the bar. I recognised the bottle but thought it was brewed in New Zealand. Perhaps I saw it out there once, who knows. But fabulous to say its almost local, coming from the Purity brewery in Warwickshire.

Anyway, it’s a nice golden colour and a slight head.

I’m struggling to spot the flavours here though. It’s a bloody nice pint with a lot of depth, but I can’t work out what is going on in there. A bit fruity but nothing standing out for me. It’s simple, a bit bitter but easy going. I think if the mass produced lagers were off, a lager drinker could drink this all night. It’s simple.

4.5% in a 500ml bottle from my local wine merchants (S.H Jones)

Lovely, but simple. A bit like me.

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