This is one for the ‘beer of the summer 2008″ list - Beer of the Gods, produced by High & Mighty Beer Co.
I found this useful and well written guide to UK pubs - GreatBeer.co.uk - today while trying to find the telephone number for the Black Rabbit pub in Arundel. Our own pub report to follpw here in BeerViking, in the meantime worth keeping this link.
What a lovely mistake.
As part of the ongoing deep dive research, I grabbed a handful of what I thought was Belgian beer and by mistake grabbed a Christoffel Bier now called Blonde.
As this is a whole new area of tasting, still don’t feel qualified to rate this but can say it’s tasty and will have it some more. ratebeer is currently giving it a 86.
http://tinyurl.com/5mk7am Reminds The Tank very much of the recent research started into Beligan Beers
The BeerViking crew are on a raid in Seattle. We like it here. Lots of water just like Scandinavia. And better yet lots of local microbrews to taste. In particular we like the wheat beer at Pyramid:
Brewed by the original Wheat Beer Pioneers, Pyramid Hefe Weizen is left unfiltered for extra flavor and aroma.
Handcrafted with 60% malted wheat (10% more than Bavarian tradition calls for), our award-winning Hefe Weizen is unsurpassed in quality and exceptionally smooth and refreshing for the whole beer experience.
Original Gravity: 12.5
Alcohol By Volume: 5.20%
Malts: 2-Row Barley, Malted Wheat, Caramel
Hops: Nugget, Liberty, Willamette
Availability: Year Round
Best Paired With: Fish, Salads, Poultry, Spicy Foods
Bronze, World Beer Cup “American Style Wheat Ale or Lager”, 2000
Silver Medal, World Beer Championships, “Weizen”, 1997
The Tank had the opportunity to sample another one of the wonderul Terrapin Beer Co. brews with the Golden Ale.
It was certainly as tasty as expected but I was surprised that the Dark Star Sunburst burned through my memory as being the benchmark for a Golden Ale and so was slightly dissapointed.
Saying that, the Tank would try again and again this brew and if you see it, make sure to give a go.
Belgian Beers Rule - http://tinyurl.com/64twb4%20Quintine%20Blonde
My college (university) has a crazy professor who is brewing some old brew. Sweet… More HERE and here in the Cal Poly magazine online. Enjoy the read! Now the BeerViking just needs figure out a way to make raid on SLO town?
Planning A Raid on Brighton…Any Tips
Below is some potential spots mapped out.
@afullerview http://tinyurl.com/56t97e and looks like you’ll miss http://www.gcbf.com/