Beer Viking » apple http://www.beerviking.com Hunting for the Best Beer in the Universe Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 Arcadia Ales Sky High Rye #beer 13 http://www.beerviking.com/2010/10/arcadia-ales-sky-high-rye-beer-13/ http://www.beerviking.com/2010/10/arcadia-ales-sky-high-rye-beer-13/#comments Fri, 22 Oct 2010 21:23:46 +0000 thetank http://www.beerviking.com/?p=2122 Gorgeous colour the other side of amber, slight white frosting of a head.

Grass, apple, grapefruit + something I can’t quite get on the nose.

Drying mouthfeel with a less bitterness than expected.

First taste is slightly disappointing. Overall not bad a 13 but for Rye Pale Ale the benchmark has been set very high by Terrapin

]]> http://www.beerviking.com/2010/10/arcadia-ales-sky-high-rye-beer-13/feed/ 0 Epic Beer – A Twitter Driven Tasting in London http://www.beerviking.com/2009/03/epic-beer-a-twitter-driven-tasting-in-london/ http://www.beerviking.com/2009/03/epic-beer-a-twitter-driven-tasting-in-london/#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:10:28 +0000 Doc D http://www.beerviking.com/2009/03/epic-beer-a-twitter-driven-tasting-in-london/ We had the pleasure of running into Luke the brewer of Epic Pale Ale from New Zealand thanks to Twitter. Thanks to Twitter – that’s a whole other ‘power of social media’ post one day – we managed to track him down at the Market Porter next to Borough Market. He’s been over in the UK brewing a guest ale for the upcoming JD Wetherspoon beer festival next month. Being a friendly kiwi he immediately gave a bottle of Epic Pale Ale to take home to try. This beer is not available anywhere in the UK – yet. He also let slip he’d be back at The Rake for small tasting the next day.

Of course the next day we headed out on a small raid of the Rake in the hopes we’d get to try Epic with the brew master. Lady luck was on our side and we got to try two Epic’s – the Pale Ale and  season brew the Mayhem. Here’s a brief review and ranking of both…

“the facts” Epic Pale Ale Epic Mayhem
Style pale ale IPA’-esk
ABV 5.4% 6.2%
Bottle Size 330ml 500ml
Origin Auckland, New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand
Notes arrived by way of Luke’s luggage on Air New Zealand. Sweeter than a normal IPA but very apple-hop tones.
“the ranking” 0-5 for each 0-5 for each
Nose 3 4
Appearance 4.5 5
Taste 3.5 4
Finish 3 4
Total 14/20 17/20

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We are looking forward to the Epic UK mashup brew at the Weatherspoons festival and also to following more adventures of @epicbeer on Twitter. Be sure to visit the Epic website and blog for more info on these great beer from New Zealand.

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]]> http://www.beerviking.com/2009/03/epic-beer-a-twitter-driven-tasting-in-london/feed/ 2 BBC Food Programme Airs About Cider http://www.beerviking.com/2008/11/bbc-food-programme-airs-about-cider/ http://www.beerviking.com/2008/11/bbc-food-programme-airs-about-cider/#comments Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:02:01 +0000 thetank http://www.beerviking.com/?p=281 Strictly not about Beer but since moving to country, the Tanks interest in cider is growing (i.e.:  free booze from the trees in my garden has to only be a good thing) and so in one of those coincidence points, turned on the radio today to hear a great BBC show about Cider.

It was the Food Programme and I’m not sure for how long it can be replayed from this link.

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