A night on the 'Dog
A quick flit over to Leicester for the first night of their CAMRA festival. Just time enough for a couple of brews, so let's make them all from Fraserburgh's finest - six of the best by Brewdog.The One Drank With The Curry: Trashy Blonde, 4.1
Is this Peroxide Punk as was or something different? Clean, pale hops, kept the curry in check.
The One That Is Out To Impress: Zeitgeist, 4.9
Tastes more like a quenching mild every time I try it. Decent mild roasts are fairly refreshing. Need to get a bottle into the fridge and put it to the post-lawnmower test.
The One Where Silver Splits The Blue: Riptide, 8.0
This just rolls... say it softly; Paradox is fine and dandy but the silky unmuckedaboutness of the smooth chocolateyness here stamps Epic Win every time
The One With A Hung Jury: V2009, 9.0
There's a floral cream akin to herbal sorbet before the hops exercise their full cones down your throat. Sticky as if hop-needy insects are genetically programmed to sniff you out and suck on your gums. Yet no over-alcohol; damn if this isn't closer to hopped wort, a body beaten back by puckering citric. It's either genius on a maturing horizon or a big fat fecking mess. Will try again tomorrow, natch.
The One That Wasn't Paradox Smokehead: Paradox Isle of Arran, 10.0
Has a thick edge of sweetness on the turn that doesn't butter my parsnips. Does the Paradox yada-yada without the va-va-voom of Smokehead or Islay.
The One I Forgot: Devine Rebel, 12.5
Shit. Here's a barley wine brewed with Mikkeller and I forgot to go back for it. But I can't remember seeing a cask label for it?!?
The One I Bought From The Offie Table: Brewdog Storm, 8.0
Islay Casked IPA? OMGWTFBBQ elevnty-one. Will now have to have a 'nothing but Brewdog' weekend and drink this alongside all the other stuff I've collected in the last six months.
Time for bed. Serious curry eating, er, I mean drinking to do back in Leicester tomorrow.
Now that sounds like a helluva evening!! I passed Leicester on the train late last night and so wanted to jump for a few speedy halves but alas that was not possible!
ReplyDeleteI'm intrigued by the V2009, this has flown straight by me. Looking forward to trying most of these at The Bull, Horton Kirby next month!
Oh man-- What a night! Is this the order in which you drank them?
ReplyDeleteMuch jealousy over here in Maltingland.
Mark - the V2009 is a full-on IPA. Fairly harsh, although I did enjoy a pint of it the next day.
ReplyDeleteimpy - yep, drank in that order though I had to wait for Thursday to try the Devine Rebel.
Gutted that I can't meet up with Martin Dickie today as he tours round pubs in Nottingham!
There was a time when 'A Night on the Dog' would have meant drinking Newcastle Brown Ale - fortunately not any longer! I thought the V2009 was just super duper.
ReplyDeleteWas good to meet you Haddonsman, albeit briefly. I still don't know how I missed spotting you on the first night.