Daily Archives: July 8, 2013

Hitachino Nest Commemorative Ale (8%)

Brewed with coriander and cinnamon, Commemorative Ale is an exercise in brewing brilliance. What I’ve found over the last few days of drinking beer from the Kiuchi Brewery is that there’s a deftness of touch, a delicacy to the beers … Continue reading

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Dorset Brewing Co. Durdle Door (5%)

Now this is a nice Bitter. Durdle Door smells of bran flakes, apricots and peaches and pours a very nice deep chestnut red. The malts are robust, lots of orange marmalade, toffee and well baked digestive biscuits. And there’s a … Continue reading

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Dancing Duck Brewery Ay Up (3.9%)

At 3.9% this is very easy to drink. Ay Up is a Pale Ale with a shortbread and honeycomb malt, all soft oat biscuits and sugar syrup. There’s a good helping of hops in here too, and they bring a … Continue reading

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Mikkeller Tettnanger (6.8%)

Are you getting fed up of single hopped IPA’s? I am. A bit. Even though this is a brilliant little bottle of beer that leaps out of the bottle a fizzy and fun deep amber, I want a gang of … Continue reading

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Brouwerij Boon Horal’s Oude Geuze Mega Blend 2013 (7%)

This is perfect in the summer afternoon heat. This “Toer De Geuze” is a blended beer made up of 3 Fonteinen, Boon, Timmermans, Oud Beersel, Lindermans, De Troch, De Cam, Hanssens and Tilquin, and as such it’s like some enormous … Continue reading

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