Tartarus Beers, Leeds, West Yorkshire:
A collaboration with Bini Brew Co of Ilkley, West Yorkshire, this is brewed with oats and wheat, dry hopped with Eclipse, and there's a very appealing graphic of a cabbit on the can. Aha! I can taste those furry rabbit ears! I'm not sure why they're calling this a session beer at 5.2%. Oh well, whatever. A cabbit is, of course, a hybrid of a cat and rabbit, and supposedly it only exists in Japanese anime and manga. So what would a cabbit eat? Carroturbot? Crabgrass? Mackerelettuce? Anyway, this is a nice hoppy, furry brew, and it's very hazy. I suppose I'm getting used to anything I pour out of a can being hazy. But I do think the cat half of the hybrid would have enjoyed some finings, whereas the rabbit half can more easily hide in the vegan haze. I drank this can on the first warm and sunny day for weeks, but I spent most of the day at work in a cold and windowless room, so I missed most of the pleasure. But there's more of the same predicted for tomorrow, so I'm in a good mood.Cabbit Session IPA (5.2% ABV -- brewed in collaboration with Bini Brew Co, Ilkley, West Yorkshire -- reviewed 4 September 2023)
Teignworthy Brewery, Newton Abbot, Devon:
` This is a potent beer with a lovely bouquet. "Mmmm", says JC Goulden, "I detect barley with a hint of pomegranate and Brazil nut." Or is that loquat and hazelnut which are tickling my palate? I can't quite place it...at least there are no seeds or shells in the bottom of the bottle.Maltster's Ale (5.0% ABV -- reviewed 31 May 2001)
Temblor Brewing Company, Bakersfield, California:
` This was another four-pack I picked up at the brewery when I was visiting California. A New England hazy beer, it's brewed with Comet and Galaxy hops, and as I recall it was very good, fruity yet dank.Golden Empire Strikes Back IPA (7.5% ABV -- reviewed 4 July 2022)
` Dry hopped with Citra and Mandarina Bavaria hops, this is very happily drinkable. It suggests walking through downtown Bakersfield, past art deco buildings and Chinese bars, as opposed to the long, straight, suburban stretches of boulevard of which much of Bakersfield consists. And covering 151 square miles, I can say that Bakersfield has a hell of a lot of streets. Streets of Bakersfield IPA (7.0% ABV -- reviewed 25 July 2023)
Thornbridge Brewery, Bakewell, Derbyshire:
` Brewed with Citra and Mosaic and in a yellow can with green and black and gold decorations, this is another very decently hoppy Thornbridge brew, the second in two days in a row. The can suggests grapefruit and melon flavours, orange and mango with hints of lime oil, and that this beer would be good with tacos al pastor. Heavily dry hopped, it's clear and sparkling in the glass, bright and cheerfully hoppy. Yes, it brightens up the all-day-rainy Bank Holiday Monday, with hopes that I don’t go mad with cabin fever and restless leg syndrome, and hopes of a future day of no rain, this beer actually has cheered me up. Goes great with the Palo Santo incense that is currently burning in our lounge while the rain pours down incessantly outside.Absideon IPA (6.6% ABV -- reviewed 20 July 2021)
` Brewed with Crystal, Simcoe, and Mosaic hops, this is pretty damn good and hoppy for a low-ABV beer. It’s hazy, with suggestions of pineapple and grapefruit, two tastes I really like. So of course I like it. And the purple can with its gold detailing goes well with my freshly coloured purple, green, and teal hair. It makes me want to say a simple “Zingity-zing-zing!" On the can it recommends drinking this with huevos rancheros, which sounds fine with me, because anything Mexican is fine with me, thank you very much!Astrid Juicy Pale (3.8% ABV -- reviewed 20 July 2021)
` This drinkable sour is named after the California town that used to be known as the Lemon Capital of the World because of its perfect citrus-growing climate. Chula Vista translates as “Cool View", which makes sense. Brewed with fresh lemon and sea salt, it imparts a lemon-grapefruit tang. I had a pint of this awhile back at the Hallamshire, so I knew it was surprisingly drinkable, especially in the can. I enjoyed the crisp pale simplicity of it while sitting on my new grey sofa, with matching grey IKEA table and grey rattan box and magazine rack. Everything in the lounge is currently just waiting for a big RED! YELLOW! GREEN! BLUE! PURPLE! ORANGE! KAPOW! accent of some sort.Chula Vista Lemon & Sea Salt Sour (4.2% ABV -- reviewed 15 October 2023)
` This is a Southern Hemisphere Pale Ale brewed with Nectaron, Nelson Sauvin, Galaxy, Vic Secret, and Ella hops as well as low-colour Maris Otter and Oat malts and flaked torrefied wheat. It was a very nice home offering from Thornbridge, really satisfying. Of course, I do love Galaxy and Vic Secret, so it wasn’t surprising I found it so satisfying.Dotterel (5.0% ABV -- reviewed 15 November 2022)
` Described on the can as a “California Common Beer", I have to say that as a native Californian who drinks beer I’ve never heard that particular term before. Brewed with HBC 522 hops and described as tasting like pine, mango, caramel and orange, it doesn’t really suggest what I might call Californian, from those first interesting microbrewing days of the 1980s or the exciting days of the hoppy/yeasty experimentation of today’s California. But I suppose, since the beer is called “Frisco" (which Californians, especially those in the Bay Area, never use to refer to San Francisco), it’s a bit of a misnomer in general. Stll, it’s an okay little pint with a mild flavour, not overly challenging, and a subtle orange-grove orange on the edge.Frisco (5.0% ABV -- reviewed 26 April 2021)
` This beer is brewed with quick-fermenting Kveik yeast strains from Hordaland, Norway, as well as Citra, Galaxy, and Mosaic hops, with the flavour notes promising pineapple, peach, grapefruit, lychee, and guava. I grabbed the can off the shelf because of the red label with black framing and bits of gold. It was a great colour combination that would also stir my magpie lust for collecting things red and black coloured. And the beer was nice as well. I’m a fan of Galaxy and Mosaic hops, and I do like the Northern European touch of Kveik yeast. The initial tasting notes I scribbled down were a bit hijacked by conversations about muddy trails on Bole Hill, crumbling plaster, the smog in Los Angeles and London, mudslides, and a description of sperm donation in the current book I’m reading, 10:04 by Ben Lerner, which provoked uncontrollable laughter. But fortunately this is a good beer for many subjects.Hordaland Kveik IPA (6.0% ABV -- reviewed 20 July 2021)
` As this was too strong to consider drinking a pint of it at the Hallamshire, I bought a can for taking away and drinking in the safety of my own home. And mmm, yes! Brewed with Mosaic hops, this is a great richly hoppy beer! Disappointingly it wasn't named after the telescope, but after a sports climb in Millers Dale in the Peak District. Hubble was the first ever consensus 8C+ route, which is a milestone in climbing history, and the name was suggested by Thornbridge Brewery’s own clusters of climbers. With further research, I learned that the French numerical guide for free climbing uses "a", "b", and "c" as well as the "+" symbol to give additional refinement between the letters. So there.Hubble American Pale Ale (6.2% ABV -- reviewed 3 November 2024)
` One exhausting and impressively freezing day I came home from work and opened my bottle of this double IPA. Described on the bottle as having aromas of sweet tropical fruit and resinous pine, with Simcoe, Amarillo, and Mosaic hops, this is a classy beer, leaving a refined finish on the tongue like a good cognac. In fact, a good cigar would go great with this beer. Aw, heck, Huck! With a little research I couldn’t find out why it’s called Huck. Is it after Huckleberry Finn? Or after Jesus H Christ, whose middle name I used to think was Huckleberry? I suppose I’ll never know for sure.Huck (7.4% ABV -- reviewed 26 February 2017)
` I had a can of this beer the night before the second lockdown and the day after Election Day in the USA. It's a New England IPA with Galaxy, Nelson Sauvin, Citra, and Mosaic hops. The notes on the can suggest papaya, pineapple, stone fruit, and citrus, and it’s also suggested that it would go great with a Tangy Peach and Pecan Salad, if anybody happens to be making that for their tea. This beer is really quite nice, though. The fruitiness is tempered with a real WHOPPITY tanginess, which was perfect for the cold night on which I tried it. I can’t really picture drinking this on a warm humid picnic type of day; but living in Sheffield I don't have to worry about that much. I am, however, wondering why it was named Jamestown. I suppose it's referring to the early New England colony, and this is a New England style IPA. But I could be completely wrong.Jamestown (5.9% ABV -- reviewed 23 November 2020)
` The label on the bottle of this brew describes this as a "South Pacific Pale Ale". Since it was a hot steamy Indian Summer of a day, it seemed an appropriate beer for such weather. It's brewed with Nelson Sauvin hops from New Zealand. It was a shame that it's not bottle conditioned, because the burps and belches quickly swelling up, waiting to explode. But I could see Rudyard Kipling lying out under a coconut palm wearing a briefcloth with a tangy, hoppy piña colada in his hand, petting a tiger cub with the jungle behind them. Then I saw piles of pancakes -- oops, sorry: a bit of racist children's lit snuck in there when I wasn't looking. No, no, back to the tiger cub...Kipling (5.2% ABV -- reviewed 23 October 2011)
` This is surprisingly yummy and super-hopped with US hops. I would go back and buy this again. As I sipped I was reminded of the Pyramid Apricot Ale that my neighbour Lou Anna and her sister Celia used to drink back in Seattle. Our bottle bin was always full of a mixture of bottles of my Flagship Red Ale and their Pyramid Apricot Ale.Melba Peach IPA (5.2% ABV -- reviewed 30 December 2017)
This is really nice, with quite a strong taste, but it has a sort of an Abbeydale Deception aura about it. The hops are Citra, HBC 353, and Bru-1, with Maris Otter, Oat Malt, and Flaked Wheat malts. North Bridge (7.2% ABV -- a collaboration with North Brew Company, Sheepscar, Leeds, West Yorkshire -- reviewed 6 June 2020)
` It was a completely dead and deserted Saturday and I wanted and needed a strong beer, so I decided to try this one. The pretty blue can features a rampant lion facing a rampant bear, with their dukes up. (I’m assuming the lion stands for England and the bear for California.) The hops are listed as Idaho 7, Mosaic, Cashmere, El Dorado, and Simcoe, and the resulting character as Mango, Grapefruit, Tropical Fruit, Pine, and Chicken Wings. Huh? Oh sorry, that must be the food pairing suggestion. As soon as I popped open the can I realised that this is a really lusciously good beer. It is truly yummy! Even Andrew agreed instantly with me as I insisted he taste it. And happily I bought the can just down the road at a very local shop, so I can run back and buy some more. This is really a lovely brew, absolutely lovely. I suppose it’s those characters, the triad of tropical, grapefruit, and pine, that can turn out so perfect, and the melding of such an interesting collection of hops. I can’t say it enough, but this is absolutely lovely. I can’t really detect any chicken, though...Ponderosa West Coast IPA (6.7% ABV -- brewed in collaboration with Firestone Walker, Paso Robles, California -- reviewed 27 August 2020)
` This pale ale was single-hopped with Idaho 7, and it elicited a yum! zippity doo dah, Iida-ho-ho-ho! from my palate. It suggested zingy tropical fruit with a definite base of strong black tea. It zipped and flourished all over my tongue like kudzu.Quiet Storm (5.5% ABV -- reviewed 15 November 2022)
` This is a collaboration with Rock City of Nottingham to celebrate the rock music club of the same name. It's brewed with Ahtanum, Chinook, Centennial, Columbus, and Cascade hops and Maris Otter, Oat Malt, and Flaked Torrefied Wheat malts. After an exciting day of getting a replacement staff card at the university while our car surprised us by successfully going through its MOT, this was a pleasant reward. It was mostly citrus in hops character, but there was quite a lot of that.Rock City IPA (5.5% ABV -- reviewed 11 May 2024)
` This West Coast IPA is a collaboration with Burnt Mill Brewing of Ipswich, Suffolk. A riffle is a reach of stream where shallow fast-moving water is broken by rocks and boulders. Riffles are common in both Derbyshire and Suffolk, so that inspired the name. With my first sip I got a definite Wow! Strong! Bitter! I was swung into a boulder in a torrential rainstorm, which I actually had experienced earlier when I got off the bus to walk the rest of the way to work, and I ended up completely drenched. In fact my clothes were still wet while I was enjoying this beer. Apparently the city of Sheffield has decided that a walking-cycling City Centre is great for everyone, even people who can’t walk, and it completely disregards the typical Sheffield weather. So of course the bus routes make no sense at all for people actually needed to get from Point A to Point B. Oh well, it matches the UK politics of the era.Salice (5.2% ABV -- a collaboration with Pomona Island Brewing of Salford, Greater Manchester -- reviewed 20 December 2022)
` This beer is the second collaboration with Brew York. The first collaboration led to the great Friday night that named this beer. A West Coast IPA with Centennial, Chinook, Simcoe, Columbus, and Equanot hops, this is apparently recommended with cedar planked salmon, which I’ll go for any day. The flavour is grapefruit and stone fruit, and it's perfect for another “killer hot" day (nah, it’s just like a typical Southern California summer day.) Yes, it's a very nice, drinkable hoppy brew, although I don’t think I’d drink it out at a barbecue or picnic in this heat with that ABV.Some Friday That (7.0% ABV -- brewed in collaboration with Brew York, York, North Yorkshire -- reviewed 20 August 2022)
This passionfruit IPA is brewed with Mosaic and Nelson Sauvin hops. I drank a can of this at home on a ridiculous day when the rain would not stop and the car battery, after being parked for six days, was completely stone-dead. So it seemed like a good day for a can on the sofa. This beer is a bit sweet, though. I should have suspected that with the passionfruit suggestion, and my American childhood associations with super-sweet soft drinks like Hi C and Kool Aid. But I was hoping that, as it was an IPA with two hops I really like, the hops would temper the sweetness. But then there’s that high-alcohol as well. Oh well, it’s only a Three of Diamonds. It didn’t promise to be an Ace of Spades.Three of Diamonds (5.0% ABV -- brewed in collaboration with Mikkeller Brewery Copenhagen, Denmark -- reviewed 14 December 2021)
I finally had the opportunity to try this bottle of beer I've had for awhile. It's hoppy and very flavourful, a welcome drop after the very long hectic day I had just experienced. I could definitely detect tropical fruit -- perhaps pineapple and mango -- with plenty of hops. It was an October sunset enjoyed on a dark rainy November day. To paraphrase FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper, it's damn fine pint of beer.Twin Peaks (5.0% ABV -- reviewed 15 November 2014)
` On another postwork day I had a bottle of this beer. Brewed with Nelson Sauvin, Centennial, Sorachi Ace, and Ella hops and described as tasting like lemongrass and orange, I can say that those good dark punchy hops were like a warming tonic for the end of another freezing day.Valravn Imperial Black IPA (8.8% ABV -- reviewed 26 February 2017)
` On Day 3 of the 2020 Covid-19 lockdown, my beer pleasure was a can of this surprise. Whoa-hoh!! Jesus, it’s really something! I could never handle a high-ABV beer like this in a pub, as I don’t think I’d make it out the front door without falling flat on my face. This is brewed with Simcoe, Amarillo, and Mosaic hops. I doubt that my Unkletom in Sacramento, with whom I was having an overseas phone conversation, had any idea what alcoholic gustatory pleasure I was experiencing.Yelamu (7.4% ABV -- brewed in collaboration with Magic Rock Brewery, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire -- reviewed 29 March 2020)
Tiny Rebel Brewing Company, Newport, Wales:
` The pineapple and grapefruit taste is pretty strong, especially the pineapple. Woah, this is a truly bizarre beer. You can most definitely taste the pineapple juice. We drink pineapple juice ll the time with gin and tonic, but I think this is only the second pineapple beer I've ever had (the first being the Pineapple Sculpin' IPA at Ballast Point in Long Beach). If you can imagine hoppy pineapple...well, can you? It's actually quite an appropriate quaff for the suddenly warm, clear, sunny day, my second day in history sitting out in our back garden on the paving-stone deck against the back wall, giving me a new outlook on our house and the neighbourhood. So this new perspective on beer is quite appropriate.Pineapple Express IPA (6.2% ABV -- reviewed 6 June 2020)
` This features a nice tropical flavour of grapefruit and peach, and there's a drawing of a pineapple on the tin. It's not overly hoppy but it's quite refreshing. Also on the tin is a drawing of a drunk teddy bear with a black eye. I don't quite understand that...Tropicana Tropical IPA (5.5% ABV -- reviewed 22 April 2018)
Tioga Sequoia Brewing Company, Fresno, California:
` Brewed with Citra and Azacca hops, this was fruity and hazy, with well-balanced malt. My pseudobrother Kim and I both liked it, so I'd say it's widely appealing and very drinkable.Spark IPA (6.0% ABV -- reviewed 15 July 2024)
Tollgate Brewery, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Derbyshire:
` On this stressful Friday after being at work all afternoon, keeping up on my brother’s surgery in California, experiencing the first day of our return to the Covid-19 Tier system, where our area is in the highest tier, and the announcement of the rollout of the first vaccine, it’s been a whew kind of day, with a lot to take in. Where do I go? What do I think? What do I feel? The only thing I definitely know is that it’s time for a beer, and this bottle-conditioned amber beer is pleasant enough, both malty and hoppy. This would appeal to an IPA traditionalist, who likes their beers like they used to be, before all of the hybrid hops and experimentations.Spark IPA (6.0% ABV -- reviewed 26 April 2021)
Track Brewing Company, Manchester:
` This beer is brewed with a mixture of Galaxy, Citra, and Simcoe hops, with Super Pale, Wheat Oat, and Vienna malts. As I sat down to drink my can I was waiting for an important call on my mobile from my sister-in-law while being interrupted by a call on the landline from my uncle, while replying in a WhatsApp text to a good friend, while being stressed out about my mother’s condition after having broken her hip in California. And the beer? Oh yes, it was good, once I paid attention. I love Galaxy hops, anyway. I suppose I’m just an astronaut at heart.Half Dome Hazy IPA (5.2% ABV -- reviewed 4 May 2020)
Trader Joe's Brewing Company, akaJosephsBrau, Monrovia, California:
` This is one of the cans Kim and I enjoyed at the Cat & Bell Pub, which was the name we gave the back patio at my sibling group's house in Bakersfield. It's a dry-hopped red ale, and boy, is it ruby red! I was first attracted to the can which features a classic VW van. It's pleasant and roasty, with Munich malt and German style hops.. I'm used to red ale having a sharp taste from a little rye in the mix, but there's none of that character here. So I still don't understand why it's red.Drive Thru Red (7.2% ABV -- reviewed 25 July 2023)
Triple Point Brewing Company, Sheffield, South Yorkshire:
` I popped this open early in the afternoon after learning we’ve been ejected from the Christmas day plans I was looking forward to. So now we’re looking forward to a festive day with two depressed people stuck in the same house alone, as it has been throughout the entire Lockdown, on Xmess Day. What fun. So I’ve decided to get pissed tonight, starting with this. It’s brewed with Citra, Casade, and Centennial hops, which seem to be pretty much your classic American hops. And it’s hoppy, yes, but in a restrained way, with a cinnamon-stick-textured finesse on the tongue. The name of the beer refers to 270 degrees due west, which is the directional heading for sunset, apparently. So bring on sunset, I say!270° WCIPA (4.6% ABV -- reviewed 26 April 2021)
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Brewed with blossom honey, cryo Loral and Amarillo hops, this was pleasant. Not really bitter, but definitely not sweet, either, so it was very easy drinking. In fact, some of my lager drinking friends might even like this, if it wouldn’t be too hoppy for them.Blossom Cryo-Hopped Keller Pils (4.5% ABV -- reviewed 15 November 2023)
` This is another hazy NEIPA which is brewed with Citra, Cryo Mosaic, Cryo Simcoe, and Cryo Phantasm hops. On the can is the proud announcement, “There will always be desire." It also suggested that desire tastes like pineapple, passion fruit, and lime, with an oat malt base. It was indeed a very welcome reward after a hard day at work, and the tropical flavours took me somewhere where it wasn’t ridiculously freezing in this late April.Desire (7.0% ABV -- reviewed 11 May 2024)
` This was another grey-scale can which advertised the Sheffield Festival of Outdoors. Inspired by Ethel Haythornthwaite, the Sheffield environmentalist who helped establish the Peak District and founded the Campaign to Protect Rural England, this collaborative brew is described as hoppy with a citrus bent. And sales of this beer help support the countryside charity CPRE and Peak District and also South Yorkshire Women in Beer. Regardless of all of this hoo-hah, I found this beer a bit bland, and I couldn't really detect the hoppiness. Oh well. I drank it at a friend's birthday celebration where my can was followed by a glass of Poncha da Madeira, and then a taste of strong Madeira rum gingerly sipped out of a Buddha Eyes shot glass, so there was a lot of drinking of different things going on. So I was happy I started with a relatively low-ABV unchallenging beer.Ethel Pale Ale (4.0% ABV -- reviewed 15 July 2024)
` Brewed with Galaxy, Ekuanot, Rakau, and Simcoe hops, and then dry-hopped with more Galaxy, this beer was described as "a Czech astronaut launched into the stratosphere". It was indeed a very nice space-walk immediately after my interstellar journey, with a whopping hoppy tickle swimming merrily through my mouth.Galaxy Pale (6.6% ABV -- reviewed 26 April 2021)
` This beer is a collaboration with Cervejaria Invicta of Ribeirao Preto, Sao Paolo, Brazil. Brewed with Cryo Amarillo, Cryo Citra, Cryo El Dorado, and Cryo Sabro hops, it comes in a gorgeous green, gold, and rusty red can. So what’s not to like? When I popped open the can, the aroma scented the entire room. It was very perfumey, with chewy hops. And wow! It really cheered me up.Invicta Cryo-Hopped NEIPA (7.0% ABV -- reviewed 15 November 2022)
` Brewed with CryoPop, Cryo Mosaic, and Cryo Talus hops, this is described as having the flavours of citrus, stone fruits, bubblegum, and rose blossom. The hops mixture is quite fruity indeed, and the beer has a very light haze, like a mist rising from the wet grass after the sun comes out. Doing a bit of research I learned that Libertas is the goddess of freedom, as in being able to drink whatever hops combination one wants, I suppose. And CryoPop is not a new music genre, but rather a cryo hops blend from the wonderful hops innovators, Yakima Chief, who separate whole hops cones into concentrated lupulin and bract. That sounds all right with me.Libertas NEIPA (6.2% ABV -- reviewed 15 October 2023)
` This is a collaboration with Sheffield’s own Heist Brewery, so it’s an all-Sheffield collaboration. Brewed with Chinook, Cryo Cascade, Cryo Centennial and Cryo Simcoe hops, it tastes like my sense of smell has become recently: multi-faceted, four-dimensional, like walking down a street and smelling every garden, every fruit bowl, every kitchen, and every wet pavement all at once. It's definitely the character of fruit surrounded by ozone. This is a rapidly nature-appreciating brew. So if I stop at Triple Point after work, can I get a pint of this? If I walk down the hill to Heist, can I get a pint of this? Or do I have to meet somewhere midway? Let’s see, according to Google Maps and my pub triangulation, that would be the Kommune multi-venue dining centre in Sheffield City Centre, which does have a bar. Hmm, I wonder...Shots Fired West Coast IPA (7.2% ABV -- reviewed 3 October 2022)
` Apparently this is the brewery’s first IPA-times-2, hence the X2. The strong beer uses a double dose of five hops: Admiral, Chinook, Centennial, Mosaic, and Simcoe. It sounded like an exciting idea to me, and since I felt like celebrating good news including the new President of the United States and the first Covid-19 vaccine to be potentially released very soon, I decided to give this a whirl. The first taste was wowingly strong with a massive collaboration of hops, but with an unexpected sweet edge to it all, which may be due to the fact that you can really taste the high alcohol. It seemed at first like a great foggy-night refresher, but then it became a bit too cloying. Perhaps it’s just too much of everything, all at once. It would suit some tastes, but I think I prefer a bit more, um, suavity.X2 Double Debut DDH US IPA (7.5% ABV -- reviewed 23 November 2020)
Turning Point Brew Company, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire:
` Brewed with Galaxy, Azacca, and Bru-1 hops, there is definitely a sense of incense burning in this complication of flavours. It’s a very interesting beer, with quite a complicated first taste followed by a crossroads of several different bitternesses and fragrances, all weaved into a tight luminescent lattice. I could actually have drawn a picture of the taste. It was Day 4 of Billie-No-Mates Down Syndrome, which perfectly describes the way I was feeling, so I was feeling like getting a little pissed. Would I see God? Would I become one with the Brahma-Atma? Would I find peace and happiness and friends? Hey, it was worth a try...Mmm, glory be! There’s a subtle but deeply religious intent of this beer. My American brewery-visiting companion Mistah Rick would definitely like it.Divinations NEIPA (6.8% ABV -- reviewed 23 November 2020)
` When I started to pour this beer into my glass, it produced an extremely tall and frothy head, so I had to wait a bit until I could actually taste it. It was the end of a day I had taken off work to attend a dear friend’s funeral and wake, and I was looking forward to settling down with. But it stayed way too foamy. After a good half hour, I still couldn’t get down to the liquid beer. And it’s strange, because I had just bought this can, so it couldn’t have been out of date. Frankly I was not impressed. It was a shame, because it could just be from the trauma that this particular can went through. Oh well, win some, lose some.Thank You Space Expert Cryo IPA (6.8% ABV -- reviewed 6 February 2023)
Two Roses Brewery, Barnsley, South Yorkshire:
` This bottle-conditioned brew is described on the label as a vegan single-hopped golden ale. Whatever it's called, it's all right! It's zingy and tidy, a very nice bottle of beer, I must say. And I'll say it again: it's a very tidy beer.Chinook (4.0% ABV -- reviewed 24 August 2013)
Two Tribes Brewery, London:
` When I took Eurostar from London to Paris recently, I had a can of this with my onboard snack. It has been brewed especially for Eurostar, with Mandarina Bavaria hops and Maris Otter, Caramel, and Belgian Chateau Biscuit malts. Considering I was on a train I was quite happy with it. It was pleasantly hoppy with a multi-European character, and hints of citrus, mandarin, and grapefruit. Things could certainly be worse.Nomad Pale Ale (4.5% ABV -- reviewed 18 March 2024)
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