UK Weekend Beerage

You think today was good? Wait til you try the Red IPA.

Freakin'. Gorgeous.

 

A few minutes ago had Schlenkerla Helles. Just outstanding.

 

Huber Premium Beer. Pfffffff.....

 

St. Peter's Golden Ale - just right.

 

Good King Henry Special Reserve. Wow what a beer my favourite style of beer barrel aged stout. Mmmmm

 

you can't go wrong with De La Senne beers

 

I used to grow Good King Henry on my allotment! Chenopodium Bonus Henricus.Sometimes called mercury or marquary. Didn't know you could drink it though
http://www.rhs.org.uk/Gardening/Grow-Your-Own/Veg-A-to-Z/Good-King-Henry

Back to topic, delivering "Nottingham dinker" magazines yesterday , took a few dozen to the Royal Oak at Car Colston again.......right out in the sticks but buzzing with customers.
It's a Marston's pub and a good place to judge their beers because the cellaring and care are always letter perfect.Began with the EPA , decent enough stuff to deal with thirst , then tried the ordinary Bitter which I've always enjoyed in the past. Disappointing, there was no Burton Snatch and the taste was rather like brown sugar.Perhaps a bad batch. Then Brakspear Bitter , as good and crisp as ever was.To finish I tried their Pedigree New World , a very distinctive brew full of tropical flavours and seriously fighting above its 3.8% ABV. It uses Australian hops and I was assured they are all added to the copper upside down. I quite enjoyed it and I'm not sure I should have. Wouldn't want to drink a lot of it though.
In common with many of our country inns where most customers get there by car , the selection was all session strength. Anything much stronger doesn't sell well.

 

It is named after it, by two chimneys brewery great beer. best beer in UK according to another beer rating site.

 

Be warned, TSA have rebranded their beers Black Wolf Brewery. Avoid at all costs, unless they have somehow managed to gain the ability to make them taste nice.

 

I foisted the bottle I picked up on a fellow partygoer last night, he didn't mind it. I think the sambuca, jagermeister beforehand might have helped his appraisal somewhat.