It's that weekend thang again ...

One of these on the go atm

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/24073/75116

 

Tasty! I had a pint of that last weekend in one of York's finer drinking establishments.....

I'm currently supping a Cusquena. But I'll move on to something better shortly.

 

Not one of Dave's best im afraid imho, long bitter finish, bit of woody roastiness, fair but its no bottle of 1080 cider, bottle of No 1 Barleywine and a vodka in a pint glass with a straw.

 

Moving on, I've just opened a bottle of Einstok White Ale - basically an Icelandic take on a Belgian Wit. Rather tasty! It contains coriander and orange peel, but the flavours are quite subtle and blend nicely with the yeast.

 

Ive only ever seen that Einstok in Harvey Nicks, sadly too laden to bother picking up any of its variants

 

Desperate times, desperate measures....

Yeah, I thinks that's where I got it, but my local beer specialist also has this one and the porter.

 

How is it? There's something about Hardknott beers, an unrefined quality that often makes me think they're just someone's homebrews.

Edit: Sorry, I see you gave your opinion further down the thread.

 

There have been a couple of brews i havent been overly keen on but ive put it down to starting Hardknott beers at the monster beer end of the range and obv the lower abv stuff hasnt measured up to them. What is odd is i never come across Hardknott beers on cask which is where i have encountered homebrew character in beers.

 

Right, and I feel the same way about Infra Red, but I never expect great things from them even though a number of their beers sound wonderful in theory (Queboid; Code Black; Vitesse).

 

Brewdog's Trash Blonde. Who doesn't love a trashy blonde?

 

I liked it too, and the Pale Ale was quite nice. Will be sampling the roasted porter as well tonight.

 

Did you have a stroke halfway through that post?