The Pursuit of Hoppiness

Wayward brewing co’s hazy mid. True to its description as a juicy mid-strength pale ale. Much more balanced, juicy and hoppy than gage road’s xpa. 3.5% abv.

Nail Brewing’s flaming lamington. Chilli coconut chocolate stout. Barely discernible chocolate or coconut aromas. Mostly greeted by a dark roast profile with a hint of spice at the back of the throat. 5.3% abv.

Here’s one from Lindermans. Framboise (raspberry) lambic beer. 2.5% abv. Vibrant red pour, lightly sweet and sour, almost akin to a roselle or hawthorn drink.

Siren craft brew’s together and apart cascadian dark ale with coconut. Bitter, hoppy, roasty dark ale with a dark pour close to black. A hint of coconut finish but nothing that contributes any creaminess or sweetness to this sombre dark ale. Didn’t taste the pineapple or tropical notes though. Overall pretty enjoyable. 6.2% abv.

Siren brew’s middle finger discount IPA with mosaic hops and cedar wood. A juicy IPA profile with an interesting blend of smoked wood chips flavour coming from the cedar wood. Overall pretty interesting and novel combination of flavours. 7.2% abv.

There’s just something amiss with the whittaker’s range of stouts that over promise and under deliver with the lacklustre body and artificial tasting flavours.

Chapeau raspberry sour by Batch Brewing co. Well balanced lighty sour with a touch a fruity raspberry flavour but packs quite a punch in the abv department.

Both mild and refreshing with pleasant hint of infused fruits. I find cucumber pairs well with pils/lagers and this one is definitely much better than the cucumber radler from Tiger which is annoyingly sweet and more like an alcopop.

Sunbird brewing co’s having a Halloween Party with this blood orange ipa. Very floral, perfumey aroma. Bittersweet, vanilla and malty profile. 5.5% abv.

Otherside blueberry slurpee sour. Lightly tart of blueberries with a creamy vanilla finish. 6.8% abv.

Um, no, none did when I opened it. I was half expecting the juiciness of a hoegaarden rosé with the awesomeness of an IPA but to be honest, this is a meh beer that tastes like a meh witbier. Some credits are due for the slight raspberry aromas. 6.2% abv.

Blasta brewing’s Exploratory Oatcream Beast milkshake IPA. First impressions are all aromas bursting whilst still pouring into the glass. Tropical fruits, floral and hoppy notes. Palate is balanced with light bodied vanilla cream and some hops bitterness. 6.5% abv.

Bell’s two hearted ale. American IPA, 7% abv. Full bodied, dark, malty, piney and grapefruit bitter, almost bodering on dipa profile. I guess that’s why it’s a two hearted beer.

Kaiju krush tropical pale ale. Not as fruity as the can would like you to believe. A rather light and refreshing one with 4.7% abv.

Epic brewing’s lemon bomb. They say it’s lemonade, for adults. I’d say it’s like radler, for adults. All the refreshing lemon and ale without the sweetness of radler. 4.8% abv.

Lost coast Vanilla latte chocolate milk stout. Full bodied, sweet, strong hints of vanilla, slightly acidic of chocolate/ coffee notes. 5.6% abv.

Andeluna Raices Limited Edition Malbec 2019. Sweet, smooth tannis, mildly oaky, dark fruits. 14% abv.