Alefinder http://alefinder.com Pub recommendations, ales, bottle reviews and letting you know where to find the good stuff in the UK Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:28:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Round Nine: bored of ale http://alefinder.com/2012/03/round-nine-bored-of-ale/ http://alefinder.com/2012/03/round-nine-bored-of-ale/#comments Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:28:01 +0000 Brad http://alefinder.com/2012/03/round-nine-bored-of-ale/ There’s only so much ale you can drink so we plumped for 3 bottles of Belgian beer for £15.50. Ale is good. But Belgian beer is worth the extra money!
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Gets tricky to choose ales beyond 20+ This round is: Batemans Hooker
Hopshackle Coffee Porter
Saltaire Triple Chocolate Stout

The coffee and the chocolate stout are evil. The Batemans gets a lot of credit but only because it is surrounded by evil. !

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21 ales in 2 1/2 hours. Scared!

Holdens Golden Glow
Houston Peter’s Well
Nethergate Umbel Ale

Holdens. Nice
Houston. Not so nice. bland
Nethergate. Best of the three

Not a good round though. The weaker they get the less interesting they are.

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Crouch Vale Amarillo
Hopshackle Hoptane
Potton Potton Porter

18 ale. 2 hours. Not bad! Amarillo we’ve had in bottles. Much better on draft. Sweet, honey. Not bad

Hopshackle. Hmm like this a lot. Easy to drink. Tasty. Not too chewy Potton Porter. Just a porter nothing special. Doesn’t stand out.

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Hopshackle Resination
Oakham Atilla
Thornbridge Kipling

These are among the strongest ales here at 7.0%, 7.5%

Thornbridge is hoppy but not too much. Very nice.

Oakham is strong and you know it. You can’t drink this too much. Like weak wine. Nice too. But only one.

Hopshackle is really nice. Sweet. But doesn’t seem strong. So dangerous. A nice ale. 15 ales. This time last year we were bored. We are enjoying it this year. This is our best round yet.

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Cambridge Moonshine Red Watch Blueberry Ale
Skinners Heligan Honey
Son of Sid Golden Shower

Cambridge Moonshine. Disappointing
Skinners. Lots of honey. Nice
Son of Sid. Better than its name but only just. 12 ales in an hour. Not bad.

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Acorn Gorlovka Stout
Bartrams Comrade Bill
Red Squirrel London Porter

They are all excellent stouts. The Acorn is very cocoa/coffee. The Bartrams is amazing. The Red Squirrel is also good. Bartrams is the best. We all agree.

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Son of Sid Chequered Past and Present
Otley Oxy-moron

Beartown isn’t too overpowering. But you have to like ginger. Especially good after a pickled onion. Otley is awesome. We all love it. Son of Sid. Bland. Doesn’t touch the ankles of the Otley.

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Nethergate Augustinian
Tryst Raj IPA
Dark Star Revelation

Dark Star is awesome. Nethergate is always awesome. Tryst is very hoppy. But they are all good. Tony prefers the Nethergate. Mark and Brad prefer the Dark Star.

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St Neots for the fourth year in a row. We’ve not seen an advanced beer list this year (as we’ve all new way to busy) so we hope if is as food as last year if not better. Watch this space for Live Ale reviews which progressively more typos as the day wears on. See you all tomorrow

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