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Monday 21 October 2013
Thursday 10 October 2013
Wyld Wood Cider
Drink name Drink makers Drink type Drink strength
Wyld Wood Westons Organic Cider 6%
To begin with I already know that I like Westons Ciders... Not all of them mind you but enough to build expectations.
This drink has a dark almost leathery smell to it which I find most appealing and I already can't wait to try it.
I've found that most ciders you get are of the alco pop verity which in my opinion are just not worth the making of a bottle to hold them!
Wyld Wood cider however is not one to disappoint. The taste leans strongly toward a brewing in oak barrels and has that flavour I associate with ripe, red crunchy apples. It also has that spike which you often only get with a powerful cider.
Looking at the bottle art too I can't help but think of the this time of year and all of the apple trees I've walked past over the last month, still with apples heavy on their branches and something about it just makes me want to go scrumping.
This is a winner for me.
Well done yet again Westons
tasty rating
Good as a drink 9/10 Good as a cider 10/10
Can't put down factor 10/10
Good at getting you drunk 6/10
Bottle art 10/10
Rated = 90ish out of 100% (92% is really my 100%)
Oak barrels make all the difference.
Thwaites Tavern Porter
Drink name Drink makers Drink type Drink strength
Tavern Porter Thwaites Porter 5.7%
Ok, let me just star by saying that this has a good taste! nothing wrong with that but it's so fizzy that I ended up just letting it go flat before drinking an more which took hours!
If you like the feel of needing to burp through your ears then this is for you but not for me.
I was interested in porter as it is obviously stout with a different name so I looked up on the magical Internets and found this on wiki if you are interested in knowing more. *
I tried a better porter in Norfolk when I was there but as I say, the taste of this is good if you can get passed the gas!
tasty rating
Good as a drink 4/10 Good as an ale 5/10
Can't put down factor 04/10
Good at getting you drunk 5/10
Bottle art 2/10
Rated = 40ish out of 100% because fizz isn't always welcome
Drink link
Somersby - cider
Drink name Drink makers Drink type Drink strength
Somersby Carlsburg Cider 4.5%
It seems like everyone feels the necessity to ruin cider and Carlsburg is no exception!
A with a sweet almost sherry like smell, an uninspiring light sparkle and colour and the taste of crisp green apples with an overly sweet follow up flavour and there you have it. Another cider experience ruined. But what should I expect from a lager... oh no, wait... BEER maker (hmm right)
It reminds me of kindstones cider, if this stuff had honey in it :p
Don't panic though, I have some Morrisons own cloudy cider in the fridge!
Just a a dash and and it's fixed :) mmmmmmuch better.
tasty rating
Good as a drink 3/10 Good as a cider 5/10
Can't put down factor 02/10
Good at getting you drunk 5/10
Bottle art 2/10
Rated = 34ish out of 100% .
When will people learn that the best ciders are cloudy ciders!?! I guess when people stop thinking lager/beers are good
Wednesday 2 October 2013
Mud city - Stout
Drink name Drink makers Drink type Drink strength
Mud city stout Sadlers Stout 6.6%
Strong stout smell on this one (as long as it doesn't smell like a cows arse though I'm usually happy)
On tasting this dark and foreboding looking drink, the first thing that is apparent is the taste of burned toffee and dark chocolate! the after taste is just burned though so they, in my opinion, went a bit over the top with at least one of there ingredients or processes. ok lets face it.... this thing is malt'tastic!
There is also a bit of carbonation to the sup.
I'm a bit unimpressed by the label art but I've seen worse. On the other hand I do get the feeling that this stuff is brewed by a cabal, cult or at least the stone masons! Lets hope none for my sake :-p
When all is said and done, this is a very strong stout and if that is what you like then give it a taste (to quote a Yorkshire set film).
tasty rating
Good as a drink 6/10 Good as an ale 6/10
Can't put down factor 07/10
Good at getting you drunk 7/10
Bottle art 1/10
Rated = 54ish out of 100% because I can't count and I don't understand percentages.
I bet this would be perfect for a stake n stout pie
Belgian Wheat beer
Drink name / Drink makers Drink type Drink strength
Belgian Wheat beer Wheat beer 4.9%
This is a Tesco finest product and as such is not too bad. It's a 750ml bottle and yes it has a cork in it!
(such fun)
This wheat beer has a subtle smell which is pleasant but it's not as pleasant as the taste!
I'd class this as quite a fruity and fragrant tasting wheat beer, if that makes sense, with a slightly perfume like aftertaste that is just on the border between acceptably and too strong so I would imagine that a few people may find that aftertaste overpowering but I'd say it's still in the realms of acceptably.
All in all, being a bottle that cost on the lighter end of between 2 and 3 pound, I'd say this is a drink well worth enjoying, especially with Oktoberfest almost upon us and Lederhosen so easy to buy thanks to the Internet.
I'm sure with all of tha wheat beer in you, you may even get to do tha German shlapping dance, yar?!
tasty rating
Good as a drink 8/10 Good as an beer 9/10
Can't put down factor 09/10
Good at getting you drunk 5/10
Bottle art 6/10
Rated = 74ish out of 100% because I can't count and I don't understand percentages.
don your Lederhosen and do the slapping dance!
Red Dragon - stout
Drink name Drink makers Drink type Drink strength
Red Dragon Red Stripe Stout 7.5%
I smells like a stout, looks like a stout ant tastes like the bastard child of a pint of stout a questionable whisky!
I noticed this stuff going cheap in a local supermarket and said "34 pence!?! well, if you insist" ..which got me some do looks but I mean, come on, if you've not experienced worse you probably deserve you lobotomy you would wish upon others if you weren't so ignorant as to know what it was :-D but I digress!
The bottles I picked up were 284 mL but as the things a 7.5% I think that's fair enough.
This is also made by red stripe and still brewed, I believe, in Jamaica and I must say that as larger like beers go they're done good (larger/beer is usually counted as filth in my eyes).
Plus the bottle art is nice yet simple. I'd have probably assumed it was made in wales if my reading skills were a little worse. So well done to 'em I say!
tasty rating
Good as a drink 7/10 Good as an beer 8/10
Can't put down factor 07/10
Good at getting you drunk 8/10
Bottle art 8/10
Rated = 76ish out of 100% because I can't count and I don't understand percentages.
I LOVE DRAGONS!!
wheat beer - Erdinger Weibbier
Drink name Drink makers Drink type Drink strength
Weibbier Erdinger Wheat beer
I like wheat beers in the main and on opening this one I thought I was in for a treat. Alas not!
The taste of this beer is as good and imaginative as its bottle label.
I found it bland in taste. As if someone had watered it down.
Wheat beers should be nice and strong and this one isn't... Unlessssss, It's a wheat larger and then as a larger it's alright :-D
Still, I'd avoid this one.
tasty rating
Good as a drink 3/10 Good as a beer 2/10
Can't put down factor 01/10
Good at getting you drunk 4/10
Bottle art 2/10
Rated = 22ish out of 100% because I can't count and I don't understand percentages.
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