Wheat Beer from the worlds oldest brewery

This New Years Eve I was in the Newcastle-upon-tyne.
One of the pub we went into was The Head Of Steam, which I haven't been in for ages but is still good (shame they don't do the ska night they used to do but never mind).
I mention the place because it was there that I found an amazing cloudy wheat beer and I need to pass on, to anyone I can, how great this stuff is.
It's brewed by the worlds oldest brewery  1040  which I think is called Weihenstephan as that is the name most prominent on the bottle and I an therefor assuming the the beer  is called   Hefe Weissier and it's alcohol vol is 5.4% . 

It's the best wheat beer I've had so far.

Plus Tesco deliver it but don't seem to have it in store. Not sure what that's about.

Try it... If you can get hold of it  :)

Wheet Beer - Hoegaarden Rosee

 

Drink name             Drink makers             Drink type             Drink strength
Rossee                     Hoegaarden               wheat beer             3%

I admit to being quite a fan of the Original Hegaarden beer but that was not enough to get me try this Rosee beer. Then I saw it had a cork in it. Had to get it then... sneaky people tempting me to buy there products with unnecessary gimmicks  :p


After the initial cork popping excitement and a quick sniff, which yielded a faint raspberry smell, I had a taste.
How to put this... The first taste made me think of fish!
Yes that's right, fish!
This is a fruity raspberry wheat beer and it took a bit for my taste buds to except those flavours together I think because the flavour because quite pleasant but if I left the drink alone for 5 minuets or so and came back to it, it would have that odd taste again.
Is it just me!?!      Please try some and tell me because it's just bizarre!

May be a good accompany to fish.



tasty rating
Good as a drink 5/10 Good as a beer 2/10
Can't put down factor 6/10
Good at getting you drunk 3/10
Bottle art 4/10
Rated = 40ish out of 100%
fish fish fish f f f fiiiiiishy fish

Taste the wild

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Hey! it's a foraging sight!
Soon we may all have to forage if the price of food goes up any more :p

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.

www.westons-cider.co.uk

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

www.thwaites.co.uk

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

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