Cheeky Monkey – Travelling Monk Session Red Ale
Schofferhofer – Hefeweizen
Badger Brewing – Tangle Foot English Pale Ale
The Cheeky Monkey has a really nice bitterness that I dont think is all hops, and Im guessing the chocolate wheat and golden naked oats somehow add to that. The other maybe the Bravo hops – meant to be spicy – but Im unsure if I have encountered them before. Low alcohol [3.5 percent] and the nice bitterness make it very drinkable.
The Hefe was nice, an initial banana smell and taste, a spicyness with a nice refreshing citrus afterwards, not too spicy, but its there. This was well prices and definitely a beer I will buy again for casual drinking.
The Tangle Foot has a very nice sweet malty taste to it, caramel like, reminds me of chewing on some caraamber malt. Light fruity smell. It has a fair amount of bitterness to it, not too much, which is good with the lower carbonation. Its rather abrupt in taste, you sip it, taste it all and then it ends with a slight bitterness and sweetness left, no real lingering aftertaste. Its not bad.