Gage Roads – Little Dove New World Pale Ale. This is really nice.Very fruity, a nice bitterness at the end of each sip. Very fresh and rather refreshing, no sweetness from the malt, rather dry. So much in the nose and less on the palate.
Samuel Smith – India Ale. A light but nice maltyness, a rather blunt bitterness. Says drink at 11C, so I let it warm up and I guess the bitterness became more pronounced. It’s not bad but it’s rather one dimensional, and old style so you can’t really blame it for being what it is.
Weihenstephaner – Original Helle. This is good, I drank it , nice, easy, nothing too special. I didnt even think to rate it while drinking it because its was so easy. Lager, little bit funky on the hops and on the taste, wheaty? Its all a little bit. Nothing big. For a lager its good on flavour, but its not amazing, its good.
Weihenstephaner – Korbinian. A Doppelbock. Malty and nice, light to medium carbonation, more than guiness carb but not too much. The dark malt is whats going on here. Smells beer, tastes dark but with a nice sweetness, thats then taken over from the dark malt bitterness. Not idea what or where the hops are, theres a end note of maybe hops? but the grain is far more prominent.
Weihenstephaner – Vitus. Wheaty, this isnt bad but doesnt stand out in any way. Reminds me of the Helle, its a wheat beer. Its good but nothing special.