Tag: Grapefruit

Beer 3/9/16

Schofferhofer- Grapefruit Wheat Beer Radler

Petrus – Blond Belgian Pale Ale

Petrus – Dubbel Bruin

Sierra Nevada – Hop Hunter IPA

Sierra Nevada – Torpedo Extra IPA

The Grapefruit Radler was almost lollywater. 2.5 percent , extremely easy drinking, a light grapefruit bitterness and smell. Its a weird one, its not bad but…yeah. If you want a session grapefruit “drink” this may be it.

The Petrus Blond is a weird one, I was expecting something lighter. Its more amber, with a good caramel malty taste, a bit of alcohol present too. Candy malt/syrup I think is what does it? Nice moderate bitterness from hops. Smells “Belgian” if thats a thing, a good malty citrus aroma.

Petrus Dubbel Bruin has a lighter alcohol/candy thing taste than the Blond, and far less smell, still has a light nice fig, dried date, slightly spiced smell thing going on though. The taste is so so, though. Its there, then its gone. Malty, a short sharp hope of what you smell, but thats it.

The Hop Hunter, no idea when this was bottled, cant find a date stamp. I’ve had this before, its Hoppy, but unless its super fresh as hell can I really say how this is much better than many big IPA’s?  Still has that weird corner of the lip burn.

Torpedo…nothing to say, the beer that made me go FUCKING HELL and get into craft beer and know the potential of hops. Its still good.

 

Beers – 31/8/16

Magic Rock – High Wire Grapefruit Pale Ale

Magic Rock – Salty Kiss Gooseberry Gose

Holgate Brewing – Hop Tart Semi-Sour Pale Ale

Two canned beers from a UK Craft brewery, not something I see or drink often. Both interesting beers/styles with some interesting ingredients.
The High Wire Grapefruit Pale Ale was nice and had a good grapefruit bitterness, sitting well with the hop bitterness. The Salty Kiss Gooseberry Gose had a nice [goose]berry tartness along with the saltyness, It also contained Sea Buckthorne – which are a berry that tastes “astringent, sour”, and I think I can notice such a taste and it not being the gooseberries, but its hard to say having never tasted Sea Buckthorne.Both good beer, sessionable, refreshing and interesting.

The Hop Tart was also nice, and another sour pale ale – a good combination, I like sour appearing more. Very enjoyable with a nice big bitter and sour hit. Im not sure how many beers I have had from Holgate in the past but this was both tasty and, again, and interesting beer, so I will keep an eye on that name.

Also at the IBS were Hostess Twinkies. I purchased one and my review walking home eating it was:

“Doughy soft, kinda uncooked sponge. The filling is like Fluff marshmallow spread…Wouldn’t eat more than one. Very sweet.”
 The sponge “cake” was surprising a lot sweeter than the filling.
 And heres a picture or two