Midweek Beers, last week in January

Got a call from friends Dave and Claire to ask if we wanted to go around to theirs on Monday night, we obviously said yes. As usual we took beers with us and as is our tradition, tea/supper was supplied, this time it was chilly and rice. This was very good but that is just the usual, we try to do something good when it is our turn, not too sure we do though. One thing different was that their grandson was there, a very nice little boy but after we left, he had teething troubles.

That night we managed to have four new beers and a couple we have had before. So let's make a start on the beers, one thing though was, they were all cans.

Time and Tide, All In Jim from England

5.4% cloudy gold in colour with a thin head, strong citrus hop aroma and a very citrus hop taste.

Buckhorn, Stateside IPA from England

5.5% gold in colour with a thin head, citrus hop aroma and a citrus hop taste.

Gipsy Hill, Busker from England

5.8% amber in colour with a good head, caramel malt aroma and a nice malt taste.

Hyde & Wilde, American Style IPA from England

5.6% gold in colour with thin head, with a hoppy aroma and taste.

Next day we got a phone call to let us know that my mother had been taken into hospital, so we rushed up there. After spending all day there, the doctors decided there was nothing wrong with her so we took her back home.

As we had had next to nothing to eat, we popped into spoons in Hartlepool after dropping Mam off at home. The Ward Jackson is on Church Street, our Mick and Brenda came with us or was it, us with them and had various stakes in there for tea.

I had a pint or two of Doombar, but that is one covered before.

This last week and the beers.

This week was much the same as last week, maybe I should just stick to the beers, although this is the quietest time of the year. We did visit a garden center during the week but all we bought in there was beer, strange that. Will cover the beers next.

On Friday We went to the Hope and Anchor in Greatham, the others wanted to go in there, rather than the Bull and Dog. So I had a few Camerons Strongarms (one if the best beers in the world) but I have covered that one before on here, but here it is again.

Camerons, Strongarm from England

 

4.0% ruby red in colour with a very good head, fruity malt aroma, fruity caramel bitter taste, also good in bottles and cans. My hometown beer, you either love it or hate it, I love it. One photo taken outside the Smiths Arms, also from Greatham village but sadly it is no longer with us.

On Saturday we just stayed in again (back to normal next week) and had the beers I bought in the garden center, well they were all from one brewery in Scotland, Black Isle Brewing, reviews below.

Black Isle Brewing, Goldfinch from Scotland

 

3.5% hazy gold in colour with a thin head, it had a sweet aroma and a bitter taste.

Black Isle Brewing, Red Kite from Scotland

 

4.2% amber in colour with a nice head, a malt aroma, nice malt and liquorice taste.

Black Isle Brewing, Blonde from Scotland

 

4.5% gold in colour with a nice head, not much aroma, fearly sweet taste more of a lager.

Black Isle Brewing, Porter from Scotland

 

4.8% black in colour with a good head, not much aroma but a nice sweet porter taste.