Midweek Football

After a two or three rest days, Wednesday was a day for beer. And I needed them, Boro are now nearly bottom of the Champions League after losing again. The club seems to be a right shambles this year, hope they improve before they end up relegated.

Anyway, the beers I had were a right different lot to each other.

Northern Monk, Neapolitan Ice Cream Pale from England

6.2% hazy gold in colour with a thin head, sweet fruity aroma, taste is quite nice with some strawberry in there.

McEwan's, Champion from England

 

7.3%, dark brown colour with a good white head, sweet malt aroma, caramel malt strong slightly bitter taste, one of the best. A Scottish beer now only made in England, this is an older photo from the Scottish days.

Wiper and True, Milk Stout Milk Shake from England

5.6% black in colour with a nice head, it had a nice stout aroma and taste.

Last Weekend

Well after our week with Ralph and Amber and missing our Friday night out with Trav and Pat, we did get to Jonathan and Lorains though on the Saturday. It was a shame though as we will not see Trav and Pat again until at least the 20th of March.

Ralph and Amber left during the early afternoon, so I got to watch one and a half of the Six Nations matches on that day. We left for Jonathan and Lorains at half time in the second match and was surprised to get there with only about ten mins gone of the second half.

So we opened a can of beer each and watched the rest of the Rugby before we had our tea, the beer is reviewed below. One thing to note, is that even though this beer is relatively week, it was quite good.

Cloudwater, Random Act Of Mindfulness from England

3.8% gold in colour with a thin head, some hop in the aroma and the taste was quite good.

Rothaus, Tannenzäpfle from Germany

 

5.1% gold in colour with a nice head, hop and malt aroma and the taste was quite refreshing.

There was another couple of beers that we had had before, so I didn't take any photos of them, I do however have photos of them although the labels may now be different.

Hadrian & Border, Tyneside Brown Ale from England

 

4.7% deep amber colour with a good head, fruity malty aroma, liquorish malt taste, very good beer.

De Koningshoeven, La Trappe Dubbel from Holland

 

7.0% amber colour with a good head, sweet caramel aroma, fruity and malty taste, very good.

Beers during Ralph's visit.

As Ralph was drinking his usual Black Label and as I was serving him, as he had a swollen left leg (the doctor recons that he has Gout), I had have a few of my own. Only all of mine were strange beers not the eazy beer he was drinking. I think we were drinking for five nights so I must have had a few new ones, lets see.

The hospital also recon that young Ralpe has Gout, anyway on his last night here, we had a Parmo as we usually do. If you have not had a Parmo, or do not know what a Parmo is, that is a real shame, you can look it up on Wikipedia, it is gorgeous.

Williams Brothers, Iconic from Scotland

 

4.4% gold in colour with a thin head, some fruit in the aroma and a bittersweet taste.

Martens, Sezoens Blond from Belgium

 

6.0% gold in colour with a thin head, yeasty malt aroma and the taste is lager.

Mount St. Bernard Abbey, Tynt Meadow English Trappist Ale from England

 

7.4% cloudy amber in colour with a nice head, a fruity toffee aroma, a reasonable Abbey taste.

Black Isle Brewing, Goldeneye from Scotland

 

5.6% gold in colour with a thin head, fruit hop aroma and a bitter sweet taste. The other beers from this brewery I did a few week back Black Isle Brewing.

Castelain, la Bête from France

 

8.0% gold in colour with a nice head, not much aroma but a nice sweet taste.

Castelain, la Bête Blanche from France

 

5.2% hazy gold in colour with a good head, it was a typical french Blanch, very nice.