If you know me or of me, you will know I like beer. Over the last few years I have been collecting photos of every new beer I have.
I now have over 2,000 individual beers photographed and have realised that many beers that I assumed I have photos of, I haven't.

This blog will be therefore be an account of my quest for new beers to photo and how I enjoyed them (or not).
My email is ralphgant@sky.com.

Thursday 14 May 2020

The last of the Beers from April

I am getting close to being up to date with these beer reviews, I think I still have about twenty new beers to try but as we can not get out, that will be it.

These beers were all from Europe and all were quite good.

Duvel, Tripel Hop Citra from Belgium

Duvel, Tripel Hop Citra, Belgium Duvel, Tripel Hop Citra, Belgium

9.5% gold in colour with a good head, a citrus aroma and a nice bitter fruit taste, the hops was just right.

Brasserie du Pays Flamand, Anosteké Blonde from France

Brasserie du Pays Flamand, Anosteké Blonde, France Brasserie du Pays Flamand, Anosteké Blonde, France

8.0% hazy gold in colour with a nice head, some hops in the aroma and a bitter taste.

Hopfmeister, Brazilian Road Trip from Germany

Hopfmeister, Brazilian Road Trip, Germany Hopfmeister, Brazilian Road Trip, Germany

5.6% black in colour with a nice brown head, a nice dark chocolate aroma, the taste was of a good stout.

De Koninck, Triple d'Anvers from Belgium

De Koninck, Triple d'Anvers, Belgium De Koninck, Triple d'Anvers, Belgium

8.0% gold in colour with a nice head, slightly sweet aroma and a bitter sweet taste.

Wednesday 13 May 2020

The next four from April

My fridge full of strange beers, is starting to get a bit low and is not very full anymore. Not to worry though, I do still have twelve boxes of the stuff in the van. The ones in the van though are beers that I like, beers that I ordered in, as I have not been out at all. Plus there is one box of very strong beers that I occasionally have one from but only very occasionally.

The next four (one of them a very strong one) were surprisingly mostly good, one though was a bit dodgy.

Welde, Hop Stuff Ella-Equinox from Germany

Welde, Hop Stuff Ella-Equinox, Germany Welde, Hop Stuff Ella-Equinox, Germany

5.6% deep gold in colour with a thin head, a sweet aroma and a nice fruity taste.

Trappistenbrouwerij De Kievit, Zundert Trappist 10 from Holland

Trappistenbrouwerij De Kievit, Zundert Trappist 10, Holland Trappistenbrouwerij De Kievit, Zundert Trappist 10, Holland

10.0% amber in colour with a thin head, some fruit in the aroma and a nice fruity but strong taste.

Lost And Grounded, Keller Pils from England

Lost And Grounded, Keller Pils, England Lost And Grounded, Keller Pils, England

4.8% gold in colour wit ha very poor head, nice lager aroma and a decent slightly hoppy taste.

Rogue Farms, 4 Hop IPA from USA

Rogue Farms, 4 Hop IPA, USA Rogue Farms, 4 Hop IPA, USA

4.4% hazy gold in colour with a thin head, it had a hopy aroma and taste.

Tuesday 12 May 2020

Gayant, La Goudale Gift Pack

These are the photos from the gift box of Gayant beer I bought not too long ago, I have had some of them before but here are the new photos. The first time I tried one of these beers the plane La Goudale, I did not like it and wrote,

"Drank it out of the bottle whilst barbecuing, so do not know about the colour or head, drank all six, so do not know anything else about it either, I do remember saying that I would not buy it again but I have and I like it.".

Anyway here is what I wrote about it and the others, in April just gone. Some of the photos are older though.

Gayant, La Goudale from France

Gayant, La Goudale, France Gayant, La Goudale, France

7.2%, gold colour with a thin head,sweet malty and hoppy aroma, slightly fruity taste, you can taste the alcohol but it is nice. It does come in larger 75cl bottles as well.

Gayant, La Goudale Ambree from France

Gayant, La Goudale Ambree, France Gayant, La Goudale Ambree, France

7.2% amber in colour with a thin head, some caramel in the aroma and not a bad taste at all.

Gayant, La Goudale IPA from France

Gayant, La Goudale IPA, France Gayant, La Goudale IPA, France

7.2% pale amber in colour with a thin head, nice citrus hop aroma and slightly bitter but smooth taste.

Gayant, G de Goudale Grand Cru from France

Gayant, G de Goudale Grand Cru, France Gayant, G de Goudale Grand Cru, France

7.8% deep gold in colour with a thin head, fruity hop aroma and a dry fruity taste.

There was another that I had back in 2015, I know there are many more Gayant beers but that's for another time.

Gayant, la Goudale Witt-Blanche from France

Gayant, la Goudale Witt-Blanche, France Gayant, la Goudale Witt-Blanche, France

4.9% pale cloudy yellow colour colour with a thin head, bit of citrus in the aroma, slightly sweet citrus taste.

Back to the beers

Well the holiday in Spain that we didn't happen to go on is now over, so I will continue with the beer reviews. Since I made the decision to get back to talking about what is happening in my life, nothing is actually happening in my life.

I have grown some plants but then again some of the seeds I ordered did not arrive, nor did some of the beers I ordered. These were new beers from Groupon, not well known beers, that I did also order more of. Anyway back to the stock of beers stored in my fridge.

Magic Rock, Cannonball India Pale Ale from England

Magic Rock, Cannonball India Pale Ale, England

7.4% hazy gold in colour with a thin head, as usual it had a hop aroma and taste.

Yeastie Boys, White Noise from New Zealand

Yeastie Boys, White Noise, New Zealand Yeastie Boys, White Noise, New Zealand

4.4% hazy gold in colour with thin head, a sweet aroma and tasted like French wheat beer, not bad.

Runaway, Pale Ale from England

Runaway, Pale Ale, England Runaway, Pale Ale, England

4.7% hazy deep gold in colour with a thin head, nice slightly fruity aroma, not a bad hop and toffee taste, surprised by this one.

The Five Points Brewing Co. Old Greg's Barley Wine from England

The Five Points Brewing Co. Old Greg's Barley Wine, England The Five Points Brewing Co. Old Greg's Barley Wine, England

9.3% (seen lots of different strengths for this beer) cloudy brown in colour with no head at all, a sweet aroma and sweet smooth alcohol with toffee taste.

Cross Borders, Braw Tropical Pale Ale from Scotland

Cross Borders, Braw Tropical Pale Ale, Scotland

5.2% pale hazy gold in colour with a thin head, hop and fruit aroma and a dry hoppy taste.