Truefitt Brewing

My Daughter bought me a pack local beers at Christmas and last night while listening to our local football team winning I drank them. For a new brewer, these beers were not too bad at all, they have only been brewing since 2012 and are doing fairly well. Although three of these beers are far too hoppy for me but I can see how well they are made. However the stout was very nice and I will have to see if the make an ordinary brown beer, that is more for next time.

Truefitt Brewing, TEAsside IPA (Jasmine Green Tea) from England

 

5.5% hazy gold colour with a thin head, slight tea aroma and a very hoppy taste it was also very bitter. This was a trial brew and it was not too bad.

Truefitt Brewing, Erimus from England

 

3.9% gold colour with a good head, very hoppy aroma and taste, I am sure those that like hoppy would love this.

Truefitt Brewing, Mydilsburgh from, England

 

5.0% gold colour with a good head, hoppy aroma and taste, very much like the others but as I have said not too bad.

Truefitt Brewing, Ironopolis from England

 

4.7% black in colour with a good brown head, coffee aroma and a nice bitter stout taste, the best I have had yet..

The rest from the first week in December

Besides the IPA's from America, last week I also had three or four beers from England, well just three new ones that is.

Wharfe Bank, Tether Blond from England

 

4.1% gold colour with a nice head, citrus aroma, with a malt taste not too bad.

Wychwood, Fire Catcher from England

 

3.5% gold colour with a thin head, citrus aroma, the taste is citrus with malt and hops not too bad.

Two Fingers, Aurelio from England

 

4.8% gold colour with a thin head, citrus aroma, the taste is also citrus. All profits from this beer go to prostrate cancer UK, so I can not moan about it too much.

Getting back to normal

My back (sciatica) is still the same but I seem to be managing the pain batter with the right mix of drugs now. I have had scans and X-rays and have a ruptured disk, -- from Wikipedia -- Spinal disc herniation pressing on one of the lumbar or sacral nerve roots is the primary cause of sciatica, being present in about 90% of cases. Sciatica caused by pressure from a disc herniation and swelling of surrounding tissue can spontaneously subside if the tear in the disc heals and the pulposus extrusion and inflammation cease. -- let's hope so.

What this means is, I can type again (still only with two fingers though) and can therefore, get on with a large backlog of beer photos and reviews. The backlog is not a big as it could have been, as I have not been drinking much either.

I will make a start by looking as far back as last Saturday and two very contrasting beers.

Sadler’s, Mud City Stout from England

6.6% black colour with a good head, roast malt aroma, sweet mild roast malt taste very nice.

K1, K1 Premium Beer from the UK

4.8% gold colour with a nice head, sweet malt aroma, fizzy but flat, watery and tasteless, an alcoholic alternative to soda water.

Wolf, Battle Of Britain

The second new beer on Saturday night was, Wolf, Battle Of Britain, England.
3.9% deep amber colour with a poor head, citrus hop aroma, hops and toffee malt taste. Well it was a lot better than the first one we had, but nothing special.

Favorites

Feeling a lot better today but as there may not be any new photos and reviews for a day or two, I thought I would choose a few of my favorites (either by taste or label) and post them as a stopgap.

First one has to be, Camerons, Strongarm, (Hartlepool) England.
4.0% ruby red colour with a very good head, fruity malt aroma, fruity caramel bitter taste, also good in bottles. My hometown beer and as with hometown beers you either love them or hate them, I love Strongarm.
Nowadays, searching for new beer all the time, I do not always get to drink the beers I particularly like, so it is rarely that I get to drink Strongarm.

Camerons - the lion roars again  tells the story of the brewery over the last few years and the changes in ownership. Personally I am not sure closing one brewery to save another brewery was a good thing to do.

Sainsbury's (Shepard Neame), London Porter, England

5.0% black with a good brown head, roast malt aroma and taste easier to drink than stout . Made for Sainsbury's supermarket by Shepard Neame and it is a very good beer.
One of the beers I bought yesterday in Darlington