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.

Friday, 25 March 2011

Freddie Trueman

The second beer in the Slip Inn York was
Copper Dragon, Freddie Trueman from England
4.0% gold colour with a thin head, malt aroma, fruity malt taste.

52 beers 3 - 28, Copper Dragon, Freddie Trueman, England

Sandstone

Back to the beers we had on our recent trip to York, this one was in the Slip Inn.
Wainstones, Sandstone from England
4.0% light amber with a good head, malt and hop aroma, nice bitter taste.

Wainstones, Sandstone, England

Friday In Again

Well this is becoming a habit, I am not going out again tonight, Dot is going for a meal with the girls and I am driving.  Hopefully there will be some new beers tomorrow but I still have plenty to to catch up on.

Thursday, 24 March 2011

Two Strong Lagers

This week I have tried two different Strong Lagers and while both do the job, I do not think I would buy either of them again.
Carlsberg UK, Skol Super from England
9.0% gold colour with no head, malty alcohol aroma, strong alcohol taste you can feel the heat all the way down like whisky but fizzy.

Carlsberg UK, Skol Super, England

And Thorougoods, Imported Strong Lager from, somewhere in the EU
Brewed for Bargain Booze Ltd, it is 7.9% gold colour with a poor head, sweet sugary aroma, sweet alcohol taste, too sweet.

Thorougoods, Imported Strong Lager, EU (somewhere)

Four Mile Walk

Yesterday we did a short walk that turned out to be about four miles, more than we intended to do, well more than we intended to do before lunch.  We walked north from the old Pinchinthorpe railway station, along the disused Middlesbrough & Guisborough Railway, to where the path meets the Esk Valley Line and then back again.  After a picnic lunch in the warm sun (20C), I was too tired to walk any more so we moved on the Great Ayton and sat by the river Leven in the sun.

Topping and Train

Tuesday, 22 March 2011

Short Walks

I have just added a new blog to outline the various Short Walks we have done over the last couple of years.

These are usually short circular walks, the photos are all in order of the rout left to right (although they may not have been taken on the day of the walk). If you click on a photo you will be taken to a larger image on my flickr page, where you can also click on, map, on the left of the page to find the location.

Beer is usually involved somewhere along the way.

Over that way

Monday, 21 March 2011

Yorkshire Dales

The last beer on Saturday was the second Yorkshire Dales beer I have had.
Yorkshire Dales, Great Shunner from England
4.2% very dark colour with a poor head, the aroma and taste are bitter chocolate, very ordinary.

Yorkshire Dales, Great Shunner, England

Great Shunner Fell is the third highest mountain in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, England.