Some Fruit Beers

I am a lot further behind with my reviews than I thought I was, it is going to take some time to catch up.

A few weeks ago I bought a couple of fruit beers, I didn't actually drink them, I gave them to Dot and she enjoyed them.

Innis & Gunn, Melville's Raspberry beer from Scotland



Innis & Gunn, Melville's Strawberry beer from Scotland

Back from Holiday

Just back from holiday in France and have many new beers to review, I have also brought quite a few new beers back with me. This added to the fact that I attended the second Fish Beer Fest the night before the holiday, means I have quite a bit of work to bring this blog up to date.

I will start uploading photos later today, so the first of the reviews should be appearing here very soon.

Newcastle

Took the twins to Newcastle on Tuesday and there was an artificial beach on the banks of the river Tyne. Seen this sort of thing in France before but not over here but apparently there was one last year as well.



After a break for an ice cream, the girls went back to playing in the sand and I popped into the closest pub for a beer. The Broad Chare, they had two draught beers I hadn't had, both from the local Wylam brewery and they also had a large selection of bottled beers from around the world.

Wylam, Gold Tankard from England
4.0% gold colour with a thin head, citrus hop aroma, citrus hop taste.



Wylam, The Writers Block from England
4.1% hazy gold colour with a thin head, strong fruity citrus hop aroma, very hoppy taste. Although I do not like my beers to be too hoppy, it was a hot sticky day and this was very refreshing.

Bell Tower

Had a trip to Beamish Open Air Museum with the Twins last week and popped into the Sun Inn.



As usual the staff were dressed in period costumes and serving beers, brewed on site in the Stables micro brewery by expert brewer John Taylor.



I have had most off the beers they brew but there was one I hadn't had,

Stables, Bell Tower from England
5.0% dark brown almost black colour with a thin head, burnt toffee aroma, burnt roasted malt taste. Had it with our picnic, over the road in the park sat by the bandstand.

Shopping in Northallerton

Took the car for a service in Northallerton today and bought eight beers I haven't had before. One was in a four pack, my bag was too heavy and it was a bit of a struggle back to the car. Now my feet hurt.

Adnams

The other new beer from Saturday was

Adnams, Southwold Bitter from England
4.1% deep amber colour with a thin head, malty aroma, taste is malty, caramel and woody, anther nice bitter from Adnams.

Dent Brewery

On Saturday I had a couple of bottled beers from the Dent Brewery, I have had one of there's on draught before in York, I picked these up while on holiday in Hawes.

Dent Brewery, Golden Fleece from England
3.7% gold colour with a thin head, malt aroma, citrus taste with a hint of toffee not a bad bitter.



Dent Brewery, Kamikaze from England
5.0% deep bold colour with a thin head, chocolaty aroma, fruity dark chocolate taste, this one was very nice.