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, 15 January 2015

la Goudale, Beers

This is the beer that I had missed and not posted on here, together with another from the same brewery in France.

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, not bad at all if you are looking for something different.

Gayant, La Goudale from France

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

7.2%, gold colour with a thin head, 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.

This is what I wrote in France when I first had this one.  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.

Last Weeks Ordinary Beers

Last weekend we only had two new beers but we did have plenty more that we had had before and liked very much indeed.  One of these "plenty more" beers has not been covered before and there was no photo of it ether, very strange, just shows how my brain has been effected.

I will cover that other one in a new post but the first two were very very ordinary.

Baytown, Baytown Bitter from England

Baytown, Baytown Bitter, England Baytown, Baytown Bitter, England

4.0% amber colour with a good head, quite a good normal bitter aroma and taste.

Direct Beers, Knob Head from England

Direct Beers, Knob Head, England Direct Beers, Knob Head, England

4.8% gold in colour with a thin head, looks and tastes like lager.

Friday, 9 January 2015

First Week of 2015

Well I have had two new beers this week, I did have plenty of beer between Christmas and New Year but nothing new.  Well all of that is tosh, I left my camera at my mothers and theses are from between Christmas and New Year, and I just got the camera back.

Shepherd Neame, Artesian Dark Ale from England

Shepherd Neame, Artesian Dark Ale, England Shepherd Neame, Artesian Dark Ale, England

3.8% deep amber with a thin head, not much aroma but the taste was ok but a little bit watery, although it is a week beer .

Direct Beers, Cat Piss from, England

Direct Beers, Cat Piss, England Direct Beers, Cat Piss, England

4.8% gold colour with a good head, some lemon in the aroma, slightly sweet taste.  Another one of these beers, they are not bad but I would say very ordinary, although the labels and names are different.

Monday, 5 January 2015

Christmas Beers 2014

Didn't have many new Christmas Beers this year but did manage a few, so here they all are, unless there are some on the other camera, which I should have back soon.

Jennings, Red Breast from England

Jennings, Red Breast, England Jennings, Red Breast, England

4.5% red in colour with a thin head, not much aroma, not a bad taste but not for Christmas.

St Austell (Nicholson's), Saint Nich's from England

St Austell (Nicholson's), Saint Nich's, England

4.5% looks like Strongarm, dark amber with a good white head, it had a Christmassy smell and a bitter dry Christmassy taste.

Hardys & Hansons, Rocking Rudolph from England

Hardys & Hansons, Rocking Rudolph, England Hardys & Hansons, Rocking Rudolph, England

4.2% deep amber in colour but with a poor head, a malty aroma and a little bit of a Christmas taste, ok but that's it.

Direct Beers, Yule Log from England

Direct Beers, Yule Log, England Direct Beers, Yule Log, England

5.0% dark brown colour with a nice head, fruity aroma and a nice Christmas taste, not bad for the last one, even if the label is a bit dodgy.

Tesco Revisionist Beers, well Marston's Revisionist Beers

Well its been a month since my last post on here but that doesn't mean I haven't been drinking. I have but I haven't had many new beers or time to post them on here for that matter. I am still a little bit slow after my stroke, witch was just over a year ago but anyway I am going to have a go now.

Well my camera with most of my photos on not here, I have left it at my mothers, so for now it will have to be what I have with my phone or other camera. I know, I will cover the newer Tesco beers, well the ones I have had, though I had done these.

Marston's (Tesco), Revisionist Craft Lager from England

Marston's (Tesco), Revisionist Craft Lager, England Marston's (Tesco), Revisionist Craft Lager, England

5.0% golden lager colour with a thin head, aroma and taste pretty much like a lager should be, well what the British call a lager anyway.

Marston's (Tesco), Revisionist Hefeweizen Wheat Beer from England

Marston's (Tesco), Revisionist Hefeweizen Wheat Beer, England Marston's (Tesco), Revisionist Hefeweizen Wheat Beer, England

4.8% slightly cloudy yellow with a nice head, slightly bitter but not a bad wheat beer, particularly as it is made in England.

Marston's (Tesco), Revisionist Belgian Saison Beer from England

Marston's (Tesco), Revisionist Belgian Saison Beer, England Marston's (Tesco), Revisionist Belgian Saison Beer, England

5.0% cloudy yellow in colour with a good head, a veggie aroma with a sort of fruity taste, not quite as bad as it sounds.

Marston's (Tesco), Revisionist California Common Steam Beer from England

Marston's (Tesco), Revisionist California Common Steam Beer, England Marston's (Tesco), Revisionist California Common Steam Beer, England

4.7% brown in colour with a nice head, malty aroma, malt and hop taste not too bad.

Marston's (Tesco), Revisionist Rye Pale Ale from England

Marston's (Tesco), Revisionist Rye Pale Ale, England Marston's (Tesco), Revisionist Rye Pale Ale, England

4.3% amber colour with a thin head, fruity aroma and fruity hop taste, another on not too bad.

Marston's (Tesco), Revisionist Dark India Pale Ale from England

Marston's (Tesco), Revisionist Dark India Pale Ale, England Marston's (Tesco), Revisionist Dark India Pale Ale, England

4.8% deep red to back in colour with a good head, sweet aroma, rather bitter taste.

There are other beers from Marston's in this line of beers but that is it for now, although the next one from Shepherd Neame seems to fit in with the ones above.

Shepherd Neame (Tesco), Single Hop Kentish Ale from England

Shepherd Neame (Tesco), Single Hop Kentish Ale, England Shepherd Neame (Tesco), Single Hop Kentish Ale, England

4.5% amber colour with a thin head, sweet hop aroma with a dry slightly fizzy hoppy lemon (well citrus) taste.

Monday, 1 December 2014

Weekends Beers Two, Sunday

Well following on from Saturday here are Sundays new beers.

Camerons, Castle Eden Ale from England

Camerons, Castle Eden Ale, England

4.2% pale amber with a good head, some fruitiness in the aroma, an average bitter beer but not bad. Also it is one that I thought I had done but apparently not, this is one of the first beers I used to drink, when the Castle Eden brewery still existed.

Black Hill, Bottom Busty from England

Black Hill, Bottom Busty, England

3.9% black in colour with a good head, it had the aroma and taste of a nice stout although it is a Ruby Ale. Better than the one below.

Allendale, Black Grouse from England

Allendale, Black Grouse, England

4.0% black in colour with a good head, sweet aroma with a bitter taste.  Not as good as the one above.

Weekends Beers One, Saterday

Well I didn't get out on Friday but I did have a drink Saturday and Sunday. So I will start with Saturdays beers, Sunday will follow on the next blog.

Sharp's, Atlantic from England

Sharp's, Atlantic, England Sharp's, Atlantic, England

4.5% gold colour with a thin head, fruity aroma and a very fruity grapefruit taste.

Jennings, Red Breast from England

Jennings, Red Breast, England Jennings, Red Breast, England

4.5% red in colour with a thin head, not much aroma, not a bad taste but not Christmas.

Marstons, Golden Ginger Beer from England

Marstons, Golden Ginger Beer, England Marstons, Golden Ginger Beer, England

4.0% gold colour with no head, ginger aroma, sweet spicy ginger taste.

Okell's, 1907 from The Isle Of Man

Okell's, 1907, IOM Okell's, 1907, IOM

6.1% amber colour with a thin head, sweet toffee aroma with a nice hoppy taste.
1907 was the date of the first Isle of Man Tourist Trophy, a motorbike bike race, the best known motorbike bike races in the world. I know because I have been twenty times, from the 70s to the 90s, unfortunately I can no longer afford to get back there.