A couple from Japan

These are my first Japanese beers since our Joshua finished working in Japan. One of these was good, the other one was bad. They came from Booths supermarket, a great place for beer buying, although there do not seem to be many of them about.

Hitachino Nest, Saison Du Japon from Japan

 

5.0% yellow in colour with a thin head, bitter aroma and a foul acidic metallic taste, not good at all.

Hitachino Nest, White Ale from Japan

 

5.5% cloudy gold in colour with a nice head, the aroma and taste where more like a French / Belgian wheat beer than a German one but very nice.

Day at Jon's 9th April

Here are some from overseas we had at the beginning of April when over at Jon's.

Veltins, Grevensteiner Naturtrübes Landbier from Germany

 

5.2% slightly cloudy gold colour with a thin head, some caramel in the aroma, malty sweet taste.

Frankfurter Brauhaus (Lidl), Perlenbacher Weissbier from Germany

5.0% cloudy yellow in colour with a thin head, another good wheat beer, even if it was from Lidl.

Perła, Mocna from Poland

7.6% light amber in colour with a very thin head, if there was any aroma it was alcohol and the taste wasn't as strong as alcohol level

Some from the Fish Beerfest in April

Here are the beers I missed from the Fish Beer Festival in April, there are quite a few but I will put them all on one blog. All of the beers are from the UK and most are local to the pub.

Allendale, GFPA Gluten Free IPA

4.7% a hazy gold colour with a thin head, hoppy aroma and a fruity hop taste. This one was Gluten Free, but far too hoppy for me.

Allendale, American Brown Ale

4.6% brown in colour with a good head, malty aroma and nice malty taste. This one was good.

Roundhill Brewery, Vegan Dark Ale

5.2% dark red in colour with a nice head, fruity aroma and a sweet but nice taste, the vegan bit made no difference at all. This is a very local brewery to me and was nice to find.

Durham Brewery, Jaded Muse

4.4% amber in colour with a nice head, hoppy aroma and taste, not the best from Durham.

Bosun's, Down the Hatch

4.0% gold in colour with a nice head, malt and hops in the aroma and the taste was not dissimilar.

Blackhill, 70 Fathom

4.0% gold in colour with a thin head, herbal aroma, the taste was a bit fruity and not to hoppy

Blackhill, Jet

4.1% gold colour with a thin head, some fruit in the aroma and the taste was zesty, not too good.

Hilltop, Classic Bitter

3.9% amber in colour with a nice head, nice bitter aroma and taste, a good ordinary beer.

Yard of Ale Brew Co, Mochsta

4.5% black in colour with a good head, coffee and malt aroma, the taste was of dark malt with some hops.

Yard of Ale Brew Co, Free the New World

4.2% gold in colour with a nice head, malt and hop aroma, the taste was hops.

Our trip to Lincolnshire

Went away for a couple of days to Lincolnshire followed by a couple of days in Peterborough, although I did not have any new beers in Peterborough and I left before the motorhome show started. Anyway although the beer and food at the Rose & Crown site was good, the site itself left a lot to be desired, see the link.

Patron Saints Ale from England

4.5% amber in colour with a good head, it had a nice malt/hop aroma and taste and was the best of the beers I had.

Tom Wood's, Hop Bunny Hop from England

4.4% amber in colour with a nice head, malt aroma and a malt and hop taste, ordinary but not bad.

Tom Wood's, Imp Stout from England

4.8% black in colour with a nice head, it had a nice stout aroma and taste and it was not too bad.

Some from Spoons in Thirsk

Just had a few days in Thirsk and a few beers in Wetherspoons there, usually when I am in a Spoons I have one new beer, then switch onto something I like, unless the new one is good.  All of these where not too bad at all.

Birrificio MC-77 (Hook Norton), Mild The Gap from Italy (England)

4.5% dark brown in colour with a nice head, bit of a malty chocolate aroma, some bitterness in the taste but good.

Bodebrown (Banks’s), Brazillian Burton Pale Ale from Brazil (England)

5.0% amber in colour with a nice head, malty aroma and a malty taste, not bad.

Butcombe, Union from England

4.8% slightly hazy gold colour with a good head, hop and malt in the aroma with a bitter hop taste.

Maxim, Hapi from England

4.0% gold in colour with a nice head, slightly sweet fruity aroma, bitter taste, not bad

Abbaye de Vauclair

All of these beers are from De Gayant, I have not covered them before, well not together so I thought it was about time. One of them was new to me as well and it just reminded me that these French beers are so good. I will leave the new one till last, a Wheat Beer I got from Lidl on our last trip in the van.

De Gayant, Abbaye de Vauclair Blonde from France

 

6.5% gold colour with a thin head, another beer very much like Leffe blonde very nice.

De Gayant, Abbaye de Vauclair Triple from France

 

8.5% gold colour with a good head, sweet aroma, sweet strong alcohol, not as bad as it sounds. Looking at the photo it was taken in France.

De Gayant, Abbaye de Vauclair Rubis from France

 

5.0% red colour with a good head, fruity aroma, slightly bitter summer fruit taste, I am not the best person to review this type of beer as I do not like them.

De Gayant, Abbaye de Vauclair Blanche from France

 

4.5% cloudy gold in colour with a nice head, a really good aroma and taste, another great beer from these people.

Marston's, Pedigree?????

Marston's Pedigree, has always been a good beer but over the last ten years it has changed many times. Although it is still a good beer it is annoying that they can not just leave well alone. There are also other beers that have been named Marston's Pedigree but with a different styles, I will not go on moaning, just show them here.

Marston's, Pedigree Amber Ale from England

4.5% dark amber with a good head, aroma is all malt with a malt and toffee taste, a good reliable beer. Now called Amber Ale, I do not know what they are doing.

Marston's, Pedigree Classic English Pale Ale from England

5.0% deep amber with a thin head, aroma is malt, taste is malt, liquorice and toffee with a sweet aftertaste of refreshers.

Marston's, Pedigree Exceptional Pale Ale from England

4.5% dark amber with a good head, aroma is all malt with a malt and toffee taste, a good reliable beer

And then there are the others,

Marston's, Pedigree Diamond from England

5.0% deep gold colour with a nice head, citrus hop aroma, slightly sweet buttery malt taste.

Marston's, Pedigree Pale Ale from England

5.0% amber colour with a thin head, malt aroma, caramel malt taste, nice.

Marston's, Pedigree V.S.O.P from England

6.7% gold in colour with a nice head, fruity aroma and a fruity malt taste, not bad at all.

There are more but this is all that I have had.