Another Tuesday night, another BBC beer club gathering. Now 50 members strong the group takes up quite a sizeable area. Distributors are giving floor talks now it seems.
onto the money. had rep Shaun Dunn from Global Brewing distributors to shoot the shite on quite a few brews from various breweries on this side of the pond and the other. Must have had 12 different samplings if not more. Quite frankly, just see the pic.
First off, Wells brewery. Bombadier, Banna Bread, Mild Stout. All alright, nothing too special here. Perennial Classic Young's Double Chocolate Stout was brought forth next. something i hadnt tried in a good long while. Still got it. strong dark chocolate flavors, dry roastiness without a hint of residual sweetness, very atypical of mocha or sweet stouts with chocolate. very very nice and rather refreshing for stout as it is.
Ran though a series of Batemans Brewery, XX Bitter, IPA (weak sauce, skunked) and more that were not memorable in the least. Their Porter had some good notes to it but was not as robust as i would have liked. Ended the night with a sampling of 21st Amendment Brewery wares. First, Live Free or Die IPA. nice and bitter, beautiful aroma, decent body. then were treated to Back in Black, Black IPA/ Cascadian Ale. Very nice indeed. Like a porter and IPA battling it out in your mouth. Definitely a fan of the style. Finished up the night with Fireside Chat, nice winter warmer with spices of classic cinnamon nutmeg and ginger, though not overdone, nor with too much pie-like sweetness to put a damper on the flavorings. spices came out with a dry finish and without a heavy hand. was happy happy.
last club of the year, 2011 will bring many more to report on.
C
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