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Best beers we tried this week Amazing beers have landed in the warehouse from De Molen, Fyne Ales, Brewski, Oud Beersel and Mondo Brewing. Here are our tasting notes Mondo Brewing / Global Heresy 2 / 4.8% Mondo is a London brewery who came crashing into the craft beer limelight in 2015 as the best UK up and comer and has lived up to the hype. This collaboration with Heretic Brewery in the US is bottle conditioned and highly carbonated blood orange saison. Black pepper and citrus are the two most notable flavours. As the big fluffy head dissipates the blood orange is more noticeable and the beer has a surprisingly sweet finish for a saison.
Best beers we tried this week
Amazing beers have landed in the warehouse from De Molen, Fyne Ales, Brewski, Oud Beersel and Mondo Brewing. Here are our tasting notes
Mondo Brewing / Global Heresy 2 / 4.8% Mondo is a London brewery who came crashing into the craft beer limelight in 2015 as the best UK up and comer and has lived up to the hype. This collaboration with Heretic Brewery in the US is bottle conditioned and highly carbonated blood orange saison. Black pepper and citrus are the two most notable flavours. As the big fluffy head dissipates the blood orange is more noticeable and the beer has a surprisingly sweet finish for a saison.
Oud Beersel / Framboise / 5% This brewery began in an old cart shed in 1880 but the actual founding didn't take place for another 40 years. In 1922, they had a proper building to brew in and have been making great beer ever since. This barrel-aged raspberry Lambic pours a beautiful pink colour with a slightly pink head. It smells like fresh raspberry jam with good levels of carbonation and a tart refreshing finish. The sweet/sour raspberry flavour lingers for ages.
Fyne Ales / Sanda Black / 5.5% A Scottish brewery with ever growing popularity, Fyne ales started in 2001 and have been expanding rapidly.This black beer has a dark brown head that smells of caramel and chocolate. The body is light and airy. Very malt focused with a heavy emphasis on caramel flavour. Earthy English hops leave a floral taste that compliments the caramel. The finish is short, sweet, and slightly bitter.
Brewski / Passionfeber APA / 7%Brewski is a Swedish micro brewery with a passion for making things a little bit different. They bottle condition most of their beers and have a unique design style. This beer pours with a strong fizzy head, and the beer is hazy with a New England IPA look. There is a very prominent passionfruit nose and a light mouthfeel, effervescent, taste of bready malt character to start, giving way to passion fruit and a strong hoppy bitter finish that is dry and balanced but becomes more bitter the longer it lingers.
De Molen / Dag & Dauw / 7.1% A short drive from Amsterdam this young, highly-regarded craft brewery. It has a world renowned stout but also their series of IPAs are superb.Dag & Dauw is golden/amber beer with a fresh malt aroma that smells like a mill room in a malt house. There are slight aromas of hop and citrus. A very malt forward flavour in the beginning, gives way to a citrus flavour that is followed by a lingering bitterness. The Bergamot is very noticeable on sips two and three as the palate gets used to it.
If you’re not already into craft beer then hopefully you’re thinking about it but may not know where to start, so if that’s the case then I’ve got a suggestion: start with Belgian beer as that’s exactly where my adventure began.
Father’s Day, 16th June 2019, is the special date in the calendar when we celebrate and give a nod to the Dads in our lives. It’s an excuse to spoil them with a little something to say thank you for being awesome. If you’re looking for inspiration for a craft beer -loving Dad, then check out our top 10 Father’s Day craft beer gifts.
If you find yourself reading this, it’s probably for one of two reasons. Either you’ve made the sound decision and invested in a Phillips PerfectDraft Machine and want to learn more about it; or it could be that you’re still on the fence and are asking yourself “Should I buy a PerfectDraft?”. Hopefully this nifty little guide will put your mind at ease and quell any doubts or concerns you have.
In case you missed the explosion of teddy bears and chocolate roses love is apparently in the air. And while you’ve been trying to decide on the perfect Valentine gift for other half this year, we've been busy scouring the shelves for the most tenuous Valentine’s Day-related beers we could find. Enjoy.
Mashing in is the process that extracts all the fermentable sugars from the malt. It's one of the most important steps for all-grain brewing and here's how to do it.
