Buzz

I'd planned to do a bit of work tonight, but the walk home seems to have intoxicated me. My sense of direction wasn't good, either.

Sampled (half pints) tonight:

Hydes (Manchester): Owd Oak 3.5% http://www.hydesbrewery.co.uk
a kind of sticky Guinness; tastes a bit like the smell of loose change

Dow Bridge (Catthorpe, Leics): D. B. Dark 4.4% http://www.dowbridgebrewery.co.uk
initially thought evap milk, but it's a very weak fruit pastille. How lousy are my taste buds?

Big Bog (Waunfawr?): Bog Standard 3.6% no information I can find...
Hits back of tongue and top of mouth; kind of a high pitched taste, hardly citrus, minor fizz.

Raw (Chesterfield, Derbys): Edge Pale Ale 4.5%: http://www.rawbrew.com/
gets you on the upper front jaw first then a long aftertaste on the edges of the back of your tongue. A kind of Seville marmalade taste.

Wednesday

Castle Rock (Nottingham): Preservation 4.4%: http://www.castlerockbrewery.co.uk/
bland and flat on first taste, but it has a long toffee aftertaste. Back and side of tongue fizz.

Robinsons (Manchester): Build a Rocket Boys 4%: http://www.elbowbeer.co.uk/#
Back and side of tongue fizz.Robinson is thicker and sourer - sherbet flavour, with a buzz on the bottom lip. Apple flavour. (Something to do with Elbow)

Castle Rock (Nottingham): Snowhite 4.2%: http://www.castlerockbrewery.co.uk/ as citrus as you'd expect an IPA style - though it's off yellow. Top/back of throat tickle.

Captain Cook (Stokesley): Discovery 4.4% http://www.yourround.co.uk/Brewer/Stokesley/Captain_Cook_Brewery/Beer/Discovery/TS9_5BL.aspx pear sherbet, very bitter aftertaste.

Rebel (Penryn): 80 Shilling Ale 4.1%: (or 5%) (http://www.beermad.org.uk/brewery/4853)
- long after taste, a bit liquorice

Abbeydale (Sheffield) Gothic Stout Porter (http://www.abbeydalebrewery.co.uk/index.html): 4.2
I really like the stout. At first I thought strawberry - it's fruit - but it's Muller Fruit Corner Black Cherry Yoghurt.

Cottage (Lovington) Mini Cooper (4.7%): (http://www.cottagebrewing.co.uk/about.html)
a limey fruit pastille - long aftertaste which goes to the back of the throat.