Nu skrev jag förvisso förra inlägget på engelska, men vem är jag att vara konsekvent?
Den sjätte maj 2015 var det dags att öppna årets flaska på 25-årsjakten efter smakupplevelser av mina Thomas Hardy's Ale 2005.
Med mig även i år var Jens, som nu varit med nästan alla flaskor.
Info
Thomas Hardy's Ale 2005
No. P 04551
250 ml flaska
11,7% ABV
Med medalj och guldhätta, svart kapsyl
Mina anteckningar, nu utan betygssiffror eftersom jag maxat ut antal tecken jag får skriva på ratebeer om denna öl:
Klar, djupt mörkt rubinröd färg. Litet beigefärgat skum. Var ett tydligt pys när kapsylen öppnades, så viss CO2 finns kvar ännu.
Viss choklad blandad med tydliga vinösa toner i doften, även söta russin. Alkoholen märks, men tar inte över och stör ej.
Vissa toner av hasselnötter och något som går mot lösningsmedel, men ändå på ett bra sätt.
Sött, russin i socker, fyllig, viss tydlig beska i smaken. Eftersmak av söta russin som håller i sig rejält. Tydligt värmande alkohol känns i bröstregionen.
Smaken har även kola och knäck.
Vansinnigt mjuk och fyllig munkänsla, len och som en söt avslutning efter en god middag.
Medium beska som snabbt ersätts av en söt, rund, russinfylld avslutning.
10 år in håller denna öl ännu flaggan högt i topp!
Detta år står Hypocrisy för musiken.
Bara 15 år kvar!
tisdag 16 juni 2015
onsdag 15 april 2015
Extra Special Bitter? Nah, I don't want a bitter beer, I'll have an IPA!
So many times now working tastings and beer festivals for Poppels I’ve heard that either they do not want the Extra Special Bitter since they believe it will be very bitter or that they've avoided it since they have the perception it will be very bitter.
Also I've been to bars where other brewery's bitters has been on, but “since they don't like bitters they've gone for an IPA instead".
Really?
Come on now folks, it is an English style evolved, but is is really not that bitter!
Most English style bitters are way way less bitter than the regular IPA you'll find! Perhaps it is a Swedish thing? That “Bitter” as in the Swedish “bitter” means it will be harsh, astringent, non sweet and difficult? But really, to go for just one word and think it will be horribly bitter, even if I stand there explaining to you what it will be like, that is malty and almost to the sweet side, whereas the IPA will actually be bitter, but you don't believe me.
The brewer that actually make the beer, the person talking to you about the beers served, the one person to guide you as of your spoken preferences?
Come now, wash aside your preconceived notions, try the bitter the next time, I'm sure you'll like it!
Also I've been to bars where other brewery's bitters has been on, but “since they don't like bitters they've gone for an IPA instead".
Really?
Come on now folks, it is an English style evolved, but is is really not that bitter!
Most English style bitters are way way less bitter than the regular IPA you'll find! Perhaps it is a Swedish thing? That “Bitter” as in the Swedish “bitter” means it will be harsh, astringent, non sweet and difficult? But really, to go for just one word and think it will be horribly bitter, even if I stand there explaining to you what it will be like, that is malty and almost to the sweet side, whereas the IPA will actually be bitter, but you don't believe me.
The brewer that actually make the beer, the person talking to you about the beers served, the one person to guide you as of your spoken preferences?
Come now, wash aside your preconceived notions, try the bitter the next time, I'm sure you'll like it!
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