Drink » Beer

What month is it?

I am getting to the end of the beers I purchased on my visit to Sainsbury’s. It is really good that they sell Meantime brewery beers, they are excellent quality and reasonably priced. I’ll get some direct when I next pop into their boozer, the Union. This is apparently brewed using an authentic Oktoberfest recipe [...]


A nice afternoon drink

Again this is made by the Meantime Brewery and is bottled without pasteurisation. It is made with Vienna malt and Bavarian hops. Sainsbury’s ‘Taste the difference’ Vienna style amber lager, 5% Dark amber colour. A malty, hoppy nose. The palate is rich with a good hoppy bitterness to it. Even though this has quite a [...]


A celebration indeed

England just whipped Wales in the Six Nations; a celebration is called for! This Californian ale was brewed ‘to celebrate the winter season’ and is made in the tradition of ‘old world’ ales brewed for that purpose. Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale, 6.8% Dark amber colour. This smells very floral, hoppy and quite alcoholic. The taste [...]


Light and refreshing

The first matches of the Six Nations rugby championship are today. I need to start off with something light and refreshing. This comes from the Meantime brewery (via a large branch of Sainsbury’s). This is one of my local microbreweries and it makes excellent beers, generally lager styles. This states it was made with Kentish [...]


Rich and heady

This is a real ale in a bottle, a bottle-conditioned beer, from a good London brewery who make some excellent stuff and run some good pubs. These real ales should be served only slightly chilled, not at fridge temperature; making them too cold dulls the flavour. Fuller’s 1845, 6.3% Dark amber colour. This is rich [...]