Oh man, snap that porter up while you have the chance Tigerman. I had some last time I was in Britain and it is really delicious, even though its not quite what I was expecting from a porter, as it doesn’t have the body I normally associate with that style.
Still, its rich and complex and pretty much exactly as described in the review you posted. You might find it a bit light in alcohol – as you know, I tend to prefer beers at around 5 or 6 ab.vol.
I wonder if you could lay it down for a year or two? Its maybe a bit light in alcohol for that.
Just snapped up a case of the [color=brown]James Squire Porter[/color]. There’s only less than a case and a half left, by my count, if anyone else is interested in this brew.
I was in Breeze today and they have plenty of Porter and IPA and all sorts of stuff. Like a dog with two mickeys I was, running around after beer, but you can only carry sho mush back to the offishe.
Can you get heather beer here ? Maybe that mad scotsman could advise ?
Newcastle Brown Ale is one of the only English brown ales that can be found worldwide. Its notable for our purposes, because other than the canned Boddingtons, its the only English ale available in Taiwan.
This beer, despite being somewhat of a mass-produced brew, is really quite good, if imbibed slowly at the right temperature (I think around 13-15 degrees C).
BruneAle and Sheepshagger, anything you two would like to add or contest?
[quote=“tigerman”]I picked up a couple of these at Breeze today:
Newcastle Brown Ale is one of the only English brown ales that can be found worldwide. Its notable for our purposes, because other than the canned Boddingtons, its the only English ale available in Taiwan.
This beer, despite being somewhat of a mass-produced brew, is really quite good, if imbibed slowly at the right temperature (I think around 13-15 degrees C).
BruneAle and Sheepshagger, anything you two would like to add or contest?[/quote]
Indeed, kind sir. Newkie Broon is traditionally a bottled ale and is traditiionally consumed ifrom ‘pint’ (actually 640ml) bottles poured into a small half-pint glass and topped up until the bottle is empty. Broon Ale purists would not touch the 330 ml ‘export’ bottle, can or draught. I was once taken to an ‘English Pub’ in Santa Monica where my host proudly took me to the bar and pointed at the NBA tap. I politely accepted the offer of a pint but felt obliged to express my cultural reservations at consuming this fine drop in a manner anathema to my upbringing. How about that for an addition?
[quote=“BroonAle”]
Indeed, kind sir. Newkie Broon is traditionally a bottled ale and is traditiionally consumed ifrom ‘pint’ (actually 640ml) bottles poured into a small half-pint glass and topped up until the bottle is empty. Broon Ale purists would not touch the 330 ml ‘export’ bottle, can or draught. I was once taken to an ‘English Pub’ in Santa Monica where my host proudly took me to the bar and pointed at the NBA tap. I politely accepted the offer of a pint but felt obliged to express my cultural reservations at consuming this fine drop in a manner anathema to my upbringing. How about that for an addition?[/quote]
Fascinating… but a bit depressing as well. We can only get the 330ml bottles here in Taiwan…
But, I’m still going to drink them… probably have one tonight.