Nights are getting darker, the southeast is buried under snow (leading to wide spread panic), and Christmas is coming…. Leading to breweries around the world rushing to release their own Christmas themed beer.
I may sound like a cynic but my word, I’m a sucker for it. This lead me to almost being disappointed at the lack of Christmas beers at my local Sainsburys here in Exeter. It was at that point when I found hope in The Red Rock Brewery.
Red Rock Brewery, based in South Devon say this beer was hand made… it tastes like it.
Dark and cloudy, yet easy and thirst quenching. This gently spicy beer is a joy to drink.
The great thing is, Sainburys seems to like the Red Rock Brewery at the moment, so I imagine if you’re in the Devon / South west area it should be fairly easy to grab a bottle. If for no other reason – it could be a fairly cheap Christmas present for the beer lover in your life?
Whats better then finding money you didn’t know about?
Chocolate +Beer. It never works! Until now…
Well its a new year, and time for the first “Disappointment of The Month”. I opened up this promising looking tube on New Years Day, a present from the Mrs, it looked like a nice gift… on the outside. When you open it up, there are two disappointments. To start with – the bottle itself, is so small at 330ml its really quite sad. Secondly the free pint glass is non branded – its totally blank! Now I know a pint glass is a pint glass – but a bit of effort would have nice!
Guys. Imagine having a conversation with a mate in the pub. You hear about these sisters, they sound great, but when you get to meet them – they’re kinda ugly. Ugly Sisters from Marstons is a bit like that. The first impression is nice and refreshing – then that tangy, citrus aftertaste hits your senses like a train. This is the sort of beer that then rests on your gut like a stone.
From the Sisters – I moved onto the Owl. You can almost the white feathers! Well you cant, but me saying that is more interesting then the beer itself. Its good – just kinda boring….
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