Whats your favorite drink?
Warning.
Pour this one quickly and its going to go mad on you. Pour her carefully and she’ll treat you nicely, it looks dark, but is very easy to drink. Its kinda odd, it tastes light yet syrupy. Sadly the taste of syrup is pretty much what you come away from this beer with…
…but it is a nice tasting syrup.
– The Summerskills Brewery League Table –
So. I tried “Devon Dew” from the Sumerskills Brewery… and it was goood.
I was looking forward to having a chance to sample “Guzzale”. Yes it has an unusual name, and yes buying this beer does in a way support the Plymouth branch of the RNA.
As far as the beer itself goes… its kinda Meh.
Look up “Typical Bitter” in the dictionary. You’ll find this. If you want something a little more interesting, get yourself Devon Dew instead.
– The Summerskills Brewery League Table –
1. Devon Dew
2. Guzzale
Last Friday, alesbymail.com had the sort of offer that was hard to pass up.
Free postage and packaging.
Doesn’t sound like much, but when it comes to shipping beer bottles… the p&p does cost a little more then a couple.. but anyway – I found myself checking out the beer crates, and came across this little brewery from Plymouth.
Well I’m starting the tour though the Summerskills collection with “Devon Dew”. The first thing that strikes me is that the bottle, talks about leaving the bottle to settle to pour a clear beer. I’m not sure how long thats needed, but I got it cloudy… but it seems that a perfectly good other option!
The cloudy version of Devon Dew tastes like an odd combination of a cloudy wheat lager, and a light ale. In that its the sort of beer suited to a hot sunny afternoon in a beer garden, just make sure you expect a little bit of a ‘yeasty’ bite, with a citrussy twist!
I’m looking forward to the rest of the set!