Beer of the week : Burton Bridge Stairway to Heaven

They say A Pale, Distinctive hoppy aroma with Smooth easy drinking beer, The hops are Fuggles & Goldings with late copper hops added but be careful of it's strength.

I say a very quoffable Pale type ale, the hoppyness of brew gives a nice finish, but yes the 5% does make it a on-occasion beer, more then a session.

Beer of the week : ginger tosser

A nice fresh brew from Skinners Brewery, Truro, its light in taste and not strong so a good session beer and the sting in the tail it contains cornish honey which gives a nice sweetness.



not one for wossnames out of X but I give it 4 out of 5, a winner

Beer of the week : Brew it yourself, lazy!

I'am in the process of deciding what beer I want to brew in the shed, but our friends at brewityourself, have some reviews of the stuff they sell, but they seem honest reviews from real punters, so will probably give the mild a go.

Geordie Mild

Highly recommended for novices. You will drink every last drop of it. When I brewed it, it was a little flat so I might recommend adding a little more than a tsp per pint during the priming phase. Maybe 1 heaped tsp instead of a level one. Otherwise though it tastes like a really good quality mild that you would buy from a pub. Flavour was quite woody but I like it that way. For £7.25 you cant go wrong for 40 pints of easy drinking mild. (4 stars)

Woodfordes Nog

My wife brews the beer and I drink it, she made a great job of this one. Takes a while to clear, maybe we should have used finings but a wonderful full bodied winter brew that you don't need too many of! Recommended (5 stars)

Beer of the week : DrOft bOss 4.4%

DrOft bOss 4.4% a not to subtle play on words maybe but based on the old Bass recipe a good old hoppy taste, faithful but of course without the famous bass waters (I'm told the Taff does not supplement their needs)!

The Otley brewing company does another great brew.

Beer of the Week : Happy st david's day

Beer of the week : St. Druon de Sebourg

Been to Paris for the Weekend to watch the France (mighty Les bleus) play Wales (the mini reds), well we all know the score, but we had a great time and the food, company were top notch, the drink was not great (but a rugby tour is not about drinking quality its about quantity, which surprisingly the amount was not as much as I feared!!), in between the French Kronenberg and Dutch Amstel, a few gems were taken.

The most memorable being St. Druon de Sebourg, its is the French version of a blonde abbey ale, similar in style to those found across the border in Belgium, it had a mid range alcohol content of 6%, which was a bit strong for some, so its not a session beer, it was nice and sweet and hit the spot, but after 2, it got you in the mood for a nice bottle of red.

Beer of the week : Bullmastiff thoroughbred

The boys say "A tasty premium bitter with hops strong on the aroma and flavour, balanced by fruit and malt with a bitter finish.".



Was pleasantly surprised to see it, so had to try.

Well this 4.5% does that, its sweet but this Welsh style bitter is not trying to be anything else, it was fresh on at the Gatekeeper so was a good pint that after 3 could be a session beer with a hit, lucky I just had 2.

Iam not starting a spirit of the week post, but had a nice drop of Rémy Martin VSOP on Saturday night, thanks to Mark and Lee..

Beer of the week Blindmans,SIBERIA

This is a new feature/thing on the shedblog, I'am aware that a few of my sheddies like a drink, which is strangely enough just what i like, traditionally more into the real-ale end of the drinking spectrum, but have been know to get my laughing gear around craft ciders like my local Orchard Gold from Gwynt Y Ddraig Cider, Bottled European beer, Iam fond of Bruges tarbeir, but have recently found when i'am after a fruity/smooth moment, I have been mostly drinking Etalon Weissbier from the Ukraine and a snip at £1.99 at wetherspoons, its great light tasting wheat beer running at 5%.

But iam always happy to go back to a Pint of Bullmastiff Gold, from the great little brewery in Cardiff, run by brothers Bob and Paul, who I was lucky(?) to visit the Great British Beer festival with in 2000, I was on the bus from the Royal in Penarth (which is sadly no longer with us), but iam sure you can get a pint in a lot of pubs around Cardiff ,the Gatekeeper in Westegate Street some weeks has two of their great beers on, their Son of a bitch is good to warm you up.

Anyway thats my likes discussed, This weeks beer is Blindmans,SIBERIA 4.7% ABV, of course from the excellent Blindmans Brewery.

They say its Traditional mid brown full bodied ale, I would agree(see i'am no expert) and say its a great Winter Brew, with the a taste that stays all the way through to the last drop, it was a shame to only have two, but it was only a fleeting visit to my local, the otley (more on the pub in another post), but its not really a session beer, but i'am getting less session'y in my old age!


this is their clip

and this is my photo,



as you can see the strength has had an effect on the focusing of the photo.

Jag XJ6 runs on cider apples

A Somerset farmer has converted his Jag so it runs on rotting apple fumes.

Henry Hobhouse, 52, who lives near Castle Cary, packs two underground tanks full of apples and collects the methane gas producted as they rot.

The 3-litre XJ6 saloon now runs on methane and costs around 40p a litre.

Henry says the 145mph car gains 10% in power by running on compressed methane and still returns around 28mpg, more

Piña Colada in the shed

Piña Colada

Recipe

* 3 oz Pineapple juice
* 1 oz coconut cream
* 2 oz light rum

Blend with crushed ice; pour into tall glass; garnish with a chunk of pineapple.


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