16th July 2012

After a one-and-a-half week holiday in England I decided to make this week's blog an English beer special. And because you were denied a blog update last week, I'll make up for it by adding four beers. I'm just too thoughtful sometimes.

Barnsley Bitter (England)

Starting with the beer brewed in my hometown (visit the brewery's pub, Old No 7, if you're ever in the Barnsley area). This is light in alcohol, only 3.8%, but still tastes nice and strong. Apparently there are two beers called Barnsley Bitter, and I think I had the other one once before, and it tasted like some designer eau de toilette. This one doesn't, thankfully. Very drinkable. 

Old Thumper (England)

This "beast of a beer" is a red British effort that does actually taste very British. It's a stupid name for a rather nice beer. And I'm not sure what the wild pig on the bottle has to do with anything, but it is quite nice. 

Sneck Lifter (England)

The bottle gave the story of what a sneck lifter is but I can't remember and it was way too boring for me to put in the effort of googling it. If you want to know what it is, be my guest. It's a rather standard dark ale, no different from any other British dark ale on the market. It's good, but nothing specifically noteworthy.

Thornbridge Jaipur (England)

This came in a standard beer glass, so I was forced to look like a weirdo taking photos of beer taps in pubs. This was a rather nice IPA, plenty of hoppy bitterness made it really nice to drink on a summer lunchtime.