4th March 2013

As fans of my Facebook page might know, last week I moved house. So I had many more things to do that to write about beer. Granted it only takes about 15 minutes, but I thought the 15 minutes would be better spent wrapping plates in newspaper as if it's going to offer any protection when I drop the whole box.

Grottenbier (Belgium)

Grottenbier sounds a little bit pornographic, although once the yeasty smell hits your nose you'll be thinking about non-pornographic things. It smelled a bit like unbaked bread, and that's a little bit how it tasted too. Imagine you've taken a bit bite of your favourite wholegrain and chewed on it for a few minutes. You are now imagining the taste of Grottenbier. I'm probably not doing it any favours, because I'm making it sound disgusting when it really isn't. And it did look like severely muddy water.

So in conclusion:

Looks: dirty

Tastes: bready

Sounds: Pornographic

Add all these things and it's a winner. It shouldn't be. But it is.