22nd April 2013

This last weekend passed without incident. Mostly due to me falling ill with a cold for the second time within a month. I still soldiered on with the beer quest, though. Which may not have been completely wise, being unable to breathe through your nose does hinder your sense of taste somewhat.

Let's get on with the show.

Achel Blond (Belgium)

I wasted money on this. Not because it's bad, but because I had a bottle of this at home and instead I needed the "Bruin" version of this, which I don't have. They put them both in to identical bottles to confuse me. The money wasn't completely wasted though. My mistake meant that I got to drink this twice, which is a good thing. 

Trappist beer is good. This is fact. And although I drank this cloudy conconction with a hangover after an amazing Funeral for a Friend gig, it didn't affect my stomach, and in fact crowned what was an amazing weekend for me.

Sierra Nevada Torpedo Extra IPA (USA)

This beer was another balls-up on my part. I'd already drank this months ago, I'd written notes and everything. Unfortunately I somehow allowed myself to throw the notes away without writing them to blog. So then I had to go on a hunt to find it again. But find it I did, and I think my second opinion was not as glowing as the first.

This was drank in a rather nice pub in Helsinki, at a time when there was an "IPA Festival" taking place. I'd already drank a fantastic Finnish IPA, the name of which I've long forgotten, by the time I got to this. Although this is a really good beer, some of the shine had been taken off, and it wasn't quite as good as I'd remembered. I'd still definitely recommend it though. Great beer.