6th May 2013

My nerves have finally calmed down after a weekend of sports-related excitement (my football team, Barnsley, survived a rollercoaster afternoon) I'm ready to get on with the serious business of blog writing. Especially after I just noticed that I forgot to write it at all last week. Sorry about that.

Also, I now feel like having a change in font. Trebuchet is the future.

Punk IPA (Scotland)

I'm mad about IPAs. I love the bitterness and sharpness and slight citric flavour. So just because this is an IPA, it moves automatically in to my favourite top 50% of the beers I've tried so far. Although it's not really near to the best in class, simply because the yanks have some kind of magical power when it comes to making pale ales. I have to hand it to Brewdog though, this is definitely the best British IPA.

Boont Amber Ale (USA)

Anderson Valley has been voted the best brewery in the world a couple of times, apparently. And this Amber Ale was the first ever beer brewed there. I have to say that I don't get the appreciation. This is a good beer, a very good beer, in fact. But best brewery in the world? Granted, I haven't tried any of their other beers, but I was expecting something magnificent, and this just didn't quite live up to expectation. Like I said, a nice beer with a little bit of sweetness, but not too much, and nice for a quiet afternoon session, but this would never become my "usual".