Well the Psycho start is for
Oldmort the Old Budgie, it must get boring with only a mirror
to peck and a spray of Millet to talk to, and your drugs shut in a tin !
Snowmaggedon this morning, well 2” but undaunted we waxed the sled runners, harnessed the dogs and struggled into our fur Parkers ! OK Brenda put her boot grips on and we plodded out for the bus to Skipton – it’s Wednesday Narrow Boat day. I left Brenda ice climbing in the high street and went to see what the guest beers were today. First pint was a Leeds brewery New Moon 4.3% Black IPA it was OK lots of body and a good hop taste but Black IPA ??? the pipe was a Butz Choquin maître pipier de-lux fait main (hand made) St Claude France with a brass Army mount stem, smoking Germain’s Special Latakia Flake from the Channel Islands.
I had a visitor while outside
Brenda landed and we went inside to warm up Brenda a Cappuccino and I tried a Batemans brewery Hooker – golden bitter 4.5% with the slogan “have you got the balls for it”
OK taste notes for Mark (I did answer your comment in Bribery
blog) there’s a hint of citrus in the top note with tastes of xmas pudding and
fruit mid notes with nuts coming through in the base ! Nuts indeed or should
that be Bollocks ? to the Bear it’s all subjective and just tastes like Beer
this one not startling but not bad, the New Moon was better because it had more
Hops and the Bear likes Hops !
Snowmaggedon this morning, well 2” but undaunted we waxed the sled runners, harnessed the dogs and struggled into our fur Parkers ! OK Brenda put her boot grips on and we plodded out for the bus to Skipton – it’s Wednesday Narrow Boat day. I left Brenda ice climbing in the high street and went to see what the guest beers were today. First pint was a Leeds brewery New Moon 4.3% Black IPA it was OK lots of body and a good hop taste but Black IPA ??? the pipe was a Butz Choquin maître pipier de-lux fait main (hand made) St Claude France with a brass Army mount stem, smoking Germain’s Special Latakia Flake from the Channel Islands.
Brenda landed and we went inside to warm up Brenda a Cappuccino and I tried a Batemans brewery Hooker – golden bitter 4.5% with the slogan “have you got the balls for it”
Brenda had warmed up from the ice climbing and had a 1/2 of
Timmerman's brewery Lambic (wild yeast ferment) Strawberry Ale 4%.- I had an
Ilkley brewery Timothy Hughes Pale Ale 3.5%, hoppy almost an IPA and more to the
Bears liking than the Batemans,
Black IPA?
ReplyDeletePale Black?
Shorely shome mishthake?
Is this a weekly fixture? How civilised!
Black IPA - Yes that's what it called its self on the pump clip and on the pub blackboard,
ReplyDeleteWeekly ? more often, if I can get away with it !
The sacrifices one makes for the Blog
Of course, Adam Faith there will ultimately be successful in breaking into that tin.
ReplyDeleteAs you know, "nothing succeeds like a toothless budgie"
Ok Ronald I'll bow to your superior
ReplyDeleteMelopsittacus undulatus knowledge
Nice blog. Love the Teddy.
ReplyDeleteNicely done. The beer looks and sounds great. The pipes are beauties and the tobacco choice well done! Thanks for the post.
ReplyDeleteJust read this one Danny. My Mrs is partial to a Timmerman's Strawberry Ale as is always on at the Brewery Tap (next to Leeds Train Station). I like the sound of the Timothy Hughes Pale Ale, I might have to give that a sample next time I see it.
ReplyDeleteCheers - Steve.