After telling Andrzej that I won’t spend my whole Easter in the kitchen, cooking 9328938 courses, I proceeded to spend my whole Easter in the kitchen cooking one course and three side dishes.
But we had lunch in the garden (is warm enough now) and had a nice peaceful day.
Magic Rock & SALT have worked together to produce Ripe Times, a 6.5% DDH IPA. It’s a good beer but more importantly (to some people) it makes smart business sense too. Fans of Magic Rock have an easy introduction to SALT and vice versa and hopefully this leads to the growth of both breweries.
The issue with collaboration beers is that they never seem to be ‘ground breaking’ and always seem to lack a killer edge that often craft breweries tend to provide and thrive from. This is likely because making some sort of 17.6% triple barrel aged chilli-stout may not make a brilliant first impression… not the masses anyway.
Overall, two brilliant up and coming breweries have produced a ‘good’ but not ‘amazing’ beer - am I being too harsh? Check out the review!
My latest video is on Stormtrooper by St Peter’s Brewery. The can art features the original design of the Stormtrooper armour from the very first Star Wars film. This is because its brewed in collaboration with Shepperton Design Studios who hold the trademark of the design - not Disney.
Is this beer actually being brewed as a viable Pale Ale or is it just a ploy to cash in on the recent Star Wars hype?
My latest review is on ‘Hemisphere’ from the brewery FourPure. You can tell instantly that a lot of time and effort has gone into designing the can artwork so surely the same amount of time must have been invested into crafting the beer?
A lot of smaller breweries rely on strong marketing and attention grabbing can design in order convince people to make a purchase. Maybe the design work sets a high bar but in this case the taste leaves a bit to be desired.
I’ve recently tried Cwtch, an exceptional red ale from the Tiny Rebel brewery in South Wales. It’s got an incredible taste and has amazing, eye-catching artwork on the can. It’s a brilliant flagship beer for one of the fastest growing breweries in the country. Could you consider it to be the best ever beer from Wales?
Thanks for checking out the video, if you want to see more I post reviews of new beer every Tuesday. Let me know what beer I should review next!
I’m a big fan of BrewDog Beers but I especially like Dead Pony Club. It’s citrusy, great tasting and easy to drink. I’m glad that despite the new ‘Punk Manifesto’ that it’s staying around as one of the brewery’s headliners.
What do you think to this beer? Watching my review below, subscribe to the channel and let me know which beer I should review next!
Whilst I think BrewDog make excellent beers, and whilst I also think Punk IPA still is an excellent beer, I (and many others) feel like it isn’t as good as it was. In this review I give the beer praise but also talk about why the beer has changed (slightly) for the worst.
The Problem With New Punk IPA - BrewDog Beer Review
Virtual nomikai drinking parties are a good opportunity to try some local drinks - for instance, last time I had one of these events, I picked this beer from Yokohama in our local supermarket and I really enjoyed it! I’ll probably buy it again someday…
