(Ramblings
by Russell).
Last week’s
annual Newcastle Beer and Cider Festival (the 39th!) was, as ever, a winner. Hundreds
of beers to sup, thousands of beer drinkers doing exactly that. A silly hat
event, a chill-out lounge, live music and…beer, beer and more beer.
Gentleman’s Nectar (4.2%)
the first to be ‘ticked-off’. Brewed by Box Social Brewing in Newburn, the
hoppy ‘West Coast’ pale beer comes from the same micro that has brewed Smoove and Turrell Transatlantic Pale Ale (4.2%).
S & T and the boys visited the brew- house to sample the trial batch and
gave it their seal of approval. The beer will be on sale at the Gateshead Beer
Festival (May 1 – 3) and to mark the occasion Smoove and Turrell will be
gigging at the event!
The Big Lamp
Brewery, just along the road from Box Social in Newburn, is an all-time
favourite. Big Lamp’s festival beer – Brit
Beer (4.6%) – couldn’t be passed-by. V Good! Corncrake (4.2%) had to be sampled simply because it had travelled
a distance (Orkney). It would have been rude to ignore it! At 4.4% Northern Line Stout courtesy of
Cameron’s restored a tenuous jazz link to the arduous task of trying several of
the many beers on offer. Happily the jazz theme was maintained by Midnight Bell (4.8%), a premium dark
mild from Leeds Brewery. Thanks (hic!) to Mr P Hamilton and Ms Z Gilby for
providing the flash of inspiration! Time was getting on, the Jazz Genie
deserted, try one more. The festival’s
Russell.
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