World Beer Review: England

[Iz Man]

this really is the UK's tastiest bottled beer. leaving aside cask ales (because there are so MANY, beautiful as so many of them are), i heartily recommend that if you haven't tried this, you really really should.

It's 6.6%, with a strong smooth taste that ends in rich toffee. Aged in oak barrels for 2 months after brewing. And it is amazing.

Very nice.
I've never tried it before. I'll be looking for it in the package store.

[Gypsys Kiss]

anything brewed by the wychwood brewery based in witney oxfordshire. i am particularly fond of hobgoblin.

[Iz Man]

anything brewed by the wychwood brewery based in witney oxfordshire. i am particularly fond of hobgoblin.

I'm very fond of Hobgoblin, I've seen Fiddler's elbow here but haven't tried it yet.
They're both pretty expensive, $11.99/six pack. Ouch.

[heavycola]

anything brewed by the wychwood brewery based in witney oxfordshire. i am particularly fond of hobgoblin.

I'm very fond of Hobgoblin, I've seen Fiddler's elbow here but haven't tried it yet.
They're both pretty expensive, $11.99/six pack. Ouch.

That's probably not far off what it costs here. Damn pound!

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[Genghis Khant]

I spent last weekend in north Devon and was drinking a nice local brew called the Exmoor Beast - 6.6% (they missed a marketing trick there, it just needs another 0.06% and the goths & rockers will be lapping it up).

Beast by name and Beast by nature, this exquisitely strong-willed, full-bodied dark porter first saw daylight in the autumn of 1992 and is now available both on draught and in bottle. Inspired by the fireside tales of wild cats roaming the moors of Exmoor and a continuation of a beer style that emerged in the 1700s and was named after its popularity with London porters, this complex and heady brew has been a continual favourite of beer fans up and down the country. Its strength means this is a beer to be respected, sipped slowly to warm up a winter’s night while the weather does its worst. Or you might like it slightly chilled elsewhere in the year, a beer drinker’s version of an Irish coffee.

Brewed with a mix of pale ale, chocolate and crystal malts, and hopped with Goldings, Challenger and Brewers Gold, it is dark mahogany-brown in colour, with the merest hint of crimson tints at its edge. Lush rich aromas of toffee, treacle. Mocha coffee, vinous fruit and chocolate swirl above the glass. There’s more complexity on the palate with rich fruitcake, a hint of rum, more Mocha coffee, an herbal hoppiness, vinous fruit, while the bittersweet finish is smooth yet complex, rich but not cloying. Try it with ice cream where the vanilla flavours would work well with the bittersweet richness of the porter; it is also ideal for a ripe Stilton or even as part of the mix for a rich winter stew. Try it also in cake mix, with one local Exmoor favourite being an Exmoor Beast fruitcake with whisky icing.

And they're right too, treat it with respect. I can handle my beer well & I didn't get too pissed, but this beast of an ale did bite me on the arse. When I sat on the khazi on Sunday morning it came out like a flock of startled pigeons. I tell you, it was like bats leaving a cave at dusk. I'm going to make sure I've eaten plenty of roughage before my next session on the Beast!



They also do the Exmoor Gold which is quite a nice pint too, but I prefer the Beast for flavour as well as strength.

[Iz Man]

I spent last weekend in north Devon and was drinking a nice local brew called the Exmoor Beast - 6.6% (they missed a marketing trick there, it just needs another 0.06% and the goths & rockers will be lapping it up).

Beast by name and Beast by nature, this exquisitely strong-willed, full-bodied dark porter first saw daylight in the autumn of 1992 and is now available both on draught and in bottle. Inspired by the fireside tales of wild cats roaming the moors of Exmoor and a continuation of a beer style that emerged in the 1700s and was named after its popularity with London porters, this complex and heady brew has been a continual favourite of beer fans up and down the country. Its strength means this is a beer to be respected, sipped slowly to warm up a winter’s night while the weather does its worst. Or you might like it slightly chilled elsewhere in the year, a beer drinker’s version of an Irish coffee.

Brewed with a mix of pale ale, chocolate and crystal malts, and hopped with Goldings, Challenger and Brewers Gold, it is dark mahogany-brown in colour, with the merest hint of crimson tints at its edge. Lush rich aromas of toffee, treacle. Mocha coffee, vinous fruit and chocolate swirl above the glass. There’s more complexity on the palate with rich fruitcake, a hint of rum, more Mocha coffee, an herbal hoppiness, vinous fruit, while the bittersweet finish is smooth yet complex, rich but not cloying. Try it with ice cream where the vanilla flavours would work well with the bittersweet richness of the porter; it is also ideal for a ripe Stilton or even as part of the mix for a rich winter stew. Try it also in cake mix, with one local Exmoor favourite being an Exmoor Beast fruitcake with whisky icing.

And they're right too, treat it with respect. I can handle my beer well & I didn't get too pissed, but this beast of an ale did bite me on the arse. When I sat on the khazi on Sunday morning it came out like a flock of startled pigeons. I tell you, it was like bats leaving a cave at dusk. I'm going to make sure I've eaten plenty of roughage before my next session on the Beast!

The Beast sounds great, love the label too. I wonder if they export. I'll have to look that one up.