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I can’t be bothered drinking beer - wine’s nicer and stronger. I’m also a cappuccino-lover, so I may be more interested in the foam than the beer!
I sometimes like drinking beer, and sometimes I don’t.
I learnt to appreciate beer on a school truip to Munich. I claimed a lot of beer on expenses whilst upgrading a Quaker kitchen. I’m an expert in both the reinheitsgebot (German code of what ingredients are permissable in beer) and real ale.
I’m an ex-cider maker and now a micro-vintner, but all beer tastes the same to me - of beer. Unfortunately I don’t really like beer either. It’ll be interesting to see if I have an opinion on any of these, or maybe even like some.
I have been drinking beer since a very early age and has experience if many beers including his own home-brew. His particular specialism is from the monks of Belgium. (Trappist monks brew rare beers)
Good dense foam. Bitter foretaste then tastes very sweet.
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Initially pleasant. As I drink it gets too bitter.
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It’s a pretty good ale, but drinking it cooler is a lot more pleasant. A touch of chillyness works to its advantage.
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I don’t taste any of the fruits and vanilla that were promised on the back label. I don’t like the bitter aftertaste.
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It’s a nice beer, but the description is over-stated. It doesn’t deliver on the promises on the label.
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A short, bitter taste. But not bad. I wouldn’t like to drink very much of it.
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I could detect some malty tones, but the overall effect was too bitter for my taste.
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I think it’s a classic hoppy ale.
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I don’t like it - really bitter.
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A pleasant sharpness initially, but it doesn’t deliver any backup body and sharpness.
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A slightly chocolatey taste at the back of the mouth. Quite pleasant.
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Interesting flavour; out of all of them, this is the one I’d most want to drink a whole glass of.
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A good strong well-balanced malty flavour.
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Out of all the beers, this is the one I’d least like to drink. It makes me feel thirsty, in a bad way.
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Fruity smell and a vibrancy on the tongue reminiscent of root beer.
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Treacley; smells like tropical fruit juice. It gave me a craving for chocolate!
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Dark and tasty.
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A chocolatey bocquet - a very pleasant dark ale, and a good partner to my chocolate santa and dominosteine.
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First taste I thought it was a bit too strong tasting with a monster tang, then it wasn’t so bad. But then I got a really bitter taste after that.
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This would be a good bonfire night ale; reminiscent of parkin and treacle toffee.
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Smells cheap. Slightly sharp tasting.
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Drinkable but unexciting. It has an unplesant bitter aftertaste emerging sometime after finishing drinking.
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A somewhat unbalanced taste.
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Yet more bitterness - the Bishop should put his finger elsewhere!
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Pleasant, but with a certain oddness; something of the night…
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