Rhubarb!?! Raspberry!?! Is this Beer Saturday or fruit Saturday!?
It can be both! I decree it!
Actually, is rhubarb a fruit? I don't know. There is a mystery for the solving and no mistake. I would Google it but if I do I will be getting adverts for rhubarb for months.
So what do we actually have here? Am I going all of the bonkers? Have I flipped my lid? I must say the choice of beers this week is a little unusual even for me.
But as that chick I used to keep in the basement used to always say... Let's get freaky!
Rhubarb and Custard. Two flavours I never thought to see in a beer. It's an Oaty pale ale with rhubarb, vanilla and some spice apparently.
It sounds foul. But oddly, whilst I thought blegh, the good lady was like oh, that looks amazing, can I try? So who knows, different strokes for different folks and all that!
Right let's pour this muck into a glass.
How bizarre, on the looks front it's a cracker. In fact, this little baby should be on the beer catwalk. Look at it, white creamy head. Cloudy golden liquid bubbling underneath. Let's go!!
https://youtu.be/qyy8BQbBBoI
Good lord. Forgive my lack of normal video composure but never has a beer so surprised me. I fully expected this to be a gimmick and to be utterly shit...
Instead I am faced with a biscuit'y smooth beer with the most subtle and amazing sweet rhubarb tang with a hint of vanilla. It's like a donkey broke into my house and did my washing. 10/10 booms?!!
The world has gone crazy.
Does that mean that this daft raspberry number that is up next might be good? Surely not...
I normally don't pit dark beers against pale but the flavours this week just seemed to demand it.
This is the beer recommended by the Irishman in the shop. Well I think that's what he said.
Salted caramel & raspberry. I have only ever had one decent raspberry based beer and countless other shit ones. Fingers crossed this isn't one of the sniders.
Oh my, this is a fiercely brown black affair, like the skin on a well barbecued pig. Virtually no head but still, it's a fine looking beast.
I can smell the alcohol off it. Damn it's strong! I better get to it and show it who's boss.
https://youtu.be/XXKI18wNFBY
Ha! You could literally knock me down with a feather. This is great too. It's a strong dark malty stout with an incredible subtle raspberry behind the dark malt and the salted caramel cuts over it in an awesome way.
Against all odds, another cracker! 10/10 booms!!
An incredible draw! Two tens, I never thought I would see the day!!!
I am a bloody happy man, I was convinced there would be at least one lame duck out of the two and instead there were two champions.
Have a good weekend everyone!! Hurrah for beer!
Cheers!