The Beer Advent Calendar 2012 - December 5th

Today was my last day in work until Monday, good thing too because it was difficult trying to get a mountain of work done with Uncle Buck on the TV near my desk.

Today's beer is just awesome.

Tiny Rebel - Urban IPA
I've mentioned Brewdog in a few posts, and those who know me know I have shares in the brewery.  Tiny Rebel are like Brewdog in many ways, colourful (perhaps aggressive) styling for their bottles and all out attack for their flavours.  And they're from Newport.
My flatmate and I went to the Beer and Cider Festival this year in anticipation as we'd heard they were in there.  They were one of the three main brewers there on the main stand next to Brains and Otley, which is impressive as they only started brewing in the spring of 2012 and I'd never had one of their beers - clearly got money behind them.
We spent our time sampling all their beers and only had about two non-Tiny Rebel beers all day.  It was a tour de force of tastiness, they were even dry hopping (pulling a beer through dry hops) an already insanely tasty beer using something they called a hop-rocket.

Urban IPA is similar to Brewdogs 'standard' Punk IPA - which is a great beer to be compared to.
Looks - Poured well, nice slightly cloudy golden colour.  Had a thick white head.
Smells - Quite complex, it's sharp and fruity whilst still coming over as rich and warming.
Taste - Dry, sharp and fruity.  Lovely bitter hoppy finish that lasts for ages.

Now I know what you're thinking..."this beer's getting a high score"

Yeah.

It is.  But not as high as you'd think.

8/10

I wrote this blog whilst listening to The Music.  I was at their farewell gig in the Brixton Academy, you know, it was the shit.