It's beer advent calendar 2013! This year I have splashed out a bit - after discovering a new shop with the most insane beer collection (I'm not kidding, it's incredible) I have created the most expensive beer advent calendar yet. Escalation is only natural...
They also sell lots of Belgian beers with their associated glasses, including the fantastic Kwak glass. One day!
This year I was sorely tempted to splash out on a whisky advent calendar to accompany the beer one, but running it at £150 it was a bit much. Perhaps I shall spend this year attempting to locate 24 good miniatures and do my own whisky calendar next year.
I'm going to attempt to do without the smells/looks/tastes review style - not sure how long I'll last but I'm a bit tired of saying the same things.
Harviestoun - Wild Hop IPA
Harviestoun was the brewer to end BAC2012 and it's nice to have them back to start 2013.
They state on their website that Wild Hop IPA is an american inspired IPA, which they've tried to refine a little and make more palatable for people more accustomed to British style IPA. It does just that, I can't think how many times I've had an "American style IPA" from a pump and been sorely disappointed.
This is lovely. It's crisp, sweet, fruity and bitter. It's got a very moreish sharp zesty finish.
I wish that whenever I ordered a British IPA in a pub that it came out tasting like this.
Oh, and I forgot to score. Abstract scoring method this year (marks out of 42).
36
Last year at the end of my blog I wrote what I was listening to and a little bit about that. I can't be bothered this year. I'll just ramble a bit.
I'm sat on the couch, watching something called The last mimzy. It's bonkers. It's like E.T crossed with Batteries not included crossed with...some narcotics.
Oh, and my underwear today is black.
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