Beer Advent Calendar 2013 - December 2nd

I'm off to Edinburgh later, so it's entirely correct for this beer to be sampled mid-afternoon whilst almost everyone else I know is in work.

 Beavertown - Black Betty (Whoah Black Betty, bam-a-lam! What a riff...)

I'm fairly new to Beavertown, they are a British brewer but they brew American inspired beers.  Black Betty is a black IPA.  I can't really be bothered to elaborate on what a black IPA is, put simply - it's like an American IPA with the characteristics of dark beers (stouts/porters etc).  Still quite sharp and hoppy, with rich and dark malt flavours - I should add that they're still really light feeling, no treacle here.  They're usually quite strong - Black Betty is 7.4%.
Black Betty reminds me a lot of Brewdog's Libertine Black Ale, which is a good place to start.  It's a bit sweeter and goes down too easily (insert "your mum" joke here).  I'm a huge fan of dark beers, and a huge fan of IPAs so this beer has a lot going for it.  It's also quite sweet which suits my palette.

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.  Scoring quite high today.

39/42

Woooooooooooo! I'm going to Edinburgh. I've not been to Scotland before.  Sadly it means that on Thursday I'm going to have to play catch up and have Tuesday's and Wendesday's beers.  Then Thursday's! Oh no! :-D
You should also know that I did listen to Black Betty whilst writing this. And that my underwear is white.