Beer Advent Calendar 2016 - December 18th

When I was not-an-adult, my parents were very much in the no soft drink camp.  To drink - we had water, or water with added squash, or milk.

Except in the summer.

In the summer my parents picked elderflower and my mum made (and still makes) elderflower cordial.
A delicious, carbonated, sweet, sugary beverage.  And what a beverage.

Take that soft drinks industry.

Mad Hatter Brewing Co - A wild night out

Another new brewer for me, Mad Hatter are from Liverpool.  Can't think of anything good that's ever come from there!
A wild night out is an IPA, with added elderflower.  Elderflower picked by one of the brewery team's friends - who's surname is wild.
Pours a little cloudy, decent head (*insert mum joke here*) - actually the characteristics of the head of this beer are all spot on - head retention is good, lacing is nice.

The first few tastes had a very enjoyable elderflower flavour - it doesn't remain prominent throughout, the more usual IPA flavours take over.  Really juicy kind of IPA - predominantly orange flavour, with a nice mild bitterness in the aftertaste.  Really well balance drink - hitting all the right notes for me.

On the scale of

• Damn tasty.
• Pretty damn tasty.
• It's beer.
• Not really tasty.
• Ew.

This beer gets

Damn tasty.