Batemans XXXB (Cask)
En ESB på 4,8%.
Batemans Brewery i Lincolnshire er et av de få overlevende uavhengige og familie-eide regionale bryggeriene i England, som har holdt det gående siden 1874. Nåværende eier George Bateman er likevel bare 3. generasjon i bedriften, et levende bevis på at man med et jevnt og helsebringende inntak av godt øl ikke stryker med sånn helt uten videre! Bryggeriet opererer under det forholdsvis beskjedne slagordet "Good honest ales", og det kan man ikke si er noen overdrivelse.
Bryggeriet skriver :
A malty multiple-winner of CAMRA’s Champion Premium Beer of Britain, Batemans much loved XXXB is what you’d call an English tawny beer. Just like the first batch crafted in 1978, it’s brewed with four malts and three varieties of hops, for a deliciously spicy, fruity and biscuity flavour.
Her er hva vi skrev i 2008 da vi hadde den på flaske.
Ølguruen Michael Jackson har Batemans XXXB (Triple XB) med blant de 500 ølene som enhver ølelsker bør ha smakt i løpet av sin levetid. Det skyldes ikke at dette ølet er så veldig "spesielt", men snarere at det er en fremragende representant for den øltypen (bitter / pale ale) som dominerte det britiske ølmarkedet i mer enn 100 år.
Navnet på dette berømte ølet er en levning fra tiden da få kunne lese. Ølets styrke ble angitt med et visst antall X-er, som fatet også var merket med. Greit å vite litt ut på kvelden..
Da dette ølet vant tittelen «Champion Beer» ved Great British Beer Festival i 1986, medførte det derpå økte salget at bryggeriet ble redet fra en sannsynlig konkurs, og er i dag et svært oppegående bryggeri som også tør satse på smalere typer.
Fargen på ølet er rav til brun, med et flott skum. Aromaen er maltet og nøtteaktig med toner av karamell og bakeri. Smaken er også nøtteaktig og maltet, men der er i tillegg en merkbar fruktighet og bra humle i avslutningen.
Gode greier dett.

Stikkord;Batemans Brewery, England, Cask

Brew York Tonkoko
En Milkstout på 4,3%.
Bryggeriet skriver:

Tonka beans, hand-toasted coconut, Madagascan vanilla and Belgian sourced cacao nibs combine to make this one silky smooth and indulgent milk stout. Many have called it liquid Bounty! We built a custom infusion vessel to make this beer; we hope you think it was worth it!

THE HEREDITY OF AN EMPRESS
Tonkoko is the go-to milk stout in our core range and ever since it was released we’ve been thinking of how to take this award-winning formula to newer, crazier heights. We first made the bigger version, Imperial Tonkoko, back in 2017 and the ‘double everything’ approach worked an absolute dream bringing out an all new classic to the Brew York beer range. This 7.5% Imperial variation hit the world to much acclaim, winning numerous awards and even being voted in the top ten best stouts in the world by Rate Beer (it even peaked at 2nd for a brief moment!). Never resting on our laurels we decided to push on, go bigger, go crazier, it’s what we do at Brew York. So in 2018, for the Tryanuary campaign, we came up with the idea to make this already stunning beer, better. Bigger. We wanted to ‘imperialise the Imperial’… so, Empress Tonkoko was conceived.
On the day of brewing Empress Tonkoko we invited some of our friends from near and far in the beer community to muck in and help put a local stamp on this brew. Local CAMRA members, beer bloggers, friends and family all came along at a frankly daft time in the morning to get brewing to bring our vision to life. It took the already huge malt bill from Imperial Tonkoko and doubled it, it also doubled the amount of coconut, vanilla, cacao and the now much used Tonka. Brewing and adjunct prep took pretty much the entire day and that attention to detail and love put into the brew came out in the final beer. Upon launch it became a fan favourite with its surprisingly easy drinking 10.6% belying the super rich chocolate notes mixed with the fragrant headiness of the Tonka and vanilla. It was a belter to be fair.
Every year now we make this magnificent brew and we always try to release it for the Tryanuary campaign in memory of the very first brew made. A nod to everything we hold dear; friends, family and great beers. This year is no different, apart from the amount we can now produce! With the expansion of the brewery up to our site in Osbaldwick and our ever-increasing ability to place beer into barrels we can now make this stupendous beer into larger batches, into differing styles of barrel and also try out some new tech to make a very first for us, for example a nitro version of this super Imperial, but more on that later…

Stikkord;Brew York, England, Cask

Brew York Lupu Lion.
En pale ale på 4,3%.
Bryggeriet skriver :
Lupulin: The golden part of the hop that gives beer its bitterness, aroma and flavour.
Lupu Lion: The hippest cat in the pride, a juicy golden pale ale heavily hopped for roaring citrus notes with a totally paw-some resinous pine finish. Oh, and it’s also gluten-free!
Pours almost clear, pale yellow with a mid-sized white head. A bit bubbly. Settles as a patchy layer of foam stretching to cover the surface of the beer. Clinging to the sides of the glass. Substantial lacing. Aroma is moderately intense with a sweet odor of Stone fruits mingling with a sharp citric scent. Sweet peach and apricot. Grapefruit and citrus.
Rather strong carbonation. Thin, watery, lively and tingling texture.
Flavor is medium intense with a medium strong sweetness followed by a slightly stronger citric bitterness. Aftertaste is bitter and a little tart. Lingers for a bit. Finish is dry.
Refreshing and fizzy.

Stikkord;Brew York, Cask, England