Supplier: St Andrews Wine Company
A collaboration between the Italian brewery BrewFist and a Danish brewery Beer Here, but is brewed and bottled by BrewFist. This regular(?) pale ale is brewed using rye malt and NZ hops. Maybe a little out of date as its best before date was November 2013. I served this chilled.
A collaboration between the Italian brewery BrewFist and a Danish brewery Beer Here, but is brewed and bottled by BrewFist. This regular(?) pale ale is brewed using rye malt and NZ hops. Maybe a little out of date as its best before date was November 2013. I served this chilled.
Appearance: An opaque browny amber colour, with a medium, lasting, off-white head.
Aroma: Classic sweet hop resin nose but maybe with a bit more melon aromas.
Flavour: Not much on the front but then a the melon hops come through along with some apricot notes, backed with a solid orangy malt with hints of pepper.
Body: Decently thick but a bit too much fizz for me.
Aftertaste: A nice clinging bitterness in the back with very subtle bread/malt notes.
Overall: Therefore this gets a rating of 7, nice display of the slightly different NZ hops with a really good supporting body; even with it being slightly out of date
Price Range: £3.20 for a 330ml bottle, worth the price and would get it again (although I would try getting it in Italy where you could pick it up a bit fresher).
Food Pairings: As it is Italian and the melon and stone fruit flavours shine through, I would pair this with a plate of Charcuterie.
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