The Pub Curmudgeon: Tasting notes

Thursday, 29 November 2012

Tasting notes

Which well-known British beer is this?

“But the joy of ***** is in the delicate aroma. It’s subtly autumnal with a woody undercurrent, so evocative.
“Flavourwise it is a mass of delicate complexity. So many different notes coming through – a hint of peach there, perhaps the subtlest whiff of – could that be cinnamon?”

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3 comments:

py0 said...: Is this a trick question - is it something notoriously foul?; 29 November 2012 10:48
Tyson said...: Special Brew?!; 29 November 2012 12:12
Sid Boggle said...: I know which beer, but are you sure you aren't subscribing to the same news feed as those Chinese papers which keep using stories out of The Onion? :-)rebgra 88; 29 November 2012 20:14

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Thursday, 29 November 2012

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