Recent Tasting Notes

Scheldbrouwerif Strandgaper (13/20)
This house has been solid without being spectacular, in my experience, and this beer doesn’t really buck the mold. The Strandgaper is built in what I like to think as an old-fashion Belgian style; stinky, cooked, daggy malts, stewed fruits on the nose, low hop input etc etc. Malt weight becomes progressively heavier through the palate but never gets over the top. Nose is a touch yeasty and biscuity, perhaps lacking freshness, but overall this beer is dependable.

Belhaven Fruit Beer (12/20)
Maybe a touch underdone by the punters on http://www.ratebeer.com/ but this is solid enough. Quite lagerish for my tastes; dulling subtle malts, daggy hops, etc etc. Fruits are of the red variety; berries and the like. More supportive rather than driving flavour. Ok summer quaffer.

Adnams Explorer (6/20)
Smells and tastes like a bog standard lager (in my book) and this sample is looking a little tired despite the Feb 2008 BB. Pours a treat ; big ice cream sunday head, fluffy and thick. Mainstream lager notes to smell and they lack appeal. Flavours are thin and tired; industrial beer malts and low bitterness. Really quite crappy.