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Old Peculier #decembeer

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Day 3 of #decembeer

It is only 3 days in and I'm already having a go at one of these 'blow your head off' beers. At 5.6% it is probably not best to have many of these on a school night. May I present….the legendary beer that is….Theakston's famous 'Old Peculier'……

Now as you should be aware by now, I never do anything half-hearted, so a quick visit to Theakston's website for a bit of extra information (that is sadly not on the bottle) revealed some big claims. It is described, amongst other things as: “the country's most well known and loved ales”; “beautiful brew”; and “superb”. Furthermore, an interesting use of the word “awesome” when it comes to describe the flavour:

“awesome full-bodied flavour with subtle cherry and rich fruit overtones”

Needless to say I had big expectations for tonight's #decembeer, and I wasn't disappointed. It actually tasted really quite smooth, wasn't expecting that (but don't forget I don't know what the hell I'm talking about). Didn't smell or taste as 'harsh' as the first couple of beers, no weird aftertaste, and despite the dark look of it, it doesn't taste particularly 'strong'. Peculiar? (See what I've done there!?)

Nice head going on...

I'm still struggling to taste any 'fruits', and I really am trying, just can't seem to taste anything but a beer taste!!!?

Not only do you get a rather good tasting beer, but also on the bottle is a ten-word novel, as part of the Harrogate Crime Writing Festival….

Dark House by Simon Kernick

Picked off one by one. Four…Three…Two…It's you!

 

Oxford Gold #decembeer

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Day 1 of #decembeer

The beer that has the pleasure of kicking off #decembeer is Brakspear’s Oxford Gold organic beer.

Apparently Oxford Gold is:

“A remarkably zesty brew, with fresh citrussy aromas and a firm fruity flavour”

Now I don’t claim to be a beer connoisseur, and to me it just tastes like beer. Maybe it has a ‘sharp clean’ taste and I definitely can’t taste any ‘fruity’ flavour – but then again, I really don’t know what I’m talking about.

Bring on tomorrow!

The Penultimate Day…

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Feeling slightly sad – today is the penultimate day of November's Challenge – it has been a great little challenge. I don't quite consider myself an origami master just yet, but it has been great to do a monthly challenge that is quite relaxing and stress free. Furthermore, it has enabled me to blog virtually every day, which is always a good thing. Yes, I know, I have far too much time on my hands! My life is so rock and roll!

So onto today, origami #29, a candy dish or lazy susan, in fact it is probably the smallest candy dish ever seen. It can probably just about manage to hold a peanut in each segment. So here you have it a dish for putting four peanuts in….

With just one day left of November I have been busy deciding on what to do for the month of December. I have been thinking about various ideas:

  • A poem a day – as many different forms of poetry as possible.
  • Invent a new word with a definition and example of use.
  • Different packet of crisps each day.
  • A film review each day.

But after much deliberation I have decided on a different bottle of beer every day. This sounds like a good challenge, especially with Christmas just round the corner. Plan is to taste a new beer each day and blog about it. The hope is that I can develop my understanding of beers and their flavour.

So as I was doing a spot of shopping in Tesco this evening I took the opportunity to have a stroll down the beer aisle to have a look at the selection. They have 1000s of different real ales, lagers and ciders…

The first decision is to decide on whether I will focus on real ales, lagers or ciders. I think I'll sleep on that before making a decision.