As you'd expect for a boat there was no cask beer so refreshment came from kegs, bottles and cans from London and American breweries. The stuff from the states was all at the grapefruit end of things, though the UK stuff was more varied: in quality as well as taste. Like the last time I was knocking back beer from the crafty end of British brewing there were a number of beers that weren't worth drinking. Certainly there were more problems than you get drinking normal cask beer in a normal pub.
Cask beer it well known to have problems if quality isn't maintained right through to when it's served, but there seem to be just as many problems with kegged, bottled and canned beer too.
Is there a part two coming Ed? I actually enjoyed some of the London craft stuff but it needed more time. Qualified excellent given the location and better than some in the past with rancid cask.
ReplyDeleteIs there a part two coming Ed? I actually enjoyed some of the London craft stuff but it needed more time. Qualified excellent given the location and better than some in the past with rancid cask.
ReplyDeleteNah, I'm really pushed for time at the moment and there are other more important things I want to burble on about.
ReplyDeletePaul Bailey has written at more length about this event here.
ReplyDeleteOK . I'll put it another way. What was shite?
ReplyDeleteOK . I'll put it another way. What was shite?
ReplyDeleteI had a bottle that was under carbonated, a can with cheesy tasting beer and some of keg beers were just plain bad. Which did get me pondering about quality. But having said that it has occured to me that I'm being a tad negative here so I really should add that there was a lot of good beer too, and I had a great night.
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