Beers Of The Beano - Saturday 25 January 2025
Sleep in, Ice warning. Sunny day, so do the washing. Washing freezes to the line. Tom and DTNS and Fine Ales at home. This afternoon, Dark Element first Birthday Beers at The Project, Caerphilly.
Starting at home with the Supermarket’s Favourite Craft Brewer, Vocation.
Quality start
The review
Doppelgänger - Vocation Brewery - 6.7% ABV. B++ and a touch, this is so good. Fruity, hoppy, sharp and sweetly and a little tingly. Fruity, bitter finish #ale #beer #bier
3.6/5. Hybrid Home / The Project Beano. It's Dark Element first Birthday, so there will be many Fine Ales.
Upped the rating as well. Then the second home beer.
Maybe a little thin?
The review
Hatchet - Buxton Brewery - 3.4% ABV. B+ and a bit, A little thin but rather pleasant all the same. Malty, hoppy with hints of citrus. Fruity, bitter finish #ale #beer #bier
3.3/5. 2025 is the year of low and no alcohol beers. They all need a little bit more body. My Beer Thoughts.
Then jumping on the 11:40 A Bus to Caerphilly
Sunny January Saturday
A bit early but The Project was already open.
Sign out, Good News.
Starting on the Primeval, a collab with Neon Raptor.
Collab with Neon Raptor
The review
Primeval - Dark Element / Neon Raptor - 6.5% ABV. B++, hazy, juicy, hoppy with hints of space. Fruity with a gentle bitter finish #ale #beer #bier
3.5/5. Birthday Brews at The Project #Caerphilly. Always worth a visit and they certainly know their Fine Ales. Dog 🐶 friendly.
And onto another Collab.
BeerRiff Collab
The review
Shredder - Dark Element / BeerRiff - 5.0% ABV. B++, hoppy, very fruity, citrusy and very drinkable. Lingering fruity, bitter finish #ale #beer #bier
3.5/5. Who’d have thought that the Jacks could have brewed such a quality brew. Birthday Dark Element brews 🏴
On to The Cans. Sour Cans, that is.
Lovely
The review
Blender - Dark Element - 6.0% ABV. B++, extremely fruity and refreshing slightly sour ale. Easy drinking and extremely refreshing #ale #beer #bier
3.5/5. Sunny but frosty Saturday. In The Project #Caerphilly for their First Birthday Ales. Drinking LocAle Good Times
And it’s Yonder time again.
Quality Murk
The review
White Choc Strawb - Yonder - 4.5% ABV. B++, Big, sweet Murk and it’s lovely. Sweet, fruity, bitter finish #ale #beer #bier
3.5/5. Saturday afternoon and I’m Listening to Windows Weekly on the TWIT network. Feeling gently Tiddly #Caerphilly
It was
The review
Boozer - Yonder - 4.0% ABV. B++ fruity, pleasingly sour, referring and definitely eating another can of. Fruity, bitter finish #ale #beer #bier
3.5/5. Turning into another Sour Saturday. Still light, I think the nights are drawing out. Spring please arrive quickly.
The H Bus home was literally all around the houses.