Nethergate Umbel Ale

Next we moved round the corner to the Fox and Anchor. The Fox and Anchor is a recently renovated pub that is notable for having a pewter bartop and for serving beer in Pewter mugs. The tipple of choice inthis establishment was the Nethergate Umbel ale which is a 3.7% abv beer which is seasoned with coriander (and a lot of late hopping!). The result is a very herby beer with a strong hoppy but not over the top aroma. The hop variety they use complements the coriander perfectly. One downside that I noted with this pub, besides the fact that it was full of pretentious types sipping ‘lager’ was that the pork scratchings were not actually scratchings and more resembled pork nibble. Besides these small shortcomings the pub is a good one with an interesting selection of guest beers. I am still unsure about the Umbel ale though. I think its one of those beers you only have once to satisfy your curiosity, and there is no way you could do a full session on it. But once again I’ll let others be the judge of that.