Nethergate IPA

This was the last stop from my mini pub crawl last Thursday night and we headed to the Fox and Anchor which is where I have previously enjoyed the Nethergate Umbel Ale. The Fox and Anchor is a nice and cosy pub with inadequate WC facilities and not enough room to move. The top of the bar is solid pewter and the beer is served in pewter tankards in keeping with the theme. The Nethergate IPA is one of the new school ‘weak’ IPA’s weighing in at 3.5% abv. Through the glass bottom of the pewter glass I could ascertain that it’s a rich amber colour, it had a moderate bitterness and was generally ok. Much better than Greene king IPA or Well’s Eagle IPA which also fall into this emerging beer style. Its really just a session bitter and in this role it does the job. Well a lot better than the breweries Umbel Ale anyway!