Tim vs the Goliath
Now, I have not been fantasising about starring in biblical stories - but I have been drinking Wychwoods Goliath (4.2% abv). In typical Wychwood fashion the beer is covered with Dungeons and Dragons/Harry Potter/Lord of the Rings type imagery that gives real ale geeks a negative stereotype and the beer itself is rather bland. But then what would I know? I don't work in marketing and my mates in the trade say that Hobgoblin sells rather well. Goliath is not necessarily a bad beer though, it's more like your boring second cousin who you only see at Christmas - it would never really concern you if you never saw them again. A tall order? The only thing big about the beer is the Goliath sized 660mL bottle! Really if you have had the misfortune of buying a bottle of Goliath, I think it would be honest to say that you won't make the same mistake again....... http://www.wychwood.co.uk/
posted by Tim at
Thursday, May 21, 2009
3 Comments:
And it's recently been switched to 500ml bottles, so one of the few reasons for buying it in preference to other bottled beers has gone.
For a while it was contract-brewed by Robinson's in Stockport, and tasted much more like a Robinson's beer than a Wychwood one (which to my mind was a good thing) but that arrangement has now ceased.
A 660ml bottle seems set up fo sharing with mates ... is this a double negative or is it designed to instill a sense of normality in real ale geeks?
Prof. Pilsner
Prof. Pils,
Most bottled ale in the UK comes in 500mL bottles rather than the 330mL variety common back in Australia. The 660mL offering was not intended to be shared (although it is ideal for sharing!). Im not sure what the point was, but I assume its to do with the name and marketing. Pity the beer tastes rather common!
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