I had some good news last Wednesday -
it's not widely advertised yet and is still sensitive here at work so I can't go into details but I was promoted and now have a 'Senior' in front of my title, so I deemed it appropriate to celebrate. To achieve this I cracked open a bottle of Gales Prize Old Ale 2007 Vintage (9% abv) to mark the occasion. I really shouldn't have bothered - It was vinegar. I was devastated and resorted to a bottle of Magner's Light which had been hovering around since someone left it behind at some stage. The Magner's was drinkable after I added some 7-Up to it, the Gales went down the sink.
Interestingly the fools who comment at
BeerAdvocate couldn't tell that it was infected and wrote up tasting notes on it! A few of the 'raters' even comment on the vinegar 'notes' in it's flavour, like it is a deliberate feature. Don't believe everything you read online - OK, make an exception for me...
Labels: Fullers, Gales
I had some good news last Wednesday - 
5 Comments:
'Vinegar notes' is a classic. There does seem to be an online fashion for raving about any beer that's really strong and/or a bit unusual.
Fuller's Brewer's Reserve was also infected shite that got rave reviews.
Magners Light and 7-Up?! Blimey, that is desperation!
Congratulations on the promotion.
Skunk beer sometimes rates high here, too. The folks at Dogfish Head brew a raisin abomination that some folk think is to die for. I tossed my $9 bottle after one taste.
Mark - I had some other good stuff hanging around, but it was a hot day and I felt like something cold.
Michael - Thanks. I have noticed thathigh alc. intense hop juice tends to rate rather high in the states. Some are ok, but you can't go to town on them. No sessionability.
Magners does show signs of desperation there. Congratulations on becoming a Senior though.
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