Beer Heaven

My little flat is like a beer oasis at the moment. After recent deliveries from Beer Ventures, Beer Merchants, a fistful of beers from Whole Foods in Kensington and some samples sent to me by Nicky who works takes care of PR for Marston's, Innis and Gunn and a few other breweries - my flat is pretty rammed with various bottles of good beer. So many in fact that I am going to be dropping a few 'ticks' in here and there to keep you guys on your toes! Make no mistake about it, these will not be beer reviews and there will be no intellectualizing.

Anyhow at some stage I usually post about my Friday night's beer activities. Maybe not this week. Well actually nothing really exciting happened. I had two pints of Abbot Ale at the Clock Tower on Leather Lane during my lunch hour, a pint of poorly conditioned Deuchar's IPA followed by a pint of Bombardier at the Roebuck in Chiswick and then a bottle of Peroni Gran Reserva over dinner. As I said, not particularly exciting.

Hopefully tomorrow I will be able to find the time to tell you about Saturday's boozing which was a little more interesting! Also, the picture at the top is a bottle of Meantime Raspberry. Even though I am a big fan of Meantime beers in general, this beer was utter shit. Avoid at all costs.

Deuchars IPA

Deuchars IPA is a fabulous beer. A brilliant blend of malt and hopcharacter and above all a drink with enormous drinkability.

Roger Protz, Editor of the Good Beer Guide.

A quick cheeky lunchtime pint last Friday at "Ye Olde Mitre" resulted in a pint of Deuchars IPA (4.4% abv) a Scottish IPA which is rather tasty. Again not a proper super bitter, over hopped IPA, but a good hoppy bitter; the IPA is definetely a good compromise which suits the cheeky lunchtime pint, or can form the backbone of a much larger session. The most remarkable thing about this beer is the pub I was drinking in. A real olde worlde gem the pub dates back to 1546 and serves a selection of good real ales, some cheap and nasty lagers and Guinness, plus a tasty selection of traditional bar snacks. This is definetely a pub to check out: http://fancyapint.com/pubs/pub92.html