The Midlands & Wales

Vale of Clwyd Beer Festival

This is such a brilliant idea that it deserves reporting.   Seven pubs in Northi Wales got together and had a beer festival on Saturday 19th July 2008 with a bus running between them until

Iceburg

review_type: 
beer
beer style: 
Speciality ales
Brewery: 

Titanic

This is a wheat beer is the kristallweisse fashion, although the wheat side of things is subtle.   This is a dry, clean tasting lager with a good noble hop presence.

rating: 
4

Entire Butt

review_type: 
beer
beer style: 
Mild, Porter & Stout
Brewery: 

Salopian

The name comes from the wide range of malts going into the mash and the name of a barrel size.   This beer has survived more than one owner of Salopian Brewery and you can see why - its g

rating: 
4

Wholesome Stout

review_type: 
beer
beer style: 
Mild, Porter & Stout
Brewery: 

Dorothy Goodbody's

A good dry full bodied stout.   A fair amount of burnt malt flavour is appreciable.

rating: 
4

Black Pearl

review_type: 
beer
beer style: 
Mild, Porter & Stout
Brewery: 

Milestone

A full bodied, dry stout with good roasty & burnt flavours.

rating: 
4

Bumble Bee

review_type: 
beer
beer style: 
Ale
Brewery: 

Freeminer Brewery

This is brewed for Co-Op by Freeminer.   A golden ale with just a little taste of honey.   It is fairly dry with a little bitterness.

rating: 
4

Postman's Knock

review_type: 
beer
beer style: 
Mild, Porter & Stout
Brewery: 

Hobson's

A wonderfully strong bottled mild.   I suspect it is the stronger version of the Champion Beer of Britain, Hobson's Mild so that it is a better product for bottling.   It is ful

rating: 
5