Beer Reviews
Beer review: White Anvil
With a luminous straw colour, a lasting white head, great lacing and just the right amount of haze, White Anvil has the gorgeous witbier appearance nailed. A powerful whiff of perfume on the nose is backed up by coriander seed and just a hint of bread. Taste-wise, it’s a crisp and refreshing beer, not as potent […]
Beer review: CBC Mandarina Bavaria IPA
Every time a new IPA is launched, my Twitter feed goes wild, so it was inevitably full of excited retweets when the first photos of CBC’s swanky IPA label started to circulate. Well, the Mandarina Bavaria IPA has now hit the shelves/taps and I managed to get my hands on a bottle. If you’re a C-hop fanatic, […]
Beer Review: Trappistes Rochefort 8
When I reviewed this beer I wrote ‘mahogany’ in my notes. It’s not a wooded brew, but it was the best word I could come up with to describe the colour – a deep, deep brown with oh-so-slight ruby highlights (not done justice by my photo). Rochefort 8 is a complex beast, a Belgian Trappist ale weighing in at […]
