Sunday, November 21, 2010

Green Man Krystal Weiss

Appearance: A hazy golden colour with a very small off white head.
Nose: Banana, clove and hints of lemon.
Taste: Banana and clove lead the way followed by peach and a small amount of cherries trailing off to a cranberry like bitterness.
A Bavarian style beer made by Green Man’s German Brewmaster, how can it not be good? Fruity and effervescent weissbiers are my favourite style of beer, and after this one they could be yours too.
5 out of 5

Green Man Premium Pils

Appearance: Pale gold with a slight hazy look and thinning head.
Nose: A biscuit sweet malt and citrus notes.
Taste: Strong citrus notes, hints of mango and passion fruit. A rich floral hop finish
Pilsners have been around since the mid 19th century and some of the world’s most famous beers fall under the banner (Stella Artois, Becks, Heineken) but it was the Czech’s in the town of Plzen that did it first with Pilsner Urquell. Green Man’s Premium Pils is clean and crisp with a light mouth feel and drinkable enough to make the people of Plzen proud.
4 out of 5

Saturday, November 20, 2010

McCashin Stoke Amber

Appearance: Beautiful deep amber colour with nice off white head.
Nose: Stone fruit and heavy malt.
Taste: Notes of honey and nectarine with biscuit tinged malt and strong floral hops finishing clean and dry with really smooth mouth feel.
Surprisingly enough this beers name came from its glorious colour. It’s similar in style to an IPA and extremely drinkable. Made according to the Bavarian purity law using water from an underground source (that’s 14,000 years old), organic Nelson hops, bespoke yeast and premium malts. It is all brought together in a place named after my home town (Rochdale Cider factory) how could I not like it?
4 out of 5

McCashin Stoke Gold

Appearance: Crisp golden colour, thinning bright white head.
Nose: Sweet and floral slight malty finish
Taste: Apricot, honey maybe a touch of passion fruit. Mellow floral hop finish.
Clean and crisp this is a really nice golden ale that goes down perhaps a little too easy. Great for a sunny afternoon barbeque and beer session. Thankfully it’s made in the Rochdale Cider Factory in Nelson and not in my home town of Rochdale as if it were made in the latter there wouldn’t be any sunny days to enjoy it properly!

4 out of 5