Imitation...

…is the sincerest form of flattery, or so the saying goes. So, with that said, I am going to blatantly steal Go_Aachmed’s “Beer Belly Files” and give you a view into my choice of beverage during dinner tonight.

I stumbled upon this beer while doing some shopping the day before the SuperBowl. I bought it with the intention of enjoying it before company started showing up, but things got hectic earlier than I had anticipated, and I never got around to enjoying it. I remembered this on the drive home tonight, and was intent on getting there and popping this one open right away. The beer comes from St. Peter’s Brewery in Suffolk, England and is their Golden Ale.

The brewery at St. Peter’s is housed in listed former agricultural buildings which were last used in the late Sixties. They then became derelict but offered a superb site both for a working brewery and a visitors’ attraction. Today, the brewery produces ‘real ale’ and has a capacity of 200 barrels/wk (57,600 pints).

The Golden Ale uses English Pale malts coupled with Challenger Goldings hops to delivery a quite remarkable bitterness and aroma. There was a distinct aftertaste with the beer, but not so much as to be unpleasant. It was certainly not a beer you chug down, but rather one to enjoy draw by draw. The Golden Ale has a 4.7% ABV and retailed in for $4.99 for a 500mL bottle.

Tomorrow (or whenever I get to posting up about it) will be the Cream Stout which, after enjoying this brew so much, I am very much looking forward to.

B.