The beers have been cooling and aging for a little time now, and it is time to try! On the plan today are the Black Ale (improved process) and the Coffee Porter I brewed 4-5 weeks ago. Down to business: Black Ale: This beer is proving to be a constant success - very dark, almost black, with a good light brown head, almost mocha in colour. The stayed for a while, and not … [Read more...]
Visiting Salara brewery
Let me start by saying I've messed up my visit in this lovely small brewery by focusing my time on enjoying friends' company (which I don't apologise about), but that means I haven't actually went and pestered the brewers (Eric and Ofir) to know more about their beers and process (Which I am sorry about), but I did got the chance to try all their beers and buy some great few … [Read more...]
Second, and suprising, round of Israeli craft beer tasting
Three days ago we had a chance to try the rest of the beers we bought in Jerusalem along with the Bazelet and Shapiro. This time we had beers from Herzl, Mosco and another Shapiro, all were served cold and very needed in the hot Israeli weather. The Shapiro was refreshing, but again had the sweetness and carbonation levels that is characteristic to the other Shapiro we … [Read more...]
A wonderful world of Israeli craft beers
We are on a family and friends visit in Israel, and I had a chance to try some great new local beers. When we left Israel 4 years ago, finding good beer was almost impossible, definitely not on tap, and just finding places that can pour a descent beer was a good surprise. In the last couple of days, I had a taste of a couple of breweries' beers: Bazelet from the Golan … [Read more...]
First tasting of the Beer By Numbers beers
As promised from our round of Bermondsey breweries - Beer By Numbers was not serving beers, but we have bought a few beers: 2 IPAs, Golden Ale, Red Ale, Original Porter, Stout Porter and Barrel Aged Imperial Porter. We are usually not big Porter drinkers in the house, so it was nice to go into slightly different styles. To the tastings: 09/09/2014 - Tried 2 beers: the Indian … [Read more...]