What has this got to do with Beer? Well not a whole lot.... Lets see if i can tie beer into it.
Well this evening on the way home from dinner with my parents and sister at the Palmerstown House, i stopped off at Tesco in Maynooth for groceries and Petrol. Well Beer, mushrooms and some cans of tomatoes and also the petrol. Actually there was almost as much beer as petrol to be honest.
Anyway i got 12 500ml bottles. Lets see, i got 4 bishops finger, 2 Londons Pride, 2 O' haras stout, 2 O' Haras Red & 2 Curim (i have yet to taste this one). I also added a 4 pack of Leffe as i have heard good things but never tasted it. There is a thread going on Boards.ie and this one came up so i figured i should try it. I have seen it many times and just ignored it for some reason.
So i sat down and watched Slumdog Millionaire. I finished off my first mini-keg of Cider. I have two mini-kegs left and about 6 or more 500ml bottles i think.
After my Cider was done i paused the movie and washed and dried out my keg so that it will not go bad or rust and then i broke out a O' Haras Red for no other reason than it was the first in the fridge.
The last time i had the Red, it was right after the O' Haras stout and i felt a little disappointed. I suppose my pallet was overwhelmed with the stout flavour as this time, after a dry Cider the Red tasted like heaven. Similar in many ways to the stout and with a little less flavour, it still is a wonderful beer.
Im not reviewing the Red though, other than to say its a great beer.
So anyway the movie is over so time to find something else to do with myself and get another beer.
Im actually going to leave my cider for a few more days. The reason for this is simple, i notice that it gets better over time and i want to see if that's because it is ageing or is it simply because im getting used to it so i like it more? Well only time will tell on this one so i will let it sit for another while. I need to leave some for my wife anyway. She gets back from Manilla on the night of the 14th of February which means Valentines she will be spending beside someone on a plane who will no doubt irritate the hell out of her.
I believe she will bring me back some beer, San Miguel is their big beer but i think there are a few others. Probably nothing good but we will see.
Was introducing you to London Pride a good idea? ;)
ReplyDeleteA very good idea yes! Its one of my favourites to be sure.
ReplyDeleteIf you can find it - you should also try the Fullers 1845 (actually, anything by Fullers is worth a bash).
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