Cellar-Vate Beer Club Tasting

April 18, 2007 10:28 pm General

Jayne hooked me up with her friend’s partner, Mark, to attend a monthly beer tasting night at the Backbencher pub last night organized by Cellar-Vate. It was a pretty fun thing, and I’ve never really been to an official beer tasting before, other than those times I’m propping up the bar. Last night was the heavies, sampling the following –

Roosters Haymaker
Strong Lager, Hastings, 6.5%

Morland Excalibur
Strong Lager, United Kingdom, 8.5%

Bennett’s Belgian Strong
Strong Lager, Nelson, 7.2%

Epic Mayhem
American Pale Ale, Auckland, 6.6%

Hofbrau MaiBock
Heller Bock, Germany, 7.2%

Brugge Tripel
Abbey Triple, Belgium, 8.2%

Hoegaarden Forbidden Fruit
Belgian Strong Ale, Belgium, 8.5%

Emerson’s Taieri George
Spiced Ale, Dunedin, 6.8%

We got a short introduction about each beer from Neil Miller while the bottles, cans and jugs were passed along the table. I rated the Bruggle Tripel highest, followed by a strong tie between the Epic Mayhem and Hoegaarden Forbidden Fruit (both of which ended up being first and second place in the vote). All washed down with 3 Guinness at the end to prove some sort of national pride. All in a good day’s work.

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