Hi! I scored a couple of beers tonight in Gatehouse Doncaster (Wetherspoons)
Wentworth Humdinger - Not on beermad.org.uk so I'm assuming its new
Hydes Romper's Rein - What did it taste of? It was a dark beer, but seemed to have a real fruity flavour- without wanting to sound like Jilly Goulden it had overtones of blackcurrant and coconut (?!?) - can anyone explain?
Cheers,
Lee
dunno about the coconut flavour (other than the obvious) but Bramling Cross hops are supposed to give a blackcurranty flavour (particularly if used in late-/dry-hopping)
from _________________________________________________ Brewing Character Often used as a general-purpose kettle hop for a smallish proportion of the hop grist. However, of late the variety has also been used to provide special fruity, blackcurrant and lemon notes in traditional ales, especially in Christmas ales. If used as a late hop or dry hop, the effect on the final beer flavour can be very interesting This is an under-appreciated hop which can give the brewer considerable scope for experiment __________________________________________________
cheers MikeMcG mic (underscore) mac (at) postmaster (dot) co (dot) uk
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