m31andy | Entries tagged with beer festival

Great British Beer Festival Tasting Notes....

Previous Years are here: 2000/2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009.

Ah, much better. The beer festival has been over three days and here is my review. Not bad eh? Thanks as usual for those who kept me propped up:

clanwilliam and

gmh (and friends) on the Tuesday and

sethur,

cuvalwen and

ciya on the Friday night. Though, yes. Next year we're definitely going to eschew Friday night and do an afternoon instead.

( The Beers )

Current Mood: content

Previous Years are here: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009.

Well, not only have I (just) got up 2006, as promised I found the prior years. So here, for posperity*, are my 2000 and 2001 festival records.

( Great British Beer Festival – 2000 )

( Great British Beer Festival – 2001 )

ETA: *posperity is obviously the bastard love child of posterity and prosperity. Obviously.

Current Mood: accomplished

Great British Beer Festival Tasting Notes....

Other Years are here: 2000/2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009.

So it seems that I was completely useless and didn’t get the tasting notes out until 2007. Hah. Oh well, better late than never. Again a big thank you to my partners in crime, the work gang plus

lunrwolf,

gothicat,

ciyaand

sethur who joined myself,

aca,

rjw1,

billyabbott and others on the Thursday night. Special thanks and commiserations to

cuvalwen who put up with my wingeing on the Friday night after all the beer had been drunk, though we ended up hovering around Vitis Wines instead and enjoying their produce!

( The Beers )

Current Mood: accomplished
Current Location: Work

Great British Beer Festival Tasting Notes....

Other Years are here: 2000/2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009.

I think I really ought to get the 2006 notes out a lot quicker!!! As usual, official tasting notes are in italics. Thanks go to my work colleagues who joined me on the Thursday night and to

cuvalwen and

quirkus who also came along. My little sis was my partner in crime on the Friday, where we didn't get so much reviewed as we were too busy trying the best of Thursday and the wonderful mead on sale!

( The Beers )

Current Mood: busy
Current Location: Work

Other Years are here: 2000/2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009.

Well, having not written this when I should have done, I’m getting round to it now. And as it is the 3rd August 2005, and I’m off to the 2005 GBBF tomorrow, I thought I better get this posted!

Tasting notes, therefore are going to go out the window – I’m bad enough remembering the quality of a pint the next day, let alone a year later! But, a run down of what I drank, and what I indicated it was like.

Partners in crime were

quirkus, who entertained me muchly and

ian_wyrdness who rambled around looking lost for a while before finding me. I do seem to remember bumping into some of the ICSF lot at some point, but my memory may have failed me.

Anyhow, on with the beer:

( The Beers )

And that concludes the 2004 GBBF review.

Current Mood: determined

Other Years are here: 2000/2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009.

Well, beer festival was fun. Drank far too much beer. Met up with

cowfishbilly and other old college mates. I, of course, had agreed to meet with

cuvalwen at 2pm anyway. Steve turned up (lj journal to follow, he assures!!!) and then Ralphie from work turned up. It was very strange at times, three worlds colliding! Cuvalwen and Steve came back to mine afterwards for pizza and "The Wicker Man". A good night had by all, I reckon.

Anyway. ( tasting notes )

I was having regrets at not getting through more of the beers. Now I have looked through these, and added in the one I never found out what it was, the second half of banana bread I had, the one Steve bought me and the finishing of Adams pint of banana bread that he didn't like (did I mention that I liked that beer????) I think I would have had to be carried back if I had drunk any more!

Oh, and I better mention the:
Scottish Courage, Imperial Stout 10.0%. No tasting notes for this, it just mentions the fact it is rare in cask. There is a reason for this! It is absolutely gorgeous - a think black liquid which is almost chewable. It has the taste of burnt chocolate and whiskey. You can't drink much though. I restricted myself to three mouthfuls from someone else's half. And I'm dead proud of myself there!

Current Mood: accomplished

S	M	T	W	T	F	S
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

The Ramblings of an Accountant

Double entry is the least of your problems

Great British Beer Festival 2007

GBBF - Tasting Notes

Great British Beer Festival - 2006

2005 Great British Beer Festival

The Great British Beer Festival - 2004

The Great British Beer Festival - 2003

Profile

May 2011

Syndicate

Most Popular Tags

Page Summary

Style Credit

Expand Cut Tags