What are you drinking tonight.

The Unintended Collaboration #1

This idea came from Ben Ramone Thompson (I cannot claim it as my own), of the UK Supermarket Craft Beer Forum group on Facebook. Musing through a thread on said group, he mentioned that he'd mixed the two beers roughly 50/50 and enjoyed it. Now I love these two beers, and curiosity bit and bit hard. I would not be able to sleep until I'd sampled this Frankenstein mix (hence the video thumbnail), so whilst shopping in Tesco today, I acquired one of each with which to make this bastard child of two breweries who had never intended these two to meet.

I didn't really know what to expect from this arranged marriage, but I had a couple of prior observations. The first being that I loved the hoppy nature of Mr President, and I loved the grapefruit bitter sweet flavour of Love and Hate. What came of the marriage was not expected...find out more with the video. It works out roughly 8.2% when you mix half and half, and has spawned a new section to my YouTube channel - The Unintended Collaboration. I give you, ladies and gentlemen, The Comb Over / Donald (I can't decide which, the reason for the name choices is in ze video).


 
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My current favourite tipple....
 
I had a few beverages yesterday (who didn't!), I had a Northern Monk IPA in the evening, some Adnams Ghost Ship 0.5% with dinner and at lunchtime I made a new craft cocktail, of which I recorded a video :D


The Unintended Collaboration #2

Here we are with the second Unintended Collaboration, this time we're delving into the heartland of old school, a variation on the Snakebite. I've christened it The Serpent's Nibble, and it features Vocation "Dirty Pilsner" and Angioletti "Craft Italian Cider".

I chose the Dirty Pilsner because it is a 'lager' that actually has flavour, and the Angioletti because it was the only craft cider I could lay my hands on!

I started out 50/50 and soon realised that the sweetness of the cider masked everything, so I would suggest more like 75/25 in favour of the Dirty Pilsner to get a happy marriage of hops versus apple sweetness. I'll leave you with the video.


 
One from last night:

Amundsen Bryggeri "Rebel King" Imperial Stout

You know it's winter when you feel the urge to bring out the Imperial Stouts, and tonight I felt compelled to indulge in this one. Rebel King promises coffee, chocolate and vanilla, all wrapped up nicely in 8.5 of your finest percentage points of ABV.

What I found was a bitter chocolate start, enveloped in a thick, almost cloying body - and trust me, this is a good thing. It then finished (or so I thought) with a creamy vanilla taste...which then faded into a mellow, smooth coffee, and this aftertaste lasted for a veritable age...utter bliss.

All this made for a lovely sipper on a cold winters night, whilst deep-cleaning camera lenses. If you've not tried this beer, I strongly urge you to, it's lovely.

 
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