Saturday!!! And not just any old Saturday, this is a Saturday special!!!
But what's special you ask??
The answer is always beer! Well, more than that. After seeing last Saturday's washout of a beer tasting, the mighty 
Sling his developer group 
So in a ridiculously short time after posting, the box of beer arrived. Incredible man, I almost popped ten boners!!
Three stouts and an IPA. I think they all originate from the Netherlands. I am hugely happy. Normally I only do two different beers on a tasting but heck that would be just plain rude. So here goes with all four. Look at the percentages on them, it might be rough ride but thems the best ones!!
First up the Gozer! Wait, was that the baddie from the original Ghostbusters? It was a villain and no mistake. I wonder if the beer will be just as dark...
Ha, it is a dark villain of a beast and no mistake. It's like an oil slick dribbling into the glass. Very promising. The head is a frothing dark brown which refuses to fade away, always a good sign in my book.
Smells roasty! I drink, it's definitely roasty! Like dark coffee and malt. It has a fine bitter twang and I get the oats too. Considering the strength of this one it does not taste strong at all. It has a convincing body. A must in any beer or woman for me.
A splendid one to start with! I award this 7.5 booms!
After such a good start I wonder what order I shall drink the rest in. I have a good feeling about two of them. So I decide to have the IPA and leave the other two to after it.
So as an utter contrast here we go with:
I love a good IPA and the description of this one is enough to get my engine idling. Coriander and white tea. Top notch. Let's get this cheeky young fellow into the glass.
It has such a clean and translucent gold colour and the head's like a white stallion's mane! Packed with tiny lasting bubbled goodness.
Oh my, what a great IPA! It's very smooth. Deceptively so. It would be easy to neck ten of these before heading out for a rammy in the local park. The coriander is dominant over the white tea, the white tea lending a little welcome astringency to it. Just a light bitterness from the hops makes this a little easy drinking corker!
8/10 booms!
The next two have me frothing at the gash. They look magnificent. Firstly I will go for:
This one is intriguing, there is writing all over the label so I don't have a clue what is going on with it. But something about it is tugging at me. Pour me, it screams!
I pour it and it slips out reluctantly like a mole being smoked out of its hole deep in the earth. I stop pouring and admire it's glory. It continues to bubble up slowly till it slicks over the sides of the glass like an enraged seal.
I wipe it down and drink...
What the hell!? It's like a bear just shat in my mouth...
A delicious bear made of caramel and malty chocolate that is. This is awesome. It's like a big dark beery sweet cake of a thing! It lingers in the mouth for ages between drinks. I am blown away by this cheeky madam!!
9/10 booms!
Wowsers, I can feel the touch of the beer gods upon me as I approach the last. The amazing sounding:
Barrel aged in whisky and cognac barrels. This sounds right up my street.
Wow, if I had thought any of the previous beers were dark, this one trump's them all. It is the Lord of Night. It wears a cloak made of ravens.
The whisky smell storms out of the glass and gives me a slap around the chops. Phwoar, it's almost frightening in its intensity. I do what any Glasgow man does in such a situation.
I stick the nut in it!
There, now I have asserted my dominance we can move on. I give it a slurp.
Oh my word, it has it all. Dark smokiness, with bitter slightly sweet caramel and chocolate. And the barrel aging in those casks gives it a huge whisky taste. At first it is almost too much but the more you have the better it gets. This is a fine one, not for the faint hearted though!
8.75/10 booms
Well hot damn, what a fantastic selection. Once again thanks to the awesome
I hope you all have a great weekend!
Cheers!
