Preamble: Porter is fast becoming a favourite; however, given the choice between Porter and Stout, the latter would always come first. Having said that, Stout and Porter have an intertwined history, Stout being the darker, stronger version of Porter; whilst the two styles are often considered two separate styles (arguably) – I have seen groupings [...]
Posts Tagged ‘English Beer’
4 May
St Peter’s – India Pale Ale
Preamble: What better way (to attempt) to appreciate India Pale Ale by trying a version from the country that invented it; at least this is the idea. Considering IPA is a somewhat popular style in the US, and the US versions err towards the mouth shrinkingly bitter, finding an English version seemed like a good [...]
29 Apr
St Peter’s – Sorgham Beer
Preamble: St Peter’s Sorgham Beer is a gluten free beer and I could be wrong with this, but it would appear this is the brand name for the beer sold in the US that would be the same as the G-Free beer sold in the UK. Now it could be argued that someone, somewhere (in [...]
16 Apr
St Peter’s – Golden Ale
Preamble: St Peter’s Brewery is fast becoming a favourite, so much so that I have just got another two beers left before I have exhausted the complete range of styles that they offer to the US, which really is a shame. Having said that they do export, which made me wonder whether the bottles would [...]
2 Apr
St Peter’s – Old Style Porter
Preamble: Hot on the heels of the Stout comes the Old Style Porter. Whilst I wrote about liking the beer bottle in the previous post, I have since learnt that in the UK it is sold in an oval bottle and is copied from an original design created in 1770s by an innkeeper living in [...]
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