tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789818545139773561.post5153830127316433054..comments2024-03-20T12:34:07.390+00:00Comments on Brew Wales: Neath gets a new breweryBrew Waleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05292297218879265192noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789818545139773561.post-30923920189621179542010-04-26T15:20:42.608+01:002010-04-26T15:20:42.608+01:00I would indeed like very much to try some of the O...I would indeed like very much to try some of the Otley brews.<br />Yeah, not the biggest fan of brewdog. Don't really care for their attitude or marketing style - despite the fact that it obviously works. I think some of what they make is sh*te but I do rate a few of their brews. The Tokyo star I sampled in, of all places, Tokyo. Very nice. For me, Punk IPA was just weird.<br />I'd like to try bashah, too.<br />They will be on tap soon in Tokyo.<br />Talking hoppy brews, I'm thinking Stone, Greenflash, Ballast Point from the states and some decent brews from over here like Shiga Kogen, Ozenoyukidoke, Yokohama beer, Baird beer (3 gold medals at this year's World Beer Cup), etc.<br />It would be fantastic to do a beer swap sometime!Ivor Biggunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04006837084544398438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789818545139773561.post-76394245855351998682010-04-26T14:43:59.117+01:002010-04-26T14:43:59.117+01:00You would love beers from Otley Brewery then. Base...You would love beers from Otley Brewery then. Based in Pontypridd they are one of my favourite Welsh breweries.<br />As for the rest of the UK - brewers such as Brew Dog, Thornbridge and Meantime also are packed with flavour.Brew Waleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05292297218879265192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789818545139773561.post-73742388108608744062010-04-26T14:36:54.024+01:002010-04-26T14:36:54.024+01:00good luck to them!
I'd like to try their stuff...good luck to them!<br />I'd like to try their stuff. Maybe next time I go back home to Wales.<br />I think there is room back home for aggressively hopped beers. I'm turning into a hop head myself, living over here in Japan. I do like appreciate the well balanced finer UK ales and beers but I also now have a place in my heart and my taste buds for the glory that is the hop! However, a hoppier beer may benefit from a lager malt backbone and perhaps we should be looking at 5% alc or thereabouts, rather than still making an effort at the lower 4% bracket. A fair few of the IPAs I'm drinking these days are around 6.5-7%. The DIPAs I'm knocking back here in Japan reach 8-9%, even up to 10%. These beers have lots of hops to balance out the malt profile associated with a big beer.Ivor Biggunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04006837084544398438noreply@blogger.com