I was first introduced
to this beer at a Friday night session at a café where my friend is
the Bar Manager. It was a Friday night session because at that time,
they didn't hold a liquor license so used a temporary event license
for Friday nights. The café opened a little while ago but recently
changed location to a bigger and better venue. For a short period of
time I had Friday evening free and so to show support to my friend
and a local business I thought I'd check it out on the Fridays. I'd
been to the café a few times during the days and was overall very
impressed with the place. A chilled atmosphere to relax and enjoy a
cup of coffee and a book. The café is The Fallow Deer in Teddington.
The first Friday night
session I turned up about 8pm after I'd had a quick bite to eat after
work and cycled over. I was meeting another friend there but he
hadn't made his mind up whether he was going for sure. After a little
persuasion he left his house and was on his way. In the mean time I
had one of the house speciality cocktails that my friend the bar
manager had created himself. It was gorgeous, I could quite easily
have had more and more and more but then I would have been way to
drunk to function as a regular upright human being. The bloody thing
went down so easily it was like it hadn't even touched the sides, I
was thirsty for another drink but wanted something more session like
so I had a bottle of beer called 'Citra'. It is a beer that I'd had
before a little while back and knew that it was perfectly drinkable,
it is a great beer in fact one that I'd recommend if you like hoppy
IPA style beers which I sometimes do and have recently developed a
bit of a taste for. The beer that really blew me away was from a
brewer based in Fort Collins, Colorado, USA. The Odell Brewing Company
to be precise. I'd seen their beers before but had never gotten round
to trying in any, now was my chance. The beer in question was the 5
Barrels Pale Ale. After an almost unpleasantly hopped beer to this
divine pale ale, it was smooth, full of body and flavour and had a
length that went on and on and on. I have since had it a few more
times in the bottle.
When I went for a beer
in a pub local to my friend in Camberwell, London and noticed it on
tap I couldn't resist. Without any consideration I ordered a pint. I
should have known that the price tag would have been hefty, a craft
beer pub in a pretty trendy part of London serving imported beers
from all over. At £4.95 a pint it has to be one of the most
expensive pints I have bought in a long time. In all fairness though,
it cost me £4 a bottle and the bottle is quite a bit less than a
pint so it kind of makes a bit more sense value for money wise. The
pub was on the empty side but the people that were in there were very
fashionable and young with beards, moustaches and shiny patent
leather shoes. One might go as far to call them hipsters, they most
certainly were. The pub is a little place in Church St called
'StormBird', I really enjoyed the atmosphere, the beers and would
have enjoyed the company more if my mate didn't have his head resting
on his arms on the table as if he was about to doze of to sleep. He
woke up a bit when his flat mate swung by for a quick beer. If I'm
ever in the area again I think I'll check out the pub again, maybe
get a half next time though.
Brewery, pub and café links below
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