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The Commercial Room will be taking an enforced drinking break from January, so we'll be back in March.
Happy New Year!
Friday 21 December 2012
Merry Crimbo!
The Commercial Room will be taking an enforced drinking break from January, so we'll be back in March.
Happy New Year!
Wednesday 19 December 2012
Blog Awards 2012
It's the end of the year and time for the Commercial Room to announce its beery award winners. It's been a cracking year writing this blog, visiting breweries and attending beer festival. Here are the year's highlights via the golden pint awards:
1.Best UK Draught (Cask or Keg) Beer
Odessa - Otley Brewing Co
2. Best UK Bottled or Canned Beer
India Pale Ale (C.S.C.) – The Kernel Brewery
3. Best Overseas Draught Beer
Oak Smoked Stout, Fort (Spain)
4. Best Overseas Bottled or Canned Beer
Raging Bitch, Flying Dog (USA)
5. Best Overall Beer
Odessa - Otley Brewing Co
6. Best Pumpclip or Label
Anything by Otley Brewing Co
7. Best UK Brewery
Tiny Rebel
8. Best Overseas Brewery
Brooklyn
9. Pub/Bar of the Year
Craft Beer Co - Clarkenwell
10. Beer Festival of the Year
The Coach Beer Festival - Bridgend
11. Supermarket of the Year
Sainsbury’s
12. Independent Retailer of the Year
Discount supermarket, Whitchurch Road, Cardiff
13. Online Retailer of the Year
N/A
14. Best Beer Book or Magazine
Real Heritage Pubs of Wales – Michael Slaughter, Mike Dunn
15. Best Beer Blog or Website
16. Best Beer Twitterer
@CAMRGB
17. Best Online Brewery presence
Thornbridge
18. Food and Beer Pairing of the Year
Anything and everything
19. In 2013 I’d Most Like to…
Stop drinking rubbish cold tea beer
20. Best Cider
Black Bart - Rosie's
Cheers! And roll on 2013!
Thursday 13 December 2012
Doublewood
This is a 12 year old single malt from the Balvenie distillery in Dufftown, Banffshire. This is a whisky from the Speyside region and weighs in at 40%
The whisky is firstly matured for many years in traditional oak whisky casks. The secondary cask used for maturation is a European oak sherry cask, and it stays in here for a few months to add deep complexities to the whisky.
The whisky is deep gold in colour and has a reasonably high viscosity. The aroma is of spicy oak, raisins and hints of vanilla. It has a mellow, sweet finish.
On initial tasting the whisky was rather fruity, followed by a spiciness that tingled the taste buds. It's a complex whisky with a good oaky body that mellows in the mouth, to a lovely sweet honey and vanilla finish.
I haven't touched whisky since last winter, but i'm glad I reacquainted myself with this one. Beautiful.
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| Photo - Paul Evans |
The whisky is firstly matured for many years in traditional oak whisky casks. The secondary cask used for maturation is a European oak sherry cask, and it stays in here for a few months to add deep complexities to the whisky.
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| Photo - Paul Evans |
The whisky is deep gold in colour and has a reasonably high viscosity. The aroma is of spicy oak, raisins and hints of vanilla. It has a mellow, sweet finish.
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| Photo - Paul Evans |
On initial tasting the whisky was rather fruity, followed by a spiciness that tingled the taste buds. It's a complex whisky with a good oaky body that mellows in the mouth, to a lovely sweet honey and vanilla finish.
I haven't touched whisky since last winter, but i'm glad I reacquainted myself with this one. Beautiful.
Monday 10 December 2012
Monday 3 December 2012
Welsh Mountain Cider
This is a 7.5% cider by Welsh Mountain Cider, based near Llanidloes in mid Wales.
Welsh Mountain Cider is made from 100% fresh apple juice from unsprayed apples, which are milled and pressed in traditional oak presses.
The cider's appearance is dark gold and cloudy, with some sediment in the bottle, very traditional looking. The aroma is of fresh apples, oak, with a slight smoky, medicinal quality to it.
On tasting there is a huge blast of smokiness, owing to it being stored and matured in oak butts. It has a whisky-like warming aftertaste, which is unlike anything i've ever tried before.
This is a complex and challenging cider, not for the uninitiated. Persevere with it though and you will be drinking something rather unique.
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| Photo - Paul Evans |
Welsh Mountain Cider is made from 100% fresh apple juice from unsprayed apples, which are milled and pressed in traditional oak presses.
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| Photo - Paul Evans |
The cider's appearance is dark gold and cloudy, with some sediment in the bottle, very traditional looking. The aroma is of fresh apples, oak, with a slight smoky, medicinal quality to it.
On tasting there is a huge blast of smokiness, owing to it being stored and matured in oak butts. It has a whisky-like warming aftertaste, which is unlike anything i've ever tried before.
This is a complex and challenging cider, not for the uninitiated. Persevere with it though and you will be drinking something rather unique.
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