Spent a very enjoyable afternoon at my local craft brewery yesterday with a good mate. It was their annual "Project Barista" event where they make four new beers with a coffee twist. It didn't happen last year and we had such a good time in 2019 that we just had to brave the cloudy weather and head over to Finchampstead to their tap room for this years shindig. The beers were as whacky as ever, we worked our way through a lemon zest infused sour coffee beer called "Press to Zest" followed by a coffee infused ESB called "Extra Special Beans" then a dark Märzen lager with coffee called "Caffe Lungo" and finished with a 10% monster of a dark beer called "Mucha Mocha" which was the most viscous beer I think I've ever tried (pictured above) a real syrup of coffee, chocolate and booze, wonderful!
While there we were fortunate enough to try a rare sample of their most highly rated barrel-aged beer called "Dark and Perilous Nights" an almost opaque black coloured brew with aromas of dark sugar and toffee, with a warming chocolate fudge profile and a big, big hit of booze; we both agreed that some crusty bread and stinky cheese alongside a roaring fire would have complemented the beer very well indeed! Unfortunately it was their last keg ever, never to be repeated, ah well, one for the memoirs!
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