As mentioned in my previous post, spent a pleasant hour at the Siren Tap-yard over in Finchampstead on Saturday afternoon after an exhausting couple of hours of climbing wall fun. Tried a new beer (see picture above) called "Enrichment" which is a collaboration between Siren and Dutch brewery, Brouwerij Kees based in Zealand. It's an IPA but is non-traditionally made with Belgian yeast which imparts a very spicy note along with some fruity esters (just like Belgian beer has) It was good but I was looking forward to more new-world hop flavours, probably a 3.5/5 on rate-beer. I also succumbed to buying a little curry from the street food vendor that was there (they have a different one every Saturday afternoon) it was a lentil curry with rice, okra and coconut milk (see picture below), just the job to regenerate arm muscles that had been completely shredded by hanging from little hand-holds for infeasible periods of time.
The beer I chose to accompany this little parcel of goodies was another collaboration involving Brouwerij Kees called "Mosaic Hop Explosion", unsurprisingly it was loaded with Mosaic hops and came out much sweeter and more malty than the previous one with a lovely grapefruit core, such is the rich tapestry of flavorsome craft beers available these days.
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