No, I haven't been pinched and sent to court (not yet anyway) but I did attend an online beer tasting yesterday from "The Beak Brewery" based down in deepest Sussex. Beak is a relatively new firm but have been winning all kinds of awards for their beer this past year and have quite the reputation among beer geeks. The tasting (and virtual brewery tour) was all done via video and there was lots of beer geekery to be had, ingredients, recipes, techniques, plans, equipment a positive feast of all things craft. The beer itself was outstanding, I've not enjoyed a tasting as much for ages, I might even go so far as to say this was the best selection of beer I've ever tasted from a single brewer.
There were a couple of stand-outs for me they were, "Dest" a Pilsner that was just amazing, tasted blind you'd have thought it was straight out of the Czech republic, bready, spicy, clean, crisp wonderful whiff of Sulphur and such depth and balance, this alone would have made the tasting but there was more to come. Strangers was a 5% IPA, hazy, fruity and packed with flavour, pineapples, grapefruit and lemon with a distinct note of pina colada (yes really) a wonderful beer. The last one in the tasting was also a banger, "Moon", a 6% IPA made with Citra, Bru1 and Idaho 7 hops just fantastic, a taste that lingered really long on the pallet, almost like a good wine does, a complete triumph of a brew. Beak, they're certainly the ones to watch in 2021! Let's hope that everything goes well on the virus front and we're allowed out in the Summer, I wouldn't mind visiting their little tap room in Lewes one afternoon, I can think of a lot worse things to do!
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