Spent the afternoon last Saturday hanging out with mates at the 10th birthday party of my local brewery Siren. It was a cloudy day in Finchampstead, where they're based, but it stayed dry for most of the time which was a relief as quite a few hundred people turned up and there was only a couple of marquees to shelter in should it really pelt down. Lot's of interesting beers to sample and discuss and three new ones brewed specially for the occasion, probably best to start with those.
First up we had something called "Times Ten" which was being pitched as a "100 day Helles". Essentially a Helles style lager that had been lagered (which means stored at low temperature to mature and clarify) for 100 days rather than the more normal 30. It was delicious, smooth as you like, crisp on the palette and full of flowery noble hop flavours. Second was a new IPA called "Exquisite Corpse" a classic fruit forward IPA that was OK but nothing special and probably my least favourite of the three. Lastly, a real treat an Imperial Stout called "Crescendo" (an addition to this series) which weighed in at 11% and was as dark, thick, smooth and chocolaty as you could possibly want, a really stunning beer.
Of course there were many others to try, too many to mention here, but along with the music and the tasty street food it was a well run and enjoyable event, roll on Summer and many more like it!
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