Feek's Friday Night Beer Thread (just one day late) - Page 2

Feek · 26-08-2007, 00:04

That last one slipped down a real treat.

Finally..

"Wychwood's BeeWyched Honey'd Ale

Buzzing with flavour this pale golden lightly honey'd ale has a delicate floral aroma and hints of citrus and dried fruit followed by the full bittersweet flavours of malt, honey and grapefruit.

Brewed using Chilean Fairtrade honey and Fairtrade sugars from Malawi alongside English pale ale malts and Challenger hops, BeeWyched is our first Fair Trade beer. "

I've never been a great Wychwood fan. Hobgoblin and Circle Master are the only two I've really liked and I feel they found a recipe they were happy with and made very minor tweaks to it to produce new beers.

This is different in that it's fairly sweet, sweeter than I'd expect for a 5% ale but that's not surprising considering it's a honey beer. However apart from that, it's nothing to write home about. It's not a bad ale, but it's really just more of the same from Wychwood and that's a shame because I'm sure they can do better than this. It's light in flavour, sweet and clean and not unpleasant. There is absolutely no aftertaste in my mouth at all.

I'm trying to put it into words. It's difficult! I'm enjoying the unusual sweetness to it, when a beer is like this it's often oversweet and far too strong but this isn't.

I'd happily sit and sup a few pints of this but I'd not go out of my way to look for it. It's the standard Wychwood brew, sweetened up a bit and it works.

The more I think about it, the more I'm actually enjoying it.

So.

This evenings beers in order of taste.

1) Square Ale
2) BeeWyched Honey'd Ale
3) Fuller's Discovery
4) Valiant

26-08-2007, 00:04	#11
Feek ex SAS Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: JO01ou Posts: 10,062	That last one slipped down a real treat. Finally.. "Wychwood's BeeWyched Honey'd Ale Buzzing with flavour this pale golden lightly honey'd ale has a delicate floral aroma and hints of citrus and dried fruit followed by the full bittersweet flavours of malt, honey and grapefruit. Brewed using Chilean Fairtrade honey and Fairtrade sugars from Malawi alongside English pale ale malts and Challenger hops, BeeWyched is our first Fair Trade beer. " I've never been a great Wychwood fan. Hobgoblin and Circle Master are the only two I've really liked and I feel they found a recipe they were happy with and made very minor tweaks to it to produce new beers. This is different in that it's fairly sweet, sweeter than I'd expect for a 5% ale but that's not surprising considering it's a honey beer. However apart from that, it's nothing to write home about. It's not a bad ale, but it's really just more of the same from Wychwood and that's a shame because I'm sure they can do better than this. It's light in flavour, sweet and clean and not unpleasant. There is absolutely no aftertaste in my mouth at all. I'm trying to put it into words. It's difficult! I'm enjoying the unusual sweetness to it, when a beer is like this it's often oversweet and far too strong but this isn't. I'd happily sit and sup a few pints of this but I'd not go out of my way to look for it. It's the standard Wychwood brew, sweetened up a bit and it works. The more I think about it, the more I'm actually enjoying it. So. This evenings beers in order of taste. 1) Square Ale 2) BeeWyched Honey'd Ale 3) Fuller's Discovery 4) Valiant __________________