That Beer Cap Couple

Yellow Belly, Buxton X Omnipollo  Style: Peanut Butter Biscuit Imperial Stout  ABV: 11%  330ml bottle, purchased from Beer Moth in Manchester We're sure the words 'Peanut Butter Biscuit Imperial Stout' grab your attention almost as much as the risqué packaging. A beer created firstly from the word yellow and the collaboration pair's association with the colour and cowardice. Yet another genius product of The Rainbow Project.  One of the Omnipollo brewers noticed the votes across Europe and within Sweden were favouring extreme right-wing parties, more than you'd expect if you spoke to people in exit polls. Their votes were a hidden look into their true opinions. In a statement about the beer Buxton wrote " ... protesting anonymously at the expense of people’s freedom and right to co-exist without showing your face is one meaning that is particularly relevant at this moment in time. " So how does this show in the beer? Stouts, particularly those...

Last week Jorgie sent me off on a bit of an impromptu brewery tour. So on the train I went to visit Stockport and its brewery which has been running for over 150 years. Founded in 1849 the Robinson's family running the Unicorn inn began producing their own beer. Situated on a main roadway between Manchester and London, the inn must have been doing well as they soon expanded their site and began selling to local pubs. A post shared by Impact Brands (@impactbrands) on Jan 29, 2018 at 6:28am PST Fast forward to today and the brewery is still family owned and ran. A member of the 7th generation of the family since it began brewing recently completed his work experience there. So there's definitely a family feel to the place. With over 300 pubs owned by the brewery and a range of new and old beers readily available, it's safe to say that the Unicorn is still relevant to this day. Being a midweek event, the tour group was just myself and two others. This gave m...

In a series of events which made me wonder how much of my life is coincidence (and how much is my own personal Truman Show). The month Jorgie headed on a short break to Amsterdam was also Beer 52's Amsterdam showcase month. This meant that her beer filled case of Dutch beers was among good company back on UK soil. It also meant we had a few more nice bottle caps to add to the collection. We managed to get a trio of beers from Oedipus brewery, named interestingly after an ancient Greek mythical king who married his mother after committing patricide. Beer #1: Mama Style: American Pale Ale. ABV: 5% Nose: Sweet, fresh, fruity Taste: Orange, grapefruit, passionfruit.            A lasting juicy finish with a hint of spice. Matt: 7 Jorgie: 6.5 Juicy and refreshing with a well-balanced bitter finish Sweet and fresh. An easy-going fruity pale. However, probably wouldn't go to the effort of re-obtaining it when UK c...