I can't believe there's been no beer imbibed since yesterday! Anyhow, a little wander along the Bermondsey mile bagged me a Melvin Brewing Hubert, which is classed as an MPA, which is a Melvin Pale Ale. It comes from Jacksonville, so maybe it was a Murcan Pale Ale. Or a Marmalade Pale Ale on account of its marmaladicality. (Guest ale at Fourpure.)
Wandered on to Partizan, where I encountered a Damaged Goods. A brief conversation at the counter informed me that it was an English bitter given a secondary kettle dose of brett. Or something like that. Anyhow, my preliminary findings on bitters given the brett treatment is that they also taste like craft marmalade. Good though.....
Then, as the rain set in again, a Partizan Raspberry and Lemon Saison. But it didn't have that heavy, almost powdery, cloying mid-to-late taste of a saison. The guy serving me told me that it had been somethinged at 27 degrees. Whatever witchcraft they had magicked up, it was clean, refreshing and fruity, with only a slight sourness that came from the fruit. A good demarmalader. (But I now learn I've had it before so it's not a new beer for my beer year stats.)
. The Packhorse in Little Longstone (near Monsal Head) is also a fine watering hole if you're in that part of the world. Be warned, the interior is, er, cosy, but the beer garden is a lovely spot to sit on a sunny day. Yesterday I cracked open a bottle of Wild Beer Tom Yum Gose, which sounds pretty off the wall but was a winning combination of spiciness, fruitiness and salty umami punch (Tom Yum is a spicy Thai curry paste btw).
