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I want to bring a documentary to your attention about an English brewery, Gale & Co. in the town of Horndean.
From the start, I was worries about how this was going to end but, thankfully, there is a bittersweet ending that gave me hope about how brewing and people history can be honored at least a bit.
In my beer Instagram scrolling, I ran across a post from The English Beer Gentleman about a brewery called Welbeck Abbey. A new to me brewery is always cool but what was cooler was in the unboxing video, two beers were placed next to each other.
Yup, they have a Portland Black and a White Stag. Portlandians will see the connection right away but I think this British brewery should collab with someone in the Rose City.
It does feel like Christmas when the Christmas beers from foreign shores show up on shelves and one that I haven’t had in awhile is the Samuel Smith Winter Warmer.
This Shakespeare labeled beer pours a bubbly light amber color. Very British from the first wafts of the aroma to the first sip. For a beer low in ABV it is surprisingly a bit warming too. I am also getting a small touch of metallic note here. More dominant are notes pear and a bit of spice. Earthy with a good amount of hop bitterness.