☑️ Liquid Dreams Beer Festival 🍻- Saturday 15th February)… 180 beers over 5 sessions Next: Beer Tasting Session for New Craft Beer Recruits TBC Summer 2023: BEAK Brewery “These Hills” Beer, Wine + Cider Festival, 17th June , 11:30am - 4:00pm (details in chat) You’ve heard about Craft Beer, but have you explored the weird and wonderful tastes on offer? Vegan and/or gluten free? You’re also accommodated for ✅🍃 I’m teaming up with @yerba_s , a beer sommelier who’s tried 4900+ different beers since 2013. I’ve tried 900+ different beers since Lockdown 2020 (responsibly!). Let’s go on a tantalising journey of your taste buds and expand your horizons of the craft beer world! Hopfenweisse, Saison, Tripel, Imperial Stout, Pastry Stout, Barrel Aged, West Coast, New England, DDH (Double Dry Hopped, Cold IPA (the newest style on the block), DIPA (Double IPA), TIPA (Triple IPA) and more! The goal is to meet up at a local breweries, bottle shops, craft beer bars, collectively buy a bunch of different beers on site, share them, discuss our opinions, take notes, share stories, food, and craft new memories 🍻🙌🏽 P.S. Most places have wines, ciders, gins, whiskies, rums, cocktails and non-alcohol beverages on offer if you still want to attend for the social aspect 😁 The group will also serve as an open forum, where if you find a steal/rare can or bottle, anything of interest, good or bad, share it here! All opinions are valid, no judgement 🚫 Some I’ve tried include: - A chocolate peanut butter stout that tastes like a SNICKERS bar 🍫 - A stout aged in tennessee whiskey barrels for 10 months, with added Norwegian cherry juice. Vanilla, coconut oak and a touch of the bourbon will satisfy your senses in full. - A stout called “Dessert In A Can - Coffee Coconut 🥥 & Caramel Macaroon that tastes exactly like it sounds. - A Nitro Vietnamese 🇻🇳 Coffee ☕️ Stout that is velvety smooth and available in the supermarkets. - A sour beer that tastes like Iron Brew 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 . - A pastry sour called the Forbidden Sandwich based upon the peanut butter & jam sandwich 🥪 - Passion Fruit, Orange, Guava, Mango, Blueberry, Banana ___ (Insert your favourite fruit here) Sour beers. Sour beers inspired by desserts (Black Forrest, Jam Doughnut, Raspberry/Blueberry Cheesecake, Jaffa Cakes, Carrot Cake, Cinnamon Rolls, Glazed Donuts, Cherry Tarts and more. - Whisky, bourbon, rum and wine barrel aged stouts, beers and sours that pack a punch! 🥃 🍷 - Wild fermentation beers, which are a whole different category to explore in the craft beer world. - Beers with added lactose which give these an added sweetness and creamy mouthfeel. There are over 150 types of hops used for brewing - bitter hops, which add bitterness to the beer; aroma hops, which add aroma and flavor; and flavor hops, which are used as a preservative. Be Drink Aware. Drink Responsibly https://www.drinkaware.co.uk/