Beer Update 1

Since we last posted a significant amount of Ringwood brewery's winter seasonal beer "XXXX Porter" has come our way, free of charge! It was delicious, fresh with lovely roasted coffee and dark fruit notes. A deliciously smooth quaffer of a beer! There are still a good ten to fifteen pints of the 36 left we reckon, however it is not as fresh as it was.

Numerous trips to the vine have been made since our last post, and some of the new guests we tried will wrote about soon. We have newly discovered another watering hole of note in nearby Parkstone; the Bemuda triangle. It is a fantastic little pub tucked away in a back street near the church, with a fantastic atmosphere and beer selection to match! The pub has a small bar with four hand pumps all producing ever changing guest ales (Adnam's east green, Hopback's red ember, Young's winter warmer and Beartown Brewery's bearly literate were on offer when we arrived.) Of the four we tried the Hopback, Young's and Beartown. The Hopback carrying with it the brewery's distinct charistic yeasty hoppy notes, but having a warming feel just right for this time of year. The Young's also had a distinctly warm feeling but lacked the complexity expected of a beer of this gravity( around 5%.) The overall winner of the night was the bearly literate a floral and fruity beer. The selection did not stop at the guests, the pub states it specialises in imported German beer, these included: Warsteiner, Erdinger and Bitburger, all on draught, as well as the czech classic Budvar Dark!

Im sure we will update the blog in the near future, mainly to inform you about the recent guest ales at the vine aswell as all the astounding bottled beers we have purchased from Southampton beer shop, Bitter Virtue.