Beers Of The Beano - Friday 07 February 2025
A half day in work and then an afternoon in Pontypridd. Lunch with a Pint in the Tumble Inn. Then the rest of the afternoon in The Bunch Of Grapes with it’s odd text alignment.
The Prelude
Meal Deal for Lunch. An All Day Brunch and a Pint of Gower Power from The Gower Brewery. Powerful, just what was needed on a Cold Ponty Friday.
Fresh On.
The review
Gower Power - Gower Brewery - 5.5% ABV. B+ and a bit. It certainly lives up to its name. Malty, hints of fruit and spice with a pleasing bitter finish #ale #beer #bier
3.3/5. Certainly need a powerful brew on a day like. A cutting cold wind coming in from Scandinavia. Tumble Inn #Pontypridd
Solid Pub Grub
Emergency Huge Chip
From a packed Friday Tumble to a semi packed Bunch Of Grapes. I rather fresh wall across Ynysangharad Park.
Alignment
Cwrw Otley - Otley Beer is brewed on site. Cask too.
They had Craft Keg too.
Starting with the Otley.
Jam Jars are back
The review
Sequoia - Cwrw Otley - 4.0% ABV. B+, very easy drinking Red Ale. Malty, hoppy with a gentle fruity, bitter finish #ale #beer #bier
3/5. At The Home of Otley, The Brunch of Grapes #Pontypridd All the Otley brews are brewed on site.
Two Thirds
The review
7th Birthday - Polly’s / Pastore - 7.0% ABV. B++, Passion Fruit / Lime Sour. A fully formed Sour drinker’s Sour. Seek out #ale #beer #bier
3.5/5. Going two thirds and this is wonderful. Full of flavour with a hint of sweetness. Birthday brews are Great brews.
Guest Cask
The review
Red Berry Bay - Tenby Harbwr - 4.7% ABV. B+ and a bit and a touch. Malty then a huge hoppy hit with hints of fruit and spice. Long fruity, bitter finish #ale #beer #bier
3.4/5. Session Red Ale and it’s Huge. Cask too. Need to have more half days off on a Friday.
Massive amounts of at the bar nonsense talking. This is what you need in Pubs. WiFi very solid too.
Blueberry infused
The review
Blue Haze - Cwrw Otley - 4.3% ABV. B+ and a bit, blueberry infused, hazy Pale Ale. Slightly sweet and sour with a gentle fruity, bitter finish #ale #beer #bier
3.3/5. When you go up to the bar and you end up talking nonsense to some good old, local boys. Yes, Pubbing.
Then, over the Park and the buses not being to time worked in my favour.
IYKYK