Beerhunted

I have been keeping a beer database since Dan started in Leicester University, back in September 2015. (I use the word 'beer' as that's what we always called it, not Ale)

We went to 'spoons for food, & the choice of beer was overwhelming for a poor Welsh boy from the land of song, valleys, sheep & Allbright. My intention was to keep a list of beers tried, with a mark out of 5 to guide me when faced with a similar situation in future times. I downloaded the Memento database app , and started building. Ten years later, I have tried 2080 different brews, with even a sip of someone else's drink 'counting'. I have come to the conclusion that there is an infinite number of brews, & my task is Sisyphean. Still, a boy can try....

The App looks like this:-

The database can be ordered, searched & laid out to my latest whim. It's been a hoot.

So, to honour this task, I've decided to blog a beer of the week. (hat tip Roberto, who suggested that there was not enough beer on my blog). 

My go-to tipple gets the inaugural "Beer of the week" prize:- 

Vocation Brewery's fabulous "Life & Death". I think it's everything I want in a beer. It's a hazy IPA, with plenty of fruity notes (mango? Pineapple?) and a perfect 6.5% ABV to give it the strength to avoid the 'watery' label. Just enough Hops to be noticed, balanced by a background of malt. Perfect.

You can buy this for £7.00 for a 4 pack in Tesco. £6.50 on a good day, and as little as £5.75 on promotion. Here are some other brews that I have test-driven by Vocation, most of which hit the maximum 5/5 in my opinion:-

I guess they get my "favorite brewery" award, jointly with Tiny Rebel. That's a post for another day...

Done!