Baked Alaska - Yonder Brewing - 5.0% ABV. B++ and a touch. Fruity, pleasingly sour with a hint of sweetness. Really refreshing #ale #beer #bier
3.6/5. Sometimes you need a Fine Sour and this is it. Totally balanced and Birthday Party ready. Hats off to the West Country. 
Chasing Stars - Dark Element - 5.6% ABV. B++, hugely murky Taffy goodness. Juicy, murky, fruity with a hint of pepper and spice #ale #beer #bier
3.5/5. Charity brew with 10% going to a Hospice. Solid but relaxing brew. Brewed ten metres/yards away. Already getting sleepy 😴 
Earthbound - Dark Element - 5.5% ABV. B++, it’s got the lot. Malty, fruity, hoppy, tropical, juicy with a hint of spice in the gently bitter finish #ale #beer #bier
3.5/5. It’s open and it’s warm. Fine Ales in abundance and nice fast WiFi. The afternoon is looking really good. The Project, Caerphilly. 
Lotus - Ilkley Brewery - 5.5% ABV. B+ and a bit, solid, malty, nicely hoppy with a gentle fruity bitter finish #ale #beer #bier
3.3/5. Has improved or maybe my last tasting was when it had been on too long? Still Cardiff City Central in the Uphill. 
Prelude - Beers Of The Beano - Saturday 18 January 2025
A gentle restart to my 2025 Beanoing after my joyful January cold. The 50 bus to Caerphilly for The Malcolm Uphill and maybe The Project if it’s open. Cold out but not freezing.
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Original - Gower Brewery - 4.0% ABV. B+, balanced session bitter with a hint of malt sweetness. Gentle fruit bitter finish #ale #beer #bier
3/5. Saturday morning in The Malcolm Uphill, Caerphilly. CAMRA voucher deployed and surrounded by Cardiff City Fans ⚽️ 
Outcast - Northern Monk - 6.0% ABV. B++, fruity on the nose. Hoppy, stonefruit, juicy and a touch tingly. Dry finish with a hint of bitterness #Ale #Beer #Bier
3.5/5. Superior murk for the New Year from Sainsbury's. Refreshing and moorish. Well worth a Punt. 
Prelude - Beers Of The Beano - Wednesday 08 January 2025
Frosty Wednesday, finally getting around to the Beers in my fridge. CES coverage with The Daily Tech News Show and a Left Handed Giant Glass.
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Zing! - Camden - 5.6% ABV. B++, A lager that's Piney? Yes it is and works really well. Would be better in the Summer but Hey! #ale #bier #beer
3.5/5. Having a Beano at home. DTNS CES coverage and it being frosty and just above 0c outside. LHG Giant glass improves the flavour. 
Winter Cheer - Tudor Brewery - 5.0% ABV. B+ and a bit, big and full of Winter Spices. Drinking LocAle and drinking Winter #ale #beer #bier
3.3/5. I think this one is fresh on and is knocking it out of the Winter Park. Listening to Pink Floyd. Pen and Wig #Newport 
Horny Goat Ale - Bragdy Twt Lol - 4.2% ABV. B+ and and a bit and a touch. Malty, hoppy, floral with a hint of sweetness. Gentle bitter finish #ale #beer #bier
3.4/5. The snow has gone and it is great to be drinking one of Phil’s Fine Ales @bragdytwtlol Pen and Wig #Newport 
Prelude - Beers Of The Beano - Tuesday 07 January 2025
Overnight Ice and Snow Yellow warning. Bedwas had icy pavements and Trethomas to Newport has lying snow. The Costa Coffee at the Railway Station has Bacon Rolls and The John Wallace Linton has The Wetherspoon WiFi SSID and FTTP speeds
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The Rev James - Brains - 4.5% ABV. B+, malty with a hint of sweet fruitiness in the finish. Standard Welsh Pint of Cooking #ale #beer #bier
3/5. Snow and Ice in Newport and The South Wales Valleys. Nice and toasty in The John Wallace Linton with new faster WiFi. 
I think it is just the New Year and the weekend’s snow. ⛄️
Prelude - Beers Of The Beano - Monday 06 January 2025
Another is the bus very late or very early start to the day. Blackwood Costa is out of Bacon Rolls and its wall to wall CES Podcasts. Also, no Cask Ales in The Sirhowy.
#Ale #Beer #Bier
Beers Of The Beano - Saturday 04 January 2025
Frosty, Winter Ales, Stompie and a closed Project. Beanoing in 2025.
#Ale #Beer #Bier
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Hocus Pocus - Loddon - 4.6% ABV. B+ and a bit, well balanced malt forward Winter Ale. Hint of fruit and a lingering bitter finish #ale #beer #bier
3.3/5. Early start with an Amber Snow and Ice warning for most of Wales from 18:00. Spoons January Sale now on. 
