Pale Ale - Cold Shelter Brew Co - 5.4% ABV. B++, gentle mouthfeel from the oats, dank, hoppy, murky with hints of vanilla. Tingly, fruity bitter finish #ale #beer #bier
3.5/5. The best fridges in the area at the #theprojectCaerphilly LocAle brews and interesting tastes. Always worth a visit.
You’re Thirsty. We’ve got sales targets. - Misfit / Dark Element - 5.0% ABV. B+ and a bit and a touch. Fruity, tingly, gently sour and tart, a little thin #ale #beer #bier
3.4/5. A Bedwas / Caerphilly collab and it’s Summer ready. Good but a slight tweak for more body would be welcome. #TheProjectCaerphilly.
Nightbreed - Dark Element - 8.0% ABV. B++, juicy, hoppy, murky and not too strong for an Imperial. Solid head #ale #beer #bier
3.5/5. My first Sunday afternoon in #TheProjectCaerphilly A case of when they are gone they are gone. Solid start.
Screwball - Vault City - 6.5% ABV. B++ and a touch. Full of floaters. 2 on the Vault City scale. Ice Cream+ #ale #beer #bier
3.6/5. It wouldn’t be Saturday without a Scottish Sour. Very fruity, touches of sour and tartness. Bank Holiday Winner. At Weird Dad.
Day Walker - Weird Dad - 5.4% ABV. B++, Ginger on the nose, malt, ginger, lemony in the body. Lemon, ginger and a follow on bitterness in the finish #ale #beer #bier
3.5/5. Mr Weird Dad is back and this little beauty is on keg. Good for the weather if only it was sunny. It isn’t.
Hearty Bitter - Yorkshire Heart - 3.7% ABV. B+ and a bit. Malty, bittersweet but overwhelmingly Earthy. The taste of 2025 #ale #beer #bier
3.3/5. Back at Weird Dad. Perhaps it could be in Caerphilly. For all your Fine Ales needs. Cask, Keg, Bottles and Cans.
Mango IPA - Goffs Brewery - 5.0% ABV. B+ and a bit, sweet fruit on the nose. Bittersweet fruity body. Gentle fruity bitter finish #ale #beer #bier
3.3/5. Gentle Mango, which would be very good, if only if the weather hadn’t changed. Drinking well #ATSOTI.
Thriller Rare Cappuccino Porter - Glastonbury Brewing - 5.0% ABV. B+ and a bit, bitter sweet with a chocolate, coffee body. Fruit, gentle bitter finish #ale #beer n #bier
3.3/5. Mowed on the Pen and Wig #Newport Cask Forward with Rugby Union on the TV. It’s good Newport times.
Midnight Bell - Leeds Brewery - 4.8% ABV. B++, upped two + since the last outing. Lot going on here and it is magnificent #ale #beer #bier
3.5/5. Cask in a nutshell. When it’s passed it’s best, it’s awful and when it’s fresh on, it can be wonderful. The Larry, Newport.
Plum Porter - Titanic - 4.9% ABV. B++, plummy and very moorish. Well balanced and very drinkable. Quality Cask #ale #beer #bier
3.5/5. Back in the Larry Linton #Newport and the Plum Porter is drinking well, especially at £1.69 a Pint.
Overnight Oats - Vault City - 8.4% ABV. B++ and a touch. Huge Banger, fruity, coconut nose. Fruity, sweet, tart and sour body. Sharp, fruity finish #ale #beer #bier
3.6/5. Another Saturday, another Vault City knocking it out of the park. The murk is winning it in 2025.
Comfort Settings - Verdant / Wylam - 8.0% ABV. Collab Banger, highly murky, fruity and juicy with a hint of spice. Hints of alcohol #ale #beer #bier
3.5/5. Looks like Orange juice, tastes like a murky beer should be. Alcohol well hidden, so beware #mb04
Second Breath - Cloudwater - 7.0% ABV. B++, add a Shedload of NZ Hops and you get this murky Banger #ale #beer #bier
3.5/5. No WiFi and £2.00 corkage on Cans and Bottles, however, the draft menu is excellent and ThreeUK is adequate.
illegally - Portishead Brewing Co - 4.5% ABV. B+ and a bit and a touch. Sweet fruit on the nose, sweet and sour fruity body. Fruity, bitter finish #ale #beer #bier
3.4/5. Added it to Untappd, this really is a hybrid style and on a sunny day like today, it’s what I really want #mb04
Pilz That Thrillz - Portishead Brewing - 4.9% ABV. B+ and a bit and a touch. Big malt and big Saaz hops. Fruity and bitter finish #ale #beer #bier
3.4/5. At The Port Bar, Portishead and it’s brewed onsite. Like a Pils for the amplified generation. Solid Brew.
Moose River - Hop Union - 5.0% ABV. B+ and a bit, sweet malty base with a fruity, orange body with a gentle fruity bitter finish #ale #beer #bier
3.3/5. Beanoing on #mb04 in The Posset Cup in Portishead. Looks a little bit flat but is perfectly drinkable.
20250517 Prelude mb04 Portishead May 2025
#mb04 #May2025 #Portishead #Prelude
Valkyrie - Rudgate - 5.0% ABV. B+ and a bit, malty base with a tingle on the tongue. Hints of earthiness and a sharp, bitter finish #ale #beer #bier
3.3/5. Tidy midday Pint and The Tumble #Pontypridd has a new Carpet. Works for me.
