Really didn't expect to be writing again so soon after the Christmas Special yesterday, but as fate would have it I woke up this morning to find this on my door step:
Its the first of my “care packages”
from Scottish craft beer company, Beer 52. The premise is simple, you
pay them and they send you a care pack of beer every month, there are
different payment options and obviously the more you pay up front the
cheaper it is. Or you could do what I done, and get someone else to
pay for it on your behalf. Well it was my birthday.
Anyway first impressions are good, the
bottles are all in tact and very well packaged, I also got a glossy
pamphlet describing each of the beers, a smaller glossy book which
doubled as a welcome to the club, which also included a featured
brewer profile and a selection of notes on another 4 beers the
company recommend. I also received a 10% discount voucher from one of
the brewery's I got a sample from this month. All very professional
stuff.
The notes I got in relation to the 6
beers sent this month, include a description of the beer and brewer,
tasking notes, food pairing suggestions and even glass style
suggestions, it very detailed, but yet very accessible.
I have been speaking to people at BlackWolf late last month about possibly doing a variety case of their
beers instead of having to buy a case of a single type, blindly, they
told me it is something they are looking into and hopefully there
will be developments on that soon, in the mean time I received a
lager named Coulls from them, a good starting point. Also included
was “Centurion,” an American Style IPA from newcomers HillsideBrewery.
I look forward to sampling both these
beers and the other 6 I received today, and reporting back to you all
in due course. If nothing else, this post will put the Christmas
special down the list.
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