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Grain Norfolk Brewery - Dark Oak 4% I first had Grain Brewery beer at the 11th Stowmarket Beer Festival last summer. Oak 3.8% was a wonderful dark-golden ale. It turned out to be my favourite beer of that festival. So when I saw their beer on sale in a farm shop just before Christmas I had to buy a bottle. It was the last of my Christmas beers and last night I got to drink it. I have to confess, I was a bit perturbed as I poured it into the glass. The beer was slightly cloudy. It was nothing to do with the way I had poured it either, as I was most careful. A light copper colour with a haze. I smelt it. It was pleasingly malty to the nose. The malt continues with the first taste, along with hints of hessian and underlying hops. This is followed by some mild rhubarb-ness, intermingled with residual bitterness. A most excellent brew, and without the taint that you often get with microbrewery real ale in a bottle. This beer is head and shoulders above many a cask-ale I've consumed. If you ever get the chance to try some of their beer don't pass it up. Date: January 2008 Beer/Brewery Link Reviewed by: Paul Garrard Originally published on RealAleBlog |