Friday 16 May 2014

Beer #236 - Great Heck Amish Mash

Saturday evening found me at the Old Red Lion in Kennington for a few celebratory birthday drinks with some friends. I believe I’ve mentioned how this is one of my favourite pubs before and this was further emphasised on Saturday. Despite being located on the busy Kennington Park Road once you step inside you could be in the middle of the Herefordshire countryside. The pub is beautiful and being more often than not you’ll be able to find a very comfortable seat; we walked in at half 7 on Saturday night and commandeered a large area with a couple of sofas, that just wouldn’t be possible in a lot of London pubs. What’s more they have great beer from great breweries too. In fact I really need to do a pub review sometime soon. Anyway my first pint of the evening was Amish Mash from Great Heck Brewing in North Yorkshire. Described as an ‘American Hopped Weizen’ it’s a German style wheat beer with the hops of an American IPA. The pour looked like a wheat beer with a cloudy pale gold appearance. Much like Beavertown’s Quelle Saison the hops totally dominate flavour-wise with bitter grapefruit and grassy notes prominent. The wheat gives it a slightly more refreshing taste than an IPA perhaps and it was rather drinkable, probably more to my taste than an IPA brewed with the same hops would be. Nice.
 
Brewery: Great Heck Brewing
Country: United Kingdom
ABV: 4.7%

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