Brewboys, New Croydon IPA

I’d had a nice day sitting and watching the world go by and felt that a beer would round the day off nicely. I sorted through my dwindling collection of Brew Boys beer and found this one. It looked like the sort of thing that would move the day into evening

I poured it into the glass to find a clear dark amber liquid with a nice head on top. It looked like it was going to be a good drink. The faint aroma of citrus just made me a little thirstier

I took a sip, found it fizzy, a little bitter, and with a strong hit of citrus leaving my mouth feeling as if it had been scoured clean with cheap cleaning products.

It was a nice enough beer and served its purpose, but wouldn’t rush back for another one.

BrewBoys Jog On Gypsy Session Ale

Yet again I’d got to that part of the day that just screams “drink a beer”. Far be it for me to ignore my inner monologue. I delved into the fridge to see what else was hidden in my BrewBoys collection. I selected this one as I’d recently taken to session ales so I felt it was worth giving this one a go. I wasn’t overly impressed with the name; it would be seen as rather insulting in other parts of the world.

I poured the yellowy brown beer into the glass and thought that it looked very muddy. I assume the mud was to grow the flowers that give the fresh flowery smell.

I took a big swing and was rewarded with a very soft and unchallenging beer. It tasted slightly of malt with a hint of bitterness in the after taste. It was a thoroughly pleasant beer that I would be happy to consume in quantity, which is exactly what a session ale should be.

BrewBoys Hoes Garden Half Wheat Beer

I’d already had one beer this evening and that had settled me down onto the sofa. I felt that a second beer would help the atmosphere move to an even more comfortable place. I knew that there was a wheat beer in the BrewBoys selection in the fridge. Now was the time to sample their offering.

I poured it into my wheat beer glass, the glass I brought from Germany especially to drink wheat beer from. It was a light golden colour with no head, it looked almost like a wheat beer. The aroma was right, there was that familiar faint smell of yeast emanating from the liquid. I knew before the first sip that I was going to like it.

The first sip proved me right. There was the familiar soft feeling that wheat beer should have and that was accompanied by the lovely slightly fizzy sweet yeast taste. It wasn’t as strong as I would have liked but that probably had something to do with the half wheat bit in the title.

I could happily drink this all evening, wake up the next day and drink it again. Then again, I like wheat beers a lot

BrewBoys Cosmic Cat Lager

I was settling into an evening in front of the television after eating a particularly nice dinner. I’d had a post meal cup of tea but I felt that there was still room for something colder and alcoholic. I felt that a lager would do the trick. I selected a bottle of Cosmic Cat from my now dwindling supply of Brew Boys beer and prepared myself.

I poured the beer into a glass; it wasn’t quite what I was expecting. It was an opaque dark amber liquid with very few bubbles. I was expecting something clearer, brighter and fizzier. I started to think that I had something unusual on my hands. It had a fresh yet indistinct aroma that gave no clues of what was to come.

It was an unusually bitter lager. It started off with a crisp flavour that then descends into a pleasant bitter aftertaste. If I’d not read the label and was blindfolded, I would think that this was an IPA of some sort.

I liked it because it was unusual and not your average lager.

BrewBoys King Brown, Brown Ale

I haven’t drunk a brown ale for very long time but I do have very fond memories of drinking bottles of Newcastle Brown back in my youth. I was hoping that this Brown Ale would bring those memories flooding back. I prepared my thirst by going swimming and then having a few salty snacks. I felt I was ready.

I poured the beer into a glass. It was definitely a Brown Ale, it was a dark brown, bordering on red. It looked good enough to drink. It didn’t smell of much but none of my memories of Brown Ale includes an aroma so I wasn’t overly surprised

The first sip gave a light malty taste that was neither too sweet nor too fizzy. I felt slightly underwhelmed. I was expecting something more but it wasn’t there.

It was fine as far as a Brown Ale goes but I won’t be rushing to buy another bottle. I suspect that my opinion may have been clouded by my memories of Brown Ale

BrewBoys, Seeing Double

Dinner was done and dusted but bedtime was quite a way away. I needed to something to fill the gap. I grabbed a bottle of Seeing Double from the fridge and scanned the label. The first thing I noticed was that it was strong, eight percent strong, the second was that it was modelled on a Scottish heavy. I’ve not had a heavy for a very long time so I wasn’t sure what to expect

I poured it into the glass and gazed upon the dark and brooding liquid. It was almost back, I wondered if it was a dark beer. It didn’t smell like a dark beer, there was a smoky malt smell. I was intrigued what it was going to taste like.

The first sip was amazing, it was thick and soft, almost like drinking treacle. It tasted malty with a sweet aftertaste that slowly went bitter. It was a lovely taste and I could have quite easily drunk a lot more

I loved this beer but I feel that it’s one to saviour as quantity could be dangerous

BrewBoys, Maiden Ale

I was a little tired this evening. I’d spent the morning cycling in the hills and the afternoon being sociable. By the time that dinner was done and dusted I was tired and in need of rest and relaxation. I felt that a beer would help the process.

I’d recently visited the BrewBoys brewery and brought home a selection pack. I felt that the maiden ale looked like just the thing to help the evening along. I plucked the bottle from the fridge and poured it into the glass. It was a bit lively.

It looked like a bitter beer, dark brown, slightly cloudy and with a good solid head. I had no doubt that this was going to be a good one. As I raised it to my lips, I got a hint of the malty aroma. This was going to be good.

The first sip said one thing: “Hello English bitter!”. It was just the right balance of malt, bitterness and fizz. This was the sort of beer that I was brought up on so there was no way that I wouldn’t like it.

Brewboys Brewing, GTS

I’d had a frustrating evening of computer issues and by the time I’d reached the point where I definitely knew that I’d lost all my work I was in need of something to cheer me up. This beer had been in the fridge for quite a while but for some reason I’d been avoiding it. I suspect that it was the name and the label. I felt that it might taste of grease and engine oil.

I poured it into the glass and was relived that there wasn’t a film of oil on the top. It looked a bit muddy which was a little suspicious but then I’ve drunk cloudier beers

It had a strong pale ale taste that lingers, but not for long, just leaving an impression of deeply bitter.

I was pleasantly surprised by this one, it was an Innocuous pale ale and I could easily demolish a six pack.