Beeroween 2012 – Day 3 – Wychwood Brewery – Hobgoblin Legendary Ruby Beer

Hello friends,

It’s Beeroween time. This year, we celebrate the 6 Spectres of Beeroween.

Big props to the Great Ghoul for providing this tasty spooky themed brew.

To hear the audio review, click Play below. For the plain text, keep reading, although I encourage you to ignore the text if possible and use your ears to virtually experience the review. Think of it as the enhanced version.

 

Text Review:

I’ve got myself a Whychwood Brewing Hobgoblin Ruby Beer, which is declared unofficially by the brewery to be the chosen beer for Halloween.
Well, I suppose they can claim anything they like, but what matters in the end is taste.

Lets take a look at the bottle, the artwork is pretty groovy, there is a good representation of a colourful hobgoblin on the label.

The beer weighs in at 5.2% alc/vol and pours a ruby red and is topped with a thumb and a half of head that dissipates quickly. The aroma has a fruitiness (perhaps raisins) atop a deep malty base. The sip is interesting – smooth, creamy, mildly carbonated. I find myself wondering if there were any hops in this beer. There is a subtle tang but after looking at the label the only ingredients are barley and malt. Not sure the flavour is very halloweeny but the artwork surely is.

This is a tasty beer and a welcome excursion away from the usual big flavour/big hoppy beers I tend to gravitate to. I would seek this one out again when I am looking for a mellow malt sipping brew and you might want to as well.
 
Well that’s all for now. See you on next time for Beeroween Day 3.
Happy Beeroween everyone.

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