Monday, May 14, 2007

Hop

This Greene King's Hop, formerly known as The beer to dine for. It now has a new name and a different label, but unique bottle style is still there. Greene King is known for its IPA, Abbot ale and to some extend the Old Speckled Hen. The bottle is tall, resembling the wine bottle and as its former name suggests it also tries to compete with wine as a drink to be drank with a dinner. As such it is extremely mild, but very aromatic, mostly due to use of funny hops from Oregon, they call them Tettnang hops. I shared a bottle tonight with Maja and whatever the idiots on the internet say, it is actually an ideal kind of beer to have with Italian or similar food (but no, don't have it with German sausages and sauerkraut, oh no! :) ) Plus, the 750ml bottle is ideal to share between two without either party getting overly drunk (which you inevitably do on a bottle of wine)...

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