Bottled Beers?

So I haven't really drank much ales from bottles but after reading a really interesting article on The Guardian website by my house mate's sister on the subject, I will post a link when I re-find the article! Nice to have some young female support, excited for her coming to stay so I can pick her brains!

link:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2011/sep/09/the-case-for-bottled-beer


Anyway....





So I was meant to go out into Leeds to do a little ale trail on Wednesday night to bring you back latest news on some of my favourite local pubs in Leeds but my company pulled out so after getting myself into ale mode (for women especially I believe a good hearty meal for stomach lining is imperative, idea for new blog post!). So I went out and got myself a 'Very Nutty Black' which as the name implies is a very dark ale with a beautifully fruity hoppy taste afterwards and a dry nutty flavour throughout.

It tasted really light when I was expecting it to be really bloating and despite it's dark appearance it drank well. After drinking Guinness, which is like eating a full loaf of bread, darker ales are actually less filling than I thought. I think the huge flavours that come with darker ales can be missed a lot by women because they go for the blonde 'lighter' beers thinking it will be easier to drink? I believe people should drink darker ales because they are missing some amazing ales!



So I have a preconception about bottled ales, they never seem as appealing to me as cask beers. Maybe it's just the packaging? After being exposed to advertising 24/7, the bright colours, lairy prints and thats just the alcohol market. What I have come to realise is that ale doesn't need a colourful eye catching bottle with sparkles on (we just got the limited edition Christmas J2o into work 'Glitterberry' Flavour with actual edible glitter in it!!! Tastes as sickly as it looks.). People who want beer will instantly go to the ale shelf in a supermarket for instance. The dark coloured glass is integral to the quality of the ale with sunlight causing oxidation which causes the beer to taste crap. Ales don't need to have a slogan on the front, the taste of the ale will sell it's self. People work though them to work out what they like similarly with the cask ales.

So I also bought 'St Peter's Best Bitter' but I didn't get round to sampling that one but it's in the fridge for another night in missing the casks but still getting that real ale. Single girls can't find somebody to go with them every night!