Day 24 / Jan 24
Witney, Oxfordshire, England
Where: Home
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"What's the matter Lagerboy, afraid you might taste something?"
In the last few days, I’ve had beers from Mexico, Belgium and Barcelona. Before I head back home to the U, S & A, I making a stop in the town of Witney, Oxfordshire, England, about 70 miles northwest of London.
Hobgoblin Ale is the flagship beer of the Wychwood Brewery, founded in 1983 by a bloke named Paddy Glenny. I like it already!
Hobgoblin is a dark red, almost brown ale in the glass, with a rich, creamy head. The taste was very good, you can taste the malt, a little bit of hop character, and maybe a little citrus taste.
It’s definitely the leading candidate so far for BOTW this week (Beer of the Week if you haven’t been paying attention). And I certainly will be trying other beers from Wychwood throughout the course of the year!
NOTE 1: Wychwood’s website is incredible! It’s full of trolls, goblins, games and hidden surprises. Oh yeah, it also talks about their beers.
NOTE 2: The label on the bottle says, “CONTAINS BARLEY MALT. Please drink sensibly.” I’m not sure if these two sentences are connected. Is there an inherent danger in barley malt?
NOTE 3: That “Lagerboy” slogan above is Hobgoblins’s challenge to drinkers of pale lager, a more popular style of beer in Britain, to consume a more prominently-flavored drink.
The Lager Boy slam is due to the fact that the young drinkers of England, a country known for its ales, have shown much more inclination to drink lagers over the past decade or so. This has been to the chagrin of the older ale-drinking Brits. The warning about barley malt is tongue-in-cheek as well.
ReplyDeleteI have seen their ales many times but never tried one. Now I will have to!
Cheers
Henry