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Balding, Welsh Drinker of Fine Ales.
Bitter - Rhymney Brewery - 4.5% ABV. B+ nice to see this Pint of Valley Cooking still at 4.5%. Cask fresh on #ale #beer #bier
3/5. Still a bit cold but the tastes are beginning to come through. Listening to The Daily Tech News Show.
Red Beard - Glastonbury Brewery - 4.6% ABV. B+ and a bit, interesting, fruity, malty and hoppy. Fruity and maybe spicy finish #ale #beer #bier
3.3/5. Hats 🎩 off to Somerset for producing some innovative Cask Ales. Another weather warning from 13:00 today.
Haze Ventura Pint Detective - Quantock Brewery - 4.3% ABV. B+ and a bit, quality name. Hoppy, juicy, fruity with fruity lingering finish #ale #beer #bier
3.3/5. Moving on to The Pen and Wig #Newport Craft on Cask and The Chief having new SIM problems.
Old Ale - Adnams - 4.1% ABV. B+ and a bit. Milds work well in January. Rich, malty, chocolate and coffee. Fruitiness and chocolate in the finish #ale #beer #bier
3.3/5. Old School but still highly relevant. A beer to sit in the corner and watch the world go by. JWL, Newport.
Always better with a Tech segment, Gents.
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Thieving Rogue - Magpie Brewery - 4.5% ABV. B+, maybe slightly over as less floral and more powerful malty bitterness #ale #beer #bier
3/5. However, £1.49 a Pint as it’s Monday Club. John Wallace Linton, Newport. With Monday Tipplers and Travellers.
Glasshouse - Dark Element / Glasshouse - 5.6% ABV. B++, sharp, hoppy with maybe a hint of spice. Spice, bitter finish #ale #beer #bier
3.5/5. Dark Element with a quality variety of Birthday Beer Collabs. Still light, so Spring must be on the way.
Space Truckin’ - Silent Brew Co - 4.7% ABV. B++, sour, sharp and refreshingly fruity. Deep Purple reference and a quality brew #ale #beer #bier
3.5/5. Dark, sour and very Deep Purple. Maybe, a touch of The Expanse too. The Project, Caerphilly.
Azvex - Dark Element / Azvex - 6.5% ABV. B++, full bodied, alcoholic, hoppy, complex fruity finish #ale #beer #bier
3.5/5. Two great breweries and a quality and different Collab Brew. Now pouring in The Project, Caerphilly.
Flowerhorn - Dark Element / Flowerhorn - 4.3% ABV. B++, big fruity nose. Hazy, hoppy and gently bitter in the finish #ale #beer #bier
3.5/5. At The Project, Caerphilly for Dark Element Brew Co 2nd Birthday. 6 Collabs, all quality brews.
Prelude - Beers Of The Beano - Saturday 24 January 2026
Dark Element Brew Co’s second birthday. Wet and windy. Burst pipes and fuel prices and Beer drinking. Nearly Spring.
Martyr - Bishop Nick - 4.5% ABV. B+ and a bit, well balanced, malty with plenty of fruity hoppiness. Understanding this #ale #beer #bier
3.3/5. Bar Maid said it was probably the end of the barrel but it’s great. Cask Ale with Washington Hops. Think the rain has stopped.
Talon APA - Loddon - 5.0% ABV. B+, not sure what to say about this. There’s a slightly odd fruitiness, in fact it is completely odd. However, a grower #ale #beer #bier
3/5. Sharp, odd fruitiness with a fruity bitter finish. Still a unique for Untappd. Rainy Saturday in The Malcolm Uphill.
Auld Acquaintance - Loch Lomond - 4.0% ABV. B+ and a bit, well balanced, light malt, floral and gently fruity. Fruity bitter finish #ale #beer #bier
3.3/5. The Burns Week Scottish Ale in Spoons and it’s rather good and sessionable. Haggis, neeps and tatties also available
Eazy Breezy - Vault City - 5.0% ABV. B++, heavy on the Lime, heavy on the Green. The Lime shines through. To Rock #ale #beer #bier
3.5/5. Could be March but it’s still Deepest January. Nearly Putty Time. Project, Caerphilly.
Tripel Karmeliet - Brouwerij Bosteels - 8.4% ABV. B++ and a touch. Complex and wonderful with Barley, Oats and Wheat. A smooth drinking Wheat with a Complex and refreshing body #ale #beer #bier
3.6/5. When 🇧🇪 comes to The Project #Caerphilly and the Sun shines in January. Good Health.
Serenade - Track Brewing - 8.4% ABV. B++ and a touch. Heavyweight and wonderful DIPA. Full bodied and definitely a sipper #ale #beer #bier
3.6/5. When you realise that Fine Ales should be whatever ABV that they want to. Politicians don’t make Fine Ales
Torrent - Dark Element - 5.5% ABV. B++, thick, hazy, hoppy, fruity, dry and with hints of spice. Solid #ale #beer #bier
3.5/5. Inviting and interesting. The type of Fine Ale top sip and watch the world go by. The Project, Caerphilly.
