Thursday, September 2, 2010

English Brew

London so far has been a blur of wrong trains and bad beer. While I'm quite happy with all the photographs I've taken, the selection of beer has been under whelming at best.

Stopping at a few local pubs in Nottinghill results in the exact same beers. Peroni, Stella Artois, Foster's Lager, and English beers on cask. My immediate thought is to get a beer on cask, but Fuller's Pride is not exactly your top tier beverage. At The George, they have an IPA called Green King. Frankly it tastes like any of the other awful English brews I've had, and at 3.6%; it can't really compare to the hoppy deliciousness that is IPA heaven in San Diego.

Not all is lost however; I took a trip to the Borough Market and was treated to an absolute smorgasboard of food and drink. Utobeer was extremely impressive, with hundreds of bottles to choose from.

While waiting for our Medieval Banquet (think of Medieval Times in LA) We tried one more bar. Unfortunately it had a similar beer selection, with the addition of Hoegaarten. If you're wondering, it tastes the same as the stuff we tend to get in bottles in the US.

We have some time to kill before the Absolut Ice Bar to tomorrow, so Im going to make it a priority to find a true beer bar. I won't give up on you, London! If you fail me, there's always Brussels and Munich!

Until next time -

Eric

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