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ied a book in a local book shop by niki segnit called the flavour thesaurus a phrase which she has rather craftily trademarked whilst veering away from beery themes slightly more than le nez does she explores flavour combinations in food giving a subjective view of what works and why and what to avoid and why it is also packed full of recipes which contain ingredients people certainly i would never have combined before i m making a west african mafé maafe on tuesday i ll post on twitter how it goes both of these books made me remember how excited i get by flavour and aroma they also make me realise how varied but at the same time narrow my palate can sometimes be i m happy with a nice rich malty beer with loads of chocolate dates and plum and i am also happy with a glass of campari and soda i know i know my palate has definitely changed over the years just four or five years ago the idea of drinking a full bodied red wine over 14 would have had me screaming for a bottle of ipa whereas now my palate has tuned into the flavours that the big boozy wine gives it s proof that you really can train a palate if you try hard enough and that my friends is the reason we should never give up when we hear that dreaded phrase i just don t like beer they just haven t trained their palate to appreciate good beer yet i won t leave it so long before the next post promise posted by michael ironside at 14 19 7 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels aroma beer palate taste wine tuesday 17 december 2013 shepherd neame christmas ale the lovely people at shepherd neame sent me a bottle of their 7 christmas ale to review here is what i thought looking nice in a spiegelau glass i have to be honest from the start i shouldn t like this beer i am not a huge fan of the stereotypical christmas flavours and i despise christmas pudding i suppose i was expecting to be a bit paul daniels on this one i thought i would like it not a lot but i d like it paul daniels after enjoying some sheps there was quite a lot going on in this beer plums spice red wine all laced through an inviting malty sweet backbone it is the sort of beer that really suits this time of year and i couldn t see myself with a glass in hand in the middle of the summer it did remind me of some of the christmas flavours i usually don t care too much for but it just all worked so well together maybe i am growing up i would say it is a real pudding or cheese beer i enjoyed mine with some taleggio cheese which is a lovely soft italian number the sweetness of the beer cut through the creaminess of the cheese although the spice may have overpowered some of the more subtle flavours taleggio usually shows all in all this is a great example of a style that i do not usually care for but shepherd neame have somehow pulled it off you can get some in good bottle shops or on the sheps website cheers and beers p s i was not paid for this post although shepherd neame were kind enough to send me the beer for review the above review is an honest interpretation of my thoughts on the beer and has not been influenced in any way by the brewery or anyone else posted by michael ironside at 18 02 1 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels christmas shepherd neame shepherdneame tuesday 13 august 2013 european beer bloggers conference a month on it has been nearly a month since edinburgh glistened in the sun for the european beer bloggers conference i haven t written since then because i wanted to let the allure of the conference wear off a little before i talked about how great it all was and i have been pretty busy i always worry slightly that blogging immediately after these events or even during them can lead to long rambling posts about how great everything was usually without thinking about who the intended audience is after all it would be silly of me to post something littered with references which only people who were there would get so i have decided to pick the highlights from my perspective both beer and events the greatest event for me at this years conference was the keynote speech by garrett oliver from brooklyn brewery mr oliver who gained some notoriety for his boating hat during the weekend delivered an inspiring but yet honest and at some points blunt speech about his involvement in craft beer the general gist is that we are all in this together craft beer is open to interpretation and we should stop fighting about creating a definition and that he has had an amazing career from music to beer i had the pleasure of chatting to garrett during the pilsner urquell dinner at edinburgh city council chambers and it was a pleasure to speak to someone so inspiring and totally down to earth about how great beer is that same night we were taken to the new stewart brewery at loanhead it was great to see another brewery expansion in the flesh or stainless and meet the natural selection brewing team too the hospitality that all from stewart s showed us was great and the beer was all in great condition hat s off to a brewery which mainly focusses on the edinburgh cask market for letting all of us reprobates into the new facility to have a nose around was great to taste a lot of the newer keg offerings too there were many sessions at the conference which i have not forgotten about but find they help me with my writing more than they will be of interest to you the reader the talks on scottish brewing history barrel ageing and becoming a beer sommelier have influenced some ideas for future blog posts whilst susana forbes gave some great tips which will influence my writing in the future for me the conference ended with the williams brothers and fyne dinner which was very good indeed minus the cranachan which could have given a small horse a heart attack some lucky bloggers went to traquair the next day but i don t think i could have faced the journey the beer highlights for me were toccalmatto russian imperial stout shared with chris and baron williams stillwater stravaigin birra toccalmatto surfing hop and ilkley siberia speyside edition all in all i would like to thank all those who made the conference happen including the sponsors venues and organisers thanks also to all those bloggers who made sure i had a great time and never stopped laughing all weekend the conference has provided me with plenty of inspiration for the months ahead and hopefully now that my university experience is finally over i will have the time to post much more often for those looking for more regular updates make sure to follow me on twitter posted by michael ironside at 19 00 4 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels beerbloggersconference ebbc13 saturday 13 july 2013 live beer blogging ebbc13 here is my live post from the european beer bloggers conference this is written live so excuse any spelling errors etc this is like speed dating for breweries 5 minutes per brewery and the chance for them to impress bloggers firts up is birra toccalmatto surfing hop double american ipa at 8 5 looks chestnut brown not typical of style but thats due to belgian malt used tastes of peaches and apricots resinous from amarillo and warrior hop will take a lot to beat 2 inveralmond blackfriar scotch ale at 7 0 looks exactly like scotch ale should toffee coloured esters dominate with toffee and fruits not too rich could drink a lot of this im very impressed by this 3 harviestoun 30th anniversary ola dubh single barrel 11 3 dark as night lots of wine sherry and cherry with some chocolate im told this is a once of i love this beer would be great as a nightcap 4 shepherd neame brilliant ale 5 6 lovely golden colour and nice to see it in brown glass refreshing session beer its a tad boring after a double ipa and a whisky cask beer i can see this as a gateway beer for non ale drinkers overall very drinkable 5 west st mungos 4 9 im very familiar with this beer looks like typical helles and tastes like a good example of this herbal and great lager tasty stuff 6 ilkley the mayan 6 5 lovely dark chocolate colour smells like terrys chocolate orange or bournville like liquid chocolate with a chilli kick and a touch of orange peel lovely sweetness but with balance i love it 7 badgers roaming roy dog 7 5 dark chestnut and a bit hazy due to non pasturisation and filtration boozy on nose with loads of berries massive sherry and berries with bramling x underpinnings spicy finish and very warming 8 traquair jacobite ale 8 lovely colour light chestnut so complex touch of coriander and very modular vineous and sorry to state again very complex i love this stuff traquair are my favourite scottish brewery 9 innis and gunn oloroso cask 7 4 looks dark golden like regular innis and gunn i can only smell vanilla honey and clove sherry and cream oak is too dominant thanks for reading posted by michael ironside at 15 56 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels beer ebbc ebbc13 live review speedblogging thursday 11 july 2013 adnams native britten and more a collaborative vlog with phil from http hopstercraftbeer blogspot co uk posted by michael ironside at 12 17 0 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels adnams review sunday 7 july 2013 it s time to cut tax for on sales it s time for me to get a little political about beer they always say that there are several things you should not talk about when booze is in the mix religion and politics being two but it s time to break that rule and face up to the damaging tax regime facing our publicans and restauranteers in the uk pubs and bars have an annual turnover of 21 billion that s quite a lot it would be fair to say that they contribute a great deal to the economy however they are still closing at a record rate according to consumer groups such as camra the current and previous uk governments seem to have done very little to protect the precious british hospitality industry that we all know love and use of course you could mention the beer duty escalator scrapped by mr osbourne this year but i would argue that is too little too late picture the scene large corporate clinical boxes able to retail food at below market value in order to obtain a steady footfall of punters to sell more things to on the other hand we have small and medium sized businesses who are seeing their peers closing doors all around and who have to try every day to raise standards and come up with new ideas to keep their customers coming back time and time again no stack em high deals here which business do you think benefits from 0 vat on the majority of products the large corporate clinical boxes em i mean supermarkets its time to reduce vat for pubs and restaurants customers buying food in pubs are forced to pay 20 vat compared with 0 vat for supermarkets giving supermarkets a further advantage over and above the many they already have i understand that people can t and do not want to eat out every night but when an estimated 600 000 jobs could be created with a vat drop to 5 it is important that we make our politicians listen almr 2013 last year the pub and bar industry created 1 in every 8 new jobs created we can t turn our noses up to that france have tried it and it meant a creation of 225 000 jobs in the first year alone mr osbourne should sit up and take note it is a campaign that the scottish government are already looking in to but we need action for the sake of our pubs and restaurants the almr morning advertiser and jacques borel vat club campaign are spearheading this campaign brains shepherd neame fullers cains and jd wetherspoon are just some of the names supporting this important campaign just think what a vat drop could do for the hospitality industry for the people who rely on it for their livelihood and for the community spirit that pubs can bring to our villages towns and cities posted by michael ironside at 13 46 24 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels vat sunday 21 april 2013 elixir minception audio review here is a first attempt at an audio review this is for elixir brew co s minception 6 2 fruit mince porter brewed with smoked malts irn bru raisins sultanas currants cranberries and citrus zest posted by michael ironside at 21 57 0 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels beer elixir inception review scottish older posts home subscribe to posts atom linkwithin i am going are you popular posts it s time to cut tax for on sales it s time for me to get a little political about beer they always say that there are several things you should not talk about when booz sink the bismarck don t be fooled by imitations today or rather tomorrow if aunty beeb hadnt gotten so excited controversial scottish brewery brewdog make history once again with the rel european beer bloggers conference a month on it has been nearly a month since edinburgh glistened in the sun for the european beer bloggers conference i haven t written since then task for today get students interested in craft beer when i woke up this morning i felt inspired i have no idea why i just did its been playing on my mind for a while when i get back to uni changing tastes and developing my palate hello world its been a while i m not even going to apologise for my absence but the truth is that i do sometimes fall in and out of l the scottish real ale festival and why i was not there disclaimer this article is not intended to offend it is not intended to be anti camra or a jibe at sraf organisers but rather some constru jaipur a legend in its time you know that beer right the one with all the hype in every beer community whether it be in chicago kent or brussels there are always a h shepherd neame christmas ale the lovely people at shepherd neame sent me a bottle of 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