casks

tried two casks at two venues last night
i love vancouver!

first up, it was rail ale at the railway club
featuring central city's red racer vanilla chai stout
fortunately for me, there wasn't much vanilla in it at all
instead it was a delicately spiced easy drinking stout
i liked it, but not enough to have two...

next up i went to the whip
the cask wasn't tapped when i first got there so i had to suffer through a fat tug...
my life is hard!

the cask of r&b black water wheat got tapped around 10 p.m.
after fat tugging it up to that point i just got me a taster of the cask
you know, to be able to say i'd tried it!
it was interesting...
very banana on the nose, wheaty on the tongue, but not as robust as a hefe
and what is black water?
fortunately it is not waste water, its fulvic mineral water, phew!
i don't have a chemistry degree, heck i didn't even take it in high school, so i have no idea what this lovely mineral water offers to a beer
aren't you glad i blogged about it?
don't you feel very informed now?
you're welcome, all part of the service