cask night

last tuesday at the railway was russell's dry-hopped pale ale
the label on the cask said it used tomahawk hops

at first, i found it quite delightful
an overly hopped pale ale, just like i like 'em
but as i got further down my pint the sediment and bitterness got to me
very glad i tried it
but not on my top 10 list of "casks i have loved"

thursday at the yaletown was a lavender stout
i was told when i got there to have a taster before i ordered a pint
and good advice that turned out to be
the nose was all lavender
think pot pourri
and that's pretty much how it tasted too

i thought i would give it a further chance and have some after the ipa
you know, all beers taste different depending on what went before them across the palate...
but after the ipa the stout got lost and it was all lavender
undaunted, i tried mixing the cask with the ipa
can't say i suggest this to anyone else

brewers iain and cory

iain was very good-humoured about it
he likened it to "your grannie's drawers"
ach, it may have been a miss, but as one of my fellow vancouver beer bloggers commented, at least it wasn't someone else just dry-hopping their ipa
well said!

and, much fun was had at the yaletown on a thursday night!