st a's cask
i finally made it to a cask night at st. augustines's normally i'm a norwegian poseur and curl on monday nights but i took a pass this week and instead let my personal viking drag me out for beer and you all know how much arm-twisting is involved in making me drink beer... this week it was crannog's gael's blood potato ale conditioned with root vegetables and carrot seed sounded like a meal in a glass, but i was game to try it anyway! very hazy and full of particles i figured that must be the stewed veggies that they were boiling down to make into beer.... definitely drinkable on a very cold night not a beer i'd want to session, but it was damned interesting seemed a bit like a science experiment turned tasty... as i got further down my glass it became sweeter... the sugar in the carbs maybe? and oh, the sediment in the bottom of the glass forget guinness, if you're feeling down, have a glass of this! forget v8, if you need your veggies, have a g...