#VISBF2 - Friday : #BitternessComeback

ISBF is not run - Beer wise - to my personal tastes (my beer prejudice if you will) - it's run (and beers / breweries are sourced for what I perceive to be “The Audience”. A bit of everything.

If this was for ME, the Prince of Darkness, if would be absolutely RAMMED with Mild, Stout, Porter. I could happily wallow - like a beery Hippo - in a pool of beery mud. Marinaded in Mild might be a beer name for #ISBF7….

But when it comes to Pales, I crave bitterness. As a child, raised on Holts (so bitter it had a nickname of “Razorblades”) & the mythical Boddingtons Bitter, the longing for that lip licking quality never left me.

I mean, soft and pillowy NE style beers are nice enough, but anyone with a semblance of beer sanity knows FUNDAMENTALLY that “West Coast is the Best Coast”.

Some of the best Pales I've had in the last few years have that “thing”. That tongue tingling quality that only a copious hop addition in the boil can add. Elusive “Oregon Trail” (so beloved, it's predicted on my phone), Redwillow “Ageless” (again, predicted) and the various North Riding WC IPAs and Tom's Tap offerings.

Wow. All stunning. They made an indelible mark on my Tastebuds. And I trust my Tastebuds.

So. It seemed obvious, to me at any rate, to devote a session to that most recent of beer phases. Bitterness!

(Betcha hadn't guessed!)

So. Want to know the best thing about that session?

Me & James aren't up front! Yay You! Yay us!

So who will guide you through this tongue tingling deliciousness?

Only Melissa Flaming Cole! (Bet you didn't know her middle name eh?)

The lovely Melissa will be tasting some of the beers and chatting with some of the artists that created them.

Lady knows her stuff. She can write too. As some of you lucky sausages may discover for yourselves!

A few Zoom hours with Melissa and these lovable brewers? Worth the Case Price alone!

That case? Well….. here you go….

If you haven't already grabbed one, there are very few of these boxes left.

Fancy one? And coming to join us on Zoom?

Click here!

Hope to see you on the 12th November!