Friday, March 28, 2008

Black Plague Stout, Storm, BC

I used to drink this regularly when I was at the whip. Its a good stout, but there's a flavour stouts have that sometimes gets a bit over-emphasized and gets slightly odd. Not sure what it is. Should do a field trip with Mike to find out. Maybe sunday, in conjunction with:

> The Whip Real Ale Sundays
> March 30 @ 4:00pm
> This week is actually going to be a Real Mead Sunday.
> Crannóg's Clontarf Mead is a traditional, year-old
> organic mead made from honey produced on their farm.
> It is fermented cool and cask-conditioned with
> champagne yeast. At approximately 12% ABV, I am told
> this is lightly carbonated and somewhat sweet. This is
> a rare, small-batch offering that is the last of
> Crannóg's mead supply for this year. The Whip will be
> offering it in 8 oz. servings for $4.25.



Anyhow, enjoyable. But then I found the Scottish Ale...

stormbrewing.org

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