After dropping the car off at the garage for a new tyre, the Pandas decided that a quick drink at the Broomfield Tavern would be a good way to pass the time. However, upon seeing the range available, a quick drink was no longer an option, so it was back to the garage to collect the car and take it home before walking back to the pub for a proper session! The Pandas managed to get through quite a lot of beers and ciders, including:
- Windswept Brewing – Wolf; a lovely dry and chocolatey stout with a hint of liquorice that hid its 6% strength reasonably well.
- North Star – Helmsman; a very malty light ale with biscuity flavour and delicate hops.
- Downton Brewery – New Forest Ale; a pleasantly dry ale with good malt flavour followed by a decent amount of hops.
- Church End – V Reg; a hoppy ale with decent malt taste.
- Three Castles – Corn Dolly; a malty ale with hints of caramel and slight floral notes. Very easy to drink.
- Clark’s Brewery – Merrie City Atlantic Hop; a very dry beer with full hop flavour but not too thick and cloying.
- Sunny Republic – Dune Raider; a fruity ruby bitter with a dry aftertaste.
- Malmesbury Brewery – Burnivale Hop; a hoppy beer that was balanced just right, enabling you to still taste the slightly caramel flavour of the malts.
- Lilley’s:
- Bee Sting; a honey perry that despite being slightly sour as it was at the end of its shelf life was still nice with strong sweetness prevailing until the after taste.
- Crazy Goat; a blend of perry and cider that AR was quoted as saying was “Bloody Delicious!”. Good fruity scrumpy that hids its 6.8% well.
- Merry monkey Scrumpy; a nice scrumpy with strong taste of apples. AR described it as a normal strength Old Rosie, so if you’re a fan of that cider but want something that isn’t over 7% this is the cider for you.
What a night! The Pandas have always loved this pub but it just keeps getting better and better – it’s not often you see such a range of drinks outside of Wetherspoons and ale festivals. They can’t wait for their next visit to see what’s new!
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