OK, that's unfair of me: I thought of the title before opening the beer. But I'm not much of a fan of the beer from Sharp's -- MolsonCoors's Cornish operation -- nor of telly chef Rick Stein who put his signature on this one, nor of Chalky's Bite, the other beer named after his late mutt, so I wasn't expecting to be impressed by its little brother Chalky's Bark.But really, it's not a bad beer. Yes it's massively overcarbonated making it difficult to taste anything in it at first, and at its core there's a watery nothingness where I think I'm within my rights to expect some sort of malt-derived weight, especially at the not-insubstantial ABV of 4.5%. But the centrepiece of the flavour is a lovely bittersweet lemon that teeters a little towards washing up liquid yet never quite gets there, fortunately. That the promised centrepiece of the flavour is ginger, of which I can detect no trace whatsoever, bothers me not in the slightest.
Chalky's Bark is a perfectly acceptable sunny day quaffer, as long as you let the dog blow off some of his trapped gas first.
Sharp's -- MolsonCoors's Cornish operation
ReplyDeleteA bit unfair, don't you think?
Unfair? It's a statement of fact. I don't see how it's a fairness issue, unless one regards ownership by MolsonCoors as some sort of disfigurement that should be politely ignored.
DeleteI suppose if I miss Chalky's Bark this time round I'll soon be able to see it on a loop tape on Dave.
ReplyDeleteMan, with that title, I was expecting you to demolish the beer. I love a good garroting. Where's the dead dog beer!?
ReplyDeleteHa haa! Another victim falls into my cunning headline trap!
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