tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post1730290505798391148..comments2024-03-13T11:18:13.252+00:00Comments on The Beer Nut: From the weedpatchThe Beer Nuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14105708522526153528noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-15542776411565446302010-12-02T12:53:31.158+00:002010-12-02T12:53:31.158+00:00Thanks Rick. I wonder about the stability of that ...Thanks Rick. I wonder about the stability of that nettle aroma as it was all gone by the time the bottle crossed the Irish Sea and was poured into my glass.<br /><br />So it's not back-sweetened after fermentation, then?The Beer Nuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14105708522526153528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-50245649346538597652010-12-02T12:45:26.870+00:002010-12-02T12:45:26.870+00:00Some comments from our head brweer at Badger Ales;...Some comments from our head brweer at Badger Ales;<br /><br />"Technically you are about as far from an alcopop as you could get. The beer is brewed using organic malt with sourcing of barley from Dorset. The bittering hop used in the beer is Organic First Gold, a fine hop in its own right. However the main difference is that there is no aroma hop added at the end of the boil, instead it is replaced by organic stinging nettles harvested by hand from River Cottage. The aroma and taste we get from Stinger is unique to that beer and gives a slightly herbal, cut grass type aroma and flavour that we do not see on our other beers. The final gravity of the beer is akin to a standard bottle beer and considerably below an alcopop, so whilst there is a degree of priming it is not a sweet product."Rick Paynehttp://www.badgerales.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-45060830191336442572010-11-03T18:40:43.849+00:002010-11-03T18:40:43.849+00:00They used to make Stinger with a nettle extract fr...They used to make Stinger with a nettle extract from his farm, but I don't think they do anymore.<br /><br />When my mum went to his restaurant for a work do, she said Stinger was the beer on offer. (With souvenir chalice glasses available for purchase...)Baileyhttp://boakandbailey.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-51033535599965614992010-11-03T10:35:52.118+00:002010-11-03T10:35:52.118+00:00Conversely I've found most of their beers to b...Conversely I've found most of their beers to be pants, with Golden Champion being a notable exception.<br /><br />I suspect the connection is that the River Cottage marketing people got together with the H&W marketing people, talked a bit about brand synergy, and then passed a product brief on to a brewer who immediately ordered a load of sugar.<br /><br />I think the making of Stinger featured in one of Mr Fearnley-Whittingstall's television programmes, but I've not seen it.The Beer Nuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14105708522526153528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-82279189324497537572010-11-03T10:28:38.365+00:002010-11-03T10:28:38.365+00:00What is the River Cottage connection? Over at H&am...What is the River Cottage connection? Over at H&W's Badger Website they make a big deal of it on the Dandelion beer & don't mention it on any of the others.<br /><br />Not sure I'll try these after that review, but I have got a certain amount of time for Badger. I was mildly addicted to Blandford Fly for a while, and I still see Tanglefoot as a supermarket banker.Philhttp://ohgoodale.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-26291112720198140152010-11-03T09:50:41.020+00:002010-11-03T09:50:41.020+00:00Oh BTW I am fairly sure the problem with my nettle...Oh BTW I am fairly sure the problem with my nettle beer was with me not the nettles. I think I picked ones that were not fresh enough. <br /><br />I have had other homebrew nettle beers that used the nettle just for bittering that were lovely.Iamreddavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02768287658329807075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-91588940789116653332010-11-03T09:13:38.361+00:002010-11-03T09:13:38.361+00:00What I feel is that many brewers, when they want t...What I feel is that many brewers, when they want to break the norm, often fall in the same trap. They don't want to scare the mainstream drinker with something radically different, but in the end, they don't make anyone happy, the mainstream drinker is a bit let down because they are not getting something THAT much different and the more "experienced" or "adventurous" among us get mad at all that blandness.PivnĂ Filosofhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17883511608403454943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-30501592707988547082010-11-03T08:27:42.913+00:002010-11-03T08:27:42.913+00:00I was not impressed by that dandelion beer either....I was not impressed by that dandelion beer either. It is odd that 'weird' English beers are more wkd than cantillionIamreddavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02768287658329807075noreply@blogger.com