It wasn't until our past travels took us to Eastern Europe that I really got the taste for stout, but now I really enjoy it.
This review is not about Eastern Europe though, it's about the oldest brewer in Britain. Shepherd Neame.
Ooh, just writing the name has made my tastebuds tingle.
We recently had a bottle of Shepherd Neame Double Stout, well, I say we, but actually I only managed to have a sip before Mr.R made it vanish.
We love this ale, it is rich and creamy, with flavours of coffee, chocolate, molasses, caramel, roasted malts, and a bitter finish.
It is seriously good. So good, I wish I had some now, but alas I don't.
The label on the bottle says -
A classic double stout from a recipe discovered in the vaults of Britain's oldest brewer. This beer combines the complex flavours and characteristics of pale ale, roasted crystal and chocolate malts with the finest kilned roasted barley. It is bittered with our famed East Kent hops and brewed in the UK's last remaining wooden mash tuns.
This magnificent example of a classic double stout delivers a velvety-smooth plate of dry, burnt flavours complemented by roast, cocoa and coffee notes. Black, creamy and delicious, it is a Shepherd Neame masterpiece.
SEE Black
SMELL Roasted, Chocolate, Hoppy
TASTE Dry, Coffee, Bitter
5.2%
Just reading the description of this double stout you can feel the pride in their product. And they are most definitely right to be proud of this seriously delicious brew. It is sublime.
Hmm, as I sit typing this beer review I am transported back to when we first arrived back in Britain from our World travels, we didn't have anywhere to live so we were travelling around the country searching for somewhere to call home. At one point we were staying in Kent, where we found a really lovely new home, all be it a very temporary one in the shape of the pub down the road from our accommodation.
What made this pub the perfect home for us was the bottles of Shepherd Neame Double Stout that we spotted on a shelf behind the bar as soon as we entered.
Thankfully the landlady had a few bottles in the fridge too, but not for long. Once we'd had a bottle each, we couldn't resist having a second one.
Just before we left the pub the landlady asked if we'd be back, we said we would so putting her remaining stock of Shepherd Neame Double Stout in the fridge would be much appreciated.
We returned to the pub the following day, and the cold double stout slipped down like the purest silk. Absolutely delicious!
I think it's pretty obvious from my rambling that we love this beer.
Have you improved your life by drinking Shepherd Neame Double Stout?
If not, I strongly suggest you try it at your earliest convenience. You'll love it!
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