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| Durham White Stout |
Beer: White Stout 7.2% (Bottled)
Style: Stout Pale Ale
Brewery Address:
The Durham Brewery,
Unit 6a, Bowburn North Ind Est.,
Bowburn, County Durham, DH6 5PF
Brewery Website: http://www.durhambrewery.co.uk/bottles/white-stout.aspx
Comments:
It's not often you are at the birth, or even rebirth of a
beer style/category, but this really is it.
To be brutally and rudely honest, at first I just thought a beer called 'White Stout' was sure to be a gimmick. Now I've tasted it for myself though, as much as it may receive a certain amount of media attention due to the almost oxymorial name, it is definitely no gimmick.
Look at the meaning of the word 'stout' and you'll see that it can also mean big and strong. The beer term 'Stout' that has become synonymous with jet black dark beer, was simply the adjective in the old term 'Stout Porter', meaning a strong or heavily malted porter. Stout was also used to describe other strong beers. Therefore you could have a stoutly hopped beer, with a stout abv, and stout malts, all poured into a stout glass for a stout hearted man. This is a resurrection of an old style revamped to the max. Hefty and powerful in both pale malt and hops, it is a symphony of massive rich luxury in a perfect harmony of resinous resonance. A devilishly decadent cadence of percussive foot stomping hops are in stonking stereo chorus with a velvet wave of an angelic malty choir soaring to the heavens.
To be brutally and rudely honest, at first I just thought a beer called 'White Stout' was sure to be a gimmick. Now I've tasted it for myself though, as much as it may receive a certain amount of media attention due to the almost oxymorial name, it is definitely no gimmick.
Look at the meaning of the word 'stout' and you'll see that it can also mean big and strong. The beer term 'Stout' that has become synonymous with jet black dark beer, was simply the adjective in the old term 'Stout Porter', meaning a strong or heavily malted porter. Stout was also used to describe other strong beers. Therefore you could have a stoutly hopped beer, with a stout abv, and stout malts, all poured into a stout glass for a stout hearted man. This is a resurrection of an old style revamped to the max. Hefty and powerful in both pale malt and hops, it is a symphony of massive rich luxury in a perfect harmony of resinous resonance. A devilishly decadent cadence of percussive foot stomping hops are in stonking stereo chorus with a velvet wave of an angelic malty choir soaring to the heavens.
The ABV says 7.2%, but this is Alcohol By VOLUME, and this
one goes up to ELEVEN!!!!
IT'S BEAUTIFUL!!
BUY ONE AND PLAY IT AT HIGH VOLUME!!!
D’YA HEAR ME?
HIGH VOLUME!!!!
HIGH VOLUME!!!!
I love this beer, second only to their Temptation in my Durham Brewery hitlist.
ReplyDeleteOh I think it not second to many beers worldwide. It seems to make many other beers taste watered down.
DeleteCheers Chris.
Great in the bottle and sublime on cask at the GBBF mate!
ReplyDeleteCheers TUVAR. Bloody awesome brew mate.
DeleteGreat in the bottle and sublime on cask at the GBBF mate!
ReplyDeleteYou can say that again.
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