Sheffield Steel City Beer Festival 2009, real quick fight thoughts
Have got about a dozen or so non-festival beers from the past month to catch up on at a later date, a couple of good ones to recommend but will do the festival and fight notes first or else I’ll never get round to it. The fight thoughts first:
- Audley Harrison wins Prizefighters. And hilariously thinks that he’d have been a world champion but for crap promoting by Warren. Now, I don’t know about you, but I think his lack of world title is correlated to the fact that he sucks and is unmarketable. His fights are boring apart from the odd occasion when he gets knocked out. If he was to get a title shot against, say, Valuev, that might be the worst fight in the history of professional boxing.
- Floyd Mayweather beats Marquez. Thank god for that, bring on Pacquiao. Post-bout interview was hilariously bad, sure Mosley is good but he’s not seriously going to get a shot at Mayweather as he’s only back to make cash money, and that fight, while it makes sense, wouldn’t really cut it.
- UFC 103 didn’t look that great a card so I passed on it. Return of Belfort and dos Santos knocking Mirko into retirement. 104 looks a lot better, even the undercard looks exciting.
- LOL Kimbo.
Beer festival then. Was a lot better than last years, due to it not being freezing, actually having the second marquee up, solid conditions underfoot and a great selection of beers. Was a bit windy on the Saturday, but oh well. The beer:
206 – Fyfe Lemon Twist (4.2%) – 5.5, is noticably lemony, light and thin, beyond the citrusness is a bland, unimaginative ale
207 – Tring Mansion Mild (3.7%) – 8, slightly fruity nose, hints of cherry and raspberry, not overly heavy either
208 – Great Heck Dave (3.8%) – 7, dark ale with smoky roasted taste, while not being too malty
209 – Cairngorm Sheepshaggers’ Gold (4.5%) – 8, slight ginger hints, a lot fuller and stronger than previous beers, very drinkable golden premium beer
210 – Brass Monkey Tamarind Mild (3.6%) – 6.5, looks like a reddish bitter rather than a mild, is ok, barely tastes like a mild either
211 – Naylor’s Roaring Ruby (4.1%) – 7, calling it ruby would be wrong, just looks and tastes like a solid golden bitter
212 – Sheffield Crucible Best (3.8%) – 6.5, a decent bitter that seems stronger than the ABV would suggest
213 – Isle of Purbeck Studland Bay (4.5%) – 7, a rich, punchy bitter
214 – Wilkins Cider (6.0%) – 6.5, on the sweet side, decent enough to drink, a bit cloudy
215 – Bradfield Sheffield Tigers (4.8%) – 7.5, recommended stronger ale
216 – Brew Company Hop Ripper (4.3%) – 6.5, light, hoppy, dry, bad to start with but improves quickly
217 – Kelham Island Best Bitter (3.8%) – 6, looks like a bitter, tastes like a bitter, is ok but a bit dull and a touch on the dry side
218 – Tryst Bla’tham (4.0%) – 7.5, seems hoppy in the nose, is slightly tangy and sour but in a good way, slightly citrusy, improves a lot down the pint
219 – Acorn Sovereign (4.4%) – 6, darker ale, malty smell, strong bodied but with a dull malty taste
220 – Daleside Old Leg Over (3.9%) – 7, good bitter, touch on the dark side with ruby hints
221 – Crown Smokin Oktoberfest (5.7%) – 8, pleasant colour, strength is noticable, nice subtlety with flavours
