We thought we would see what all
the fuss is about so we bought a bottle of SteamRail Golden Ale and a Steam
Rail Pale Ale
There has been a bit of discussion about these beers in
social media the last couple of days
about who owns it and makes and various other stuff.
I thought that there was not a lot of difference between the
beers, both started off with a metallic taste and neither had any great taste
to talk of. If I had to choose one I would pick the Pale Ale but then I always
would choose a Pale Ale over a Golden Ale no matter what brewery the beer came
from.
I know there is a big debate over big brewery versus craft
breweries and mass produced beer or beer from small breweries and a fear that
one will be pushed out or swallowed up by the other.
However I am trying not to let it affect me or my choice of
what beers I drink.
I do think that restaurants could do a lot better and generally
the selection of beers that they have is pathetic to say the least. One owner
told me that they couldn’t afford to keep a better choice of beers because they
may not be able to sell it which I think is a load of bullshit because all they
need to do is buy a small selection of six packs from a good bottle shop which
they then sell on for a higher price just like wine. Nobody seems to stress out
about keeping wine for a while. On the off chance they are left with a couple
of beers they can’t use they could always either cook with it or use for staff
drinks.
Most restaurants have blackboard specials which I think they
could use to advertise guest
beers.
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