Beer Tasting - Beer Tasting Cruise
I was recently invited to participate in a Beer Tasting Cruise. Imagine, a man in a wheelchair on a boat with Beer, it was a recipe for going overboard.
The event is organised by a company called Topsail, this specific event was in conjunction with ‘The Beer Academy’.
apparently according to the pre-tip brief I received, the Beer Academy’s experts are all experienced brewers of beer who are vastly knowledgeable. Maybe, but are they as knowledgeable as a weekend beer drinker, Answer - YES!
First we had to find out how to taste beer using sight, smell and taste.
Have you ever noticed the aroma of bananas, toffee.Oror tinned sweetcorn…in your pint?!
In the time oboardrd, you get to taste a range of beer styles including lagers, ales, bitters and stouts.
The trip was an education, the experts teach you how to match beer and food with a tasty selection of nibbles, such as a beer which is sweet but has a bitter ending, tasted with a sweet digestive biscuit & strong cheese to mirror the flavours.
Each beer is tasted ‘blind’ - guests are asked to identify the brand. For us this was into a competition and boy it is not as easy as you may think, even if you think you know your beer!
There were a selection of nibbles available with the tasting, plus following the tasting there was a seated dinner which after a considerable amount of beer tasting was much appreciated.
So did I fall off the boat? Did I heck as like, you would have read about it on the BBC news pages, but what I did manage to do as have a bloody awesome time, enjoy some great food and learn something new about Beer. As a day out goes surely it does not get any better than that!
I spoke to the event organiser, they said this event was booked through an events company called TopSail. Confusingly enough their web site name is something totally different!
Check out the Beer Tasting and other great activities at http://www.topchart.co.uk/corporate-entertainment.htm
