Avid readers of this blog (as if!) will recall mention of The Undercocks appearing in a pub in Sutton Coldfield some time ago and I decided back then to watch them for longer at some future time. Tonight presented an opportunity so we headed over by bus starting at the Bottle of Sack.
Wetherspoons beer festival was on and and they had one of the beers I'd made a note I wanted to sample - Titanic Golden Porter ("This special brew, for the Wetherspoon real ale festival, is something a little different:m a beer using the ingredient designed to create the characteristics of a traditional porter, yet lighter in colour. The result is a golden beer with a robust sweetness balanced by swathes of American hops giving a smooth and powerful flavour, with a crisp finish - Cascade, Northdown and Yakima Galena.") I guess that experiments like this are how new styles of beer come to be but to me the lack of darker malts meant something was missing.
We headed next to the Station, busy as usual, for Holdens Golden Glow and finally round to the Gate where the band were just completing their warm up. Beer choice was a bit limited so it was John Smiths Bitter and Carling Black Label.
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