Curry Night @ Weatherspoons

Went with Geoff and Alannis to the Staple Hill Oak last night just the three of us. The real ale and cider festival is still on. Started with a pint of ST AUSTELL COXSWAIN’S SPECIAL 4.0% ABV St Austell Brewery, Cornwall. Est. 1851 This occasionally brewed, mid-coloured and robust ale has a solid keel of Maris Otter malt and is fitted out with a sweet and toasty, lightly roasted grain flavour, before the powerful hop flavours take command to deliver the decisive action on the taste buds. Hops used: Admiral, First Gold, Goldings Beer style: best bitter. Then onto the curry ordered the Lamb Chettinadu This dish originates from the Chettinad region of India. Pieces of diced lamb are cooked with traditional Chettinad spices, in a tomato & coconut sauce, with fennel, cinnamon and black pepper. There was a slight problem with this curry. The lamb was extremely grisly and the sauce was very sloppy. Not really pleasant at all. Needless to say I won't be having that particular curry anytime soon. I had the same curry in the same place about 2 weeks ago and really enjoyed it. Perhaps I should have complained to the manager, I usually would. But that may have jeopardised our stay as Alannis is underaged and children have to leave by 9 pm. Anyway back to the beer. I had a WOODFORDE’S ONCE BITTERN 4.1% ABV Woodforde’s Brewery, Norfolk. Est. 1980 This copper-coloured ale has a distinctive aroma of rich spice and citrus fruits, along with a palate which blends sweet malt, fruit and warm spice flavours, before developing into a pleasing, dry finish. They had some different beers to try but they were either too strong like Wychwood King Goblin 6.0% ABV or not to my fancy like Greene King Bretwalda 4.1%. I may gird my loins and a pint next week. We still had to leave a little bit earlier than we would have liked but in retrospect it was good. Not too much to drink. It's not all about getting drunk. It is about enjoyment and taste.

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