redsturgeon wrote:JMN2 wrote:redsturgeon wrote:Drank a couple of Chalky's Bites brewed by Sharps for Rick Stein...wife had bought them as a gift from Padstow.
6.8% and brewed with fennel seeds to create a distinctive taste and aroma. It has won several awards!
To me all I could taste was bananas...I don't like my beer to taste of bananas.
I won't be having that again.
John
It's a wheat beer isn't it? Banana probably comes from the yeast used, perhaps they use a German hefeweizen yeast of some sort which gives banana (and clove and bubblegum) flavours. Belgian style wheat beers don't really have banana flavours. And fennel is there obviously to match Rick's fish dishes.
Chalky sadly passed away years ago, what a character he was!
Not a wheat beer, described as an English strong ale. Has a mix of Sharps normal yeast with some Belgian stuff.
John
Yes, has some, a touch, wheat malt in it but not enough to make it a wheat beer. I don't like spices in my beer. I think I had this once in the late 00's.
http://www.jimsbeerkit.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=13492