Newcastle Werewolf. What is this? What on earth is a Werewolf beer? Is it a halloween season brew, and does that mean, that purchasing it in the second week of December, that it's out of season? I've never seen this for sale, oddly enough, until I found it among the single bottles at Lake Wine and Spirits. I've never had any Newcastle beer that wasn't Newcastle Brown Ale, so we've got to start somewhere, don't we?
"Escaped From Britain" (not imported, you see.) Alc 4.5% Vol. The One and Only Newcastle Werewolf Blood Red Ale. And that it is. Clear, crimson, with an off-pink head that lingers some.
Aroma: major sweetness. Odd. Weird, even. Malty. Mineral-y. Flint-y. Not unpleasant, but not very pleasant, either. I don't know what to think.
Taste: Smooth, malty, still sweet, only bitter enough to beat back the sweet. Swift finish. Lightly fruity. Inoffensive…-ish. Light-medium body. Blah.
What makes it so weird? The mineral-y-ness, the flint-y-ness? The just not that nice-ness? Blah.
I want to read the label now. "Formidable Beast. What better way to toast the fall than to have a bottle of this formidable, dual character brew. At first smooth, with mellow overtones of sweet berry fruit, a bite of bitterness slowly cuts through, long, deep, and lingering. Brewed with rye malt, it is naturally 'blood red' in color. Unlike the mythical wolf-like creature said to roam the bleak moorland surrounding Newcastle, this is real, so consider yourself warned!"
Yikes. I thought Newcastle was mainly known for coal and bland brown ales. And also bad blood red ones. The things you learn through beer.
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