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BURNT MILL - emerald table

7/23/2021

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Goes excellently with pizza (in this case an nduja/pepperoni and aubergine/parmesan split, if you were wondering).

I mean, really well.

I had intended to start talking about Burnt Mill (founded a few years ago in rural Suffolk, early hype status has translated into consistently excellent beer, with a confident touch on the hazy numbers) for context, maybe throw in an anecdote for interest and then reel you in with the tasting notes, but then I cracked open the can to go with a takeout pizza on a too-hot Sunday evening and was transported.

Given how fast it's selling, go grab one pronto, and then have it with slice of something good in the summer gloaming, just as temperatures are approaching bearable.

Oh, you actually want to know what it tastes of before sourcing some? Hmm, well, ok...
Dank notes, lemon/pineapple aromas.
Weed, citrus, hints of gooseberry and elderflower,  on a soft, but not heavy, body where the soft malt merges delightfully with melon and grape. A well-judged light bitterness comes in at the end, emerging from that earlier dankness. Repeat sips a necessity.

Balances well at the colder end of the normal drinking temperature range, so don't be abashed about having it straight from a cold fridge. As you might have guessed, pairs well with hearty food, like, I don't know, pizza?
Burnt Mill. Emerald Table. Nelson, Enigma & Galaxy NE IPA.
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DROP PROJECT - STRAIGHT UP SABRO

5/31/2021

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Drop Project are a new-ish set-up, having had the brilliant luck to start operating in late 2019 and giving themselves literally _months_ to get themselves a good name before all the bars closed. Good thing that setting up a brewery equipment is normally such a stress-free experience.

Anyhow, that'd be more of a worry if they hadn't been knocking out a seemingly endless stream of, to slip into Lee's vernacular, absolute bangers. Given that they've got the brewing and engineering chops of JT, who was the secret sauce behind first Fourpure and then Gypsy Hill's swift expansions, that shouldn't be a surprise. We've been happy to stock anything that comes out of their sticky paws and this ode to new hop Sabro is another cracking little number.

Peachy pale, opaque, with a smooth light body and a good crest of white foam, the Sabro Straight Up goes straight for the lychee, peach and coconut on the nose, with a hint of cloudy apple. It drinks very easily at 5.8%, and shows off those tropical fruit notes to full effect, with a touch of tangerine coming in, on a very drinkable hazy New England malt base. As good a demonstration of what sets Sabro apart as we've tried, really pushing the gentle creamy notes without losing fruity succulence.

Would pair very happily with something hearty but fragrant, such as a Mauritian chicken cari, or just some fresh fried snacks before a meal.
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Drop Project. Straight Up Sabro.
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