These questions were borne from my surprise by randomly picking three "craft" cans from the shelf in Tesco and two of them were way off I thought, I didn't think they had a nice balance at all, whereas one was a world away from the other two despite it being 7% (and I really liked it - Snake Dog IPA btw and I will probably be called a dumpster fire for liking it haha). I won't get caught up in the alcohol numbers game and I know I have my own tolerances for alcohol levels in beer, but I'm unconvinced by the high alcohol content level. I can now see why people hold lots of belgian beers in high regard.
That's because some brewers have tried to get on the 'craft' band wagon by just adding loads of hops to a bland base, meaning you buy something in a fancy bottle and it just tastes of sweat. I'm over the whole 'hoppy' thing, it's shit, back to bitter and stout.
Thanks @Kat_Balou and @maveco !
These questions were borne from my surprise by randomly picking three "craft" cans from the shelf in Tesco and two of them were way off I thought, I didn't think they had a nice balance at all, whereas one was a world away from the other two despite it being 7% (and I really liked it - Snake Dog IPA btw and I will probably be called a dumpster fire for liking it haha). I won't get caught up in the alcohol numbers game and I know I have my own tolerances for alcohol levels in beer, but I'm unconvinced by the high alcohol content level. I can now see why people hold lots of belgian beers in high regard.