Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Beer tasting at Bridge Street Brewery

I'm sure my friend Craig Duffield from Mosaic Tourism will forgive me for posting this photo, but he did pose for it after all.  This is the look of a beer connoisseur when he comes face to face with a tray full of beer tasting samples at the Bridge Street Brewery.  The only problem is the size of those glasses.  The Bridge Street Brewery in the lower Baakens Valley is Port Elizabeth's only micro brewery with Lex Mitchell (the same Lex Mitchell who started Mitchell's Brewery in Knysna) at the helm of the brewery side of things.  The golden coloured beer on the left is their Celtic Cross Premium Pilsener, my absolute favourite beer, while the darker two in the middle are both Boar’s Head Best Bitter, more Craig's taste.  The two black ones on the right are Black Dragon Double Chocolate Stout.  Now I'm not a stout drinker, but those have got a beautiful, nearly coffee flavoured taste.  Bridge Street's fourth beer is their Bowman Natural Cider.  We were at Bridge Street Brewery as part of a trade educational to expose the restaurant, bar and brewery to local tour operators and folk in the tourism industry.

4 comments:

  1. It was a good evening, thoroughly enjoyable and great to hang out with other tour operators in the city. Yes, my personal favourite is the Boar's Head Bitter and when posing for the photo I did wonder if it would make an appearance at some stage in one of your blogs.

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  2. I love the little samplers, that way I don't feel so bad when I can't finish them all. Don't usually like Stout but with chocolate I'd make an exception.

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  3. Bring on the Black Dragon Double Chocolate Stout. Love chocolate but the "nearly coffee flavoured taste" intrigues me.

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  4. I didn't even know this place existed! Loved Mitchells in Knysna though, so I guess I had better visit when I am in PE next year!

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