Comments on: Beer Review – St. Peter’s Winter Ale

By: Scott-TheBrewClub

Scott-TheBrewClub — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 04:33:32 +0000

Cool! Let us know when its out! .-= Scott-TheBrewClub´s last blog ..George Washington – Beer Lover =-.

By: Wolfman-K

Wolfman-K — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:24:03 +0000

ok this just got moved up the list for review on the podcast.

By: Bob the Brit

Bob the Brit — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 08:20:33 +0000

I’m pretty sure that I have the Organic in my St Peter’s collection to try. It’s interesting that Jim was comparing it to Kronenbourg and pilsner beers, as the St Peter’s Ale is not a lager, but a light ‘summer’ ale and so is top fermented rather than bottom fermented.

I’ll start on the St Peter’s Ales as a matter of urgency!
.-= Bob the Brit´s last blog ..Burns Night =-.

By: Scott-TheBrewClub

Scott-TheBrewClub — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:58:22 +0000

@Jim, thanks for sharing. I’ve actually seen their Organic Ale, but haven’t tried it, and yes it was in the funky oval bottle! Bob has some reviews from St. Peter’s coming up soon so perhaps he’ll cover the Organic Ale.

@Bob the Brit – that’s a funny story! At least they got people to buy the beer the first time!

@Nate, that’s a great use for the bottle, and I bet it looks very cool. In your face Peter!!!!
.-= Scott-TheBrewClub´s last blog ..Ramstein Winter Wheat Beer =-.

By: Jim

Jim — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 19:06:29 +0000

Hi all,

I managed to source the St Peters Organic Ale and have just opened one up. First off, the UK bottle is certainly different to the one in the picture from this review –it’s the oval one and does look a lot more interesting.

Now to the taste. It’s a snappy, light ale that actually reminds me of…. dare i say it Kronenbourg, as in it’s quite sharp and has a bitterness to it. It also has that same smell to it, too. Sorry, i can’t describe the smell in words and it actually make any sense, but if you’ve smelt Kronenbourg before you’d easily notice this one is very similar. I suggest you grab one of these to compare. The difference between these two is that the Organic Ale has a smoother roll off the tongue whereas Kronenbourg tends to have a nice bite but then immediately feels watery and bitter –The Organic Ale just smoothly decays off exponentially with no unpleasant after taste, which is excellent.

It’s a very drinkable ale so after one 500ml bottle another is sure to follow, so get a few in

This is a good high quality, deeper alternative to common off-the-shelf pilsner style beers. It’s certainly not the same (it’s not as light), but as someone who doesn’t really get much out of very light beers, this one has the plus point of being very drinkable one after the other, but retains a lot more character than a typical pilsner.

Anyone else tried one of these?

By: Bob the Brit

Bob the Brit — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:36:03 +0000

I’ve never known a bottle generate such discussion! At least the beer inside justifies the bottle, I remember when the dutch brew Fischer first came to the UK it had a ceramic flip top stopper with a wire cage, if you know what I mean. The advertising read “Next time you’ll buy it for the beer.”
Wrong!
.-= Bob the Brit´s last blog ..Burns Night =-.

By: nate

nate — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:53:25 +0000

I think this the only of St. Peter’s I haven’t had. I think their offerings are great, and reasonably priced.
The bottle is cool. I actually stripped the label (which was difficult–aluminum backing) and then stuck a long candle in the opening of the bottle and let the candle melt down so that the wax dripped all over the bottle and the candle was left with a 2 inch stub. We put it on the floating shelf in our living room.

Beer is cool in so many ways.
.-= nate´s last blog ..Keeping Beer in the Family =-.

By: Scott-TheBrewClub

Scott-TheBrewClub — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:35:17 +0000

Well,I'm just back from the liquor store (empty handed!) but the bottle of Organic English Ale was the oval shape that Bob described. I also checked the St Peter's website and they do mention that the round bottles like the one in the picture are for export. Sorry about all the bottle-talk folk! Its still a good beer! .-= Scott-TheBrewClub´s last blog ..Beer Review – Veltins Pilsner =-.

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:40:20 +0000

I like the look of the bottle and I’m going to try and source a few of these in if i can as they sound very good to me

By: Scott-TheBrewClub

Scott-TheBrewClub — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:35:38 +0000

@SimplyBeer – LOL! Pre-industrial revolution bottles! Does your bottle look like the one in my picture (sans dust) ? I don’t know, I liked this bottle for some reason. I think if it were to be used as Don suggested, the glass is so thick the damn thing probably wouldn’t even break!
.-= Scott-TheBrewClub´s last blog ..Beer Review – Long Trail Winter White =-.