A regular part of Christmas Eve in recent years has involved a visit to the Lower Angel on Buttermarket Steet in Warrington Town Centre around 6pm. Myself and Mrs Watson always meet up with friends at this very traditional establishment. The Lower Angel always has a fine selection of guest ales, and I was able to sample five different ales on this visit.
I found Red Duke by Privateer Beers to be a pleasant and very smooth ale. Score 8.5/10.
Hoppy Angel by the Tipsy Angel Brewery (the Lower Angel's very own micro-brewery) contains a most delightful hoppy and fruity taste that could certainly have taken care of me until last orders. Seriously though, it is probably a bit too strong at my time of life to drink till ze death. Score 9.5/10.
Christmas Angel by the Tipsy Angel Brewery is a stout that had an oily coffee aroma. As with most stouts, not really my cup of coffee. Score 6/10.
I found Winter Spice by the Allgates Brewery on first impression to be too much like John Smiths. John Smiths is a bitter I will tolerate at my local if Tetleys is out of action. Score 6/10.
My first thoughts on sampling the Teignworthy Brewery's Gun Dog was WTF, then found the aftertaste to be remarkably quite pleasant. Could this beer get better? Unfortunately, it did not quite work out that way. But I still found it to be a bit better than Winter Spice. Score 6.5/10.
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