BrewDog Camden

BrewDog Camden is yet another excellent pub of the BrewDog brewery. It's one of my favourite places to have a chilled Saturday afternoon, after some Camden shopping and street food. At BrewDog Camden you can also enjoy a couple of vegetarian snacks, such as the cheesy chips that I had.

The tasting notes of the beers are lacking in this post, because I spent such a chilled afternoon relaxing there rather than taking notes. So here's just a list of the beers I tasted. All of these beers were pretty spectacular though and I would recommend each and every one.

Dead Pony Pale Ale 3,8 % by BrewDog. I have had this pale ale several times before at home and in other BrewDog bars, and it's a really nice and hoppy beer, yet with a macabre name to a friend of all ponies. It's not too strong for a pub afternoon.

Brew Puppy 5,2 % by the Danish brewers Mikkeller. It's a hoppy American pale ale brewed exclusively for BrewDog bars, as you might guess from the name.

Baby Dogma 4,5 % by BrewDog is a lighter version of Dogma, a scotch ale brewed with Scottish heather honey.

Hop Flood 7,0 % by Evil Twin, another Danish brewery.

Have you been to any BrewDog pubs? What are your experiences? There are many of these pubs in the UK, but also quite a few worldwide, see the locations here. Here are some photos from my latest visit to BrewDog Camden.

The VegHog's great India Pale Ale tasting – Part II

Do you remember the India Pale Ale post I made a while ago? Today the tasting series is going to continue, but this time I only want to introduce one IPA, and that's from BrewDog's Hello my name is... series. 

I couldn't quite believe my eyes when I saw the bottles of Hello my name is Päivi in Finnish Alko. Of course I bought a couple, only to realise that I was one of the lucky ones who got this beer as it was sold out very quickly. I think there was a competition, which Finnish person should be chosen for this, and politician Päivi Räsänen won the voting. Read her Wiki, if you want to know who she is. The VegHog won't be commenting politically.

The photos have been taken this summer in Finland, the tasting took place a bit later in England.

Hello my name is Päivi is a unique double IPA, 8,2% strong and powered by sea buckthorn berries, as is very suitable for a Scottish-Finnish IPA. So, here are my tasting notes:

• Strong grassy, piney aroma with a fruity background
• Notes of sea buckthorn in the middle and aftertaste, in the aftertaste it even overpowers the hops
• Toffee and plum notes in the aftertaste
• It's like fir needles in a forest, like drinking the Finnish woods

Have a beautiful weekend! It's still beer garden weather here, so who knows... can't get a Päivi, though.

Your VegHog

BrewDog Shepherds Bush

Couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure to visit the BrewDog Shepherds Bush, a pub by the Scottish craft beer brewery BrewDog. 

They offer a very wide selection of craft beer in a great atmosphere with a cool interior. It's quite difficult to decide what to choose from all of those beers, strong, light, dark, pale, they have everything...

I tasted two wonderful beer sorts. Firstly I had the "Bohemian Pilsner", Fake Lager 4.7%, which is a rather German style Pilsner, the kind I like.  

My second choice was the Dead Pony Club 3.8%, a Californian Pale Ale described as “hoppy as hell”, and that it certainly delivered. I think I might have to buy that bottled as well.  

I was happy sitting in the pub enjoying my beers while it was a pouring rain outside. Go and visit them and see what all the fuss is about!

Your VegHog

In this previous post I reviewed BrewDog's Hoppy Christmas Christmas beer.