1643 Puritan Stout

This is a brew I have been sitting on for a while. I didn't have it in the summer because I thought it a more wintry ale and in the heat of the summer that we had I opted to have the 'punt' in the garden first. What I found with that one, the 1643 Leveller Bitter (click here) was a thing of beauty and power. An ale that had me wishing I had bought more when I had the chance, which is not an accolade that I bestow often. So, with some trepidation, I decided to open and imbibe the stout, the 1643 Puritan Stout by Two Cocks Brewery tonight. It has big shoes to fill and a huge reputation to live up to in my mind.

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Beer Review: 1643 Leveller Bitter

Fresh from my trip this one. I picked it up in the lovely beer shop at Hog's Back Brewery after seeing them there the last two times I was down - a bunch of ales with feathers in the label and in good strong looking deep brown bottles and with a good range. Mindful of the fact that other people that drink ale have been having ales that can be aged and are a bit special I thought I would splash out and buy a couple of these. I am saving the stout, but the weather was clear and sunny enough for me to try the 1643 Leveller Bitter in the garden.

This is from Two Cocks Brewery in Berkshire which, as the bottle proudly proclaims, was featured on Grand Designs and was set up as a sustainable farm with a brewery side by a couple from London seeking countryside idyll. From a quick trawl on the intertubes they seem to have done a good job business wise and I shall certainly be looking into visiting in person to see if I can nab any of their smaller batch brews in person next year. Would you like to know more?