![]() ![]() ![]() We fully appreciate that when it comes to enjoying a slice of cake, it’s the flavour that counts. Whether you are looking for an imaginative birthday cake, a sumptuous wedding cake, or a batch of cute cupcakes for your party, our original designs will delight the palate and are a feast for the eyes too! I suppose like any awards ceremony it's all promotional content at the end of the day, but I have no reason to think they aren't judged fairly (though I have one quibble in the Golds!) - Mar 31Ĭongrats to Bemuse Drinks, and on their Gold medals at the World Alcohol-Free Awards worldafawards.As experienced Sussex-based cake designers with nearly 10 years in the business, Harry Batten Cakes have the skill and the flair to create outstanding luxury cakes for weddings, birthdays and all special celebrations in Hove and beyond. That surprises me - well deserved! - Mar 31 I had to look into that: Worst Male Solo Singer, Worst Single, Worst LP, Worst Haircut - Chesney was indeed the one and only! - Mar 31 Lovely and smooth to drink .uk/wiper-and-tr… - Mar 31 Pilsner malt when we taste, ripe fruit, crispness from hops, a pinch of spice and a tangy sour note. A Helles-style lager, gives us bready malt and spicy Hallertauer hop aromas. The best place to buy your Happy AF Black Forest Gateaux Stout goodness would be either direct from the brewer, or from one of these - Mar 31ĭebut alcohol-free from - Tomorrow. I just wish they told you how many calories are in this! Buy Happy AF Black Forest Gateaux Stoutīeing a new smaller brewery, Only With Love’s beers might be hard to find in your local. What we get is a great balanced stout with hints of classic black forest gateaux flavours and a wonderful mouthfeel. The sweetness level is just right in my opinion, and could easily have ruined this beer it the brewer had been too heavy handed. Happy AF Black Forest Gateaux Stout is another cracker of an alcohol-free stout, and in the taste stakes is just lacking chocolate and cream to serve as your dessert. The finish is long and slightly sweet, with a hint of dark cherry. The drink has quite a heavy mouthfeel which fits the style nicely, with the carbonation being quite light, it almost feels like a cask ale. ![]() There’s a light background sweetness to the beer which is needed, but is thankfully perfectly balanced. The dark cherry builds upon this, smooth and mellow with a hint of vanilla. Roasted grains greet us as we taste, imparting a deep but delicate coffee and dark chocolate flavour. There’s also some very slight citrus in there – the Cascade at work? It does smell delicious so far. On the nose we get lots of roasted grains, with a healthy dose of vanilla, and something very much akin to preserved cherries. A decent sized caramel-coloured head is produced, relatively tight and compact, but may only last half the drink. The Happy AF Black Forest Gateaux Stout pours a very dark brown colour and is virtually opaque. So much expectation, let’s get this bad boy in a glass. But it’s use in a stout is something I haven’t seen before. It’s famous for floral and bitter citrus flavours and aromas, and is often used in pale ales and IPAs, where such flavours are expected. Cascade is an American hop which many cite as a catalyst in the craft beer explosion of recent years. Have Only With Love balanced everything here? A point that draws my interest straight away is the use of Cascade hops in the beer. Cherries, chocolate, liqueur and cream all have their place, but I’m not entirely sure I want them all in my deep roasty stout. Regular readers of this blog (there must be one out there!) must know by now that a good stout is what I crave, with 40% of our top 10 reviews being beers a blacker shade of dark.Īs much as I love alcohol-free stouts, one named after a cake, and a particularly heavy cake at that, does fill me with trepidation. A selection of three non-alcoholic beers were released in February 2022, consisting of a pale ale, a sour ale, and the subject of this review, a ‘black forest gateaux stout’. I’m usually good at knowing about upcoming nolo breweries and beers, but I was taken by surprise when Instagram and Twitter was suddenly full of pictures of the brewer’s lovely looking 440ml cans. Only With Love’s alcohol-free offerings seemed to come out of nowhere earlier in the year. And surely aiming for customers to love their beers too? The brainchild of Steve Keegan, the man behind former Brighton-based microbrewery Holler Brewery, and Roger Warner, a self-professed avid fan of said brewery, the idea behind Only With Love is, well, love! Love for their ingredients (use of healthy and fresh products), love for the environment (environmentally-friendly sustainable brewing processes), love for their business (supporting the local community). ![]() Only With Love brewery are another happy product of the UK national lockdown of 2020. ![]()
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