Blimey, a blog post from last Wednesday, only a week ago.
I’ve had enough for football, it’s gig day, Low in Manchester, and I’ve decided it’s going to be a Holt day. But first, Fierce, everyone’s favourite Aberdeen craft brewery.
Manchester looks lovely, I’ve brought the sunshine with me.
The previous Saturday I’d tried for a pre-match DIPA in Fierce, but it was packed.
The same view at 3pm 4 days later. I’m in luck.
Actually, I really am in luck, as Fierce have the decorators in, and I get a pint passed to me via the side window by a cheery lady.
Mrs RM still hasn’t been here; she should challenge Blackpool Jane to a drinking contest. I know who my money’s on.
I’m after an easy start to the day, so it’s just a two-thirds of the Fierce Black IPA.
When I tweeted this everyone just wanted to complain about the plastic glass, but if you’re going to drink out of plastic a Black IPA ain’t SO bad.
Anyway, it’s rich and gorgeous, as are the staff, and the seating in Thomas Street, and at some point I’ll buy the T-shirt.
Whether I’ll ever get the Two Mudg(i)es to visit instead of the Hare & Hounds is quite another matter.
retiredmartin 
How can there be such a beer as a black PALE ale?
Another pseudo beer style, dreamt up by people on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean – with apologies to Dave, of course! 🙂
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Oddly enough, this occurred to me last night when I opened up my Beer52 delivery and first out of the box was a dark pale ale! Nice drop of beer though.
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I like the branding as well, but the Fierce beers I’ve had have all been superb.
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Anything is possible in beer, Paul !
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Where do we go next is the question? You always wonder what the next wave is going to be.
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I favour the return of beer that tastes like beer. Not much chance of that, I know.
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Tell them black IPA is a traditional British beer style: http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2010/03/black-ipa.html
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There you go.
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It’s only black in a limited and specific way.
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