A tale of two London brewed pale ales. Sarf London wins
I spent a good deal of Monday at the funeral of my brother-in-law Rod Davies who died at the too young age of 60 recently. The High Anglican service was in Wapping (I’m an atheist but I respect the views of others) and there were two wakes.
The rather larger was at the Golden Fleece at Wanstead Flats. Later I was the Tottenham High Cross with Rod’s sister and my partner Megan.
There is an historic connection. In 1848 the State was worried that Chartists gathering on Wanstead Flats would march across what was then open country to the Enfield weapons factory.
Anyway, while it was a trade union sort of wake as the core mourners, as Rod himself, were all veteran union members, politics was not on the agenda. Beer was though.
At Wanstead I drank Camden pale, at 4%. It’s brewed at Camden’s new ABI built brewery at Ponders End. It was in great condition and robustly flavoured for its strength. In short, enjoyable.
At the High Cross I drank Kernel Pale stronger in this particular iteration at 5.1% and brewed in Bermondsey. It was a good deal more-tasty hop wise than Camden pale and it was certainly unfiltered (not clear) as the Camden pale was.
Camden pale was good to drink but Kernel pale was even better (both beers were on keg dispense)
Leave a Reply