The Foxes Rock
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Brewed by Station Works Brewery (Cumberland Breweries Ltd)
Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland
Pearse Lyons, from Dundalk, is from a family steeped in the brewing tradition and he was the first Irishman to achieve a Masters Degree of Science in Brewing Science from the British School of Malting and Brewing in 1968. While at university, he did an internship at Guinness and later worked as a biochemist for Irish Distillers, makers of the well known and loved Jameson whiskey. So you could say he is well versed in the craft.
He set up the company Alltech in his garage in 1980 while living in Kentucky for work purposes. Lyons used his fermentation expertise to helping brewers. He then moved into agri business, more particularly, animal feed and animal nutrition. Overtime Alltech has become one of the fastest growing companies in the global animal health industry, continually making a tidy profit year in year out, and with an annual turnover of $1.6 billion. Not bad for the fella who got a 10,000 Dollar loan to start off in his garage!
But not to forget the roots of the industry, Lyons jumped at the chance to purchase Lexington Brewing Company in 1999, and over time he managed to resurrect the brewing and distilling tradition of Lexington that dates back to 1794, and produce a successful range of Kentucky Ale beer that have proved popular amongst the drinking masses.
Growing his international alcohol division, Alltech acquired a craft brewery in Northern Ireland (The Station Works Brewery) and also one in England (Cumberland Breweries Ltd), representing a return to his roots as such, and a major expansion into Europe of his successful American brewing division.
With three new breweries under construction in the United States, and a major investment in a new distillery in the heart of the Dublin at the former St James Church, where his grandfather is buried, Lyons is set to continue the family history.
Review: 500ml Bottle of The Foxes Rock Pale Ale: ABV: 4.5% vol. Style: Irish Craft Pale Ale
Hand crafted Irish ales, as it says on the bottle. Note to the clowns in Beeradvocate/ratemy beer…..that means it is an Irish beer and not a British beer!
Got a lovely dark golden colour with a nice frothy white head on the appearance. Some small carbonation too.
Head did die a little and there was only some small retention.
Goes a bit murky and cloudy as the hops settle.
The beer had a nice malty smell, very nice aroma, with some citrus notes as well, piercing on the nose.
On taste, a lot of hops, very hoppy as you would expect for a standard craft beer pale ale.
It is ok, with nothing amazing, just a pretty standard fare beer, and if IPA is your thing then probably this would be fine for you.
Strong, can feel the alcohol.
A hoppy, slightly malty, yeasty drink and is tasty enough, but standard and nothing special.
Ok as a slow burner, but overall it is too bitter for me and forgettable.
Review: 500ml Bottle of The Foxes Rock Red Ale: 4.5% vol. Style: Irish Red Ale
On appearance we get a very darkish red colour as you would expect, with a small frothy white head, looks ok.
Some small carbonation going on, and some good lacing. Looks decent enough, even if it goes a bit cloudy in the end.
The aroma is lovely, Smell is tinty and piercing, and smelling the fruits and sweet malts,
It has a nice light lager smell.
Tastes like a full bodied ale, as it should be really.
Another slow burner, very hoppy.
For a red ale this could and should be better. Also a good bit hoppy, like the Pale Ale and not a whole lot different in the taste if truth be told.
On second bottle, the tastes start to become clearer, get a half decent initial taste that is ok, a nice big mouthful of malt and fruits. But is just a little too hoppy and bitter for me.
Is tasty but nothing overall to back it up and let it linger in the mouth.
Another disappointment.
As Liebhard had no male heirs, he handed over the reigns to his eldest daughter, Maria and, her husband and his son-in-law, August Zehentmair, who continued the operation of the brewery and of the estate. Coming out of the First World War, was difficult for the brewery, but they managed it, with August having to take out heavy loans to keep up with the day to day running of the estate, the farms and, of course, the brewery. 
Franz and Maria Kreszenz managed to have three sons Franz, August and Peter. In 1963, the oldest, Franz, took control, but he was also helped by his two brothers, a period which saw further expansion and modernization within the company.
Ayinger Celebrator is little changed from the doppelbock first brewed at Ayinger way back in 1878, using the same old recipe in today’s brews. 
Taste, got some nice creamy tastes and very filling mouthfuls. Nice hoppy aftertaste which can be felt at the back end, nice and manageable. 
Brasserie de Saverne, as part of the Brasserie Licorne group, but all distributed and controlled by Karlsbräu (Karlsberg) and not to be confused with Carlsberg!! 
Coming in a black can with a large “8,8” ringed by a double yellow circle and with the words “strong beer” in English, French, German and Italian. Yes that would work if you want to catch the eye of the beer drinker whose ambition is to get fucked on cheap beer!!
Nice big mouthfuls. Creamy and Tasty.
Alpirsbacher Klosterbräu is a brewing company in a small town called Alpirsbach in the Black Forest region of Germany.
Schwarzwald Michel translates as Black Forest Michel in English!
Has a very nice aroma, it smells of malts and hops all light but fresh and fine on the nose.
My second beer from the Hijos De Rivera brewery, having tried their 
The beer has won a stack of international awards….at the Monde Selection and the World Beer Challenge amongst the many. 
Smell is very strong on nose, grains, malty. Yeah liked the aroma.
Manufactured for Denner AG / Zurich. Denner is Switzerland’s third largest supermarket chain after Migros and Coop, a discount chain considered to be the poor man of Swiss supermarkets as its cheaper than most, and where you can buy wine and beer at very low cost prices. You do have to give ity some respect though as it has been going since 1860, way back, so it has some history to it. Its motto is “One for all” (“Einer für Alle”) as the company describes itself as the “Retail’s Robin Hood”, who is fighting for cheaper prices for the customers. 
Cheap supermarket fare that comes in a distinct red can, with a small Swiss flag for the patriotic drinker. 
Completely flat in taste and in look.
Love the all black distinctive can with clear white lettering, stands out. Have read in a Swiss tabloid, that some have complained that it is to similar to the ISIS flag! That and the fact that Chopfab means “Head off”, a reference to downing the beer more than anything else!
Has a real lager smell, also very lemony, crisp and malty.
Founded in 1897 by the brewer Hans Müller, Müller Bräu is a small fourth generation family run brewery located in the town of Baden in North Switzerland. The brewery is still located in its original location, in fact the industrial town has more or less developed around the brewery which is handy as it always has newer thirsty customers to cater for!
On pour get a nice tanned head and a jet dark coloured stout, as expected.
Its very bubbly on the tongue.
The Black Pearl Classic Porter is produced by the Distelhäuser brewery in Tauberbischofsheim, a place I am not even sure is real! According to my good friend Google, it is a southern German town, and a small town at that, in the north-east of Baden-Württemberg on the river Tauber with a population of about 12,700.
To note: the Black Pearl Classic Porter hasn’t won anything in the World Beer Cup!!
On the taste side of things, found it very hoppy!!
Tyskie is a Polish beer, coming from the the town of Tychy in Upper Silesia, in the south east of the country. The beer has won numerous international awards and is the number one beer brand in Poland, and due to the mass exodus of the natives living and working all over Europe, the beer is pretty much available to buy anywhere there is a large population of Poles. 
Nice big brown looking bottle that is a 500 ml bottle, and not the usual 300ml sized one can get, which is all good, that bit more to drink! Like the striking label, which apparently depicts the royal crown of Polish King, John III Sobieski, born in 1629, the same year the brewery was founded.
Bit of carbonation. Not a bad looking beer.