This is a dark lager I discovered at the Leeds Brewery Tap last week. This is very much a space based on the American model, light and airy, modern; upstairs the brew-kit stands behind glass, a theatre of beer. In the glass Leodis is as dark as treacle with crimson highlights and topped with a crown of bone-white foam. The nose has a resiny hop character with wisps of smoke, while there are smoky, bitter and dry notes on the palate with some toffee/treacle whispers joining in with the fun. It’s appetising and refreshing. Here’s a conundrum: is it a Dunkel or a Bohemian dark or is it very much its own man, perhaps a British craft dark lager. A neat little discovery while the modernity of the Tap (along with the interior of the excellent Northbar, which I also visited) demonstrates even more and more that beer is being taken seriously — and in Leodis’ case the same is true for lager. Neat neat neat.
certainly looks and sounds the part. Next time you get to the Czech Republic, hunt out Kout na Sumave, their dark lager is magnificent (asis the entire range!).
ReplyDeleteLots of Leeds-based stuff this week, A! Let me know next time, we'll share a pint. 'Tis a unique little lagering kit hidden upstairs in The Tap and the best thing is, it gets used. Nice forward-thinking from the Leeds lads. Not had the dark though - will have to make a stop in.
ReplyDeleteI didn't realise that they were brewing a Leodis dark for the cooler months. It takes one them proper journalists to find out gems like that.
ReplyDeleteThere's never any on when I go in!
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