The brewery: "New River Brewery was established in July 2015 on the banks of the New River in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire......Much of our success is owed to our highly energetic strain of “wet” yeast which imparts a unique, clean flavour to our beer, and which we nurture and recycle from brew to brew."
The beer: "Charles Lamb once wrote of his short sighted friend, the poet George Dyer, who after an evening at his house, lost his way returning home and took an unplanned dip in the New River. With its four malt varieties providing lightly smoked, liquorice and chocolatey flavours, we imagine our smooth, dark Porter would have provided the perfect tonic for Lamb’s ‘blind’ poet after his mishap."
The sort of beer I always envisage drinking in the snug of a cosy pub by a lovely open fire. however this one was sampled on a warm October afternoon in the garden in a boozer on the banks of the Thames - and very nice it was too. A nice combination of flavours.
The Prospect of Whitby, Wapping, London. October 2022.