What is wrong with me?!
September 15th, 2011 | 
Author: Last night, as part of a special, I received a Castle Lager Draught. Grudgingly I drank it only to find that I was enjoying it. The hops came through with a fruity flavour and finished not only with crisp bitterness, but also with a spicy note. What was happening?
I always considered Castle to be a beer only drunk to get you drunk. I only ever drank it at the cricket, firstly because that was the only choice of beer, and secondly because I enjoy getting molered at the cricket.
Maybe last night was just a fluke outlier, or a short circuit of my tongue. I don’t know but it freaked me out.
Drinking real beer is always better than drinking a commercial beer, however drinking any beer is always better than drinking no beer.
I must however add that SAB did something that has made me very, very happy! Maybe thats what added to the enjoyment of said Castle Lager? More details to come next week.
On those words of wisdom its time to say goodnight.
Goodnight!
Sebastian
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Wow I had the absolute opposite experience this week. Me and the wife got of early from week wednesday and grabbed lunch at a pub in our area, unfortunately they had no craft beer and I only beer on tap was Castle.
This was the first time I drank commercial beer since I started homebrewing a few month back and I did not enjoy it at all. The draught had a very high ethanol/alcohol aftertaste that ruined it for me.
But I have to agree on the part where you mention that you could taste the ingredients better. The flavour really did stand out for me, very malty and fruity, which I never really noticed before.
And like you said drinking any beer is better than none, I’d rather have a commercial beer then have no beer at all when out.
Thanks for the comment Gerhard! Its always nice to hear from a fellow beerman. Good luck with your brewing.