UP IN SMOKE - BLONDE TABLE BEER - ANARCHY BREW CO.

My 6th from Anarchy of Morpeth, Northumberland. This is a bit of an oddball, its a collaboration with L Robson & Sons from Craster, Northumberland. They are world famous for their oak smoked kippers and salmon. The malt has been oak smoked by them, and it brings back horrific memories for me I'm afraid. Every Saturday night as a kid my Mum & Dad would cook kippers under the grill and the smell in the house was pure evil. I had to vacate the house for hours until it had gone. When I popped the cap on this baby I nearly died, that smell from all those years ago flew out of the bottle like a demented genie. Maybe it won't taste like it I thought, and it is beer. Sorry Anarchy its not for me. Its a light golden beer, with a unique smoky flavour - but I'm haunted forever by kippers so never again. 3% volume.