Beer Bottles Revisited

There's a spot at the end of my road, at the beginning of Crystal Palace Park, which is loosely fenced off from the public. In it, there are shipping containers, park benches, Victorian iron railings, old bins, tires, pillars from the old gates and all manner of outlying city space detritus (leather chairs, playing cards, beer cans, footballs, washing machines etc). It's a wonderful space between spaces. I've been there a few times now over the past year to photograph beer bottles for this blog and I'm fascinated to revisit the site over time to see the previous entries untouched by human hands yet ravaged by the elements and overtaken by the undergrowth. Have a look at my other blog (here and http://reverendmedia.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/crystal-palace-14th-march-2014-2.html) to see more images of this great space which probably won't last for too much longer once the Zhongrong Group gets started.

Brewdog, Jackhammer

Noteless once again for this West Coast IPA from Brewdog. I suppose you can know what to expect from this drink: full body encapsulating the marriage of pine + tropical fruit flavours (I've always found that WCIPAs tend to err more towards the hoppy, resiny side of the things, as opposed to, say, the fruitier Kernels or Partizans), not too fizzy mouthfeel and enduring bitter aftertaste. Simon over at CAMRGB said in a post that his version was bottle conditioned - I've had 2 of these now, my first had some very minute 'bits' in, the second was clear. (This post talks a bit about their brewing process which might explain some of the stuff floating in the bottle?)