West Berkshire Brewery Dr Hexter’s Healer
West Berkshire Brewery Dr Hexter’s Healer (500ml, 5.0%) The West Berkshire Brewery started out in 1995, which makes them almost veterans of the new British beer scene. I’ve been sampling their beers for years because my sister-in-law lives very close to them, and frequently buys me bottles for my birthday. Lots of beers have claimed to be good for you, none more so than Guinness, who founded whole advertising campaigns on it. The West Berkshire Brewery goes one further by making this beer sound almost like a prescription. The nurse will now administer your medicine … In the glass Dr Hexter’s is amber, with a thin, lacy head that gives off aromas of toffee and honey.
This is definitely one for the traditionalists: a very satisfying, strong pale bitter. The morning after drinking this, I had no hint of cold, flu, muscular aches … Okay, so I didn’t have any of these maladies before, but can anyone prove that I wouldn’t have developed them overnight? I didn’t think so. Proof of beer’s healing powers! Written by Richard Salsbury |