BEER REVIEW: 341

BREWER: Toast Brewing, West London, England

STYLE: Pale Ale

ABV: 4.1%

VESSEL: 330ml tin

DATE OF POST: 19th April 2024

 

JYMI SAY’S…

I’d like to raise a glass to this brewery, a toast to Toast if you like… and this is why…

Toast Brewing brew their brews sustainably using surplus bread… may I quote them, ‘Turning left over loaves into liquid gold’. I think they could have done better with that one but we are where we are. Haha.

But not only are Toast brewing sustainable beer they are also putting all profit into environmental charities. I just love this. As long as this beer isn’t absolutely shocking I encourage you all to go pick some up to support this most splendid of ideas and initiatives.

Let’s pop this baby and hope that it isn’t absolutely shocking shall we??!!

I’ve got to be honest… I’m nervous… Don’t know why…

Anyway, here goes…

Well, I’m happy to report that it’s decent. Not earth shudderingly great, but defo decent.

Now seeing as it is brewed with these left over loaves it is surprisingly light, crisp and quaffable. I honestly thought that a bread based beer, texture wise, would be on the heavy side but Grassroots most certainly is not.

Taste wise our tins suggests we will get Passion Fruit, Peach and Pineapple. I can report that, for me anyway, they hit 66.6% of the flavours that we were to expect. Passion Fruit is there for sure. There is also no doubting the presence of Peach either. However, Pineapple is nowhere to be seen. Not necessarily a bad thing on this occasion as the Passion Fruit and Peach do work very nicely together.

Look, there are no fireworks here but Grassroots is certainly a very enjoyable and refreshing brew.

For all reasons above I implore you to find, drink and support this beer and brewery.

Jymi’s Rating: 69%

 

SAMMY SAY’S…

Brewed with leftover bread, Grassroots has an ecological leaning to it. What I will say is that Toast Brewing are not the only planet conscious brewers out there doing this. Still, it’s a good angle and one that cannot be dismissed. 

As a side note, the can of Grassroots is a little twee. The greenery vibe is a little over the top and, in my view, detracts from the fact that this is a beer. Let’s not lose sight of the main product here!

So, the ecological theme of Grassroots is all well and good. But it needs to stand up as a beer. And it does. As a pale ale, it has a nice low-down citrus and passion fruit vibe but there are some good summer meadow notes popping about too. 

You might buy this beer out of intrigue about it having been brewed with excess bread. You might even buy it on the mere fact it’s claiming to be ecological. But you’ll buy it again because it’s a dang tasty beer. 

Sammy’s Rating: 78%

 

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