Scottish Stag Do DDH Pale Ale
Hello Hivians and all you beer lovers.
Another Saturday and another beer. Although it is from the same brewery as last week.
Today we are having a local beer, yes one from Scotland 🏴
Do you know what a Stag Do is?
Answer ... see below 👇
A Stag Do is a celebration held for a man who is about to get married, attended only by men.
Now I know in the States you say Bachelor Party, and maybe a buck's night in Australia and Canada?
But we are here to talk about Stag Do beer from Loch Lomond brewery.
You can read more about the brewery in my previous post about their Wild Drover Hazy IPA Highland Cows Wild Drovers and Hazy IPA Beers from Loch Lomond Brewery. For here we shall say it is a Scottish brewery on the west coast of Scotland.
Hello Stag Do DDH Pale
Who knows what DDH stands for?
I know our resident beerologist zekepickleman will know. For those that don't here is a wee snippet of gemini info..
Double Dry Hopped (DDH) simply means that the brewers have used a significantly larger amount of hops for dry hopping, or they have performed the dry hopping process twice (e.g., adding hops at two different stages during conditioning). The goal is to maximize the aromatic and flavorful impact of the hops.
Apparently DDH Pale Ales are known for being very aromatic and flavorful due to the heavy dry hopping, often showcasing juicy, fruity, and sometimes hazy characteristics.
A wee dod of haziness
So you can see that whilst it is quite golden it also has a wee dod of haziness to it!
Nice and creamy head and certainly a fruity drink and they are right it isn't bitter.
Just like the Wild Drover beer of last week it is very drinkable but it is just behind Wild Drover for me in the taste scale.
Drinking and cooking!
The first can got tanned whilst I was cooking dinner...
One down one to go!
A very pleasant drink, can you guess what dinner was?
Cheers 🍻🌮
Spaghetti con carne!
A glass whilst Hiving
Dinnae Fash Yersel and Hae A Wee Swally...
Who knows what that means!
My Verdict
Very drinkable and I love the citrus flavours. It is not as bitter as some of the IPAs which is fine by me.
It is both sippable and quaffable! Sweet Juicy finish is an appropriate statement.
Another good brew from Loch Lomond Brewery.
What about you... do you drink DDH Pale Ales?
Posting about a beer on a Saturday on the Beer Community ....
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keep up the good work
we call it a : vrijgezellen feest / bachelor party 😂😜😎
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aha thanks Mick!
At home, I'm told that when I cook and drink a few beers, the food is delicious! So I think your food not only looks tasty, it tastes great too. A great Saturday, Ed and a beer hug.🍻🫂
Hehe drinking beer and cooking food made with love makes for a tasty combination. Thank you Nancy it was delicious and a great way to have spicy spaghetti!
A beer hug for the weekend Nancy 🍻🫂
The beer does have a hazy look to it in the glass😁
It did but at least it wasn't frosty!
😂😂
Nice pale ale! I like some of them, but not usually my first pick. That one sounds like a tasty one and pair that up with your spaghetti con carne. Never a bad time of day for a great beer! I'm glad you enjoyed!
It was pretty good and only because of Beer Saturday that I chose it lol.
I had never heard of DDH let alone know what it was! But I think that double dry hopping technique makes it more flavour for sure!
The spaghetti con carne was a great way to have some spicy ground beef!
Have a magical Sunday :)
Looks and sounds like a pretty good beer, I like double dry hopping. Also can confirm in Australia it would be called either a Bucks Party or maybe a Stag Do (perhaps by the older attendees)
I will be honest this is the first beer that I have drunk knowing about double dry hopping and it was pretty decent!
Aha it is a Bucks Party, thanks for the confirmation!
Checked last weekend, ny last local Lidl didn't have it.
Ah I was thinking about you when I drank it whether you would have it not. Now I am curious how the Lidl's across the country stock their beers. Do you guys down there have more ciders, or is that a Somerset thing?
Hehehe, I would like it if it isn't bitter😁😛. No off today so cannot have a beer😬.
I also like the food😌😌.
Oh I think you would like, although I think the one last week you would prefer more.
Oh you were working, well probably not surprised since you had the wee holiday. Hope you still had fun.
never mind the beer which has a decent ABV...................
...........Spaghetti con carne what the fucking fuck fuck is that all about???????
lol Spaghetti con carne.. well I like spicy food so make a fucking mean ass chilli con carne, but when I can't be arsed with rice I have it with spaghetti. Hence spaghetti con carne, I find spag blog too mundane and boring.
I just call it spaghetti con carne and got a chuckle a couple of days when I was watching something on netflix and the guy said spaghetti con carne.
Totally agree on the food choice, I mean anyone who eats a korma may as well just open a can of chicken soup.
Oh yes exactly chicken soup pretty much nails that. You must have had some good spicy food in Bangladesh.
Yes, I was all curried out by the end LOL, always best to place the order and add "homestyle" that adds a kick!
Oh so "homestyle" kicks up a notch! 🔥Mind you I can't take them anymore as hot as I used to!
and that's a fact! nor can I eat as much at a "eat as much as you want" buffet!!
haha yeah now I have to be selective if I goto an all you can eat buffet 🤣
🤣 👍
Hello Kumusta !!! Wow its been quite a while I haven't drinkin beer so I think instead of keep sipping coffee lets change it into beer to chill this boring life of mine but Im wondering if the coffee shop does offers beer while working online :)
Mabuti, ikaw?
Well I hope you let your hair down and have a beer!
Next time you are shopping, grab a couple and put them in the fridge :)
I really like the color on that beer, but I have a feeling it would be a bit too hoppy for me.
I think it might depend on how you like your citrus fruits.
I enjoy fruits, but I know a lot of times those fruity ones are heavy on the hops.
okay I will think how hoppy something is when I have the next and see if I can gauge it.
Do they use IBU's over there? That's sort of how they measure stuff here. I would think it would be universal since "International" is in the title...
Yeah it is used, although I don't always see it on cans and bottles. So you are probably a fan of no more than about 45 I would think.
Yeah, 55 is about the highest I can handle and even that tastes like pine needles to me. It makes me feel like I am drinking cheap gin.
Got that from Gemini, I am wondering if this one was less than the highland cow one I had the week before.
Both of them don't publish the IBU ...
Back to Gemini and ...
Yeah, there are quite a few smaller places that don't bother with IBU's. I think they want you to give it a try before judging it. I always love the color they have, but one sip and I am saying no thank you!
Darn that would be not so good. I missed the start of the whole craft beer craze as we were in Spain for quite a few years, and there it was only your typical lagers.
It's still going strong here in the US depending on what area you are in.