Lost and Grounded in Bristol (Via Germany)

For my first official post I wanted to go local, and being just a short trip up the M4 motorway for me, Lost and Grounded in Bristol was a logical choice.

Founded in 2015 and producing their first beers in July 2016, Lost and grounded take their inspiration from the precise nature of German brewing and the truly unique properties of Belgian beers.

Their current range of beers includes;

• ·        Keller pils, their take on a traditional German pilsner style beer
• ·        Running with Sceptres, a hop-forward lager beer
• ·        Hop-Hand Fallacy, a farmhouse style ale akin to a good Belgian Saison
• ·        No Rest for Dancers, a hoppy red ale that is reviewed below
• ·        Apophenia, a Belgian style tripel beer
• ·        Running with Spectres, a seasonal special black beer that they describe as a hoppy version of a Baltic porter

My first beer from Lost and Grounded is No Rest for Dancers, a hoppy red ale brewed with Pilsner, Vienna, light and dark Crystal malts combined with Brewers gold, Chinook and Mosiac hops for that good hoppy kick.

This pours a deep red colour with a nice, foamy off white head that leaves a good amount of lacing on the glass. On the nose this is very earthy, caramel notes and woody. The taste is complex, some smokiness mixed with berries and caramel notes but with a nice hoppy bite, all leading to a dry finish with a nicely balanced bitterness. 
There is a lighter feel to this than other red ale’s I’ve had that may be down to the choice of malts but it’s not unwelcome.

At 6.2% this is a little over the sessionable threshold and is more of a beer to sup slowly and enjoy, letting the different flavours come out on the palate.


The great beer dad rating – 7.5/10

Hello, good day and welcome

Hello and welcome to the great British craft beer blog!

over the last few years i have found myself delving deeper and deeper into the craft beer scene, trying all the weird and wonderful beers that i could get my hands on and developing serious beer envy whenever i'd see a great American juice bomb or deliciously crafted Belgian Lambic pop up on my instagram feed that was never gonna make it to the fair shores of the United Kingdom.

All this envy led me to think that surely, there are more craft brewers in the UK that can match these almost mythic brews and so... my mission has begun.

Whilst most are aware of the divine offerings from the likes of Cloudwater, Beavertown and Northern monk and the unstoppable juggernaut that is Brewdog i want to seek out all those intrepid men and women whose passion has led them to craft their own unique brews and set up their own breweries, to tell their stories and to give you the lowdown on their malty and hoppy offerings

I'll be running this blog alongside my already established instagram account and will be posting hopefully once a week along with select pictures and other musings.

You'll see that i add ratings to all the beers i try, as a rule, these ratings are based on my opinion and nothing more. I will only rate a beer against its peers in the same style (There's no point trying to compare a session IPA with a big, bruising DIPA, or a porter against a barrel-aged imperial stout). 

As a guide my rating structure is below

1-2 - Holy hell! why am i drinking this (Hopefully won't see many of these)
3-4 - Not the worst, but really not something i'd want to try again
5-7 - Now we're getting there, decent, needs a little something to make it stand out
8-9 - Those beers that you remember fondly the next day, unique or exceptional flavour profiles that almost beg you to drink more
10 - Beervana! the state of true enlightenment when beer perfection is reached... 10 is a rarity and only bestowed on those beers that absolutely knock my socks off!

So... welcome again, make yourself comfortable, open a brew and enjoy

The great beer dad