Had to go to Cardiff yesterday afternoon, to pick up a turntable, and wanted to stop by some record shops. Went in to Roath, and stumbled upon Hops & Pops, (or the other way round), a lad selling records and craft beers. He also has his own record label, Odd Records, specialising in Indie Noise rock sort of stuff. His label was not for me, and unfortunately, on this visit, neither were any of his records, but I though, nice lad, gone to a lot of trouble here setting this up, so instead of leaving empty handed I asked him to recommend a beer, he first asked what I usually like, told him I liked Belgian bottles, and he handed me the tiger cub Belgian pale. As I went back towards the till, I noticed some out of dates at £1.50 each 4 for £5, so picked up the Lost & Found and the southpaw. Had a normal pilsener first when I got back home, but then though, what the hell, and tried the Lost & Found American Pale Ale R3.2 (the b&W can) Jeez it was delicious. Best thing I've drank outside of Belgium. A cloudy "modern American Pale Ale with a robust malt profile and full hop hit of tropical fruit and citrus" 5.2% with Ekuanot / Simcoe / Mosaic / Appolo Hops. If you are in Cardiff, do yourself a favour and buy the rest of these that he has in his crate by the till. Four of these for a fiver when they are normally £3.10 each is worth the detour. Very much looking forward to the other 2 tonight with a home made pizza.
