3 Ravens English Ale

One of the happiest days of my life was spending a day at the Great British Beer Festival last year. Cracking open a 3 Ravens English Ale took me right back to that day.

There is something truly magical about a simple hand crafted ale. No over hopping, no double hopping no nineteen varieties of malt. All these things have their places, but so does simplicity.

If this beer was a restaurant dish, it would fall into the "high quality, simple ingredients done right" category.

It has a well balanced and well flavoured taste, nothing predominates. Just that wonderful combination of flavour and texture that makes you feel like you in are in one of those quaint English country pubs, just as the sun sets.

I scoured Gordon Ramsey's "Great British Pub Food" to come up with a suitable companion for this beer and found it - a Cornish Pastie.