almost paddys day beer night

Everyone’s Irish on March 17th! ????
… but also a few days before it’s Thursday and Leno Klandestino opens!
While waiting for St. Patrick we propose a sensorial journey into the North Sea and among the moors.

On tap is the iconic Gallagher Stout from the Hilltop brewery, an interpretation of Irish Stout characterized by the addition of smoked seaweed from the Irish coasts.
Hilltop is a family-run brewery located on the hills of Bassano Romano in the province of Viterbo, a few kilometers from Lake Bracciano. His father Barry and mother Eithne, of English/Irish origins, moved to Italy over thirty years ago and the children of the Gallagher-Deeks family were born and raised in Italy. The brewer Conor together with his sisters Tess and Aisling and his parents produces beers that follow the culture of origin but with a modern and creative interpretation.

Gallagher Stout is very dark, almost impenetrable. On the nose we receive toasted notes but in the mouth it remains smooth, balanced and very drinkable. The never intrusive bitterness and marine notes of seaweed smoked on oak wood persist.

And what is the perfect pairing for a stout like this if not oysters? It may seem like a strange pairing and quite distant from the stereotype of oysters with champagne, but in reality it is a “match made in heaven” as they would say in the north. Think of salted caramel or chocolate with salt flakes: the salty element combines with the bitterness of cocoa or caramel to enhance the sweet and toasted notes. We can apply the same concept to oysters with stout: the marked salinity of the oysters complements the chocolatey and toasted notes of the stout. The final sweetness of the oysters accompanies the bitterness of the beer, leaving the creaminess of the foam in our mouths.
Slainte!

OVER THE COUNTER
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– Gallagher Stout – Hilltop (on tap)
– Morning Mild – Hilltop (can)
– Hop Plateu, Italian Pale Ale – Hilltop (can)
– Hop Set, West Coast IPA – Hilltop (can)
– Top Juice Hazy Session IPA – Hilltop (can)