Big Trip Mu Mu Land

Tasting Summary

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St Albans Beer Festival 2026, St Albans, Hertfordshire

Who	Score	When	Notes
Hogan Sampling		26 Sep 2026	6th beer of this festival visit: Presented with a very impressive head and lasting lacing on this porter from Big Trip Brewing in Poland Street, Ancoats, Manchester and which began in 2022. A dry malty first bite on this brew containing eight malts mixed with Herefordshire hops behind a subtle, smoky complexity and a sweet hit of lactose milk sugar. Its Chocolate and Roasted Coffee Malts lending it a dark complexion with a chocolatey and roasted coffee flavouring. Its sticky, sugary grains, namely Crystal and Toffee Malts, behind a toasted toffee pie and cream-filled profiterole flavouring. A sweetened bitterness rising with hints of caramel, biscuit and toffee but not overly. A dry malty smoky bitterness prevailing before the gliding down my throat with a creamy vanilla milk stout taste about it for me. Served in first-class nick. It gets its name, Mu Mu Land, from the famous refrain from the 1991 electronic/house track, "Justified & Ancient" by the British electronic band, The KLF, featuring American country singer Tammy Wynette.