Beer of the Week (w/e 1st July 2012)

[ROBCamra]

hondo: Langham Special Draught
Pubsignman: Magic Rock Magic 8 Ball
Spinko: Marble Pint
Mobyduck: Buntingford Galaxy
aleandhearty: Ridgeside Last Horizon
Real Ale Ray: Bowland Hunters Mild
Oggwyn Trench: Ironbridge 48 Special West Coast IPA
Wittenden: Old Dairy Diamond Top
Alesonly: Tom Woods Bomber Country
Millay: Downton Chocolate Orange Delight
ROBCamra: Mallinsons The Beach Is Back
Thuck Phat: Off Beat Out of Step IPA

[Millay]

The Downton Chocolate Orange Delight that I had earlier in the week will take some beating but I'll let you know if I manage it.

[hondo]

Langham Special Draught (LSD) brewed Langham Brewery

[Pubsignman]

My beer drinking is up for the week, as I'm off to France tomorrow morning.

One stand out beer this week - Magic Rock Magic 8 Ball - one of the better examples of a Black IPA that I've encountered.

[Spinko]

Marble - Pint

[Mobyduck]

Buntingford Galaxy is the winner this week supped in the Pembury Tavern, run close by ELB Pale Ale in The Dove ,Broadway Market.

[aleandhearty]

This week's entire consumption was in the very pleasurable company of Cap'n Bucking Fastard, Thuck Phat and other members of the motley crew, on Friday. Strolling between Leeds' finest ( Brewery Tap, Grove, Hop, Whitelocks, Mr Foley's, Victoria and Veritas), tried the following:

Ilkley - Mary Jane.
Ilkley - Siberia Rhubarb Saison.
Ilkley - The Chief.
Leeds - Midnight Bell.
Idle - Idle Sod.
Goose Eye - Black Moor.
Ridgeside - Last Horizon.
Kirkstall - Pale Ale.
Thornbridge - Seaforth.
Kirkstall - Dissolution IPA.
Sambrooks - Lavender Hill.
Hopdaemon - Green Daemon.
Wentworth - Choc & Chilli Stout
OffBeat - Raspberry Way Out Wheat.

Some strong contenders, but it came down to the Dissolution vs Last Horizon, with the latter just shading it - a lovely pint in The Grove.

[Real Ale Ray]

My BOTW is Bowland Hunters Mild:notworthy:

[Oggwyn Trench]

A reasonable weekend drinking

Green Mill - Citrus Snap
Empire - Jonah
Hobsons - Town Crier
Salamander - Snatch
Attwood - Nectar
Beowulf - Wuffa
Rowton - Starlight
Lytham - Trinity Pale
Rudgate - Starting Pistol
Banks & Taylor - Two Brewers
Ironbridge - 48 Special West Coast IPA
Corvedale - St Georges Stout

BOTW Ironbridge - 48 Special West Coast IPA

[Wittenden]

Retirement party:
Mrs W's ex-boss and local CAMRA grandee held an eclectic bash to mark his retirement and removal to warmer climes.Three good ales, some weird stuff from Belgium in that Europe,and some draught cider and perry.I stuck to cask (on gravity, of course.)
Old Dairy-Diamond Top: slightly hazy, fearsomely hopped, a modern style IPA.
Purple Moose-Snowdonia Ale: a bit refined after the sledghammering from the Old Dairy.
Batemans-Dark MILD:black as hell, farmyard liquorice 'n' mint.
My BOTW-Diamond Top. Fitting, really, as our host claimed that he suggested that OD should brew it for the Jubilee.

[Alesonly]

Had a few decent Ales this week Top Five from Memory below

RCH East Street

Tom Woods Bomber Country

Elgoods Grayhound

Banks & Tailor Shefford Pail Ale

Banks & Tailor Shefford Old Strong

Hard Call but I will go for the Tom Woods Bomber Country as Ale of the Week.

[Millay]

The Downton Chocolate Orange Delight that I had earlier in the week will take some beating but I'll let you know if I manage it.

No, didn't manage it, so that's my BotW

[ROBCamra]

I was beginning to wonder whether or not I would be able to choose a BOTW this week.

I'd had quite a few beers, but none of them had made me go Wow, that's good, I'll have another.

Milk Street Zig Zag Stout was probably the closest until about 10:30 on Saturday night in The Baum.

A Green Mill beer went off and Mallinsons The Beach Is Back went on instead.

Strong, hoppy and very tasty. Typical Mallinsons. Easily my BOTW. :cheers:

[Thuck Phat]

A late entry this week due an extended boating trip. A few tried on a tour of Leeds courtesy of the knowledgable and discerning Mr Aleandhearty and one or two the following evening in Keighley.

Oakham Bishops Farewell
Ilkley The Chief, Siberia
Kirkstall Dissolution IPA
Redwillow Feckless
Hopdaemon Green Dragon
Off Beat Out of Step IPA, Way Out Wheat
Partners Tabatha, Ghost
TT Landlord

Against some very stiff competition especially from TT Landlord supped at The Boltmakers (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/40834/), my BOTW was Off Beat Out of Step IPA sampled in convivial company at Veritas (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/65741/).

[Bucking Fastard]

Very late submission from me,just back from navigating the full length of the Leeds and Liverpool in a week and only partially sobered up.Many thanks to a&h's excellent guided tour of central Leeds and I agree with his selection of Ridgeside's Last Horizon as pint of the crawl,but a visit to The Boltmakers in Keighley the following night tipped the BOTW choice to Timothy Taylor Landlord in perfect condition ,smooth,subtle,a real classic when kept as well as this.Good job the curry house was directly over the road:nishelypished: