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ROBCamra
18-07-2012, 10:32
hondo: Abbeydale Doctor Morton's Essence Fumour
Millay: Coach House Brewing Toffee
Wittenden: Timothy Taylor Landlord
Mobyduck: Hopback Summer Lightning
Real Ale Ray: Bathams Best Bitter
Al 10000: Blue Bee Bees Knees
Oggwyn Trench: Purple Moose Dark Side of the Moose
Bucking Fastard: George Wright Lubelski 41
aleandhearty: Fernandes Simcoe
oldboots: RAW Anubis Porter
ROBCamra: Kelham Island King Of The Rocket Men
Pubsignman: Bateman's Summer Swallow
Alesonly: Sharps Doom Bar

hondo
20-07-2012, 07:39
Doctor Morton's Essence Fumour

Millay
21-07-2012, 19:27
My palate seems to be confused these days and I find I enjoy sweet beers more and more. So the excellent pint of Coach House Brewing Co. Toffee that I'm drinking right now is my BotW. (In Crown & Kettle Manchester )

Wittenden
21-07-2012, 23:10
One damp visit to the pub on Wednesday:the Summer Lightning went off as I ordered it, so compared and contrasted two stalwarts-Harvey's Sussex Best Bitter and Timothy Taylor's Landlord (without the sparkler as we were in Kent.).Surprisingly, as both were on good form, I favoured the Landlord: keener hops and well defined malt. My BOTW.

Mobyduck
22-07-2012, 16:20
Beers this week
Otter Brewery-Otter Amber:):):)
Branscombe Vale-Branoc:)
Branscombe Vale-Draymans Bitter:)
Hopback- Summer Lightning :):):):drinkup::drinkup:
Courage- Best:sick:
Alliance Brewery-Alliance Best Bitter:sick::eek:
Sharps-Doom Bar:confused:
Gales H.S.B.:):)
Darkstar-Hophead:):):):drinkup::drinkup:
Wychwood-Hobgoblin:)
Plus
Weston's Traditional Scrumpy:nishelypished::nishelypished:

BOTW because of its superior conditioning is Summer Lightning:cheers:

Real Ale Ray
22-07-2012, 16:27
Good selection this week:

Bathams - Best Bitter
Rock & Roll Brewhouse - Bee Hop Deluxe
Thornbridge - Brother Rabbit
Wye Vally - Flower Power
Kinver - Light Railway
Holdens - Golden Glow
Holdens - MILD
Cottage - Blaze of Glory
Salopian - Conundrum
Salopian - Shropshire Gold

Plus many more tried at the Black Eagle Beer Fest in Birmingham, but the favourite this week is Bathams Best Bitter

Al 10000
22-07-2012, 16:52
Lots of beers tried yesterday

Blue Bee - Bees Knees bitter
Thwaites - Original bitter
Shepherd Neame - Spitfire
Taylor - Landlord
Bradfield - Farmers Blonde
Gk - IPA
Sheffield - Crucible bitter
John Smiths - Magnet Keg
Gk - Old Golden Hen
Tetley - Bitter
Black Sheep - Bitter
Marstons - Pedigree
Abbeydale - Moonshine

Most beers were quite nice and my beer of the week goes to Blue Bee Bees Knees bitter

Oggwyn Trench
22-07-2012, 18:39
Another quiet week for me :(

Wentworth - WPA
Allgates - South Seas Pale Ale
Mallinsons - The Beach is Back
Shires - Best Bitter
Purple Moose - Dark Side of the Moose
and a pint of Devils Device Scrumpy 8.4% to finish off the night :nishelypished:

BOTW Purple Moose - Dark Side of the Moose

Bucking Fastard
22-07-2012, 20:53
Needed to get the old tub to a boatyard for some repairs,so a journey through south Lancashire ended up with a very good BOTW in the shape of George Wrights Lubelski 41,a single hop seasonal special with a well balanced bitterness and smooth,an easy drinking quaffers ale.Served in The Ship,Lathom.

Layed up for a while now,will have to find other avenues for ale consumption :confused:

aleandhearty
22-07-2012, 21:20
A decent week for choice, but nothing that blew my socks off. One or two of the big hitters were, disappointingly, a little below par e.g. Inferno. Tried this week:

Fernandes - Straw Dog.
Fernandes - Simcoe.
Ridgeside - Innuendo.
Fernandes - Malt Shovel Mild.
Elland - Day Tripper.
Rat - Golden Rat.
Salamander - Stardust.
Fernandes - Ale to the Tsar.
Fernandes - Celeia's Gold.
Ossett - Patriot Pale.
Timothy Taylor - Landlord.
Dark Star - Hophead.
Oakham - Inferno.
Titanic - Last Porter Call.
Cottage - Cactus Jack.
Oldereshaw - Chariots 2012.

With honorable mentions for the Last Porter Call and Hophead, BOTW goes to the Simcoe, a lovely pale, hoppy brew that was just right to welcome the sun coming out on Wednesday teatime.

oldboots
22-07-2012, 21:24
A bit of a mixed bag, a few really mediocre beers and several outstanding ones mostly drunk in Otley at Leeds CAMRA Pub of the Year (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/71313/), get there if you can.

Camerons First Gold
Barngates Tenacious Ted
Taylors Golden Best
Corfu/Everards Koroibos
Ilkley Mary Jane
Briscoes Chevin Light
Rodhams Rubicon
Bob's Brewing White Lion
Wharfebank Tether Blonde
Raw Anubis Porter
Copper Dragon Best Bitter
Taylors Landlord
Rudgate Ruby Mild
Moorhouses Blond Witch
Hopback Summer Lightning

BOTW though is the RAW Anubis Porter - black as yer 'at, coffee flavoured goodness.

ROBCamra
27-07-2012, 19:39
No socks blown off for me either this week despite visiting Port Street Beer House and enjoying all 4 of the pints I had there.

I think BOTW is going to be Kelham Island King Of The Rocket Men tried several times in The Baum. Light, but not a hop bomb, just a decent ale. :cheers:

Pubsignman
27-07-2012, 19:47
Goachers Dark Mild was front runner until it was pipped at the last by Bateman's Summer Swallow in the uninspiring surrounds of the Richmal Crompton, Bromley.

Alesonly
28-07-2012, 09:50
Another late submission. Not much Ale last week so best of a bad Bunch. Unusually A good Pint of Doom Bar. So good I carried on drinking it all night.