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ROBCamra
20-10-2012, 13:19
hondo: Adnams Topaz Gold
london calling: Dark Star Hop Harvest American Pale Ale
Aqualung: Steenbrugge Blonde
Mobyduck: East London Quadrant Stout
Realalerules1983: Burscough Black Canon Stout
Wittenden: Canterbury Loco IPA
Thuck Phat: Frog Island Fire Bellied Toad
Oggwyn Trench: Salopian Oracle
Bucking Fastard: Mighty Oak Venom
Real Ale Ale: George Wright Cheeky Pheasant
Alesonly: Lees Moonraker
aleandhearty: Hawkshead Cumbrian Five Hop
Pubsignman: Saltaire Triple Chocoholic
oldboot: Saltaire Triple Chocoholic
ROBCamra: Boggart Meme

hondo
26-10-2012, 10:26
Adnams - Topaz Gold

london calling
27-10-2012, 18:31
difficult choice again this week. had 3 really good beers in the Cock brewpub (hackney)
howling hops -pale ale
howling hops -5 hop ipa
howling hops -green bullet ipa
gadds - rye pale ale
kernal -table beer
but the winner was
dark star -hop harvest american pale ale 4.7
is there a better brewery in Britain. i think not.

Aqualung
27-10-2012, 20:56
With the Spoons festival starting I extracted some extra beer tokens from the hole in the wall so I could get out more. Here is my list :-

Cairngorm Black Gold 4.4%
Everard's Terra Firma 4.5%
Conwy Rampart 4.5%
Tree Brewing Thirsty Beaver 5.0%
Dark Star Winter Meltdown 5.0%
Brodie's Citra Pale 5.0%
Steenbrugge Blonde 6.0%
Steenbrugge Dubbel Bruin 6.0%
Brodie's Big Mofo Stout 10.5%

From this there are four contenders, Black Gold, Steenbrugge Blonde and the two Brodie's beers. The Black Gold is everyhing the over-priced, over-promoted and over-rated rubbish called Guinness should be and isn't. The Blonde is a Belgian beer that can be knocked back in pints rather than dinky little bottles. The Citra Pale is one of about half a dozen single hop pale ales. They are all very pale and very bitter, they drink like a cooking strength beer rather than a premium strength and this one was truly oustanding.

However, the Blonde was also outstanding and as a result just swings it, as much because it's a one-off as anything.


BOTW Steenbrugge Blonde

Mobyduck
27-10-2012, 22:12
Didn't need a Spoons festival to have some good beers this week,
Salopian Oracle
Tring Sapper
Thornbridge Kippling
Moor Beer Nor'Hop
Brodie's Kiwi
Brodie's London Fields Pale Ale
Bowmans Eldarado
Great Heck Porter
Purity Mad Goose
Darkstar American Pale Ale
Darkstar Greenhopped IPA
Brains Jack Black
By The Horns Lambeth Walk Porter
White Horse Village Idiot
Oxfordshire Brewery Trick or Treat
Shotover Prospect
Gadd's No 5
Skinner's Betty Stogs
E.L.B. Quadrant Stout

And they're just the ones I can remember,
Darkstar Greenhopped IPA just awsome as was the Thornbridge Kippling and Moor Beer Nor'Hop But BOTW week is
EAST LONDON BREWERY QUADRANT STOUT ,a fantastic quality beer drunk at The Gunmakers (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/23325/).

realalerules1983
27-10-2012, 22:38
Hi
I went to the SIBA festival at the Mercure Hotel, Manchester last night. Sampled some cracking stouts.

My overall favourite has to be one brewed by Burscough.

It was called BLACK CANON STOUT 4.5%

Regards
Realalerules1983

Wittenden
27-10-2012, 22:52
East Kent

The Canterbury Brewers-Loco IPA: a wonderfully characterful mid brown session beer, a great deal of flavour for 3.9ABV.Deep hop pockets and some toffee.
The Canterbury Brewers: Street Light Porter-dark copper,coffee beans and a long herbaceous hop finish.Serious stuff. Unfortunately the Foundry Torpedo, which I've enjoyed as a bottle condtioned ale, and the Haka were unavailable.
Canterbury Brewers-Loco IPA-my BOTW

Mobyduck
28-10-2012, 11:33
but the winner was
dark star -hop harvest american pale ale 4.7
is there a better brewery in Britain. i think not.
Cant think of any that are better, certainly my favorite brewery.

Thuck Phat
28-10-2012, 11:58
Cant think of any that are better, certainly my favorite brewery.

MARBLE

Only two choices this week:
Oakham Bishops Farewell - excellent as ever and BOTW Frog Island Fire Bellied Toad. Light and drinkable but punchy at 5%.

Oggwyn Trench
28-10-2012, 13:07
Nothing really outstanding this week

Ringwood - Lovely Warne
Banks - Howling Wolf Dark Mild
Robinsons - Green Bullet
Caladonian - Flyong Scotsman
Ringwood - Old Thumper
Salopian - Oracle
Darkstar - Hop Harvest American Pale Ale
Bobs - Autumn Glory
WST - Honeylocust
Abbeydale - L`age`d`or
Growler - Hound Dog
Bass

BOTW Salopian Oracle

Bucking Fastard
28-10-2012, 17:16
The Harp was reliable as always and had some top pints there including Fyne Highlander (floral ),Dark Star Smoked Porter (rich) and Dark Star Old Chestnut (smooth) but BOTW goes to Mighty Oak Venom,one of their monthly specials with the usual snake reference ,a beautiful stout with a hint of honey yet a hoppy finish served in The Old Cross Tavern ,Hertford.

Mighty Oak are now pushing into the category of outstanding brewers as far as I am concerned :notworthy:,I have enjoyed some wonderful brews from them this year. :drinkup:

Pushing through Warwickshire next week,I will need some warming ale.

Real Ale Ray
28-10-2012, 18:39
George Wright - Cheeky Pheasant

Alesonly
28-10-2012, 20:15
Only one Beer Day out this week so not much choice top five.

1st J W Lees Moonraker. Another good dark Ale
2nd Freeminer Deep Shaft, Very good dark Ale
3rd Moorhouses Ruby Witch.
4th Mansfield Old Baily.
5th St peters Fruit Beer.

Hard choice between top Two both good dark strong Ales But I will go for the J W Lees Moonraker as Ale of the week.

aleandhearty
29-10-2012, 14:05
Very good week for beer, managing two sessions in Leeds. One was pretty much devoted to the 'spoons fest, with some pretty mediocre offerings, overall. However, Saturday afternoon was much better, taking in some of the city's finest. Tried this week:

Thwaites - Crafty Devil.
Moorhouses - Ruby Witch.
Tree Brewery - Thirsty Beaver.
Brouwerij t ij - Ijbok.
Svyturys - Baltios.
Avery - Three Point Five.
Birra Del Borgo - Totto Fa Brodo.
Roosters - Franklin.

Collingham - Artisan's Choice.
Durham - Black Velvet.
Moorhouses - Black Cat.
Leeds - Gathering Storm.
Kirkstall - Three Swords.
Saltaire - South Island Pale.
Ilkley - Green Goddess.
Roosters - Astro
Hawkshead - Cumbrian Five Hop.

Very difficult to pick a winner, but I think the Five Hop just shades it.

Pubsignman
29-10-2012, 14:52
Lots to pick from this week, mostly from my time in Nottingham. A few that really stick in the memory include Lincoln Green Tuck Porter, Copthorne Black Beauty, Navigation Classic IPA and Fyne Highlander.

BOTW however, goes to the sublime pint of Saltaire Triple Chocoholic that I enjoyed in the Lincolnshire Poacher. I know it's a beer that will divide opinion (and maybe even a bit gimmicky?), but I savoured every last drop and it was the perfect beer to start the second day of my crawl - shame nothing else that day came remotely close to it.

oldboots
29-10-2012, 17:46
A quiet week pub wise, mostly an Oktoberfest and a local crawl.

Theakstons Best Bitter
Rudgate Blonde
Roosters Astro
Ishii Minagof Pale Ale
Knaresborough Doppelbeck
Mauldons Oktoberfest
Augustiner Oktoberfest
Paulaner Oktoberfest
Lowenbrau Oktoberfest
Hof Brau Oktoberfest
Great Newsome Frothingham Red
T. Taylors Landlord
Everards Original
Brew Co Blonde
Great Heck Blonde
Saltaire Triple Chocoholic
T. Taylors Havercake Ale
Bierre del Borgo Tutto Fa Brodo


BOTW was Saltaire Triple Chocoholic, the Knaresborough Dopplebock was also excellent and the Theakstons was spot on.

ROBCamra
01-11-2012, 15:52
Despite visiting the SIBA beer festival in Manchester, none of the beers there are going to win it.

Boggart brewery are like Marmite to many people and the brewer Mark Dade does like to experiemnt a bit.

However Boggart Meme tried several times in The Baum is a definite winner.

Light but with a tropical fruit aroma and a citrus taste (any Citra hops in there Mark?). :cheers: