Beer of the Week (w/e 30th December 2012)

[ROBCamra]

Spinko: Brodies Citra For Breakfast
Aqualung: Brodie's Mild
hondo: Black Isle Yellowhammer
Oggwyn Trench: Mallinsons Comet
Wittenden: Old Dairy Copper Top
oldboots: Sarah Hughes Dark Ruby Mild
Mobyduck: Oakham Bishops Farewell
Thuck Phat: Victory Whitebeard Stout
Bucking Fastard: Brodies London Fields Pale Ale
london calling: Vigilante Chocolate Stout
aleandhearty: Raw Dark Peak Stout
Pubsignman: Gales Seafarers
ROBCamra: Milltown Platinum Blonde

[Spinko]

It's going to take a lot to beat Brodies - Citra For Breakfast served in Brewdog Manchester...in thirds...

[Aqualung]

Thirds?? What's that all about?

Here's my list peppered with fairly run of the mill stuff


Brodie's Mild 3.6%
Mauldon's Bah Humbug 4.9%
Hopback Summer Lightning 5.0%
Triple fff Comfortably Numb 5.0%
Arundel Old Scrooge 5.0%
Brodie's White IPA 5.0%
Beartown Santa's Extra Claws 5.2%
Exmoor Stag 5.2%
Brodie's Dalston Black (keykeg) 7.0%
Brodie's Brett IPA (keykeg) 7.0%

The winner is Brodie's Mild. For a brewer totally obsessed with hops from every corner of the globe this is a suitably restrained brew where the predominate flavour. as it should be is malt.

I would happily give an honourable mention to the Arundel brew.

2-0 to Brodie's so far!

BOTW Brodie's Mild

[Spinko]

Thirds?? What's that all about?


I agree. It was 10% + though I think, and I was meant to be going back to work afterwards... :D

[hondo]

Black Isle - yellowhammer

[Oggwyn Trench]

A couple of decent nights drinking this week , not even the shock of bumping into Soup Dragon in the Old Fighting Cocks (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/68336/) and him beating me at darts in the Station Hotel (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/32757/) could put a dampner on it :D

Adnams - Ghostship
Ringwood - Porter
Abbeydale - Slay Bells
Nottingham - EPA
Mallinsons - Amarillo
Mallinsons - Comet
Green Duck - James Pond
Banks - Sunbeam
Nottingham - Bullion
Hackney - American Pale Ale
Nethergate - Umbel Magna
Wentworth - Plum Pudding

BOTW Mallinsons - Comet

[Wittenden]

Quiet, local week:
Old Dairy-Copper Top: reliable and farmyardey. A good pre Christmas lunch pipe opener.
Shepherd Neame-Late Red: not as cloying as last year. Not bad with the old crowd on a wet afternoon.
My BOTW-Old Dairy-Copper Top (again!).

[oldboots]

A quiet week for me spent mainly at home drinking bottled beers. The draught list is fairly short

Hop Studio - Gold
Knaresborough - Penal Colony PA
Knaresborough - American Style Milk Stout
Black Sheep - Imperial Russian Stout
Roosters - Franklyn
York - Guzzler
Adnams - Shingle Shells
Sarah Hughes - Dark Ruby Mild


so a very difficult choice between the three dark strong beers but I'll go for the outstanding Sarah Hughes (again)

[Mobyduck]

Darkstar- Hophead
Darkstar -American Pale Ale
West Berks- Madge and Edgar's Christmas Whirl
West Berks-Good Old Boy
Fyne- Hurricane Jack
Thornbridge -Warp
Summer Wine-Barista Espresso Stout
Oakham- Bishops Farewell
Courage Best
Marstons Oyster Stout
Best beer of the week was Oakham Bishops Farewell enjoyed in the ever reliable Harp (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/53779/).

[Thuck Phat]

Best beer of the week was Oakham Bishops Farewell enjoyed in the ever reliable Harp (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/53779/).

A wise choice!

A better week which included:
Oakham Bishops Farewell
Slaters Columbia Stout
Victory Whitebeard Stout
Bass
Church End Vicars Ruin
Saltaire Winters Ale

All were good but the Victory Whitebeard Stout was outstanding. I've never heard of the brewery and can't seem to find out anything about it but the stout was rich with a serious depth of flavour and powerful at 6.8%.

[Mobyduck]

A wise choice!

A better week which included:
Oakham Bishops Farewell
Slaters Columbia Stout
Victory Whitebeard Stout
Bass
Church End Vicars Ruin
Saltaire Winters Ale

All were good but the Victory Whitebeard Stout was outstanding. I've never heard of the brewery and can't seem to find out anything about it but the stout was rich with a serious depth of flavour and powerful at 6.8%.
http://victorybeer.com/
No mention of Whitebeard Stout though.

[Bucking Fastard]

Really enjoyed Brodies London Fields Pale Ale in The Cross Keys,Covent Garden which was a worthy BOTW.

Heavily citrus ,an easy session ale but by the end of the night the tastebuds were begging for mercy.I did have a few more than I was planning:nishelypished:

[london calling]

Victory beers are brewed by Sperrings brewery at the Lord Nelson Inn - ansley Nuneaton

[london calling]

had a really nice beer from
Vigilante-choc stout at the Craft beer co Brixton.brewed by Brew co. Sheffield.

[aleandhearty]

Unfortunately, no major sessions in the run up to Xmas, just the odd pint grabbed here and there:

Fernandes - Chrome Dome.
Fernandes - What The Dickens.
Fernandes - Sunshine IPA.
Raw - Dark Peak Stout.
Fernandes - Rum For Cover.
Leeds - Midnight Bell.

A toss up between the IPA and the Stout, with the latter just edging it.

[Thuck Phat]

Victory beers are brewed by Sperrings brewery at the Lord Nelson Inn - ansley Nuneaton

That makes sense as I found it in The Merchants in Rugby. A fine ale house and supporter of local breweries.
Thanks lc, you have brought light into my darkness.

[Pubsignman]

My last BOTW for 2012 was a decent pint of Gales Seafarers in the Blue Boar, Poole. To be fair, it didn't have much competition.

I shall now go and ponder over my Beer of the Year.

[ROBCamra]

Milltown Platinum Blonde a well balanced light, hoppy beer amonst a sea of winter ales & porters. :cheers: