Beer of the Week (w/e 3rd February 2013)

[ROBCamra]

Bucking Fastard: Dark Star Art of Darkness
Mobyduck: Dark Star Art of Darkness
Aqualung: East London Brewing Company Foundation Bitter
london calling: Marble Black Marble
Real Ale Ray: Bowland Sawley Tempted
Wittenden: Fullers London Pride
hondo: Alechemy Brewing Stella Burst
Thuck Phat: InBev Belgium Leffe
aleandhearty: Abbeydale Doctor Morton's Nasty Medicine
Oggwyn Trench: Blue Monkey Marmoset
Pubsignman: Tring Side Pocket for a Toad
Spinko: Eton and Windsor Canberra
ROBCamra: Mallinsons Pondrasper

[Bucking Fastard]

Couple of decent sessions ,I really like Barnsley Better brewed by Wentworth but BOTW went to Dark Star's Art of Darkness which at 3.5% was still packed with flavour and a well crafted bitter finish.It tasted more like a porter without the poke rather than a dark mild but it went down easily in The George,Croydon.

Next week may be popping into The Riser in Berko,a safe bet for a BOTW.

[Mobyduck]

Beer of the week is,
Darkstar Art of Darkness, only 3.5 % but bursting with flavour, doesn't taste like it looks but fruity and bitter, the nearest similar beer I can think of is Timothy Taylors Ram Tam which is fairly rare down south since the demise of the Brickmakers (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/24569/).Other beers this week were ,
Courage Best
Fullers London Pride
Cheddar Ales Potholer
West Berks Dr Hexters Healer
West Berks Maggs Magnificent Mild

[Mobyduck]

Couple of decent sessions ,I really like Barnsley Better brewed by Wentworth but BOTW went to Dark Star's Art of Darkness which at 3.5% was still packed with flavour and a well crafted bitter finish.It tasted more like a porter without the poke rather than a dark mild but it went down easily in The George,Croydon.

Next week may be popping into The Riser in Berko,a safe bet for a BOTW.
Just beat me to it.

[Aqualung]

Here's the ones for this week.

Cronx Kotchin 3.9%
East London Brewing Company Foundation Bitter 4.2%
Redemption Urban Dusk 4.6%
Naylor's Northern Gold 5.0%
Brodie's Citra Pale 5.0%
Brodie's Old Street Pale 5.0%
Brodie's Jamaican Stout 5.3%
Brodie's Spiced Saison (keykeg) 7.0%
Magic Rock Human Cannonball (keykeg) 9.2%

Most of these were pretty good, but the Spiced Saison was gassy like proper keg or a bottle so I wo'nt be bothering with that one again. The Kotchin was rather bland.

The award goes to East London Brewing Company Foundation Bitter at the Coronet in Holloway Road for £2.09. It's everything a brown cooking beer should be; clear, hoppy and very easy to drink. The Redemption Urban Dusk was also very good. Both of these breweries seem to be producing great quality beers, so I just hope that they can prosper given all the competition around.

BOTW East London Brewing Company Foundation Bitter

[london calling]

the Snooty Fox fest provided some good hoppy beers but the
Old Red Cow smithfield had
Marble -Black marble nice

[Real Ale Ray]

Bowland - Sawley Tempted

[Wittenden]

Fuller Smith and Turner-London Pride: not had it for ages, I was pleasantly surprised.My BOTW
Greene King-Old Trip. Old Tripe, dull.
Kent micros pump unattended.

[hondo]

Alechemy Brewing - Stella burst

[Thuck Phat]

Only uninspiring eurofizz this week, the best of which was BOTW Leffe.

[aleandhearty]

Unfortunately, another quiet week for me, not helped by feeling off-colour over the weekend. Just the four to choose from:

Fernandes - Malt Shovel MILD.
Fernandes - Folklore.
Doctor Morton's - Nasty Medicine.
Fullers - Black Cab Stout.

I enjoyed them all. Great to have some Black Cab Stout again, but the blend of Green Bullet, Centennial and Cascade hops in the Nasty Medicine really hit the spot.

[Oggwyn Trench]

Another good weekend in Oakengates fine ale houses:D

Slaters - Queen Bee
Acorn - Winter Pale
Pictish - Alechemist
Pictish - Glacier
Morton - Scottish Maiden
Blue Monkey - Marmoset
Weetwood - Cheshire Cat
Ironbridge - Kiwi Bitter 48 Special
Oakhams - JHB
M&B - Brew XI ..... Yes Really :eek:
Exmoor - Gold

BOTW Blue Monkey - Marmoset

[Pubsignman]

Only managed a few pints this week, mostly in Berkhamsted on Saturday where BOTW was Tring Side Pocket for a Toad in The Goat Inn (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/14402/).

A nice golden, citrus session ale and an ideal first pint of the day.

[Spinko]

Decent few drops in London

Eton and Windsor - Canberra at the Willow Walk outside Victoria station
Dark Star - Revelation
Fyne Jarl

[ROBCamra]

Mallinsons Pondrasper tried in Old Bell Tavern (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/55419/) passed the 3 pint test with ease.

It would have passed the almost unheard of 4 pint test, but it ran out. :p:cheers: