Beer of the Week (w/e 11th August 2013)

[ROBCamra]

:cheers:

[ROBCamra]

All proper beer for this week has now been drunk.

BOTW Tiny Rebel Full Nelson, in The Baum of course.

[oldboots]

A long list due to a crawl of Leeds and a visit to a beer festival (which incidentally gave me BABOTW)

Orkney Raven Ale
Ossett Blonde
Kirkstall Three Swords
Ilkley Pale
Thornbridge Wild Swan
Ridgeside Snake Charmer
Kirkstall Three Swords
Tetley Bitter
Hop Studio Zest
Hop Studio Blonde
Great Heck Mosaic
Lytham Amber
Crouch Vale Essex Boys
Derby Triple Hop
Derby Business As Usual
Mallinsons Castle Hill
Tiny Rebel Fubar
Ilkley Gold

the beer festival beers suffered from being too warm and some of the others weren't up to much either but BOTW is Ridgeside Snake Charmer drunk in the superb The Grove Inn (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/42740/)

[Bucking Fastard]

Quality ale all the way up the Trent and Mersey and particularly on the Caldon Canal.

Marstons -- Pedigree
Everards -- Tiger
Marble -- Pint
Cheshire Brewhouse -- Engine Vein
Belhaven -- St Andrews Ale
Norton -- English Eleven
Whim -- Flower Power
Titanic -- Plumb Porter
Titanic -- Iceberg
Titanic -- White Star
Moles -- Elmo's Fire
Sharpe's -- Doom Bar

Difficult choice but BOTW by a whisker was Titanic White Star in The Roebuck ,Leek.Smooth,well balanced best bitter which slipped down way too easily.

Quiet week ahead,no bad thing.

[Mobyduck]

Light on beers this week -
Darkstar - Hophead
Brains - British summer
Wild Weather - Sundowner
Triple fff Moondance
Portobello Pale
and a fair amount of Westons Traditional Scrumpy, which doesn't count but was nevertheless very effective.
BOTW is Wild Weather - Sundowner two in a row for Wild Weather.

[Aqualung]

A good week for me after a slow start.

Otter Bitter 3.6%
Samuel Smith Old Brewery Bitter 3.8%
Westerham Spirit Of Kent 4.2%
Long Man Sussex Pride 4.5%
Moorhouse's Blond Witch 4.5%
Siren Undercurrent 4.5%
Dark Star Genesis 4.7%
East London Brewing Co Jamboree 4.8%
Wantsum Black Pig 4.8%
Brewster Calamity Jane 5.0%
Shepherd Neame Bishop's Finger 5.0%
WJ King Mallard 5.0%
Coach House Blueberry Classic Bitter 5.0%
Windsor And Eton Conqueror Black IPA 5.0%
Exmoor Stag 5.2%
Hopcraft Statement Of Intent 5.2%
Hopcraft Spanish Main 5.5%
Thornbridge Jaipur IPA 5.9%
Brodie's Hackney Red 6.1%
Brodie's Hackney Red (Keykeg) 6.1%
Brodie's Kiwi IPA (Keykeg) 7.2%

The contenders are Genesis, Conqueror, Black Pig and the two Hopcraft beers.

I have to go for the Hopcraft Statement Of Intent, stronger very hoppy Golden Ales are something of a cliche, but this one really was excellent at £2.60 in the Leyton King William.

I had an unusual opportunity to directly compare the cask and keg versions of Brodie's Hackney Red. I have to say that despite carbonation I preferred the keg. This was on a warm evening, on a freezing winter's day it may well be the opposite, but I have to say that Hackney Red and Dalston Black are well suited to keykeg dispense.

BOTW Hopcraft Statement Of Intent

[london calling]

Rather than drink new beers this week I stuck to previously drank beers.Mostly average but
Sambrookes -Wandle was very good (I slagged them off a few weeks ago) but
Fullers -Sticky Wicket was hoppy in an English sort of way and was beer of the week.

[Real Ale Ray]

Sonnet 43 Brewhouse - IPA

[aleandhearty]

This week's entire beer consumption was a solitary half of Ilkley Mary Jane. Unfortunately, it was so tired and flabby, I'm not even going to nominate it.

[Thuck Phat]

This week:
Oakham Bishops Farewell
Marstons Old Empire IPA
Acorn Madness

BOTW Acorn Madness. Pale, bitter and refreshing with plenty of flavour at 4.5%. And bought at the 'Spoons in Brum airport with a voucher. Joy.

[Oggwyn Trench]

Late on parade due to laptop playing silly buggers :mad:

Shipyard - Independence
Ilkley - Summer
Salamander - Backscratcher
Milltown - Stell Mill
Milestone - Sherwood
Oakhams - Inferno
Ironbridge - Wrekin Pale
Rudgate - Jorvik Blonde
Rowton - Eclipse
Oakhan - JHB
Oakham - Citra
Everards - Whakatu

BOTW Salamander - Backscratcher