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ROBCamra
12-11-2013, 13:14
hondo: Stewart Brewing Ka Pai
Real Ale Ray: Bowland Oak
Bucking Fastard: Jennings Knight Porter
Mobyduck: Dark Star Hophead
Aqualung: Brodie's Dalston Black IPA
london calling: Siren Rysing Tides
oldboots: Magic Rock Dark Arts
Thuck Phat: Blue Monkey Monkey
Wittenden: Mighty Oak Oscar Wilde MILD
Oggwyn Trench: Fyne Jarl
ROBCamra: Buntingford Hurricane

hondo
15-11-2013, 15:05
Stewart brewing - ka Pai

Real Ale Ray
17-11-2013, 12:59
Bowland - Oak

Bucking Fastard
17-11-2013, 15:21
Having lost my trusty notebook somewhere on a dark and muddy towpath,this is a close approximation to what I had during the week.


Jennings -- Cocker Hoop
Marstons -- Pedigree
Church End -- Stout Coffin
Church End -- What the Fox's Hat
Church End -- Fallen Angel
Salopian -- Oracle
Timothy Taylor -- Landlord
Jennings -- Knight Porter
XT -- 5



The Fallen Angel was spot on but BOTW goes to Jennings Knight Porter,4.2% and with a very distinctive dry ,bitter finish easily through the three pint test with the best pint in The Dixie Arms,Market Bosworth.

No surprises if next week BOTW will be sourced in Leeds on the PuG crawl,should be a big haul.

Mobyduck
17-11-2013, 15:29
Darkstar - Hophead
Milestone - Crusader
Three Tuns - Clerics Cure
Castle Rock - Harvest Pale
Adnams - Southwold Bitter
Loddon - Hoppit
Woodfordes - Wherry

Only two in the running this week,
Darkstar Hophead just pips the Harvest Pale as BOTW, both previous winners but both streets ahead of the rest.

Aqualung
17-11-2013, 15:58
I'm still finding Spoons Festival beers, most notably the Hazelnut Brownie for only £1.49 :-

HardKnott Lux Borealis 3.8%
Adnam's Old 4.0%
St Peter's Extra 4.4%
Thwaites Lancaster Bomber 4.4%
Mordue Oatmeal Stout 4.5%
O'Hanlon's Dragons' Bitter 4.5%
White Horse Cheval Blanc 4.7%
Long Man American Pale Ale 4.8%
Shefford 37 South 4.8%
Howling Hops Bramble Porter 4.8%
Portobello American Pale Ale 5.0%
Sunny Republic Dorset Cross 5.0%
Brodie's Pumpkin Porter 5.5%
Downton Chocolate Orange Delight 5.8%
Five Points Hook Island Red 6.0%
Adnams / Pretty Things Jack D'Or IPA 6.0%
Batemans Hazelnut Brownie 6.3%
Brodie's Dalston Black IPA 7.0%

The three contenders are the Portobello APA, the Hook Island Red and Dalston Black IPA making a rare appearance on cask.

The award has to go to the Brodie's Dalston Black IPA for £2.50 in the Leyton King William IV. To produce a beer of this strength devoid of any sweetness and that is best described as Hop Soup must require an enormous quantity of hops.

london calling
17-11-2013, 17:30
Lot of average beer this week
London -all hallows pumpkin
London -petes coffee porter
w+eton -big hand ipa
c+fredricks -oatmeal milk stout
by the horns -Wimbledon blonde
fourpure -oatmeal stout
clarkeshaws -hellhound ipa
mallinsons -amerillo
wolf -battle of Britain
purity -warlock black ipa
hildens -no4
mulberry duck -wild fowler (no not moby duck)
and the best by a long way

Siren -rysing tides

oldboots
18-11-2013, 08:07
A quiet and fairly average week

Ilkley Black
Marstons Pedigree
York Guzzler
Gt Heck Treason Stout
Magic Rock Circus of Sour
Magic Rock Dark Arts
Red Squirrel London Porter
Roosters All Star
Hambleton Darkoss
Fernandes Folklore
Adnams Ghost Ship
Ridgeside Jailbreak
Leeds Midnight Bell

I'm tempted to say Circus of Sour because it is just so different but the other Magic Rock beer was far better - Magic Rock Dark Arts

Thuck Phat
18-11-2013, 11:58
A very decent week:

Pedigree
TT - Landlord
Church End - Fallen Angel, Coffin Stout, What The Fox's Hat
Jennings - Knight Porter
Irving - Invincible
XT - XPA
Oakham - Citra
Titanic - White Star
Marble - Manchester Bitter
Blue Monkey - Monkey

Some very good beers there. The XPA may well have made BOTW had there been time for more than a swift half and the Knight Porter, as Mr Fastard notes, slid down well.
BOTW was Blue Monkey - Monkey, a seasonal special described as an IPA on their website. Zipped through the 3 pint test and is an especially dangerous 5% since, as with many Blue Monkey beers, it simply gets better the more you have.

aleandhearty
18-11-2013, 15:34
Sadly no beer this week, or last week. Not the best preparation for Friday's bash. :eek:

Wittenden
18-11-2013, 18:58
Old School:
Oakham-Citra 4.2%abv.At Tap East. My first experience of this brewery for ages.Beer in good nick, but not really to my taste:all grapefruit,not enough malt.
Mighty Oak-Oscar Wilde MILD3.3.7% abv Genuine dark mid.Chocolate and blackberries.
Mighty Oak-IPA3.5%abv decent session bitter-grapefruit again, but spoilt by lack of condition. Both Mighty Oak beers taken at the White Hart, Margaretting Tye.
Shepheard Neame-Late Red4.5%abv.Cloudy, sharp and murksome.
Sheps-Whitstable Bay3.9%abvFine but dull. Both taken at the Ingatestone Bell.
Adnam's- Southwold Bitter3.7%abv.Lacked that wonderful seaweedy tang.
Woodeforde's-Wherry3.8%abv Equable session beer, not as dull as commentators think.
Woodeforde's-Once Bittern4.1%abv. A really tasty best bitter.Rich malt and resinous hops.These three taken at the Earle Arms, Heydon.
After due consideration, my BOTW is Mighty Oak's Oscar Wilde MILD.

Oggwyn Trench
21-11-2013, 07:49
Only managed a few hours out this week :(

Whitepark - Blonde
Pictish - Aramis
Fyne - Jarl
Mallinsons - Simcoe
Growler - Umbel Ale

BOTW Fyne - Jarl

ROBCamra
24-11-2013, 13:01
Buntingford Hurricane tried in The Baum, just for being a nice, mid brown best bitter.

It didn't pass the 3 pint test as it went off after two. :(