Beer of the Week (w/e 9th February 2014)

[ROBCamra]

hondo: Black Isle Yellowhammer
Wittenden: Redwillow Wreckless
Bucking Fastard: London Fields Shoreditch Triangle IPA
Mobyduck: Siren Craft Brew Soundwave
Thuck Phat: Vale Gravitas
Aqualung: Brodie's Shoreditch Sunshine
aleandhearty: Five Towns Baby Blue
london calling: Siren Craft Brew Soundwave
Real Ale Ray: Lincoln Green Hood
oldboots: Harviestoun Old Engine Oil
trainman: Kernel IPA
ROBCamra: Hawkshead Dry Stone Stout

[hondo]

Black Isle - yellowhammer

[Wittenden]

Trendy of Tunbridge Wells:
Fuggles Beer Cafe-4 real ales, lots of fizz, interesting spirits if you like that sort of thing.
Redwillow-Wreckless 4.8abv. New worldly pale ale. Melons, not too extreme.
Tonbridge-Coppernob 3.8abv Old school, old favourite.
On reflection, my BOTW is Redwillow Wreckless

[Bucking Fastard]

Another good week and a few new pubs in both Aylesbury and on the PuG London crawl.

Fullers -- Bengal Lancer (4PT)
Fullers -- London Pride
Chiltern -- Foxtrot
Chiltern -- Beechwood Bitter
Vale -- Gravitas
Aylesbury Brewhouse --Hei Tiki
Lymestone -- Stone the Crows
Marstons -- Elbow's Charge
London Fields -- Shoreditch Triange IPA
Jo C's -- Old Bustard Bitter
Purity -- Saddleback
Gadds -- Seasider


Some very respectable brews among that lot but BOTW goes to London Fields Shoreditch Triangle IPA just top draw and well kept in Williams Ale and Cider House.Second time in recent weeks that this IPA has won,getting close to the a&h award.


Next week looking sparse ,might have to divert after helping out at the Excel Centre over the weekend.

[Mobyduck]

Some very good and interesting beers this week thanks mostly to the PUG London excursion Yesterday.
Loddon - Ferryman's Gold
Darkstar- Hophead
Darkstar- American Pale Ale
Darkstar - Sunburst (bottle)
Robinsons - Hannibal's Nectar
Whitehorse - Scourers Brew
Scottish Borders Brewery - Wild Harvest (Brewed with Sea Buckthorn)
Broughton - Dark Dunter
Jo C's Norfolk - Kiwi
London Fields - Shorditch Triangle IPA
London Fields - Pale Ale
Wild Beer - English Root
Hop Stuff - Fuselier
Brewdog - Dead Pony Club
Siren Craft Brew - Jack Tarr
Siren Craft Brew - Soundwave
Beavertown - Benzerra
Fullers - Bengal Lancer
Arbour - Why Kick A Moo Cow
Pitfield - Eco Warrior
Harbour - Oatmeal Stout

Some fantastic and interesting beers there and the London Fields Shoreditch Triangle was fantastic, but one beer was even better than that and BOTW is Siren Craft Brew Soundwave ,a 5.6% "west coast" IPA taken in the very good Fox (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/25060/) and also according to my notes the 14'th pub of the day The Tap Room (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/80223/)But thats all a bit hazy.

[Thuck Phat]

Sadly, my list doesn't come anywhere near those above but I enjoyed most of them:

Fuller Bengal Lancer, Pride
Abbot Reserve
Chilterns Beechwood Bitter
Vale Gravitas
Aylesbury Brewhouse Company Hei Tikki
Oakham Bishops Farewell

The Abbot Reserve was filth and will be making it into the BABOTW thread. BOTW Vale Gravitas. 4.8%, pale and interesting.

[Aqualung]

A smaller list due to a tube strike keeping me on home turf.

Brodie's Shoreditch Sunshine 3.9%
Brentwood Best 4.0%
Hopcraft Sucker Punch 4.3%
East London Brewing Company Nightwatchman 4.5%
Clouded Minds Hazelnutter 4.5%
Banks's California Session IPA 4.8%
By The Horns Diamond Geezer 4.9%
Brodie's Chinook Black Coffee 6.0%
Brodie's Kentish Town Brown 6.2%
Portobello Apache IPA 7.0%
Mikkeller Black 18 (Keykeg) 18.0%

The three contenders are the Apache IPA, the California Session IPA and the Shoreditch Sunshine.
The winner is the cooking beer Brodie's Shoreditch Sunshine (£2. 50). I tried this when I saw what superb condition it was coming up in at the Leyton King William IV. I was told that it has a new recipe. It's a typical Brodie's beer, very pale with a bucket load of hops. It tasted fantastic!

BOTW Brodie's Shoreditch Sunshine

[aleandhearty]

Fairly quiet week for me, but several of those sampled were in superb nick.

Wentworth - WPA.
Liverpool Organic - Cascade.
Acorn - Gorlovka.*
Rat - White Rat.*
Leeds - Pale.
Clarks - Trench.
Five Towns - HB.*
Bobs - Chardonnayle.
Five Towns - Baby Blue.

The Baby Blue was absolutely fresh as a daisy. A wonderful aromatic blonde ale, with plenty of grapefruit and tropical fruit on the nose and palate. Easily passed the three pint test.

[london calling]

Some very good beers yesterday both Jo C,s were good.the Siren -Jack Tar,Hopstuff -fusilier but the best was the mystery beer I drank in the Taproom.Not a new beer for me so I didn,t write it down but I think it was
Siren -soundwave..Really stunning and was going to have another but realised I had hit the wall as far as drinking went.(obviously this was before I hit the Floor at Northfields )

[Real Ale Ray]

Lincoln Green - Hood

[Mobyduck]

Some very good beers yesterday both Jo C,s were good.the Siren -Jack Tar,Hopstuff -fusilier but the best was the mystery beer I drank in the Taproom.Not a new beer for me so I didn,t write it down but I think it was
Siren -soundwave..Really stunning and was going to have another but realised I had hit the wall as far as drinking went.(obviously this was before I hit the Floor at Northfields )
Yes I had Soundwave in the Taproom according to my notes.

[oldboots]

Late again

Daleside - Old Leg Over
Ossett - Galaxy
Roosters - Londinium
Roosters - Fort Smith
Alechemy - 10 Storey Malt Bomb
Hop Studio - Blonde
Brew Company - Simcoe
Knaresborough - Expresso Stout
Marston - Oyster Stout
Ilkley - Mary Jane
Rudgate - Ruby Mild
Moorhouses - Blonde Witch
Copper Dragon - Golden Pippin
Caledonian - Auld Aquaintance
Kirkstall - Three Swords
Theakston - XB
Harviestoun - Old Engine Oil
Taylors - Landlord

A few dark ones this week and BOTW is dark Harviestoun - Old Engine Oil

[trainman]

Some good stuff in Norwich, including Yakima Gold and Fat Cat Marmalade at the Fat Cat but, having missed two buses due to (strike) crowding on Thursday, I treated myself to a pint of Kernel IPA at the Holborn Whippet. When I say treat, I mean it - it came in at a flat fiver!!

[ROBCamra]

Despite lots of decent beers at Fleetwood Beer Festival the BOTW is still going to come from The Baum.

I decided to try a Hawkshead Dry Stone Stout after I'd had a couple of light & hoppy beers, just for a change.

I've always liked the beer, but it was on superb form and one turned into three. Excellent. :cheers: