Beer of the Week (w/e 6th April 2014)

[ROBCamra]

gillhalfpint: Rebel Mexi-Cocoa
Mobyduck: Late Knights Hop O The Morning
london calling: Beavertown Blood Orange IPA
Aqualung: Brodie's Kiwi
Real Ale Ray: Peerless Triple Blond
hondo: Alechemy Rhapsody
Thuck Phat: Caledonian Port Leith IPA
oldboots: Harrogate Brewing Co Pinewoods PA
Wittenden: Norfolk Brewhouse Moon Gazer Dark Mild
Bucking Fastard: Tigertops Duel
aleandhearty: Elland Red River IPA
ROBCamra: Wilson Potter Don't Fall

[gillhalfpint]

Rebel Mexi-Cocoa 8.5% at Coventry beer festival on Friday.

[Mobyduck]

Have had some very good beers this week,
Darkstar Hophead
Darkstar American Pale Ale
Plain Ales Innocence
Plain ales Sheep Dip
Clarkeshaws Phoenix Rising
Burning Sky Aurora
Ilkley Joushua Jane
Charles Wells/Dogfishhead DNA
Oakham Citra
Late Nights Hop O Morning
Head In A Hat Honey Brown Ale
Cottage Battle of The Blues
Three Friends Pale
Best of the week was easily Late Knights Hop O The Morning,A fantastic Stout
enjoyed in my find of the Month pub The Old Red Lion. (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/24079/)

[london calling]

Have had some very good beers this week,
Darkstar Hophead
Darkstar American Pale Ale
Plain Ales Innocence
Plain ales Sheep Dip
Clarkeshaws Phoenix Rising
Burning Sky Aurora
Ilkley Joushua Jane
Charles Wells/Dogfishhead DNA
Oakham Citra
Late Nights Hop O Morning
In A Head Honey Brown Ale
Cottage Battle of The Blues
Three Friends Pale
Best of the week was easily Late Knights Hop O The Morning,A fantastic Stout
enjoyed in my find of the Month pub The Old Red Lion. (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/24079/)

Possibly Head in a Hat-honey brown ale.

[london calling]

Had some top beers at the Craft beer co fest and visited some top pubs around north Clapham this week
three exceptional beers
Weird Beard -boring brown beer 7.4
Magic Rock -dark arts (with rosehips) 6.0
and what a beer for BOTW
Beavertown -blood orange ipa 7.2

[Aqualung]

Weird Beard -boring brown beer 7.4

Great name!!!

[Aqualung]

After a two week abstinence due to being in hospital (not too serious, I think they thought I was an "interesting" case) I've been playing catch up.

Brodie's Kiwi 3.8%
Brodie's Shoreditch Sunshine 3.9%
Blindman's Golden Spring 4.0%
Brodie's London Fields 4.0%
Brodie's Bethnal Green Bitter 4.0%
Brain's White Out 4.0%
Fuller's Brit Hop 4.1%
Five Points Pale 4.4%
Bateman's Negne O Brown Ale 4.5%
Palmer's Dorset Gold 4.5%
Wild Card Jack Of Clubs 4.5%
Dartmoor Jail Ale 4.8%
Exe Valley It's Phil's Ale 4.8%
Growler Hell Hound 4.9%
Hopcraft Reign Of Terror 4.9%
Brodie's Old Street Pale 5.0%
Purity Saddle Black 5.1%
Yeovil Posh IPA 5.4%
Shepherd Neame Fermin Red Ale 5.8%
Hopcraft Fault Line Black IPA 6.0%
Greene King Double Hop Monster IPA 7.2%


The winner probably shows some bias as it was the first one tried half an hour after being released on parole from hospital. The low ABV Brodie's beers (mild excepted) normally fly under my radar but on this occasion I wanted a rapid intake of tasty weak beer.
The Kiwi was a superb low ABV hop bomb, possibly too extreme for the Boring Brown Brigade but heaven for a Hop Head like myself. After this and the Shoreditch Sunshine the London Fields Pale was positively sweet.

BOTW Brodie's Kiwi

[Real Ale Ray]

Peerless - Triple Blond

[Mobyduck]

Possibly Head in a Hat-honey brown ale.
correct :nishelypished:

[hondo]

Alechemy - Rhapsody

[Thuck Phat]

Holden's Aging Bull
Hilegard's Solange
Caledonian Port Leith IPA
Oakham Citra, Bishops Farewell
Wood Farm Grand Slam

BOTW, to my surprise, is Caledonian Port Leith IPA. Looks a boring brown beer but is a much better IPA at 5% than the other one which Caledonian do.

[oldboots]

Taylors - Landlord
Oakham - Citra
Kirkstall - Dissolution
Pedal Power - Golden Ale
Batemans - Nogne O Brown Ale
BAD Co - Love over Gold
Harrogate Brewing Co - Pinewoods PA
Bernard - Unfiltered Pilsner
Saltaire - Blonde
Roosters - Liberator
Williams Bros - Red
Rudgate - Brew #3 wheat beer
Taylors - Landlord
Sarah Hughes - Dark Ruby Mild
First Chop Brewery - FCB
Gadds - No3
Titanic - Cherry Dark
Gt Heck - Shanker IPA
Ilkley - Fireside Porter
Hop Studio - XS

some outstanding beers but just in front Harrogate Brewing Co - Pinewoods PA

[Wittenden]

Day return to Norfolk:
Norfolk Brewhouse-Moon Gazer Dark Mild 4.9abv .Dark,initially dry then richer , with soft fruit overtones.
Norfolk Brewhouse-Moon Gazer Ruby 4%abv. Toasty best bitter.Less body than the MILD.
My BOTW-Norfolk Brewhouse Moon Gazer Dark MILD

[Bucking Fastard]

A very good week and interesting boating.

Byatt's -- Glorious
Acorn -- Black Oak
Hildegard's -- Solange
Caledonian -- Port Leith IPA
Oakham -- Citra
Wood Farm -- Grand Slam
Wold Top -- Marmalade Porter
Abbeydale -- Brimstone
Byatt's -- Urban Red
Sarah Hughes -- Dark Ruby Mild
Grafton -- Silhouette
XT -- XT 14
Great Heck -- Stormin' Norman
Tigertops -- Duel
Titanic -- Cherry Dark
Purity -- Mad Goose


BOTW among some top brews goes to Tigertops Duel a gloriously bitter brown ale in the excellent Craven Arms,Birmingham.


Quiet week ahead,may try some more 'spoons festival ales pre match.

[aleandhearty]

After two very quiet weeks, it was great to squeeze in several sessions and have some very good beers.

Hilden - Nut Brown.
Standeaven - African Pale Ale.
Elland - Red River IPA.*
Rat - White Rat.*
Rat - Ratty Belafonte.
Five Towns - Outwood Gold.
Tigertops - Black Hop Stout.*
Mallinsons - Amarillo.
Saltaire - Raspberry Blonde.
Castle Rock - Harvest Pale.
Clarks - Heroes.
Five Towns - Niamhs Nemesis.*
Partners - Triple Hop.
Rat - Rata Nui.*
Elland - Lambi.
Hopback - Spring Zing.
Moles - Mole Catcher.
Ilkley - Black.*
Moorhouses - Pride of Pendle.

Barely a cigarette paper between the Red River, Black Hop Stout and Rata Nui, but for sheer drinkability the former has it. A lovely hop forward IPA, but with a juicy malt base offering great balance.

[aleandhearty]

BOTW among some top brews goes to Tigertops Duel a gloriously bitter brown ale in the excellent Craven Arms,Birmingham.

Tigertops is Wakefield's Cinderella micro, almost certainly the least well known of the city's breweries. However, as a one man operation, Barry 'Axeman' Smith is certainly churning out some beautiful beers at the moment. Black Hop Stout was my runner up this week and his Hop Rain was BOTW w/e 16th Feb. There's usually a Tigertops beer on at Harry's Bar, so if you're still on for a trip north in July 'BF', I'll have to take you there.

[Bucking Fastard]

Tigertops is Wakefield's Cinderella micro, almost certainly the least well known of the city's breweries. However, as a one man operation, Barry 'Axeman' Smith is certainly churning out some beautiful beers at the moment. Black Hop Stout was my runner up this week and his Hop Rain was BOTW w/e 16th Feb. There's usually a Tigertops beer on at Harry's Bar, so if you're still on for a trip north in July 'BF', I'll have to take you there.

Just sorting out the dates ,but the good ship plus crew will be in Wakefield in early July ,so that's a very kind offer that will be certainly taken up.Two other drinkers who were with me in The Craven Arms but dont review on this site also voted Tigertops Duel as their beer of the weekend against some strong competition.May the Axeman continue churning.

[ROBCamra]

Wilson Potter Don't Fall tried at Oldham Beer Festival. A pale hoppy blonde beer with lots of flavour at 3.9%

It was also Ms CAMRA's BOTW as well. :cheers: