Beer of the Week (w/e 18th May 2014)

[ROBCamra]

hondo: Stewart Brewing Jack Back
Bucking Fastard: Blue Monkey Scarlet Chimpernel
Mobyduck: Redwillow Shameless
Aqualung: Portobello Market Porter
Real Ale Ray: Brodie's Bethnal Green Bitter
london calling: Weird Beard Dark Hopfler
Thuck Phat: Northern Monk New World IPA
aleandhearty: Empire Robohop
ROBCamra: Dunscar Bridge Northern Storm

[hondo]

Stewart Brewing - Jack Back

[Bucking Fastard]

Good weather,good boating,good ale.

Titanic -- White Star
Titanic -- Plum Porter
Oakham -- Citra
Sadlers -- Kimber Drop
Marston's -- Draught Bass
Blue Monkey -- Scarlet Chimpernel
Blue Monkey -- BG Sips
Redwillow -- Heartless
Redwillow -- Shameless IPA (keg)
Tiny Rebel -- Hadouken (keg)
Titanic -- Iceberg

BOTW goes to Blue Monkey Scarlet Chimpernel,a dialled up version of 99 Red Baboons and in top condition in the terrific Treacle Tap in Macc.

[Mobyduck]

The Kingston beer festival was this weeks saviour,
Darkstar - Hophead 3.8%
Dartmoor - Legend 4.4%
Alchemy - Dr Rudi Burst 5.3%
Elland - 1872 Porter 6.5%
East London - Quadrant Oatmeal Stout 5.8%
Oakham - Scarlet Macaw 4.4%
Redemption - Big Chief 5.5%
Redwillow - Shameless 5.9%
Rother Valley- Northiam Imperial Pale Ale N.I.P.A. 5.0%
Tillingbourne - A.O.N.B. 4%
Twickenham - Black Eel IPA 5.0

Not a bad one amongst that lot and a lot of IPA action, but it comes down to two beers ,hard to split but Redwillow Shameless just ,and only just, edges out Twickenham Black Eel Ipa as BOTW.

[Aqualung]

A good week for me :-

Banks's Mild 3.5%
Bishop Nick Ridley's Rite 3.6%
Wibbler's Dengie Dark 3.8%
Farmer's Nelson's Blood 3.8%
Green Jack Golden Best 3.8%
Shalford Levelly Gold 4.0%
Banks's Cereal Thriller 4.0%
Box Steam Tunnel Vision 4.2%
Wychwood Full Brazilian 4.4%
Wood's Shropshire Lad 4.5%
Oakham Curmudgeon 4.5%
Portobello Market Porter 4.6%
Freeminer Speculation 4.8%
Stonehenge Danish Dynamite 5.0%
Colchester London Porter 5.0%
Arundel Wild Heaven 5.2%
Hopcraft Citraic 5.2%
Brodie's Jamaican Stout 5.4%
Otter Head 5.8%
East London Brewing Company Quadrant Stout 5.8%
Hopcraft Fault Line Black IPA 6.0%
Greene King Abbot Special Reserve 6.5%


There are three contenders, The Fault Line Black IPA, The Market Porter and the Quadrant Stout.
The Market Porter just edges it drank in the E4 King's Ford at £2.20

BOTW Portobello Market Porter

[Real Ale Ray]

Brodie's - Bethnal Green Bitter in the brilliant The Craven Arms (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/37562/)

[london calling]

Had the 3 best beers of the night in the first pub i went to .Craft beer co Clapham supplied three top beers
great heck -blonde
tiny rebel -goldie looking ale
and the superb
weird beard -dark hopfler 2.5 low strength full flavour.

[Thuck Phat]

Some very good beer this week:
Titanic White Star*
Titanic Plum Porter*
Oakham Citra
Oakham Bishops Farewell*
Blue Monkey BG Sips*
Blue Monkey Scarlet Chimpernel* - best name from Blue Monkey yet
RedWillow Heartless
RedWillow Shameless IPA (keg)
Northern Monk New World IPA (keg)

Despite the competition it's no contest - BOTW Northern Monk - New World IPA. The Brewdog experience had put me off keg beer but this has changed my thinking. Not too cold or too fizzy and punchy at 6.2%, this is like TT Landlord on steroids. Fantastic.

[aleandhearty]

After a completely dry week, last week, due to a chest infection, I had a cathartic couple of sessions this week. Plenty of variety, but not that many beers with the wow factor.

Mallinsons - BG Calypso.
Goose Eye - Over & Stout.
Surrey Hills - Ranmore.
Empire - Robohop.*
Coach House - Gunpowder MILD.
Fat Head - Rocket Man.
Boggart - Dark MILD.
Mallinsons - Amarillo.
Bridestones - New Beginnings.
Ulverston - Another Fine Mess.
Elland - 1872 Porter.
Acorn - Blonde.
Great Heck - Golden Bull.*
Revolutions/Tyne Bank - Communique.
Great Heck - Five.*
Five Towns - Peculiar Blue.*
Fernandes - Malt Shovel MILD.
Abbeydale - Brimstone.
Fullers - Fools Gold.
Elland - Bora Bora.

BOTW goes to Empire Robohop, a nice hop forward session beer.

[ROBCamra]

Dunscar Bridge Northern Storm. A dark mild that, similar to last weeks winner, drinks more like a porter.

Tried in The Regal Moon (JD Wetherspoon) (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/55906/) in Rochdale.