Beer of the Week (w/e 1st June 2014)

[ROBCamra]

ROBCamra: Es Molí De Foc Cerveseria Grahame Pearce Sant Climent Lager
Mobyduck: Dark Star American Pale Ale
Real Ale Ray: Peerless Viking Gold
Aqualung: Clouded Minds Black Pike IPA
london calling: Old School Blackboard
Wittenden: Timothy Taylor Golden Best
hondo: Isle of Arran Kings Cave
Thuck Phat: Hop Back Summer Lightening
aleandhearty: Great Heck Shankar IPA
Bucking Fastard: Dark Star American Pale Ale

[ROBCamra]

No cask ale for me last week as I was in Ciutadella.

Becks at the airport, San Miguel & Estrella in Ciutadella were the only draught beers I had.

However Grahame Pearce Sant Climent Lager was a bottle served in C'an Lluis one of our favourite restaurants in Ciutadella (the roasted kid leg is superb).

Brewed by the Es Molí De Foc Cerveseria in honour of Grahame who passed away recently.

Only 4.2% and full of flavour the bottle says "This beer is a tribute to Grahame, his humor, his friendship and his good life and drink"

A nice idea, I think I'll add it to my Will as a wishlist for one of the brewers I know to brew a beer for me.

Mind you they'd probably get Green Mill to brew the original version of our Old Git again. :evilgrin:

[Mobyduck]

Another poor week variety wise
Darkstar Hophead
Darkstar American Pale Ale
Greene King St Edmunds (I should have known better and just had a Coke)

BOTW has to be Darkstar American Pale Ale

Things will look up soon with a trip up London next Saturday followed by the Rugby trip the Friday after.

[Real Ale Ray]

Peerless - Viking Gold

[Aqualung]

Not much of a week for me :-

Exe Valley Darkest Devon 3.9%
Adnam's Mosaic 4.1%
Yeovil Spring Forward 4.5%
East London Brewing Company Nightwatchman 4.5%
Growler Old Growler 5.0%
Adnam's American Wheat Street 5.0%
Brodie's Old Street Pale 5.0%
Everard's Original 5.2%
Hopcraft Citra Plus 5.4%
Welton's Chanctonbury Ring 5.6%
Clouded Minds Black Pike IPA 6.1%
Greene King Abbot Special Reserve 6.5%

The winner is another Black IPA at £2.60 in the Leyton William IV but with honourable mention for the Adnam's Mosaic.


BOTW Clouded Minds Black Pike IPA

[london calling]

Camra,s Mild for May campaign seems to have fell flat in London and I have seen few around but
Old School -blackboard was very quaffable in the Market Porter.

[Wittenden]

Make May a Pennine Light Mild month.
Old Dairy-Red Top 3.8abv.A fine solid best bitter, unfortunately over carbonated.
Harvey's-Sussex Best Bitter 4abv.Unimpeacheable.
Timothy Taylor-Golden Best 3.5%abv.Excellent session beer, a bit hop forward I thought, but none the worse for it.The only MILD seen this May. My BOTW.

[hondo]

Isle of Arran Brewery - Kings Cave

[Thuck Phat]

Just 3 tried on cask:

Oakham Gangsta
Oakham Bishops Farewell
Hop Back Summer Lightening

What the week lacked in variety was made up for in quality.

BOTW Hop Back - Summer Lightening

[aleandhearty]

A very heavy week for me based around a college reunion, in London.

Fullers - ESB.
Trumans - Swift.
London Fields - Hackney Hopster.
Fyne - Maverick.
Quantum - American Light.
Fyne - Blooming Beer.*
Hawkshead - Brodies Prime.
Castle Rock - Harvest Pale.
Butcombe - Rare Breed.
McMullen - Nags Head Ale.
St Austell - Tribute.
White Horse - Wayland Smithy.
Goody - Good Heavens.
Binghams - Twyford Tipple.
Sambrooks - Pumphouse.
Windsor & Eton - Knight of the Garter.
Butcombe - Haka.*
Great Heck - Shankar IPA.*
Portobello - Star.
Andwell - King John.
Cottage -Junga.*
Fullers - Fools Gold.
Thwaites - Wainwright.
Windsor & Eton - Windsor Knot.

Easy winner was the powerfully hopped IPA / APA from Great Heck. As I drink in their brewery tap, the Bull & Fairhouse, in Wakefield on a regular basis, I find it quite ironic to be nominating a beer of theirs drunk in The Swan, Hammersmith! Still, it was the easy winner. Biggest surprise of the week was a tasty beer from Cottage. Junga is a Polish hop, apparently.

[Bucking Fastard]

Cant match that a&h list but still managed two decent sessions.

Fullers -- Fools Gold
Fullers -- London Pride
Dark Star -- American Pale Ale
Signature -- Black Vinyl
Weird Beard -- Fade to Black
Dark Star -- Hophead

BOTW goes to Dark Star American Pale Ale in top condition as you might expect in The Harp