Beer of the Week (w/e 17th August 2014)

[ROBCamra]

ROBCamra: Peroni/Moretti or some other fizz I expect

[london calling]

Are you guys predicting the future.This is next weeks beer thread.

[Mobyduck]

Are you guys predicting the future.This is next weeks beer thread.
Oops , always a problem when Robs off on holiday. :rolleyes:

[Real Ale Ray]

Are you guys predicting the future.This is next weeks beer thread.

Cheers for that one John!

[hondo]

Brass Castle - bad kitty

[oldboots]

A very quiet week for me,

Roosters - Yankee
Mallinsons - Simcoe
Salamander - Betwixt
Cross Bay - Halo
Gt Heck - Voodoo Mild
Nook - Oat Stout
Ilkley - Joshua Jane
Magic Rock - Great Alphonso
Taylors - Landlord


BOTW from mad Denzil Gt Heck - Voodoo Mild

[Mobyduck]

A good week
Redemption Pale Ale 3.8%
Skinners Cornish Trawler 3.8%
Thornbridge Hippocrates Purge 4.5%
Highland Amarillo 4.5%
Burning Sky Plateau 3.5%
Darkstar Brewers Reserve 4.5%
Darkstar American Pale Ale 4.7%
Darkstar Hylder Blonde 4.2%*
Alchemy Citra Burst IPA 5.4%*
Blue Monkey Ape Ale 5.4%*
Hardknott Cool Fusion 4.4%
Mumbles Oystermouth Stout 4.4%*
Ole Slewfoot Citraville APA 3.9%
Salopian Lemon Dream 4.5%*
Saltaire Triple Chocoholic4.8%*
Vibrant Forest Nova Foresta 3.8%*
Robinsons Dizzy Blonde 3.8%
Everards Xinngu 4.0%*
Red Squirrel Redtail Citra 4.2%
Siren Craft Half Mast QIPA 2.8%
Downton Orimental 4.1%
Hopcraft Reign Of Terror 4.9%
Celt Experience 614 Annees 8.5%

Several contenders but it came down to Alchemy Citra Burst IPA being just pipped by the narrowest of margins by BOTW Saltaire Triple Chocoholic .A valiant third place for Salopian Lemon Dream, all three taken at this years Great British Beer Festival.

[Real Ale Ray]

Acton - Seahouses Pale

[Bucking Fastard]

Just one pub visit,so by default GK IPA is the BOTW :o,in the less than exciting Harts Horns ,Hertford

[Aqualung]

Not a bad week including a great day out in the frozen North but with numbers down due to rather too many duplicates:-

Timothy Taylor Dark Mild 3.5%
Timothy Taylor Golden Best 3.5%
Timothy Taylor Boltmaker 4.0%
Everard's Tiger 4.2%
Timothy Taylor Landlord 4.3%
Timothy Taylor Ram Tam 4.3%
Thornbridge Hopton 4.3%
Brewster's Decadence 4.4%
Portobello Market Porter 4.6%
Oakham Bishop's Farewell 4.6%
Saltaire Hop #256 5.0%
Grafton Lady Mary 5.0%
Caledonian Barley Brown's Black IPA 5.2%
Saltaire New World Red 5.2%
Summer Wine Diablo 6.0%

Last week's BOTW was good again as were the two Saltaire brews and the Taylor's Dark Mild and Ram Tam but the winner has to be the Saltaire Hop #256 as tried in the Puzzle Hall at Sowerby Bridge for £2.90. I've discovered from their web site that #256 is the name of an American hop used in this IPA / APA.


BOTW Saltaire Hop #256

[Wittenden]

London and Essex

Hardknott-Katalyst 3.8%abv: I approached this with due trepidation,but found, despite the Brewer's contarianism,a reasonably hoppy,modern style pale ale.
Mighty Oak-Oscar Wilde MILD 3.7%abv: a lovely jet black MILD:chocolatey with a touch of liquorice.
Mighty Oak IPA 3.5%abv:nutty and hoppy session bitter.
Vale-Pure Gold 3.9%abv :me-too golden ale.Thin with some hedgerow fruit.
Truman's -Swift 3.9% Rather nondescript golden/amber ale from the revived Truman's Brewery.
London Fields-Broadway Belle 5%abv:a 'Californian Pale'.Tropical fruit.
My BOTW: a close run thing between the Katalyst and Oscar Wilde. After due reflection it goes to Mighty Oak-Oscar Wilde MILD.

[aleandhearty]

Decent week for me, all bar one tried on my usual Sunday afternoon crawl (Hop, Harry's, Bull & Fairhouse, FernandesTap).

Cottage - Sunset.
Fernandes - Malt Shovel MILD.*
Fernandes - Octohop.*
Mallinsons - Mount Pleasant MILD.*
White Rose - Summer Hoppiness.
Oxfordshire - Sunseeker.
Fernandes - Bullet IPA.*
Revolutions - Pretty in Pink.
Great Heck - Dave.
Kelham - Easy Rider.*
Rat - White Rat.
Liverpool Organic - Cascade.
Abbeydale - Abbey Ale.*
Tring - Kiwi.
Slaters - TopTotty.
Five Towns - Old Norrell.
Fuzzy Duck - Mucky Duck.*
Elland - Ginger Pale Ale.

BOTW is an old favourite and previous winner. As the name suggests, Octohop is a golden ale made with eight different hop varieties. Incredible flavour for a 4% beer.

[rpadam]

Happened to find a beer festival on in Gent last Saturday; so, without being too specific, it was almost certainly something I had there.

NB - This is the first beer festival I've been to where something like the 'Rooie Dop 24/7 Session Ale' at 4.9% was in the "Low Alcohol" category!