Beer of the Week (w/e 26th October 2014)

[ROBCamra]

london calling: 360 Degrees Pale Ale
Real Ale Ray: George Wright Motueka
Bucking Fastard: Blue Monkey Ape Ale
Mobyduck: Red Cat Prowler Pale
Aqualung: Bateman's Wicked Weed Freak Of Nature
hondo: Ossett Spellbound
oldboots: Roosters Birdman
Thuck Phat: Blue Monkey Ape Ale
aleandhearty: Mallinsons Nelson Sauvin
ROBCamra: Box Steam Ground Pup

[london calling]

Went out last night and most of the beers were very good Had 2 bottled beers from a new London brewery Leftbank at a pop-up pub in E17. Very good beers. Sometimes the simple beers are the best.
360 Degrees-pale ale 3.9 was a corker and Botw

[Real Ale Ray]

George Wright - Motueka

[Bucking Fastard]

An excellent week


Hopcraft -- Who's been sleeping in my brain *
Leatherbritches -- Scoundrel
Kelham Island -- Pale Rider *
Marston's -- Pedigree
Blue Monkey -- Ape Ale * (3PT)
Blue Monkey -- 99 Red Baboons
Blue Monkey -- BG Sips*

BOTW goes to Blue Monkey Ape Ale is outstanding condition in The Organ Grinder,Loughborough.It sailed past the three pint test,you hardly register the 5.6%.


Next week will be topped off by a visit to the Mansion House for an Oakham fix.

[Mobyduck]

Next week will be topped off by a visit to the Mansion House for an Oakham fix.
B.F, if you haven't already tried The Old Red Lion (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/24079/) , next door to Mansion House , I can recommend it, a very nice pub (Antic) with good beer.

[Mobyduck]

A lacklustre week, (roll on Bristol),
Darkstar Hophead
Darkstar American Pale Ale
Gales HSB
Red Cat Prowler Pale
Clark's Classic Blonde
Thwaites Lancaster Bomber

The Prowler Pale was a nice pint and BOTW.

[Bucking Fastard]

B.F, if you haven't already tried The Old Red Lion (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/24079/) , next door to Mansion House , I can recommend it, a very nice pub (Antic) with good beer.

That's a good point,I was planning a quick visit next door to check out the ale line up and if by any chance Oakham fails to deliver ,we can carry on in the Old Red Lion.:nishelypished:

[Aqualung]

Apart from two and one of them was a Cottage beer it's all Spoons fest ales this week.

Banks's Mild 3.5%*
JW Lees John Willie's 100 4.2%
Bateman's Colonel's Whiskers 4.3%*
Cottage Victory 4.5%
Moorhouse's Black Cat Reserve 4.5%
Hook Norton Chinook Gold 4.7%
Oakham Great Gustav 4.8%*
Everard's Tiger Triple Gold 5.0%
Mordue Americana 5.0%*
Wadworth 10 Barrel OG IPA 5.0%*
Adnam's Sixpoint Brooklyn Bitter 5.5%*
Caledonian Trojan Horse 5.5%
Woodforde's Phoenix IPA 5.5%*
Bateman's Wicked Weed Freak Of Nature 7.5%*

It's a difficult choice here so I'll apply my rule of thumb when dithering over what to order, "when in doubt go for the strongest" Bateman's Wicked Weed Freak Of Nature. It was better for just £1.99 in the Chingford King's Ford than the N7 Coronet where I got charged £2.55 and then £3.30. I think I'll give the Islington area of London a complete miss from now on.
It's a Double American IPA with which Bateman's have done a fair job.

BOTW Bateman's Wicked Weed Freak Of Nature

[hondo]

Ossett - Spellbound

[oldboots]

Black Sheep - Reaper
Oakham - Great Gustav
Theakston - Best Bitter
Hambleton - Eebagum
Magic Rock - Ringmaster
Sky's Edge - Stout
Marble - Bitter
Magic Rock - Great Alphonso
Magic Rock - Dark Arts
Magic Rock - Pith Head
Schneider & Sohn - Tap 6
Roosters - Birdman
Liberation American Brown Ale
Ossett - Turning Leaves
Dortmunder Union - Pils
Leeds - Pale
Atom - Blonde
Kirkstall - Three Swords
Salamander - Travellers Joy
Salamander - Crimson Cloud
Stella Artois - Lager
Vale - Metamorphisis
Stancil - Toms Mild
Ilkley - Joshua Jane

Roosters - Birdman usual 4.3 pale malt base but single hopped with Chinook.

[Thuck Phat]

Decent week:
Porter Street Bravo Brit
Milestone Honey Porter*
Hopcraft Who's Been Sleeping in my Brain*
Salopian Darwin's Origin*
Kelham Island Pale Rider*
Marstons Pedigree
Blue Monkey Ape Ale*
Blue Monkey 99 Red Baboons
Blue Monkey Infinity*
Oakham Bishops Farewell*

Some very good beers there but despite Mr. Fastard's nomination above it's very difficult to look beyond the Ape Ale. So I won't
BOTW Blue Monkey - Ape Ale.

[aleandhearty]

Very similar to last week, in that it was fairly quiet, but the quality of those tried was high.

Great Heck - Australasian Pale Ale.*
Mallinsons - Nelson Sauvin.*
Fernandes - Folklore.
Rat - Black Rat.
Oldershaw - Heavenly Blonde.*
Ossett - Brewers Gold.
Rat - White Rat.*
Rat - Ratsputin.*
Hardknott - Continuum.*
Two Roses - Sunrise.
Five Towns - Old Norrell.
Moorhouses - Black Cat Reserve.*

With an honorable mention for the Black Cat, the winner is the Nelson Sauvin. Lovely and complex for a 3.8% beer, with an almost wine like quality, which this hop is famous for.

[ROBCamra]

A very late submission due to being away most of last week.

Box Steam Ground Pup wins it though, in the Baum of course.

A 5.5% American IPA named after a ballistic missile. Drinks to it's strength too. :cheers: