Beer of the Week (w/e 19th July 2015)

[ROBCamra]

Mobyduck: Glamorgan My Darling Lemontime
oldboots: Boggart Rum Porter
Aqualung: Peerless Project 366
aleandhearty: Salopian The Bends
Bucking Fastard: Titanic Route 10 IPA
Thuck Phat: Titanic White Star
london calling: Leighton Buzzard Centennial IPA
Wittenden: Dark Star Hophead
Real Ale Ray: Roosters Seventh Inning Stretch
ROBCamra: Abbeydale Wellesley

[Mobyduck]

A decent sized list this week
Darkstar Hophead
Darkstar American Pale Ale
Portobello Westway Blonde
Flying Monk Elmers
Charles Wells Hummingbird
Butcombe Rare Breed
Hambledon Nightmare
Tring Kotuku
Oakham Preacher
Red Willow Shameless
Roosters 7th Wicket
Fullers Beachcomer
Longman American Pale Ale
Redemption Big Chief
Glamorgan My Darling Lemontime
Animal Screech
Tring Pale 4+2
Fullers Olivers Island
Oakham The Robber
Mad Squirrel Milk Stout
Oakham Citra
East London Cow Catcher
Black Country Pig On The Wall
Bowmans Wallops Wood
Red Cat Prowler
Binghams Jarrylo
Rusty Prop Airwaves
Hop Art Hoppy Blonde
Andwells Pilsner
Frensham Forager
Frensham Rambler
Isle Of Purbeck Solar Power
Bristol Beer Factory Nova
Glastonbury Lady Of The Lake
Sunny Republic Dolphin Amber
Sunny Republic Huna Red
Bournemouth Wessex Wobble

A good and varied selection the bulk of which was enjoyed Friday in St Albans and Saturday at a local Beer festival,
I am picking as BOTW Glamorgan My Darling Lemontime Refreshing and quite different.

I think I need a day off.

[oldboots]

I won't show you all my big list, ooer Mrs, suffice to say BOTW is Boggart Rum Porter

[Aqualung]

Another short list due to the Spoons cider fest. It was only saved from being pathetic by a day in Liverpool, :-

Bateman's Gold 3.9%
Peerless Triple Blond 4.0%
Liverpool Organic 24 Carat Gold 4.2%
Lytham Ice King 4.4%
Downton Bogus Buffalo 4.8%
Portobello American Pale Ale 4.8%
Peerless Storr 4.8%
Liverpool Craft American Red 5.0%*
Brodie's Californian 5.0%*
Burton Bridge Stairway To Heaven 5.0%
Peerless Project 366 5.0%*
Fernandes Black Voodoo 5.1%*
Phoenix Wobbly Bob 6.0%

It's a close contest between the starred ones but I'll go for the Peerless Project 366 a beer brewed with what sounds like a genetically modified hop. It was in excellent condition at £1.65 in the Liverpool JDW the Lime Kiln. I dare say the price probably made it taste a whole lot better!
Spoons cider of the week is Fynburys Rutland Cider.


BOTW Peerless Project 366

[aleandhearty]

A good week for me managing a few in The Tabard, W4 after my daughter's graduation and a major session with 'oldboots' and ROBCamra, on Friday, in the 'Merrie City.'

Titanic - Steerage, Iceberg, Last Porter Call.
Plain - Arty Farty.
Old Mill - Traditional Mild.
Marstons - New World Pale.*
Acorn - Darkness.*
Yeovil - Lynx Wildcat.
Castle Rock - Black Gold.
Black Iris - Bleeding Heart.
Brass Castle - Bad Kitty.*
Salopian -The Bends.*
Elland - Pacifica.
Revolutions - Cocker.
Abbeydale - Deception.
Great Heck - Voodoo Mild.*
Butcombe - Great Grey Owl.
Fernandes - Ten Degrees.*
Rat - Rat Attack.
Cotleigh - Osprey.

All the starred beers would probably have won in a quiet week, but The Bends was a lovely 5.2% APA, another winner from a favourite brewery.

[Bucking Fastard]

A very decent week topped off by the fine crawl around St Albans

Titanic -- White Star *
Titanic -- Route 10 IPA*
Titanic -- Plum Porter*
Titanic -- Iceberg *
Sadlers -- Hop Bomb
Red Squirrel -- Redwood American IPA *
Verulam -- Alban Ale *
RedWillow -- Shameless
Roosters -- Seventh Innings Stretch *
Red Squirrel -- Summer Daze
Fullers -- Summer Ale
Redemption -- Big Chief *
Mad Squirrel -- Milk Stout *
XT -- XT3
XT -- XT15 (English IPA)
Fullers -- Olivers Island

St Albans had a much better range of real ales than I was expecting but BOTW goes to Titanic Route 10 IPA a beautifully complex and strong IPA in great nick in The Bulls Head,Burslem. Sadly I had just about the last pint out,if it has stayed on the three pint test would have come into play .

[Thuck Phat]

This week:

Oakham Citra
Oakham Bishops Farewell
Titanic White Star*
Titanic Iceberg*
Titanic Plum Porter*
Steam Flower Power

Sadly the Flower Power wasn't a patch on it's namesake brewed by Whim.
All of the Titanic beers were excellent and in top nick.
BOTW Titanic White Star. I was worried about this as the ABV has been dropped from 4.8% to 4.5%. I'm not generally in favour of reducing ABVs having experienced the change which Marston's made to Pedigree taking it from a world class beer to a barely acceptable BBB when going from 4.8% to 4.5%. In this case though all the flavour and character of White Star has been retained and a previously unputdownable beer is now even more suited to a session. Three pints - no problem.

[london calling]

Some very good beers in St Albans
red squirrel -apa
alehouse -albans ale
rother valley -choc porter
white hart -pilsner-esgue
red squirrel -summer daze
camerons -shotgun wedding
Leighton buzzard-borrowers bitter
merrie city -Cascadian
slaughterhouse -wild boar
elb -cowcatcher
and 3 standout beers were
waen -pamplemouse pale
glamorgan -my darling lemon time
and although the condition could have been a tad better
Leighton Buzzard -centennial ipa 6.8 was BOTW

[london calling]

A decent sized list this week
Darkstar Hophead
Darkstar American Pale Ale
Portobello Westway Blonde
Flying Monk Elmers
Charles Wells Hummingbird
Butcombe Rare Breed
Hambledon Nightmare
Tring Kotuku
Oakham Preacher
Red Willow Shameless
Roosters 7th Wicket
Fullers Beachcomer
Longman American Pale Ale
Redemption Big Chief
Glamorgan My Darling Lemontime
Animal Screech
Tring Pale 4+2
Fullers Olivers Island
Oakham The Robber
Mad Squirrel Milk Stout
Oakham Citra
East London Cow Catcher
Black Country Pig On The Wall
Bowmans Wallops Wood
Red Cat Prowler
Binghams Jarrylo
Rusty Prop Airwaves
Hop Art Hoppy Blonde
Andwells Pilsner
Frensham Forager
Frensham Rambler
Isle Of Purbeck Solar Power
Bristol Beer Factory Nova
Glastonbury Lady Of The Lake
Sunny Republic Dolphin Amber
Sunny Republic Huna Red
Bournemouth Wessex Wobble

A good and varied selection the bulk of which was enjoyed Friday in St Albans and Saturday at a local Beer festival,
I am picking as BOTW Glamorgan My Darling Valentine Refreshing and quite different.

I think I need a day off.
The lemontime was better than the valentine.

[Mobyduck]

The lemontime was better than the valentine.

Oops, told you I need a day off.

[Wittenden]

Hophead, at risk of repetition:unimpeachable for a summer's day.

[Real Ale Ray]

Roosters - Seventh Inning Stretch

[ROBCamra]

Abbeydale Wellesley. The usual Abbeydale light & hoppy and decent for a session at 4%.

Unusually it's been brewed with UK Cascade hops. :cheers: