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I may have to get Dave to handle these, he seems to be getting into the drinking now :p
Alesonly: Brains Rev James (http://forums.pubsgalore.co.uk/showthread.php?2149-Beer-of-the-Week-%28w-e-25-Apr-2010%29&p=12012#post12012)
hopwas: Wadworth Farmers Glory (http://forums.pubsgalore.co.uk/showthread.php?2149-Beer-of-the-Week-%28w-e-25-Apr-2010%29&p=12026#post12026)
Oggwyn Trench: Wye Valley Butty Bach (http://forums.pubsgalore.co.uk/showthread.php?2149-Beer-of-the-Week-%28w-e-25-Apr-2010%29&p=12068#post12068)
oldboots: Saltaire Dark Dragon (http://forums.pubsgalore.co.uk/showthread.php?2149-Beer-of-the-Week-%28w-e-25-Apr-2010%29&p=12117#post12117)
gillhalfpint: Okells Alt (http://forums.pubsgalore.co.uk/showthread.php?2149-Beer-of-the-Week-%28w-e-25-Apr-2010%29&p=12130#post12130)
RogerB: Hawkshead Lakeland Lager (http://forums.pubsgalore.co.uk/showthread.php?2149-Beer-of-the-Week-%28w-e-25-Apr-2010%29&p=12138#post12138)
ROBCamra: Nook Brewhouse Best (http://forums.pubsgalore.co.uk/showthread.php?2149-Beer-of-the-Week-%28w-e-25-Apr-2010%29&p=12140#post12140)
Bucking Fastard: Oakhams 12 Monkeys (http://forums.pubsgalore.co.uk/showthread.php?2149-Beer-of-the-Week-%28w-e-25-Apr-2010%29&p=12143#post12143)
aleandhearty: Oakham Rollercoaster (http://forums.pubsgalore.co.uk/showthread.php?2149-Beer-of-the-Week-%28w-e-25-Apr-2010%29&p=12144#post12144)
Conrad: Morrissey Fox Blonde (http://forums.pubsgalore.co.uk/showthread.php?2149-Beer-of-the-Week-%28w-e-25-Apr-2010%29&p=12152#post12152)
HTM69: Davenports Deer Hunter (http://forums.pubsgalore.co.uk/showthread.php?2149-Beer-of-the-Week-%28w-e-25-Apr-2010%29&p=12163#post12163)
Pubsignman: Burton Bridge's Bridge Bitter (http://forums.pubsgalore.co.uk/showthread.php?2149-Beer-of-the-Week-%28w-e-25-Apr-2010%29&p=12181#post12181)
Millay: St George's Flag (http://forums.pubsgalore.co.uk/showthread.php?2149-Beer-of-the-Week-%28w-e-25-Apr-2010%29&p=12199#post12199)
Going to Brum in 2 hours for MEGA JDW pub crawl to check out beers which I haven't tasted in JDW's festival.. :drinkup::drinkup::drinkup: I shall check in all 6 JDW's.. (God help me with my already battered livers)
Hopefully I will surface on here tomorrow depending on how bad is hangover.. :o
ROBCamra
19-04-2010, 09:30
(God help me with my already battered livers)
You've got more than one liver you jammy sod? No wonder you can drink so much. :D
Time to get a multiple donor card.
You've got more than one liver you jammy sod? No wonder you can drink so much. :D
Time to get a multiple donor card.
I hope you mean leave to science card, I wouldn't wish one of our forumites livers on anyone.
aleandhearty
19-04-2010, 12:41
I hope you mean leave to science card, I wouldn't wish one of our forumites livers on anyone.
:D I'm not naming any names, but I can think of a couple of contributors whose livers could be used in the British Trampolining Championships!
ROBCamra
21-04-2010, 10:39
Well last night I had an OK pint of Peerless Hilbre Gold, A good pint of White Brewery's Art Of Rother, a couple of good pints of Slaters Top Totty and 2 excellent pints of Kelham Island Grease Band. :drinkup:
Grease Band is winning so far.
Alesonly
21-04-2010, 20:32
My favourite Beer of the week this week is Brains Rev James 4,5% :cheers:
My top 3 this week are Herold Black Chalice, Wadworth Farmers Glory and Hook Norton Early Mist so my BOTW goes to..
Wadworth Farmers Glory.
Blimey, so no hopes for the weekend then Alesonly and Hoppy?
How about you, Conrad then?
Not actually had a beer yet this week, hoping to get a few in over the weekend albeit bottled.
Alesonly
22-04-2010, 17:08
Blimey, so no hopes for the weekend then Alesonly and Hoppy?
Sadly I'm not allowed too drink now for the rest of the week as I'm on duty and will be will working on late turns till Saturday night.
So no more Beer this week. :moremad: I will make up for it Sunday.
Oggwyn Trench
24-04-2010, 07:56
No pub for me this weekend , but i will make up for it next week , 3 days off and a weekend in Chester :drinkup:
BOTW easy as i have only had 3 pints all good though , Wye Valley Butty Bach :notworthy:
Wittenden
24-04-2010, 20:18
[QUOTE=Oggwyn Trench ;12068]No pub for me this weekend
Me too, though I've got time off for good behaviour next Saturday. I've had 2 exceptional bottles recently: Dark Star's Imperial Stout and Gadd's Oyster Stout. Both (a bit) out of my regular comfort zone, but these are beers to savour and relax with. Interestingly, the Gadd's uses Fuggles, together with 6 types of malt. I'm not really a stout drinker, though I was "prescribed" Mackeson's as a young child:apparently I was a sickly brat and needed building up.
Oggwyn Trench
24-04-2010, 21:10
[QUOTE=Oggwyn Trench ;12068]No pub for me this weekend
Me too, though I've got time off for good behaviour next Saturday. I've had 2 exceptional bottles recently: Dark Star's Imperial Stout and Gadd's Oyster Stout. Both (a bit) out of my regular comfort zone, but these are beers to savour and relax with. Interestingly, the Gadd's uses Fuggles, together with 6 types of malt. I'm not really a stout drinker, though I was "prescribed" Mackeson's as a young child:apparently I was a sickly brat and needed building up.
Not had Mackeson for years , used to drink it when playing pool in me dinner hour (the only other chose was Ansells Keg Bitter or lager) might try it again when im out on Wednesday
oldboots
25-04-2010, 17:59
Another close run thing, for a while George Wright "Drunken Duck" was out in front (that man just can't make a bad beer) but then another St Georges Day special took the honours - Saltaire Dark Dragon, a dark malty bitter very different to their usual hoppy brews and quite reminiscent of Jennings Cumberland in its heyday, but with more hops.
JDW Frestival ales to date - still 0.
gillhalfpint
25-04-2010, 22:42
I must put the Okells Alt as BOTW. Not all the pubs selling it had the good quality but I could have stayed with it at the White House in Peel, and the Terminus Tavern in Douglas. Superb.
Some good 'uns this week but have generally stuck to 'Spoons Fest beers. Triple FFF Rock Lobster, Davenport Beer Hunter and Bank's Morrells Oxford Blue all worthy of a mention and a non-'Spoons beer last night, Cathedral Rentgius, was also pretty decent but I'm going for shock tactics this week and opt for Hawkshead Lakeland Lager as my BotW, not only because it was a very enjoyable and surprisingly good pint but also I'll probably never get another chance to pick a lager without compromising the BotW thread!
ROBCamra
26-04-2010, 08:24
I tried the Hawkshead Lager on Saturday in our local JDW and thought it was pretty good as well.
However this weeks BOTW is going to be from Nook Brewhouse in Holmfirth. I've had both the Red and the Best now and they're both very good.
I had the Red two weeks ago, but the Best just edges it for me.
BOTW Nook Brewhouse Best. :cheers:
Bucking Fastard
26-04-2010, 09:13
Enjoyed very well kept Triple fff Alton Pride and Dark Star Saison in The Charles Lamb,Islington but my BoTW was Oakhams 12 Monkeys consumed in quantity in The Criterion,Leicester.Intensely bitter straw coloured ale,with a grapefruit taste. Once you finished a pint,another was demanded and it simply flew out of the glass.Oakham also supply the Criterion with Bishops Farewell but normally this get snapped up in one session.Oakham Brewery employs mystery shoppers to test their ale quality in the pubs they supply,now there's a job.........:drinkup:
aleandhearty
26-04-2010, 09:21
Done most of my drinking in various JDW's this week, so hardly surprising my BOTW is a festival beer. Very impressed with Cairngorm 'Culloden' and Oakham 'Rollercoaster' and it's hard to split them. I guess the Rollercoaster just shades it, because it was a lovely sunny day when I was drinking it and to me it's pure sunshine in a glass.
My BOTW from a fairly sparse selection is Morrissey Fox Blonde, another bottled effort I am afraid, sadly the only pint I had out though was Doombar, and I have to admit to being less partial to that lately.
It was 17 pints and a warm bottle of London Pride for HTM69, last week.
Consumed over a 3-day period:
Guinness x 4
Davenports Deer Hunter x 1
Rhymney Bitter x 1
Rock Lobster x 1
Hawkshead Lakeland Lager x 1
Morrel's Oxford Blue x 1
Old Hookey Bitter x 1
Heineken x 1
London Pride (Bottle) x 1
Springhead Spring Chicken x 1
Cathedral Rentgius x 1
Sharps Doombar x 4
BOTW: Last week was a good 'un beer-wise, with so many excellent choices, but I'll go for Davenports Deer Hunter
Pubsignman
26-04-2010, 16:15
A few good ones for me this week including the St Perter's Porter from the JDW festival, Redemption Urban Dusk and something from the Purple Moose brewery at the Bree Louise.
However, my BOTW goes to Burton Bridge's Bridge Bitter, which I enjoyed before and after watching Bournemouth gain promotion to League 1 on Saturday. Happy days!
I had a few good beers last week including the excellent Cairngorm Culloden, one of the JDW festival beers, and a Brains Milkwood. But I’m going to be patriotic and declare that my BotW was the St George’s Flag from the Phoenix Brewery of which I had a number of excellent pints in the Doric Arch Euston.
IBotW was the St George’s Flag from the Phoenix Brewery of which I had a number of excellent pints in the Doric Arch Euston.
Well I hope they still ahve some left as I am going to the Bloomsbury Theatre tonight and it is my intention to kill the pre-gig hours in the Doric and the Bree!
aleandhearty
27-04-2010, 09:59
Very impressed with Cairngorm 'Culloden'...
I had a few good beers last week including the excellent Cairngorm Culloden...
Apparently, it was brewed especially for the festival. I really hope it becomes a permanent fixture.
Well I hope they still have some left as I am going to the Bloomsbury Theatre tonight and it is my intention to kill the pre-gig hours in the Doric and the Bree!
They did so I went straight for it. Good stuff but not even Beer of the Pub for me - Kelham Island Pale Rider took that one & could be contender for BotW 2/5 unless the Cask in Pimlico is doing the Dark Star Hophead tomorrow in which case all other nominations go out the window.
They did so I went straight for it. Good stuff but not even Beer of the Pub for me - Kelham Island Pale Rider took that one & could be contender for BotW 2/5 unless the Cask in Pimlico is doing the Dark Star Hophead tomorrow in which case all other nominations go out the window.
Roger, it's The Cask and Glass tomorrow - not Cask Pub and Kitchen!
Roger, it's The Cask and Glass tomorrow - not Cask Pub and Kitchen!
A-ha! That was a close run thing then! Will we all fit in?
Will we all fit in?
Probably not. We can always head over to the Ha! Ha! Bar for a couple of Peronis if we are stuck for room. ;)
Probably not. We can always head over to the Ha! Ha! Bar for a couple of Peronis if we are stuck for room. ;)
Now you are having a laugh!
trainman
28-04-2010, 15:58
Roger, it's The Cask and Glass tomorrow - not Cask Pub and Kitchen!
A-ha! That was a close run thing then! Will we all fit in?
A-ha! indeed... Consider yourselves admonished for not using recognised procedures for notifying the forum (shed), in general, of what would appear to be a planned shed-dwellers-on-tour meeting. Tsk tsk!
I'm so skint that attendance wouldn't have been possible but, you know...
Dave, who let trainman post on the forum .... it is terrible some comment about sheds ..... you know he is just a bigot .
:whistle:
trainman
28-04-2010, 16:28
you know he is just a "bigot" .
:whistle:
"brilliant, intelligent, gifted old trainman"?
"bloody idiot gone orf track"?
"brainless ignoramous giving out tellings-off"?
"beer inspired geezer on tour"?
Hmmm, I may have to start a poll ;)
ROBCamra
28-04-2010, 20:00
"brilliant, intelligent, gifted old trainman"?
"bloody idiot gone orf track"?
"brainless ignoramous giving out tellings-off"?
"beer inspired geezer on tour"?
Blue In Grief @ Old Trafford? :D
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