Beer of the Week (w/e 6th September 2015)

[ROBCamra]

Wittenden: Dark Star Hophead
Mobyduck: Oakham Citra
Bucking Fastard: Titanic Plum Porter
Aqualung: Brodie's Jamaican Stout (Rum BA)
Thuck Phat: Brancaster Oystercatcher
ROBCamra: Fyne Yakhop

[Wittenden]

Kent
Two great breweries.
Dark Star-Hophead abv 3.8%-Transcendental
Larkins-Traditional abv 3.4%. Earthy:more hops than toffee .Slight change of recipe?
My BOTW-Dark Star Hophead

[Mobyduck]

A decent week,
Darkstar Hophead
Triple fff Pressed Rat And Warthog
Oakham Citra*
Oakham GFB*
Bowmans Sava*
Bowmans Swift One
Marble Manchester*
Windsor &Eton Maracana
Hammerton Oyster Stout*
Beggars Belief (GK house beer)
One Mile End Salvation Pale Ale
ELB Pale Ale
Sambrooks Pumphouse Pale
Big Smoke Solaris*
Otley 03 Boss*
Wharfe Bank California Common
Black Eagle Project X IPA*
Two Cocks Cavalier
Trumans Runner
Trumans Zephyr*
Kent Black Gold*
Lagunitas IPA* (Keg)
Fullers London Pride

Some good beers all round but Oakham Citra was spot on and BOTW .

[Bucking Fastard]

A poor week for volume.

Titanic -- Plum Porter *
Saltaire -- Blonde *
Fullers -- Olivers Island

BOTW goes to Titanic Plum Porter on top form in Ye Olde Kings Arms,Congleton.

Next week may get a few beers in Dorset.

[Aqualung]

Not a great week for me but a few decent ones :-

Loddon Hoppit 3.5%
Wadworth Dungarvan Irish Red 4.3%
Butcombe Gold 4.4%
Chiltern Copper Beech 4.4%*
Vale Black Beauty Porter 4.4%
Bragdy Mws Piws Ochr Dywyll Y Mws 4.6%
Twickenham Pale Beauty 4.7%*
Brodie's Old Street Pale 5.0%*
Bingham Space Hoppy IPA 5.0%
Bingham Coffee Stout 5.0%*
White Park Moonshine 5.2%
Kelham Island Pale Rider 5.2%
Brodie's Jamaican Stout (Rum BA) 5.4%*
Brodie's Jamaican Stout (Coconut & Lime) 5.4%*


I'm going for the Brodie's Jamaican Stout and the rum barrel aged one just shades it.
It's now £2.75 at the King William IV in Leyton after yet another price increase despite the consecutive duty reductions.



BOTW Brodie's Jamaican Stout (Rum BA)

[Thuck Phat]

A small but well formed list:

Adnams Ghost Ship*
Brancaster Oystercatcher*
Hop Back Summer Lightening
Oakham Bishops Farewell*

The Ghost Ship was better than I remembered but BOTW goes to Brancaster Oystercatcher. Locally brewed with local ingredients by local people. They do allow visitors to drink it though which is good news as at 4.4%, balanced and refreshing it's very quaffable and sails through the 3 pint test.

[ROBCamra]

Fyne Yakhop, a 3.8% light wheat beer. Tried in New Brew-M (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/83033/) in Burnley.

I'm not usually a big fan of wheat beers, but this one was excellent. Probably because it didn't taste that wheaty. :p