Beer of the Week (w/e 20th September 2015)

[ROBCamra]

Bucking Fastard: London Beer Factory Chelsea Blonde
Mobyduck: Oakham Citra
Aqualung: Loddon Reading Bitter
london calling: London Beer Lab Tip Top Citra
oldboots: Darkstar APA
Wittenden: Whitstable Pearl of Kent
Thuck Phat: Blue Monkey Marmalape
ROBCamra: Cromarty Happy Chappy

[Bucking Fastard]

An eclectic week on the beer front.

Titanic -- White Star*
Titanic -- Plum Porter *
Roosters -- Honey & Simcoe
Gadds -- No. 5 *
Timothy Taylor -- Landlord
ELB -- Cowcatcher *
Redemption -- Fellowship Porter *
London Beer Factory --Chelsea Blonde *

Some decent brews in there and the Plum Porter was outstanding but having nominated it quite often,I'm going to ring the changes for BOTW = London Beer Factory Chelsea Blonde,a new brewer to me and this was a great quaff despite the name in The Rose,Borough

Next week a session in Hoxton Hipsterville so should be some purlers.

[Mobyduck]

A threadbare week,
Darkstar Hophead
Darkstar American Pale Ale
Woodfordes Wherry
Oakham Citra

All good but BOTW is easily the Oakham Citra

A similar austere week expected next week.

[Aqualung]

A poor selection this week with all but the Rebellion beer being tried in Spoons :-


Loddon Reading Bitter 4.0%*
Windsor & Eton Windsor Knot 4.0%
Rebellion Jolly Roger 4.2%*
Adnam's Ghost Ship 4.5%
Three Castles Corn Dolly 4.7%*
Stonehenge Old Smokey 5.0%*
Windsor & Eton Conqueror 5.0%*
Sadler's Hop Bomb 5.0%*
Adnam's Black Knight 5.0%*


I'm going for the Loddon Reading Bitter which I was expecting to be a boring brown beer but turned out to be a reasonably tasty pale ale. It's not a classic but was very good at the Falcon in High Wycombe for £2.05.

BOTW Loddon Reading Bitter

[london calling]

Some dull beers this week
navigation -wise guy
roosters -honey and simcoe
franklins -nzipa
7 brothers -watermelon wheat
tap east -ipa
volden -vim
salopian -pogo
banks-botanical beer

these were good
4t,s -galaxy
vibrant forest-summerlands


these was as usual very good
hammertons -oyster stout
tiny rebel -bilabong

and this was a taste sensation and BOTW
London Beer Lab -tip top citra

[oldboots]

an interesting week but....

Darkstar APA
Bad Co Mo-Faux
Darkstar Revelation
Salopian Oracle
Camerons Tontine Stout
Wharfe Bank Blood orange IPA
Taylors Landlord
Bradfield Farmers Stout
Bridgnorth River Steam
Beowolf Wiglaf
Salopian Lemon Dream
Sunkin Chinese Lager
Purity Mad Goose
Popes Festival Pale Ale
Big Shed Battlefield Gold
St George By George
Black Sheep Bitter
Theakstons Infalible
Sadlers One Stop Hop
Goose Eye Black Moor

...the Darkstar APA is just ahead of a superb pint of Black Sheep Bitter, amazingly!

[Wittenden]

Kent
Whitstable-Pearl of Kent 4.5%abv.Spicy,brisk earthiness

[Thuck Phat]

Not a bad week:

Titanic White Star*
Titanic Plum Porter*
Sadlers Peaky Blinder
Gadds No. 5*
TT Landlord*
Blue Monkey Marmalape*
Oakham Bishops Farewell*

As ever, both Titanic beers were excellent and I enjoyed the Gadds No.5 but BOTW is Blue Monkey Marmalape. Very drinkable at 4.5% and the name describes it well.

[ROBCamra]

BOTW is Cromarty Happy Chappy at 4.1% a nice easy drinking hoppy blonde ale.

The last time I had this beer was in 2012 in Dagda Bar (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/49075/) in Edinburgh.

Nice to see it travelled well to The Baum. :cheers: