Beer of the Week (w/e 19th June 2016)

[ROBCamra]

Mobyduck: Salopian Hop Twister
Aqualung: Twisted Oak Sheriff Fatman
Wittenden: Burning Sky Saison d'hiver
gillhalfpint: Titanic Cherry Dark
Bucking Fastard: Vibrant Forest Black Forest Porter
Thuck Phat: King Street Brew House White Trash
london calling: Blacks Kinsale Pale
oldboots: Wobbly Brewing American Amber
Komakino: Milk St The Usual
ROBCamra: Adnams Mosaic

[Mobyduck]

Darkstar Hophead
Adnams Mosaic*
Camerons A-Hop-Alypse Now*
Robinsons Robohop
Fullers London Pride
Fullers ESB
Gales Seafarers
Burning Sky Plateau*
Twickenham Naked Ladies
Salopian Hop Twister*
Siren Broken Dream*
Sierra Nevada Pale (keg)*

The Broken Dream was Fantastic as usual but the Hop Twister was equally good and more attuned to my mood at the time,BOTW and enjoyed in the White Hart (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/24302/), Waterloo despite being £2.25 a half.

[Aqualung]

A rampage from Bristol to Penzance produced this plus a few ciders some of which were better than many of these beers:-

RCH Hewish Mild 3.6%
Blue Anchor Flora Daze 4.0%
Hunter's Half Bore 4.0%
Butcombe Bitter 4.0%
Cornish Crown One Hop Grain 4.1%
St Austell Tribute 4.2%
Oakham Citra 4.2%
Wychwood Hobgoblin Gold 4.2%
Cotleigh Lemon Ale 4.3%
Marston's Pedigree 4.5%
Quantock White Hind 4.5%*
Tintagel Poldark Ale 4.5%
Hook Norton Nerdherder IPA 4.6%
Cornish Crown SPA 4.8%*
Dartmoor Jail Ale 4.8%
JDW Everard's Defender 4.8%
Exmoor XPA 4.8%
Blue Anchor Spingo Middle 5.0%
Twisted Oak Sheriff Fatman 5.0%*
Skinner's Seven Hop 5.0%*
Cornish Crown Red IPA (keg) 5.9%
Exmoor Beast 6.6%
Blue Anchor Spingo Special 6.6%
Hunter's Full Bore 6.8%

The Skinner's one just gets a star as it's the only one of their beers I've tried that I didn't find boring. The winner is Twisted Oak Sheriff Fatman as tried for £2.85 in the Bristol Commercial Rooms JDW.


Twisted Oak Sheriff Fatman

[Wittenden]

Saintly City
Burning Sky-Saison d' hiver 4.2%abv. A new direction for me ,not having tried a Saison before, nor having knowingly drank a keykeg product . Both elements were agreeably satisfied by this austerely hazy beer, taken at The Thomas Tallis Alehouse (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/83985/), a recently opened possible East Kent Micro.
Wantsum-Montgomery IPA 4%abv.The New World hops were not to the fore. Some lactic back taste.A reasonably well established Kent Micro, until now untried by me.
My BOTW-Burning Sky-Saison l'hiver.

[gillhalfpint]

Still in Cornwall so find limited choices, but a beer festival at the Watermill in Lelant boosted our intake choices

Harviestoun Summer Legend 3.5%
Inveralmond Fair Maid 3.6%
Dartmoor IPA 4%
Skinners Sliding Tackle 4.2%
Titanic Cherry Dark 4.4%
St Austell Black & Gold 4.5%
St Austell Admiral's Ale 5%
Tintagel Poldark 4.6%

Others this week

Bays Rhino Ale 4.7%
Exmoor Hound Dog 4%
Hook Norton Yeastie Boys Nerdherder 4.6%
Dartmoor Jail Ale 4.8%
Skinners Seven Hop 5%
Brains Rev James 4.5%
Rebel Cornish Honey Trap 4.2%

Beer of the week Titanic Cherry Dark 4.4%

[Bucking Fastard]

Drinking in Sharpness and Bristol.

A-B InBev -- Stella (keg)
Marston's -- Draught Bass (3PT)
London Brewery Co. -- Never Mind the Kent Hops
Vibrant Forest -- Black Forest Porter *
Blue Monkey -- 99 Red Baboons *
New Bristol Brewery -- Old Dick Alone
Great Heck -- Shankar IPA *

BOTW goes to Vibrant Forest Black Forest Porter on top form in The Famous Royal Navy Volunteer in the pleasant company of bcfczuluarmy ,Blackthorn and Mr Phat.Very drinkable at 4.9%,beautifully balanced.


Next week checking out some of North London's finest.:drinkup::drinkup::drinkup::nishelypished:

[Thuck Phat]

As mentioned by Mr F, a thoroughly enjoyable evening in Bristol was the highlight of the week:

Stella
Marstons Bass*
London Brew Company Never Mind the Kent Hops
ELB Nightwatchman
Vibrant Forest Black Forest*
King Street Brew House White Trash*
Siren Craft Vermont Tea Party*
Kingston Farm Brewery Rotavator
Oakham Bishops Farewell*

BOTW King Street Brew House - White Trash. A very drinkable American IPA in great nick at the relatively new and fun King Street Brew House (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/83815/).

[london calling]

Couple of good hoppy Irish beers in the Porterhouse ,Convent Garden on keg
Boundary -Push and Pull 5.5
and BOTW
Blacks -Kinsale Pale 5.0

[oldboots]

An interesting week with almost more contenders for BABOTW than BOTW which is still a hard choice


Vocation Heart & Soul*
Williams Bros The Juniper Tree
North Brewing Prototype
Harrogate Vanilla Porter*
Bad Co Satisfaction
North Riding Kiwi Mild
Okells IPA
Black Sheep Black Sheep Ale
Cannon Royall Fruiterers Mild
Wobbly Brewing American Amber*
Teme Valley Talbot Blonde
St George's Lazy Days
Greene King Back of the Net
Marstons Selador*
Banks's Mild
Wye Valley HPA
Ledbury 48th Parallel
Rudgate Jorvik
Yorkshire Heart IPA
Taylors Landlord
Ghost Sylvanas*
Vocation Chop & Change “El Dorado”*
Gun Project Babylon
Rudgate Ruby Mild

However by a short nose, Wobbly Brewing American Amber tried in the Bull Baiters in Worcester.

[Komakino]

Milk St The Usual (4.4%)

[ROBCamra]

Adnams Mosaic. A 4.1% hoppy, session ale that we don't see much of oop North.

But when Clark's over in Wakefield said they would order us some for The Baum, we went for it. :cheers: