View Full Version : Beer of the Week (w/e 16 May 2010)
Another week, seems there is still plenty to chat about over a beer though.
an_ecumenical_matter: Forge Brewery Litehouse (http://forums.pubsgalore.co.uk/showthread.php?2378-Beer-of-the-Week-%28w-e-16-May-2010%29&p=12820#post12820)
Bucking Fastard: BrewDog Punk IPA (http://forums.pubsgalore.co.uk/showthread.php?2378-Beer-of-the-Week-%28w-e-16-May-2010%29&p=12839#post12839)
Alesonly: Rudgate Ruby Mild (http://forums.pubsgalore.co.uk/showthread.php?2378-Beer-of-the-Week-%28w-e-16-May-2010%29&p=12858#post12858)
Oggwyn Trench: Sadlers Magic Mile (http://forums.pubsgalore.co.uk/showthread.php?2378-Beer-of-the-Week-%28w-e-16-May-2010%29&p=12892#post12892)
oldboots: Rooster's YPA (http://forums.pubsgalore.co.uk/showthread.php?2378-Beer-of-the-Week-%28w-e-16-May-2010%29&p=12893#post12893)
trainman: O'Hanlon's Port Stout (http://forums.pubsgalore.co.uk/showthread.php?2378-Beer-of-the-Week-%28w-e-16-May-2010%29&p=12900#post12900)
RogerB: Sharps Doom Bar (http://forums.pubsgalore.co.uk/showthread.php?2378-Beer-of-the-Week-%28w-e-16-May-2010%29&p=12915#post12915)
ROBCamra: Mallinsons Danger: Hops! (http://forums.pubsgalore.co.uk/showthread.php?2378-Beer-of-the-Week-%28w-e-16-May-2010%29&p=12920#post12920)
Pubsignman: Moorhouse's Black Cat (http://forums.pubsgalore.co.uk/showthread.php?2378-Beer-of-the-Week-%28w-e-16-May-2010%29&p=12922#post12922)
HTM69: Hogs Back HBB (http://forums.pubsgalore.co.uk/showthread.php?2378-Beer-of-the-Week-%28w-e-16-May-2010%29&p=12923#post12923)
Millay: Jennings Snecklifter (http://forums.pubsgalore.co.uk/showthread.php?2378-Beer-of-the-Week-%28w-e-16-May-2010%29&p=12939#post12939)
aleandhearty: Leeds Brewery 'Pale' (http://forums.pubsgalore.co.uk/showthread.php?2378-Beer-of-the-Week-%28w-e-16-May-2010%29&p=12956#post12956)
Hostelry Host: Triple fff Alton's Pale Ale (http://forums.pubsgalore.co.uk/showthread.php?2378-Beer-of-the-Week-%28w-e-16-May-2010%29&p=12959#post12959)
Grailhunter: Elgood's Black Dog Mild (http://forums.pubsgalore.co.uk/showthread.php?2378-Beer-of-the-Week-%28w-e-16-May-2010%29&p=12961#post12961)
Looks like crap week for me.. I am skint this week and only 4 bottles of Owd Roger to cheer me up :moremad:
Maybe for the first time ever.. no BOTW for me :(
ROBCamra
12-05-2010, 13:05
Another fine start to the week in the Baum.
A good pint of Cottage Concorde, followed by a Six Bells A-May-Zing and a Phoenix Monkeytown Mild.
I also had a pint of Mallinsons Danger: Hops!
It was so good that one pint turned into three.
This ones got a good chance of being this weeks BOTW already.
It's going to have to be something special to stop it. :cheers:
an_ecumenical_matter
12-05-2010, 16:51
Forge Brewery Litehouse won at Tuckers Maltings beer festival. It was on last night at the Seven Stars Bristol and was excellent. Bitter though sweet,not stupidly citrusy like a lot of light beers although still hoppy. Reminded me of Bathams a bit. Definitely BOW.
aleandhearty
12-05-2010, 19:59
,not stupidly citrusy
Sorry ECM, I rather like those as well. :)
an_ecumenical_matter
13-05-2010, 10:40
Sorry ECM, I rather like those as well. :)
Sometimes though it can be OTT. St Austell Tribute par example used to be good but nowadays............:sick:
Bucking Fastard
14-05-2010, 09:00
Had to get on with some work,so no boating this week and therefore very little beer or pub action.However my BOTW was BrewDog Punk IPA ,the mutts nuts of a drinkbought at Sainsburys
:o
Must be some kind of record but I haven't had a pint since Sunday and have no specific plans for one untill this Sunday :mad:
Must be some kind of record but I haven't had a pint since Sunday and have no specific plans for one untill this Sunday :mad:
You could hop on the tube and have a few in The Bell!
You could hop on the tube and have a few in The Bell!
I would rather walk and have several before I get to the Bell!
Alesonly
14-05-2010, 13:43
Had a few good ones this week so it was a toss up and I pick Rudgate Ruby Mild as my beer of the week.
This is just a few good ones this week.
Daleside Old Lubrication.
Highgate Brewery Black Pig.
Rudgate Ruby Mild MY No 1 this week.
Nethergate Marys Ruby Mild.
Getting a bit of an early turnout this week, you are all taking into account that we do it till Sunday?
Oggwyn Trench
14-05-2010, 21:49
Had a couple tonight , Pictish Magnum , Pictish Saaz , Outstanding Blond , Brew Dog IPA and Sadlers Magic Miles Mild , not a bad pint among them
Oggwyn Trench
16-05-2010, 08:21
Another good selection last night , Rowton Bitter , Lichfield Bloomin Bitter , Battledown Special Pale Ale , All Saints St Arnold and an unnamed trial brew from Ironbridge Brewery only 3.6% but very refreshing , a good summer quaffer .
As its Mild month my BOTW is Sadlers Magic Miles , at 6% i thought it might just be a Sarah Hughes clone , its not , its a proper Midlands Mild very fruity with a hint of sweetness to make it moreish and that 6% kick gives it a bit of bite
oldboots
16-05-2010, 11:15
I managed to fit in a lucky visit to the Maltings in York this week and had the finest pint of Rooster's YPA I've had in a long time so that's the one for me this week. I also had a foul pint of Rudgate Viking in another of the county's top ale houses the same day, most unusual for both the pub and the beer.
Now on my 7th consecutive day without a beer! Now I know how they felt in Ice Cold From Alex. I will be emptying a few barrels tonight, that's for sure.
trainman
16-05-2010, 14:49
Now on my 7th consecutive day without a beer!
The Earth has surely stopped turning?
trainman
16-05-2010, 15:01
When the Hophead ran out at the Cricketers (Shirley Rd), yesterday, it was replaced by Darkstar APA which was deserving of botw and acted as the session's coup de grāce.
However, I also veered away from my preferred styles, it being May & all, and enjoyed a pint of Rudgate Ruby MILD and a couple of halves of O'Hanlon's Port Stout. The latter was very characterful, so I'll name it as an unusual tm botw.
The Earth has surely stopped turning?
It's a new personal worst. God help the first pint tonight!
Andy Ven
16-05-2010, 18:25
Tough choice, probably influenced by the fact that I could still taste what I was drinking (and I had abstained from beer in the 6 days running up to this crawl)
In the Station Buffet Bar in Stalybridge:
Milltown Mild
Millstone Bitter
both were fab
A quiet week to say the least - 3 Sheps beers tonight at the Royal Oak, Dartford watching the end of the 20/20 folllowed by a 9% Hogs Back A Over T at the Wat Tyler. The big shock was finding St Austell Tinners alongside Doom Bar at my Sunday Quiz local - never seen Tinners outside of Cornwall. The BotW this week is probably the worst of choices I have ever had but it does at least give me a chance to acknowledge Sharps Doom Bar as one of the best beers going!
ROBCamra
17-05-2010, 08:18
The best beer of quite a few this weekend was Northern Brewery's Deep Dark Secret.
In complete contrast to the very light and hoppy Mallinsons Danger! Hops.
But I think that the Mallinsons just edges it for me this week. Another great beer Tara (Mallinson), keep 'em coming. :cheers:
Pubsignman
17-05-2010, 09:30
There was a fine selection of milds on at the Cricketers this week and having popped in to see them being awarded the Croydon CAMRA Pub of the Year on Thursday, I managed to try pretty much all of them.
Rudgate Ruby Mild and Pictish Black Diamond were both very good but my BOTW goes to Moorhouse's Black Cat, which was the pick of the bunch. I also had a lovely pint of Black Hole Brewery's Red Dwarf, which would have come out top most weeks.
An almighty beer fuelled week for HTM69. Spread over a 4-day period
Shepherd Neame Late Red x 4
Guinness x 4
London Pride x 3
Hogs Back HBB X 2
Becks (Bottle) x 3
Tiger (Bottle) x 1
Vodka & Coke (Double Measure) x 1
Brains Dark x 1
Courage Best x 1
St Austell's Tinners x 1
Sharps Doom Bar x 3 1/2
BOTW: Hogs Back HBB
Found one of my favourite beers last week, Jennings Snecklifter and that's my BotW.
Front runner w/e 23rd is Jaipur IPA - which explains why I'm going to be late for work this morning :whistle:
aleandhearty
18-05-2010, 11:34
A disappointing week, beer wise. A 36 hour flying visit to London saw me have four very average beers in three different pubs. Unbelievably, one of the the worst was in the Market Porter, Borough- a pub I'd been looking forward to visiting for ages. :( I think I must have been very unlucky with the choice (Springhead 'Charlie's Angel') but what was concerning was the temperature it was served at i.e. very cold.
After the four hour drive home, the pint of Leeds Brewery 'Pale' in my village local knocked spots off the rest and is my BOTW.
Hostelry Host
18-05-2010, 12:23
Beer of the week for me was Triple fff Alton's Pale Ale. Lovely hop character and we sold the cask in under two days.
Grailhunter
18-05-2010, 13:19
My beer of the week was Elgood's Black Dog Mild. Really tasty and strangely refreshing for a mild. Only quibble was it cost £3 a pint. Outrageous for a 3.6% beer. Sorry, getting a bit grumpy about prices at the moment. £3.90 for a pint of Jaipur IPA on the same day didn't help (although it also was really nice).
Sorry, getting a bit grumpy about prices at the moment. £3.90 for a pint of Jaipur IPA on the same day didn't help (although it also was really nice).
Wow, where have you been drinking mate, I'm sure it was only £3.15 in the White Hart last night. Today the Bree Louise was taking the proverbial by charging £3.70 for the Brewdog Punk IPA (but again it was excellent). With the CAMRA discount (I've got my card now) it bought it down to £3.20 whch makes you wonder whether or not it's a real discount.
Wow, where have you been drinking mate, I'm sure it was only £3.15 in the White Hart last night. Today the Bree Louise was taking the proverbial by charging £3.70 for the Brewdog Punk IPA (but again it was excellent). With the CAMRA discount (I've got my card now) it bought it down to £3.20 whch makes you wonder whether or not it's a real discount.
Brewdog beers are always going to be a bit more expensive simply because most of them are way above average strength ( I note your Punk IPA is a 6%'er). On my recent Bree Louise trip I thought the prices were pretty reasonable after the CAMRA discount. As for Grailhunter - you were well and truly fleeced!
Grailhunter
19-05-2010, 10:42
As for Grailhunter - you were well and truly fleeced!
Seems like I was. This was in Oxford where prices have always been at London level but at the moment it feels like they are quite often even higher. Those students and tourists have got a lot to answer for.
Wittenden
19-05-2010, 18:14
A disappointing week, beer wise. A 36 hour flying visit to London saw me have four very average beers in three different pubs. Unbelievably, one of the the worst was in the Market Porter, Borough- a pub I'd been looking forward to visiting for ages. :( I think I must have been very unlucky with the choice (Springhead 'Charlie's Angel') but what was concerning was the temperature it was served at i.e. very cold.
After the four hour drive home, the pint of Leeds Brewery 'Pale' in my village local knocked spots off the rest and is my BOTW.
I tried to get into the Market Porter a couple of Saturdays ago, but it was closed for a private party. Annoying or what? Most of the beer I drank in the area at that time was too damn cold!
aleandhearty
19-05-2010, 23:16
I tried to get into the Market Porter a couple of Saturdays ago, but it was closed for a private party. Annoying or what? Most of the beer I drank in the area at that time was too damn cold!
Funny you should say that. When we visited on Saturday, it was closing at five, probably for a similar reason. The MP was the second destination pub I've visited where I've been disappointed, but on the basis of having to drink outside and only having one pint I don't think I could review it with any objectivity.
Brewdog beers are always going to be a bit more expensive simply because most of them are way above average strength ( I note your Punk IPA is a 6%'er). On my recent Bree Louise trip I thought the prices were pretty reasonable after the CAMRA discount.
The Bree Louise redeemed themselves a bit last night, I still paid a discounted £3.20 but it was for the Brewdog Hardcore IPA which comes in at a whopping 9.2%
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