Beer of the Week (w/e 18th September 2016)

[ROBCamra]

Mobyduck: Siren Summer Citra Party
Bucking Fastard: Oakham Asylum
Wittenden: Old Dairy Cattle Shed
Spinko: Brewdog 5a.m. Saint
Thuck Phat: Blue Monkey Ape Ale
Aqualung: Thornbridge Jaipur IPA
Real Ale Ray: Blackjack New Deck
Komakino: BrewDog Jet Black Heart
ROBCamra: Kirkstall Dissolution IPA

[Mobyduck]

Darkstar Hophead
Andwells King John Green Hop
XT 8*
Red Cat Prowler Pale
Hackney New Zealand Pale
Brewhouse & Kitchen Peasants Revolt*
Elgoods Black Dog
Blacksheep Pathmaker Pale
Hammerton N1
Hammerton N7*
Park Nicco
Portobello APA
Hopstuff Session IPA
Siren Summer Citra Party*

BOTW is Siren Summer Citra Party Keg at 8% and £3.80 a half taken in the Earl Of Essex (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/23607/).

[Bucking Fastard]

A very decent week

Mc Mullens -- Country
Reedy Hallows -- Filly Close Blonde *
Dark Star -- Sunburst *
Mighty Oak -- Lionheart
Five Points -- Pale *
Twickenham -- Naked Ladies
Fullers -- ESB
Fullers -- London Pride
Adnams -- Ghost Ship * (3PT)
Portobello -- APA
Theakstones -- Old Peculier *
Oakham -- Asylum *
Hammerton -- N1
Oakham -- Oblivion *
Dark Star -- Festival

BOTW was Oakham Asylum,bursting with hops in The Rake.


Next week relying heavily on a session in Ware

[Wittenden]

Kent
Old Dairy-Cattle Shed- 4.5%abv. Fruity hops.Great stuff.
Larkin's-Traditional-3.4%abv. A touch on the ardent side, the toffee was struggling to get through.
Rockin Robin- Reliant Robin-4.2%abv. In the evening gloom, I miss-read the ABV of this beer, and thought it well bodied for 3.4%.Oat straw; a bit sweet for me,though peach and spice came through towards the end.
My BOTW-Old Dairy Cattle Shed, an approachable APA, taken in the salubrious environs of the beer tent at the Weald of Kent Ploughing Match on Saturday. It was probably "bright", but I'm not really worried, and it hadn't traveled far.

[Spinko]

Another fairly quiet week, so will have to go with Brewdog-5a.m. Saint in Preston's Roper Hall.

[Thuck Phat]

Decent week:

Twickenham Naked Ladies*
Five Points Pale*
Fullers ESB
Kronenberg:eek:
Adnams Ghost Ship*
Portobello Star
Portobello APA
Theakstons Old Peculier*
Abbeydale Moonshine*
Oakham Bishops Farewell*
Blue Monkey Ape Ale*

Some good ones there but BOTW was Blue Monkey Ape Ale by a margin. As reliable, delicious and drinkable as ever.

[Aqualung]

Even in deepest Wales the heat killed off the beer at the festival I went to so it was onto the cider after three.


Purple Moose Snowdonia Ale 3.6%
Cader Gold 3.8%
Brain's Rev James Gold 4.1%
Nant Cwrw Coryn 4.2%
Robinson's Unicorn 4.2%
Taylor's Landlord 4.3%
Heavy Industry 77 4.5%*
Robinson's Double Hop 4.8%
Great Orme Merlyn 4.9%
Cader Red Bandit 5.0%
Great Orme Atlantis IPA 5.0%*
Nant Mwnci Nel 5.5%
Sandstone Twisted Dragon 5.8%
Thornbridge Jaipur IPA 5.9%*



Luckily the pub had some Jaipur in (£3.40) which was easily the best of the week.


BOTW Thornbridge Jaipur IPA

[Real Ale Ray]

Blackjack - New Deck

[Komakino]

BOTW - BrewDog Jet Black Heart (keg) (5.9%)

A warm, chocolatey drizzle of a milk stout, gratefully received at Stoke Newington's Jolly Butchers (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/25627/).

[ROBCamra]

A fairly big selection this week which included a trip to Todmorden Beer Festival with oldboots & aleandhearty.

A good day out guys. :drinkup:

Some honourable mentions from the festival :-

Salopian Dead Drop
Mannings Music Man
Worsthorne Colliers Clog

All very pleasant, but BOTW is going to be Kirkstall Dissolution IPA. A 5% hop bomb tried quite a lot in The Baum. :cheers: