Beer of the Week (w/e 30th October 2016)

[ROBCamra]

Mobyduck: Hopback Taiphoon
Bucking Fastard: Oakham Bishops Farewell
oldboot: Brew York Maris the Otter
Wittenden: Harvey's Bonfire Boy
Aqualung: Drygate Seven Peaks Mosaic IPA
hondo: Brodie's Saison Citrons
Spinko: Squawk Pale
Komakino: Gun Parabellum Milk Stout
Thuck Phat: Birra Negreta Sa Funk
london calling: Eight Arch Corbel
Real Ale Ray: Whitstable East India Pale
ROBCamra: Black Flag Chameleon

[Mobyduck]

Mostly Salisbury,

Red Cat Scratch*
Hop Art Hoppy Blonde*
Gloucester Harvest Pale*
Wadworth 6X
Flack Manor Double Drop
Revisionist Salted Caramel Tawny Ale
Robinsons Trooper Red & Black*
Hopback GFB*
Hopback Citra*
Hopback Taiphoon*
Hopback Summer Lightening
Crafty Dan 13 Guns (can)
Ringwood 49'er

BOTW is Hopback Taiphoon, refreshing lemongrass, quaffed in The Wyndham Arms (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/41766/).

[Bucking Fastard]

Decent week with some real quality

Charles Wells -- Courage Directors
Brewsters -- Decadence *
Mighty Oak -- Old Man and the Sea *
Tring -- Drop Bar Pale Ale
Dark Star -- Green Hopped IPA *
Oakham -- Inferno
Oakham -- Citra *
Oakham -- Bishops Farewell *
Dark Star -- Sunburst *

BOTW goes to Oakham Bishops Farewell on very fine form in The Mansion House,Kennington.It's a classy pint.

Next week in Dorset,fingers crossed.

[oldboots]

Brew York - Maris the Otter by a country mile.

[Wittenden]

East Sussex:

Harvey's-Bonfire Boy 5.8%abv- Rich roast malt, a bit of woodsmoke. Mellow, perhaps too mellow for lunchtime.
Hurst Brewery-Keeper's Gold 4.4%abv-Well rounded Golden Ale:the malt given scope to complement the nettley hops.
My BOTW-a somewhat unusual seasonal heavyweight from the home of Bonfire celebrations, Harvey's Bonfire Boy

[Aqualung]

Hurst Brewery-Keeper's Gold 44%abv-Well rounded Golden Ale:the malt given scope to complement the nettley hops.
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I hope that was meant to be 4.4%!!!!

[Aqualung]

A few days in Cumbria and Scotland up to Glasgow produced a varied list :-

Bank Top Flat Cap 4.0%
Carlisle Spun Gold 4.2%
Ayr Rabbie's Porter 4.3%
Isle Of Skye Skye Gold 4.3%
Theakston Vanilla Stout 4.5%*
Cumbrian Legendary Paciific Voyager 4.5%
Carlisle Oatmeal Stout 4.7%
Elgood's Indian Summer 4.8%
Keswick KSB 4.8%
Hawkshead Brodie's Prime 4.9%*
Drygate Seven Peaks Mosaic IPA 5.0%*
Woodforde's Norfolk Bowman 5.0%
Titanic S.E.A 5.0%
Shepherd Neame Hot Night At The Village 5.0%
Adnam's Sloe Porter 5.0%
Brewster's Hop Quest 5.2%*
Hardknott Intergalactic Space Hopper 5.2%*
Castle Rock Phoenix Red 5.5%
Truman's Sampson Strong 5.8%
Thornbridge Jaipur IPA 5.9%*
Oakham Green Devil IPA 6.0%*
Broughton Old Jock 6.7%

The Green Devil IPA is probably the real winner in two Glasgow Spoons but I don't like repeats so it's the Drygate Seven Peaks Mosaic IPA (£2.09) in the Glasgow Society Rooms Lloyds.
The above is also one of three contenders for a Cheapskate award, the other two being the Jaipur for £3.10 at the Cavers Arms (not a JDW) in Dumfries but the clear winner is at the Auld Brig in Irvine. This is a horrible shopping centre JDW in a town that a friend described as "ghastly" but the 6.7% ABV Broughton Old Jock there was a magnificent £1.29 a pint. Now what exactly did Tim Martin say about supermarkets selling beer at a loss?

BOTW Drygate Seven Peaks Mosaic IPA

[hondo]

Brodie's - saison citrons keg

[Wittenden]

I hope that was meant to be 4.4%!!!!
Hmmm!

[Spinko]

Squawk - Pale. In the new Gasworks on First St Manchester, I think the first time I've been in a pub on its official opening day.

[Komakino]

Bits of Oxford between gigs and a WC1 wrap-up:

Hook Norton Hooky (bottle) (3.5%)
Ruddles Best (3.7%)
Castle Rock Harvest Pale (3.8%)
Darkstar Hophead (3.8%)
Sambrooks Wandle (3.8%)
Twickenham Grandstand (3.8%)
Shepherd Neame Whitstable Bay (3.9%)
Truman's Swift (3.9%)
Milk St Funky Monkey (4.0%) *
Gun Parabellum Milk Stout (4.1%) *
Theakston Lightfoot (4.1%)
Twickenham Redhead (4.1%)
Twickenham Strange Brew (4.1%)
Canopy Sunray Pale Ale * (4.2%)
Cottage Honey Bunny (4.2%)
Greene King Oompah (4.2%)
Truman's Firestarter (4.2%)
Truman's Lazarus (4.2%)
XT3 IPA (keg) (4.2%)
Beavertown Neck Oil Session IPA (keg) (4.3%)
Signature Brew Roadie (4.3%)
Truman's Zephyr (4.4%)
Bristol Beer Factory Milk Stout (keg) (4.5%)
Redemption Hopspur (4.5%)
Sam Smith's Extra Stout (keg) (4.5%)
Shepherd Neame Late Red (4.5%)
Wimbledon Tower SPA (4.5%)
Hydes Provenance Alsace (4.6%)
Portobello Pilsner (keg) (4.6%)
Redemption Urban Dusk (4.6%)
Dorset Chockwork Orange (4.7%)
Sharp's Wolf Rock (keg) (4.8%)
Hall & Woodhouse Tanglefoot (4.9%)
Sam Smith's India Ale (keg) (5.0%)
Shepherd Neame East India Pale Ale (5.0%) *
Beavertown Holy Cowbell India Stout (can) (5.6%)
Robinson's Trooper Red N' Black (5.8%)
Thornbridge Otto (keg) (8.0%)

A lot of merely 'OK' stuff, with standouts countable on the fingers of one hand. I'm sure I've given the gong to Milk St in a previous week sometime this year, so the accolade goes to Gun's moreish Parabellum Milk Stout which I chanced upon at WC1's Holborn Whippet (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/77473/). It's unfined too, so I'm sure it'll tick some boxes for someone...

BOTW Gun Parabellum Milk Stout

[Thuck Phat]

BOTW Birra Negreta - Sa Funk

One of Mallorca's finest. A 5% hoppy IPA style brewed in Inca.

[london calling]

Eight Arch -corbel 5.5 lovely beer in the King and Co Clapham.Botw.(the tasting notes written by the barstaff said pale-lightly hopped with lots of mosaic.)Glad to say it was the loads of mosaic version I had.

[Real Ale Ray]

For the second time

Whitstable - East India Pale in The Duke (of York) (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/21954/)

[Moonraker]

Mostly Salisbury,

Red Cat Scratch*
Hop Art Hoppy Blonde*
Gloucester Harvest Pale*
Wadworth 6X
Flack Manor Double Drop
Revisionist Salted Caramel Tawny Ale
Robinsons Trooper Red & Black*
Hopback GFB*
Hopback Citra*
Hopback Taiphoon*
Hopback Summer Lightening
Crafty Dan 13 Guns (can)
Ringwood 49'er

BOTW is Hopback Taiphoon, refreshing lemongrass, quaffed in The Wyndham Arms (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/41766/).

As I live in Salisbury, I must get out more! Interesting beers, Mobyduck.

[Mobyduck]

As I live in Salisbury, I must get out more! Interesting beers, Mobyduck.

There were some interesting pubs as well Nigel. Unfortunately you missed my post on the CAMRA forum (as Citra1) a few days before my visit suggesting we could meet up for a pint, never mind there will be a next time as Salisburys just under an hour away from me by train.

[Moonraker]

Oh dear, I did indeed miss your post. I am so sorry. I also had no idea you were Citra 1! I'll try not to miss you again!

[Mobyduck]

Oh dear, I did indeed miss your post. I am so sorry. I also had no idea you were Citra 1! I'll try not to miss you again!
No problem, it was a good day out anyway.
Nice to see you on this forum, Its a bit more active than the CAMRA one.

[ROBCamra]

Black Flag Chameleon. A 3.8% blonde session ale that was perfest for a few pints on Tuesday in The Baum.:cheers: