Beer of the Week (w/e 26th February 2017)

[ROBCamra]

Mobyduck: Purity Mad Goose
london calling: Mordue Fifth Panda IPA
Wittenden: Tonbridge Barrow House Brew
Aqualung: Salopian Kashmir
Bucking Fastard: One Mile End Salvation
Thuck Phat: Binghams Coffee Stout
aleandhearty: Fernandes Two Brewers
oldboots: Salamander Sonic Boom Stout
Spinko: Adnams Mosaic
Real Ale Ray: Blue Monkey Guerilla Chocolate
Komakino: Wylam Cascade
ROBCamra: Totally Brewed Guardian Of The Forest

[Mobyduck]

Fairly fallow in choice with no awaydays this past week, although plenty of pints of each over a few days.
Red Cat Scratch
Purity Mad Goose

BOTW is Purity Mad Goose

[london calling]

Any of these beers would win on a normal week
fyne -ghost stout
harbour -cascade
weird beard -don't worry bee heavy
wylam -briorbloo
electric bear-inspector remorse
electric bear -above the clouds
but this one pipped them at the post
Mordue -fifth panda ipa 5.7 consumed in the reasonably price Commercial Tavern ec?

[Wittenden]

Kent: should 'ave gone with...Harveys.
A 36 hour pass afforded 4 pub visits, each having Harveys Sussex Best Bitter as a regular feature, this being in the Low Weald.However being a real ale prat I went with the micros. In 3 cases the beer was poorly conditioned, in the 4th. sublime. On the whole, I think I would have been better off with Harveys, a beer which hasn't really changed since I first drank it in the 70s.
Westerham-Summer Perle 3.8% abv.Pale, lemony, no condition, despite being first out of a new cask.Had this trouble before.
Tonbridge-Old Chestnut 4.4%abv.Chestnut-brown. Very maltly with a bitter finish. Doesn't quite work.No condition.
Tonbridge-Barrow House Brew 3.6%abv.Great condition. Leafy hops, bit of farmyard.Tonbridge Traditional rebadged?Anyway, my kind of beer.
Whitstable-Native 3.7%abv.Malt driven brownish bitter.Passionless.

My BOTW:Tonbridge Barrow House Brew?Traditional . Taken at The Barrow House (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/27373/)

[Aqualung]

Had a great rest day from chasing round JDWs yesterday in the Black Country and I didn't even have a map.

Batham's Mild 3.5%
Holden's Black Country Bitter 3.8%
Brecon Six Beacons 4.1%
Adnam's Ghost Ship 4.5%
Woodforde Nelson's Revenge 4.6%
Dark Star American Pale Ale 4.7%
Kinver Half Centurion 5.0%
Sarah Hughes Surprise 5.0%
Grainstore 1050 5.0%
GWB Bristol Belle 5.0%
Bingley Brew #114 5.5%
Salopian Kashmir 5.5%
Holden's Dragon's Blood 5.6%
Thornbridge Jaipur IPA 5.9%
Sarah Hughes Dark Ruby Mild 6.0%
Sarah Hughes Snowflake 8.0%

The winner is one I don't recall seeing before from one of my favourite breweries. It's the Salopian Kashmir which was £3.00 in the Sedgley White Lion. It's not really my sort of pub but is doing a great job as an overspill for the Beacon Hotel. According to What Pub it's a genuine Free House and this is the second time I've found a top beer here.

BOTW Salopian Kashmir

[Bucking Fastard]

Two very good sessions and then some footie.

Hammerton -- N7*
Mc Mullens -- "Rivertown" Imperial IPA ( Beware "Rivertown" refers to Hertford where the Mc Mullens brewery is)
Mc Mullens -- AK
Dark Star -- Hophead * (>3PT)
One Mile End -- Salvation * (>3PT)
One Mile End -- Hospital Porter
One Mile End -- Snakes Alive DIPA (keg)
Thornbridge -- Peverel *
Burning Sky -- Aurora *
Thornbridge -- Russian Imperial Stout *


So pleased to find Hophead back on great form,but BOTW goes to One Mile End Salvation,a great quaffing session ale in their brewpub The White Hart.The Thornbridge Russian Imperial Stout should get a mention,it did slip down easily.

[Thuck Phat]

Three decent beers:

Blackjack Four of a Kind*
Binghams Coffee Stout*
Oakham Bishops Farewell*

BOTW Binghams Coffee Stout Ideal as an after lunch pint.

[aleandhearty]

Very slim pickings, this week.

Fernandes - Malt Shovel Mild.*
Fernandes - Two Brewers.
Fernandes - Nelson IPA.

Normally, the Nelson IPA would romp home, but for some reason it seemed a little underwhelming, despite being fresh on the pumps. However, the Two Brewers was very good.

[oldboots]

Not many this week for me and none really outstanding except Salamander - Sonic Boom Stout which I had in a couple of places.

Theakstons- Best Bitter
Daleside - Old Leg Over
Thornbridge - Black Harry
Roosters - Yankee (Dry Hopped)
Ridgeside - Big Idea
Salopian - Shropshire Gold
Salamander - Sonic Boom Stout
Theakstons - Four & Twenty
Salamander - Shiver me Timbers
Kirkstall - Black Band Porter
Kirkstall - Inception (keg)
Banks's - Tetley Bitter

[Spinko]

Adnams - Mosaic (keg) in the Roper Hall in Preston. Closely followed by Shipyard IPA in Greyfriar Wetherspoons, a beer becoming fairly reliable in JDW.

[Real Ale Ray]

Blue Monkey - Guerilla Chocolate in the The Wellington (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/37946/)

[Komakino]

Linslade, Beds and Highgate, N6:

Marston's EPA* (3.6%)
Moorhouse's Premium Bitter (3.8%)
Leighton Buzzard Cuckoo (3.8%)
Marstons's 61 Deep (3.8%)*
Tring Puma (4.0%)
Windsor & Eton Windsor Knot (4.0%)
Charles Wells Bombardier (4.1%)
Charles Wells Burning Gold (4.1%)
Gorgeous Session IPA (4.1%)
Leighton Buzzard Love Struck (4.1%)
Wylam Cascade (4.1%)*
By The Horns Hop Air Balloon (4.2%)
Gorgeous Extra Pale (4.2%)
North Blyth Puffin Ale (4.2%)
Sharp's Atlantic (4.2%)
West Berkshire Wheaty McWheatface (4.2%) (keg)
GK / H&H Olde Trip (4.3%)
Animal Kiwi (4.6%)
Estrella Damm (4.6%) (keg)
Rebellion Roasted Nuts (4.6%)
Triple fff Forward Pass (4.7%)
Bad Co Wild Gravity IPA (5.2%)
Gorgeous American Pale Ale (5.4%)
Fuller's ESB (5.5%)
Einstock Icelandic Pale Ale (5.6%) (bottle)
Siren Liquid Mistress (5.8%)
Thornbridge Jaipur (5.9%) (keg)

BOTW: Wylam Cascade

[ROBCamra]

Totally Brewed Guardian Of The Forest. A superbly well balanced light, hoppy beer and at 3.8% a real session ale.

In The Baum of course.:cheers: