Beer of the Week (w/e 16th April 2017)

[ROBCamra]

Mobyduck: Siren Bourbon Milkshake
Real Ale Ray: Peerless Bunny Hop
aleandhearty: Salopian Propaganda
london calling: Church Hanbrewery Bluenette
oldboots: York (Centurion's) Ghost
Aqualung: Peerless Tectonic
Wittenden: Kent Black Gold
Thuck Phat: Blue Monkey Ape Ale
Bucking Fastard: Everards Tiger
ROBCamra: Little Ox Wipeout

[Mobyduck]

Reasonable...
Hopback GFB
Castle Rock Harvest Pale
Purity Pure Gold
Fullers Southern Star
St Austell Cousin Jack
Windsor & Eton Kohinoor IPA
Malinsons Nelson Sauvin
Wild Weather Sub Lime
Elusive Spectres Lair
Siren Yu Lu
Siren Bourbon Milkshake

With out a doubt BOTW is Siren Bourbon Milkshake, a Bourbon barrel aged Milk Stout at a dangerous 11.0%, naughty but very nice.

[Real Ale Ray]

Peerless - Bunny Hop

[aleandhearty]

Decent week for me, variety wise, based on the micro-pubs of Halifax.

Acorn - Royal Oak Pale.
Bingley - Azacca.
Stockport - Stock Porter.
Bingley - Blantyre.
Brew York - Jarsa.
Anarchy Brew Co - Quiet Riot.*
Salopian - Propaganda.*
Sunbeam - New Dawn.
Ticketybrew - Coffee Anise Porter.
Cmrw Ial - Pocket Rocket.
Ticketybrew - Spring IPA.*
Bingley - Winter Warmer.
True North - Blonde.
Acorn - Black Oak.
Doctor Morton's - Rabbit Punch.
Pictish - Liberty.
Magic Rock - Ringmaster.
Elland - 1872 Porter.

Barely a cigarette paper between the Propaganda and the Spring IPA, but the former just edges it.

[london calling]

A trip to the Egham beer fest for some new breweries was very good.Very high standard from the newbies
moog -tappas thump
holler boys -rouser ipa
greyhound -rainbow eyes
little ox -filthy rich
red cat -seven
roaring four -citra
stardust -irish oil
top notch -smash olicana
but these 2 stood out for me
church hanbrewery-matt black 5.5 (yes that is the name of the brewery)
church hanbrewery-bluenette 5.5 (an oatmeal and honey porter) is BOTW

[oldboots]

Hardly worth bothering this week as I was working, just managing a cheeky session on Easter Sunday

Daleside - G&P
Taylors - Landlord
Durham - White Amarillo
Fernandes - Pekko
York - Ghost


Once again it's a dark beer, York (Centurion's) Ghost

[Aqualung]

Quite a list this week with several contenders. Only two of these were not that great.



Wild Card Smoked Mild 3.7%
Hop Stuff APA 3.8%
Peerless Triple Blond 4.1%
Titanic Iceberg 4.1%
Robinson's Magnum IPA 4.1%
Hammerton N1 4.1%
Peerless Red Wheat 4.2%
Kent Eastre 4.2%
Coach House Clipaty Hop 4.3%
Peerless Langton Spin 4.4%
Hackney Kapow! 4.5%
Purple Moose Dark Side Of The Moose 4.5%
Pillars Slam Dunk (keg) 4.5%
Red Star Samba 4.7%
Canterbury Ales Centennial Porter 4.7%
Vale Gravitas 4.8%
Pillars Citralicious (keg) 4.8%
Big Bog Peat Bog Porter 4.9%
Brightside Topaz 5.0%
Pheasantry Mikado Mild 5.0%
Rooster Fort Smith 5.0%
Weetwood Oast House 5.0%
Elgood's Greyhound 5.2%
Titanic Captain Smith 5.2%
Big Smoke Vanilla Milk Stout 5.5%
Big Bog Quagmire 6.0%
Oakham Green Devil (Bottle) 6.0%
Peerless Full Whack 6.0%
Phoenix Wobbly Bob 6.0%
Peerless Tectonic 6.2%
Kelham Island Imperial Stout 7.0%

I'm going for the Peerless Tectonic as tried for £2.65 in the New Ferry JDW the John Masefield.


BOTW Peerless Tectonic

[Wittenden]

Kent

Old Dairy-Spring Top 4%abv-not at its best.Hedge fruit, a bit astringent.
Kent Brewery-Black Gold 4%abv-lovely dark brown roasty black bitter. My BOTW.

[Thuck Phat]

A small selection with a couple of highlights:

XT 17
Liverpool Organic William Roscoe
Everards Tiger*
Oakham Bishops Farewell*
Blue Monkey Ape Ale*

BOTW Blue Monkey Ape Ale Sublime as always.

[london calling]

Quite a list this week with several contenders. Only two of these were not that gr


Wild Card Smoked Mild 3.7%
Hop Stuff APA 3.8%
Peerless Triple Blond 4.1%
Titanic Iceberg 4.1%
Robinson's Magnum IPA 4.1%
Hammerton N1 4.1%
Peerless Red Wheat 4.2%
Kent Eastre 4.2%
Coach House Clipaty Hop 4.3%
Peerless Langton Spin 4.4%
Hackney Kapow! 4.5%
Purple Moose Dark Side Of The Moose 4.5%
Pillars Slam Dunk (keg) 4.5%
Red Star Samba 4.7%
Canterbury Ales Centennial Porter 4.7%
Vale Gravitas 4.8%
Pillars Citralicious (keg) 4.8%
Big Bog Peat Bog Porter 4.9%
Brightside Topaz 5.0%
Pheasantry Mikado Mild 5.0%
Rooster Fort Smith 5.0%
Weetwood Oast House 5.0%
Elgood's Greyhound 5.2%
Titanic Captain Smith 5.2%
Big Smoke Vanilla Milk Stout 5.5%
Big Bog Quagmire 6.0%
Oakham Green Devil (Bottle) 6.0%
Peerless Full Whack 6.0%
Phoenix Wobbly Bob 6.0%
Peerless Tectonic 6.2%
Kelham Island Imperial Stout 7.0%

I'm going for the Peerless Tectonic as tried for £2.65 in the New Ferry JDW the John Masefield.


BOTW Peerless Tectonic

Where did you get the Pillars beer?

[Aqualung]

Where did you get the Pillars beer?

At the Brewery Tap which sells four off their lagers at four quid a pint, a bit steep if you ask me. I intend to add it to the site along with Mother's Ruin. It's on the same estate as Wild Card and all three are only open at weekends. The key to getting there is the W16 stops for Addison Road and through the iron gates on the West side of Shernall Street. Mother's Ruin make fruit flavoured gins and vodka but now also sell products (bottles and cans) from the two breweries. God's Own Junkyard have also opened a bar but I haven't been there. The whole thing is ridiculously popular, I walked from Mother's Ruin on Saturday as they were three deep at the small bar.
If you get a Southbound W16 from here it will take you to the Brodies King William IV.

Update: Pillars Brewery and Mother's Ruin are now on the site.

[Bucking Fastard]

Croydon,Richmond,Hertford and Leicestershire.


Burning Sky -- Aurora * (3PT)
Goose Island -- IPA (keg)
Fullers -- Southern Star
Sambrooks -- Battersea Rye
Twickenham -- Redhead *
Thornbridge -- Jaipur IPA *
Empire -- Forbidden IPA
Everards -- Tiger *
Everards -- Old Original *

I've nominated Burning Sky Aurora a few times,so BOTW goes to Everards Tiger in superb form in The Baker's Arms,Blaby.A classic session ale ,a beautiful best bitter when kept correctly.

[Aqualung]

A classic session ale ,a beautiful best bitter when kept correctly.

I agree, I think Tiger is a decent brew. Everard is one of the old regionals I still have faith in. I've never tried Beacon or Beacon Hill as I believe they now call it.

[london calling]

At the Brewery Tap which sells four off their lagers at four quid a pint, a bit steep if you ask me. I intend to add it to the site along with Mother's Ruin. It's on the same estate as Wild Card and all three are only open at weekends. The key to getting there is the W16 stops for Addison Road and through the iron gates on the West side of Shernall Street. Mother's Ruin make fruit flavoured gins and vodka but now also sell products (bottles and cans) from the two breweries. God's Own Junkyard have also opened a bar but I haven't been there. The whole thing is ridiculously popular, I walked from Mother's Ruin on Saturday as they were three deep at the small bar.
If you get a Southbound W16 from here it will take you to the Brodies King William IV.

Update: Pillars Brewery and Mother's Ruin are now on the site.

Thanks for the info.I hoped it would be a pub.With their limited opening hours these brewery taps are not easy for me to get to.There are 102 London brewers and I have had a beer from 94 of them so will have to try and get to Pillars.That £4 pint will be £5.50 in a pub. Wild Card -mild would be a massive tick as well.cheers john

[london calling]

At the Brewery Tap which sells four off their lagers at four quid a pint, a bit steep if you ask me. I intend to add it to the site along with Mother's Ruin. It's on the same estate as Wild Card and all three are only open at weekends. The key to getting there is the W16 stops for Addison Road and through the iron gates on the West side of Shernall Street. Mother's Ruin make fruit flavoured gins and vodka but now also sell products (bottles and cans) from the two breweries. God's Own Junkyard have also opened a bar but I haven't been there. The whole thing is ridiculously popular, I walked from Mother's Ruin on Saturday as they were three deep at the small bar.
If you get a Southbound W16 from here it will take you to the Brodies King William IV.

Update: Pillars Brewery and Mother's Ruin are now on the site.

Was the Wild Card beer a cask or keg as I heard they have stopped casking beers just recently.

[Aqualung]

Was the Wild Card beer a cask or keg as I heard they have stopped casking beers just recently.

It was cask and I imagine a one-off. I'm not surprised to hear that as they now have eight keg taps and that was the only one of their beers on cask. It was supposed to be a beer festival. I rarely go there as they always seem to have music on.

[ROBCamra]

Little Ox brewery Wipeout. A very pleasant 4.2% American Pale Ale. :cheers:

The default beer of choice last Tuesday in The Baum as Beer Nouveau were doing a Meet The Brewer and their beer was all crap. :sick: