Beer of the Week (w/e 30th April 2017)

[ROBCamra]

Bucking Fastard: Blue Monkey Ape Ale
Mobyduck: Fourpure Shape Shifter IPA
Thuck Phat: Hop Back Summer Lightening
aleandhearty: Fernandes Jackdaw Mild
Wittenden: Harvey's Sussex XX Mild
Aqualung: Lymestone Cherry Stone
london calling: Swanney Light Munro Mild
oldboots: Thornbridge McConnel
ROBCamra: Wild Weather Betrayl

[Bucking Fastard]

A number of serious sessions during the week,with some top ale.

Marston's --- Ascalon
Thornbridge --- Jaipur IPA * (3PT)
Revolutions BrewCo --- Hex 6 Hop IPA *
Scribblers Ales -- One Special Brew over the Cuckoos Nest *
Blue Monkey -- Ape Ale* (3PT)
Blackjack -- Aces High * (>3PT)
Mighty Oak -- Oscar Wilde MILD *
Dark Star -- Hophead
Saltaire -- Cascadian Black *
Saltaire -- Citra *
Saltaire -- Stateside IPA *
North Brewing -- Prototype

Very difficult to pick a winner,the Blackjack Aces High was fantastic but BOTW goes to Blue Monkey Ape Ale,a sublime quaff in The Organ Grinder,Nottingham.


Next week needs to be quieter after that lot.

[Mobyduck]

Not a bad week with some interesting keg beers found on the Bermondsey Beer Mile.
Purity Pure Gold
West Berks Maggs Magnificent Mild
Surrey Hills Collusion
Adnams Ghostship
Fourpure Shape Shifter IPA
Partizan Partizan Pale
Torrside Yellow Peak APA
Brew By Numbers Session IPA
UBREW Coffee Beast Mode
UBREW Cooler Than Gherkins
Magic Rock Demonolia IPA
Anspach & Hobday Pale Ale
Southwark Oatmeal Stout
Southwark Centennial
Bad Seed Azaka Pale
BrewDog Punk IPA

BOTW is Fourpure Shape Shifter IPA

[Thuck Phat]

Actually managed a beer this week:

Scribblers One Special Brew Over the Cuckoo's Nest*
Blue Monkey Ape Ale*
Oakham Bishops Farewell*
Hop Back Summer Lightening*

All excellent but given that Ape Ale has already had a nomination and it's been my BOTW recently, BOTW goes to Hop Back Summer Lightening. Still a very high quality and quaffable beer after all these years.

[aleandhearty]

Not much to gladden the heart, this week.

Fernandes - Sixty Shilling Mild.
Fernandes - Jackdaw Mild.*
Fernandes - Pekko.
Whitstable - Oyster Stout.
Moorhouses - Stray Dog.
Ossett - Silver Fox.

The Jackdaw, a strong mild (5%), was easily the pick of a pretty ho-hum bunch.

[Wittenden]

Kent,East Sussex:
Harvey's Dark Mild (Sussex XX) 3%abv.Seeing it was almost May, time for MILD. First out of the pump on a Friday lunchtime, in perfect condition.
Dark,malty,not cloying: a perfect session beer.
Vale VPA 4.2% abv. Assertively hopped golden ale. Initially moreish.
My BOTW-Harvey's Dark MILD, taken in The Rose & Crown (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/10821/)

[Aqualung]

Only a small selection this week :-

Holden's Black Country Bitter 3.8%
Slater's Premium 4.4%
Everard's Arcadia Session IPA 4.5%
Titanic Plum Porter 4.9%
Millstone True Grit 5.0%
Holden's Special 5.1%
Lymestone Cherry Stone 5.2%
Lymestone Stone The Crows 5.4%
Fixed Wheel Concussion Mild 5.5%
Springhead Roaring Meg 5.5%
Marston's Old Empire 5.7%

I'm going for the Lymestone Cherry Stone as tried for £2.65 in the Stafford Picture House JDW which was a whole lot better than last time I visited.

BOTW Lymestone Cherry Stone

[london calling]

Swanney-light munro mild (citra) may not be in the traditional mild style but it was a cracker and BOTW

[oldboots]

A wide choice but an easy win for Thornbridge McConnel

Harrogate - Vanilla Porter
Youngs - Double Chocolate Stout
Tiny Rebel - Fugg Life
Saltaire - Triple Chocoholic
Gt Heck - Shankar IPA
Cheshire Brewhouse - Lindow Stout
Crack - Gold
Mantle - Cwrw Teifi
Butcombe - Gold
Teignworthy - Martha's Mild
Flying Monk - Jackdaw Porter
St Austell - Tribute
Harbour - Nicaraguan Coffee Stout
Thornbridge - McConnel
Tres Bien - Porter
Mallinsons - Chocolate Stout
Beowulf - Dark Raven
Wye Valley - HPA
Wye Valley - Butty Bach
Banks's - Bitter
VOG - Dark Matter
Bewdley - Sir Keith Park

[ROBCamra]

Wild Weather Betrayal. A light and hoppy 4%er, very good for s session in The Baum. :cheers: