Beer of the Week (w/e 7th May 2017)

[ROBCamra]

Mobyduck: Siren Yu Lu
Wittenden: Tonbridge Countryman
london calling: Beer Ink Two Faced
Aqualung: Peerless Red Rocks
oldboots: Slightly Foxed Urban Fox
Thuck Phat: Oakham Citra
Bucking Fastard: McMullens Country Bitter
aleandhearty: Exit 33 Mosaic
Real Ale Ray: Big Bog Spring Bog
ROBCamra: Kelham Island Mod Mild

[Mobyduck]

A bit quieter this past week.

Purity Pure Gold
White Horse Village Idiot
Greene King IPA Gold
Twickenham Spring Ale
Siren Yu Lu
Five Towns Mi Usual
Sentinel Zest Fest
Hopcraft Dead Moon Calling
Tilford Rushmoor Ripper

The best beer was easily Siren Yu Lu , it was the weakest strength of the bunch at 3.6% but by far the biggest flavour.

[Wittenden]

Kent

Tonbridge-Countryman 4%abv- A delicious farmyard best bitter, earthy spicy hops in first rate condition.A welcome return to form from Tonbridge.
Shepherd Neame 3.7%abv-I used to enjoy this, but several year's avoidance has shown a deterioration-malty, but no hops to speak, and this from a major Kent based brewer!
My BOTW-Tonbridge Countryman.

[london calling]

Mostly average beers last week but BOTW was
Beer Ink -two faced 7.6 double ipa stood out as a great beer and stood out as it was only £4.20 a pint in the Euston tap

[Aqualung]

Kent
Shepherd Neame 3.7%abv-I used to enjoy this, but several year's avoidance has shown a deterioration-malty, but no hops to speak, and this from a major Kent based brewer!

That's exactly how I've felt about Master Brew on the odd occasion I've tried it recently. I can only think the accountants must be telling the brewers how to make the beer. I haven't lost faith in them enough to put them on my avoid list yet but I'm reluctant to bother with their pubs unless I have time to kill. I first drank Sheps over 40 years ago in their Smithfield pub.

[Aqualung]

Another modest list this week :-

Timothy Taylor Dark Mild 3.5%
Timothy Taylor Golden Best 3.5%
Timothy Taylor Knowle Spring Blonde 4.2%
Timothy Taylor Landlord 4.3%
Nene Valley Egyptian Cream 4.5%
Great Oakley Delapre Dark 4.8%
Peerless Red Rocks 4.8%
Alphabet Hoi Polloi Pilsner (keg) 4.8%
Nene Valley Hop Stash - Simcoe 5.0%
Fuggle Bunny Orchard Gold 5.0%
Wild Weather Go Man Go 5.1%
Milestone Aegir 5.2%
Serious Goldrush 5.6%
Ticketybrew Dubbel (bottles) 6.5%


The Taylor's beers in the Hare & Hounds above Hebden Bridge were all very pleasant old school beers but the winner has to be the Peerless Red Rocks as tried for £2.49 in the new St Ives (Cambs) Swan & Angel JDW. It's sweeter than their usual offerings and is on the current JDW national list. I'm hoping to find lots of new beers / breweries next week.


BOTW Peerless Red Rocks

[oldboots]

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[Thuck Phat]

BOTW Oakham Citra (bottle)

[Bucking Fastard]

A very poor week,just one pub visit for a quiz and two McMullens beers,"Rivertown Brewery" Invictus and ,by default BOTW ,Mc Mullens Country Bitter

Next week Newark and the quick way to Yorkshire via the tidal Trent so my luck must improve.

[aleandhearty]

A pretty good week for me.

Neepsend - Solaris.
Magpie - Raven Stout.*
Revolutions - Candidate.
Dr Morton's - Cattle Prod.
Titanic - White Star.
Hilltop - IPA.
Nook - Oat Stout.
Oakham - JHB.
Exit 33 - Mosaic.*
Salamander - IPA.
North Riding - US Session IPA, v21.*
Tigertops. Hop Shift.*
Hamelsworde - Harry's Bitter.
Roosters - Maypole.
Melwood - Liverpool Porter.
Five Towns - May Day DIPA.*
Rat - Mother Rat.
Bingley - Session IPA.
Riverhead - Brewdica.
Ilkley - Crossroads IPA.

The May Day (8.4%) and the US Session IPA were both very good, but the Mosaic was on absolutely stunning form, at The Hop, Wakefield. Moby, you'd have loved it.

[Mobyduck]

Moby, you'd have loved it. You bet I would, probably at a half sensible price I would guess?

[aleandhearty]

You bet I would, probably at a half sensible price I would guess?

Can't remember the exact price, but £3.00 - £3.10 is about right for The Hop. As I often say to southern based drinkers when they come up north, buy four pints and the fifth one is free!

[Real Ale Ray]

Big Bog Brewing - Spring Bog

[Mobyduck]

Can't remember the exact price, but £3.00 - £3.10 is about right for The Hop. As I often say to southern based drinkers when they come up north, buy four pints and the fifth one is free!

:cheers:

[oldboots]

Can't remember the exact price, but £3.00 - £3.10 is about right for The Hop. As I often say to southern based drinkers when they come up north, buy four pints and the fifth one is free!

£3 is a touch expensive for an Ossett pub even for a guest, £2.80 in our local one, maybe Wakefield's a bit posher ;)

[ROBCamra]

An unusual wek for me as Friday saw me drinking tank Pilsner Urquell and tank Krusovice along with Goose Island IPA in Manchester.

Back on the real stuff it came down to a choice of 2 opposites, both in The Baum.

Crate Golden, a 3.8% easy drinking session ale and Kelham Island Mod Mild, a 3.7% lovely smooth proper dark mild.

As it's May I'll go for the mild. :cheers: