Beer of the Week (w/e 4th June 2017)

[ROBCamra]

Mobyduck: Redemption/Partizan Iced Tea
Bucking Fastard: Ilkley Crossroads IPA
Thuck Phat: Hop Back Summer Lightening
aleandhearty: James & Kirkman Empress of India
Aqualung: Peerless Knee Buckler IPA
hondo: Hardknott Nuclear Sunset
Wittenden: Bedlam Phoenix Pale Ale
Oggwyn Trench: Salopian Atonement
oldboots: Kirkstall Three Swords
Real Ale Ray: Belleville Commonside Pale Ale
ROBCamra: Siren Craft Yu Lu

[Mobyduck]

Purity Pure Gold
Wild Weather Betrayal
Castle Rock Harvest Pale
Timothy Taylor Landlord
Timothy Taylor Knowle Spring
Adnams Ghostship
Shepherd Neame Masterbrew
Young's Bitter
Bad Seed St Clements
Brew York Tamarin
Redemption/Partizan Iced Tea
Bristol Beer Factory Gambler
Marble Tuckerlovesky
Siren White Tips IPA

Some good beers and some ordinary, most of the good were taken at The Antelopes (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/53206/) beer festival, including BOTW Redemption/Partizan Iced Tea 4.0%

[Bucking Fastard]

A mixed bag,around London.

Kelham Island -- Easy Rider *
Pig & Porter -- Fatal Flaw
Ilkley -- Crossroads IPA *
Pig & Porter -- Red Spider Rye *
Guiness -- Golden Ale (keg):sick:
3 Brewers -- Blonde (>3PT)
Big Smoke -- Solar Session*
Signature Brew -- Session :sick:

BOTW goes to Ilkley Crossroads IPA,a very fine West Coast IPA on top form in The Euston Tap.

Next week boating on the Yorkshire Derwent,will the ale match the scenery ?

[Thuck Phat]

BOTW Hop Back Summer Lightening.

In great shape and passed many a three pint test amongst the assembled.

[aleandhearty]

Just the four this week.

North Riding - Citra Pale.
Gadds - Dr Sunshine.
Great Newsome - Liquorice Lads Stout.*
James & Kirkman - Empress of India.*

Easy winner was the Empress, a 6% IPA, aged in 40 year old whisky casks. A big beer with a lovely layer of complexity from the whisky notes.

[Aqualung]

Only a small list this week :-

Dark Star Hophead 3.8%
Harvey's Best 4.0%
Nethergate Azzalord 4.1%
Butcombe 42 4.2%
Harvey's Heath Ale (Armada?) 4.5%
Cronx Oreo Cookie Stout 4.6%
Dark Star APA 4.7%
Dark Star Sunburst 4.8%
Peerless Knee Buckler IPA 5.2%
Peerless Full Whack 6.0%

I thought the Hophead and Dark Star APA had much more British hop character than last time I tried them.
The winner is the Peerless Knee Buckler IPA as tried for £2.09 in Liverpool's Lime Kiln.

BOTW Peerless Knee Buckler IPA

[hondo]

Hardknott - Nuclear Sunset keg

[Wittenden]

Kent,West Sussex, London,Essex:

Kent-Session Pale 3.7% abv. Pretty good considering it being al fresco on a sunny Bank Holiday.
Harvey's-Sussex Best Bitter 4%abv. Workmanlike.
Windsor and Eton- Conqueror 5% abv. Roast dominant,grand stuff.
Bedlam-Phoenix Pale Ale 3.9% abv.Pale,assertive, sappy hops.
Mighty Oak-IPA 3.5% abv.Old school session bitter;nutty,long citrus finish.
Mighty Oak-Gemini 3.7%abv. Fair golden ale.
Mighty Oak-Oscar Wilde Mild 3.7%abv.Bible black, succulent.A winner.
Beer Studio-Warrior Venture 5%abv. A dark, red ale.Not impressed.
Sambrook's-Battersea Rye 4.5%abv.Dark,spicy.OK.Surprisingly, I'd not had a beer from them before.

The Oscar Wilde MILD slightly outscored the Bedlam Phoenix,but I'm often singing its praises, so my BOTW is Phoenix from a new to me brewery over the border in Sussex.

[Oggwyn Trench]

Elland - Blonde
Blue Bee - Nelson Sauvin
Ossett - Jester
Pictish - Junga
Sheffield - Razor Paste
Salopian - Shropshire Gold
Salopian - Atonement

BOTW Salopian - Atonement 6.2% , passed the 3 pint test with ease , i slept well :nishelypished:

[oldboots]

A quiet week with a three cornered fight but just in front was Three Swords back on form after a period in the doldrums, maybe from the new brewery?


Kirkstall - Three Swords*
Magic Rock - Dark Arts*
Bad Co - Love over Gold
Titanic - Plum Porter
Banks's - Mild
Martland Mill - D Day Dodger
Facers - Dave's Hoppy Beer
Thwaites - Lancaster Bomber
Wily Fox - Black Pearl
North Riding - US IPA
Everards - Tiger
Brew York - Maris the Otter*
Taylors - Golden Best

[Real Ale Ray]

Belleville Brewing Co. - Commonside Pale Ale 5% in this excellent little micro The Dodo Micropub (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/84957/)

[london calling]

Only bottled beers this week so no BOTW but I will comment on your choices.Seems like your tastes are similar to mine.

[london calling]

Purity Pure Gold
Wild Weather Betrayal
Castle Rock Harvest Pale
Timothy Taylor Landlord
Timothy Taylor Knowle Spring
Adnams Ghostship
Shepherd Neame Masterbrew
Young's Bitter
Bad Seed St Clements
Brew York Tamarin
Redemption/Partizan Iced Tea
Bristol Beer Factory Gambler
Marble Tuckerlovesky
Siren White Tips IPA

Some good beers and some ordinary, most of the good were taken at The Antelopes (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/53206/) beer festival, including BOTW Redemption/Partizan Iced Tea 4.0%

Had this on Monday so in next weeks BOTW. Nice one.

[london calling]

[QUOTE=Bucking Fastard;87450]A mixed bag,around L

[london calling]

[QUOTE=Bucking Fastard;87450]A mixed bag,around London.

Kelham Island

ilkley -crossroads .good brewer good beer

[london calling]

BOTW Hop Back Summer Lightening.

In great shape and passed many a three pint test amongst the assembled.

Many pints of this years ago.Was a supreme beer.Have to try it again.

[london calling]

[QUOTE=aleandhearty;87455]Just the four this week.

North Riding


had a J+k beer but not this one .Had the North Riding -citra very good.

[london calling]

[QUOTE=Aqualung;87461]Only a small list this week :
Not very adventurous brewer but very good beer.

[london calling]

[QUOTE=hondo;87464]Hardknott
Had this on cask cloudy but very good.

[london calling]

[QUOTE=Wittenden;87468]Kent,West Sussex, London,Essex:

Kent
Bedlam are a very good brewery often seen around London .Havent had this one but Oscar Wilde is a good runner-up

[london calling]

[QUOTE=Oggwyn Trench;87470]Elland
not that fond of Salopians weaker beers but Atonement was to my taste.

[london calling]

[QUOTE=oldboots;87479]A quiet week with a three cornered fight but just in front was Three Swords back on form after a period in the doldrums, maybe from the new brewery?


Kirkstall

Another good beer from a good brewery. It must have been in top condition to beat Dark Arts

[london calling]

[QUOTE=Real Ale Ray;87490][B]Belleville Brewing Co.
good pub,good brewer and good beer. I know the owner of the Dodo since she was about 3 years old.Friendly girl.

[oldboots]

Kirkstall

Another good beer from a good brewery. It must have been in top condition to beat Dark Arts

It was a close run thing with Brew York's Maris the Otter also in contention, Kirkstall appear to be firing on all cylinders after some transition problems with the new brewery.

[london calling]

It was a close run thing with Brew York's Maris the Otter also in contention, Kirkstall appear to be firing on all cylinders after some transition problems with the new brewery.
Had Brew York -maris the otter in the Euston Tap but was pretty bland.Find the pubs beers too cold and rarely enjoy my beer in there.The ex cider bars beers seem to be better temperature. Had Kirkstall -Generous George recently and it was superb. Just looked it up and its an ipa with Polish hops which surprised me.

[ROBCamra]

Siren Craft Yu Lu. Only 3.6%, but a very moorish pint in The Baum. :cheers: