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

[ROBCamra]

Mobyduck: Siren Omnipollo Grapefruit IPA
Bucking Fastard: Dark Star Hylder Blonde
Wittenden: Ramsgate Gadds' No 7
Aqualung: Castle Rock Screech Owl
Thuck Phat: Abbeydale Moonshine
aleandhearty: Ilkley Tribus Lupulus v2.3
ROBCamra: Almasty Simcoe & Mosaic

[Mobyduck]

Purity Pure Gold
Castle Rock Harvest Pale
Shepherd Neame Masterbrew
Portobello Westway Pale
Fullers/Yeastie Boys Double Summer
Tiny Rebel Juicy*
Magic Rock Ringmaster*
Black Wolf ROC
Darkstar Hylder Blonde*
Great Heck Cascade
Siren Omnipollo Grapefruit IPA*
Five Points Pale
ELB Kapow
Lagunitas Born again Yesterday*
Thornbridge Guinevere*
Siren Broken Dream*
ELB Quadrant Oatmeal Stout(Vanilla Version)

A decent list thanks to a jaunt around Limehouse and Bethnal Green today,a good few winners there on a normal week but for BOTW I can't see past Siren Omnipollo Grapefruit IPA enjoyed in The Well and Bucket (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/71298/).

[Bucking Fastard]

Hertford and London.

Dark Star -- Not into Yoga.
Tring -- Fanny Ebbs Summer Ale *
Ramsgate -- Gadd's Summer Days *
Dark Star -- American Pale Ale *
XT -- XT2
Dark Star -- Hylder Blonde *

Several top pints with BOTW going to Dark Star Hylder Blonde,very sessionable with a hint of elderflower in the very solid Harp. (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/53779/)


Next week boating to Stoke on Trent,good ale all but assured.

[Wittenden]

Kent:
A decent pint of Ramsgate-Gadds' No 7, after the iffy offering of a few weeks ago.3.8%abv, a cracking session beer.My BOTW
On the bottled front, again from Gadds', Black Pearl Oyster stout.6.2%abv. Nectar.

[Aqualung]

I've almost had a week off with a visit to the Wanstead George on Thursday and Nottingham yesterday. It hasn't helped that I've been finding the better JDW festival ciders where the beer choice has been not so good.


Nottingham Rock Mild 3.8%
Welton's Topper Mild 4.0%
Burton Bridge Battle Brew 5.0%
Nethergate Umbel Magna 5.0%
Loddon's Forbury Lion 5.5%
Castle Rock Screech Owl 5.5%


I'm going for Castle Rock Screech Owl as tried for £3.20 with CAMRA discount in the VAT & Fiddle near Nottingham Rail Station. It says on the clip that it's an American IPA, if this is an American IPA then I'm Kim Jong-un's long lost brother. It is a quaffable strong golden ale that along with their Black Gold Mild are about the only Castle Rock beers I would go for. Hopefully there will be something better next week (actually I know there will be).


BOTW Castle Rock Screech Owl

[Thuck Phat]

BOTW Abbeydale Moonshine. An oldie but a goldy.

[aleandhearty]

Fairly decent week for me.

Ilkley - Tribus Lupulus v2.3.*
Nomadic - Summer.
Track - Sonoma Pale.*
Turning Point - Rising Tide.
Brass Castle - Misfit (Rakau & Waimea).
North Brewing - Prototype.
Saltaire - Blonde.
Lost Industry - West Coast Pale (Columbus & Mosaic).*
Roosters - Yankee.
Sunbeam - Helios.
Stod Fold - Amber.
Kirkstall - Three Swords.
Nomadic - Nomad.
Ilkley - Hanging Stone.*

Very close between the Tribus Lupulus and West Coast Pale, but the former just shades it. Sampled in The Reliance (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/65764/), Leeds.

[ROBCamra]

Almasty Simcoe & Mosaica gorgeous citrus hit for those who like that kind of thing.

Only had time for 2 pints but it would have passed the 3 pint test in Drink? https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/83539/ in Hebden Bridge. :cheers: