Beer of the Week (w/e 3rd September 2017)

[ROBCamra]

Mobyduck: Howling Hops Riding Ale
Aqualung: Salopian Treasure Trove
Bucking Fastard: Saltaire Cascade Pale
aleandhearty: James & Kirkman Liquorice Stout
Wittenden: Pig and Porter Pattern Recognition
Thuck Phat: Timothy Taylor Landlord
london calling: Mondo Unicorn Whisperers
ROBCamra: Dark Revolution So.LA

[Mobyduck]

Purity Pure Gold
Triple fff Pressed Rat And Warthog
Oakham Velvet Claw
Sambrooks Wandle
Sambrooks Pumphouse Pale
Dark Star Hophead
Hammerton N1
Howling Hops Riding Ale
Kent Prohibition
Thornbridge Brother Rabbit
Beavertown Gamma Ray

BOTW is Howling Hops Riding Ale at only 3.0% it was excellent in the also excellent Southampton Arms (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/23788/)

[Aqualung]

A fairly6 quiet week for me :-


Sambrook's Session Pale 3.4%
Salopian Luna 3.8%
Salopian Treasure Trove 4.0%
Welton's Allotment Bob 4.5%
Sambrook's Junction 4.5%
Salopian Sixth Mass 4.7%
Salopian Golden Thread 5.0%
Welton's Sun Dialer 5.0%
Holden's Special 5.1%
Salopian Kashmir (keg) 5.5%
Sarah Hughes Dark Ruby Mild 6.0%
Salopian Automaton (keg) 7.0%


The Sambrook's Session Pale is worth a mention, I've always found their beers a bit pedestrian and would normally swerve a beer with this low an ABV. I was surprised to find a refreshing pale beer with a good hop flavour, a lot better than most of their other beers.
The winner however is the Salopian Treasure Trove as tried at their excellent brewery bar (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/85159/) for £2.80. Unsurprisingly it's a very hoppy pale.


BOTW Salopian Treasure Trove

[Bucking Fastard]

Bethnal Green,Greenwich ,Hertford and Croydon.

Mc Mullens -- Rivertown Brewing Zeppelin
Mighty Oak -- Maldon Gold *
Adnams -- Mosaic Pale *
Truman -- Lazarus
Oakham -- Citra *(3PT)
Adnams -- Mosaic Pale (keg)
Saltaire -- Cascade Pale *
Saltaire -- New World Red *
Efes -- Pilsen (keg)

BOTW goes to Saltaire Cascade Pale,complex and beautifully balanced ,spot on in The George,Top Bar. (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/35541/)

Next week looking thin.

[aleandhearty]

Decent week, variety wise, but I'm beginning to despair how expensive Leeds city centre is becoming in some of the better beer pubs.

North Riding - Aussie Sessions.
Magic Rock - Rapture.
Manchester Brewing - Kir Bier.
Kendricks - Boudicea.
Kirkstall - Three Swords.*
Abbeydale - Moonshine.*
Hop Studio - Pale.
Rudgate - Grease Monkey.
James & Kirkman - Commodore.
North Riding - Citra Pale.*
Oakham - Citra.*
James & Kirkman - Liquorice Stout.*
Marble - Bitter.
Thornbridge - Windle.

Not much in it between both the Citras and the stout, but as the J&K hasn't been nominated before, I'll go with that.

[Aqualung]

Decent week, variety wise, but I'm beginning to despair how expensive Leeds city centre is becoming.




Welcome to my world! I reckon Manchester is as bad, I was thinking of visiting the Marble Arch but when I saw the prices quoted in BF's review I quickly abandoned that plan.

[aleandhearty]

Welcome to my world!

I remember when you did a few 'spoons in Leeds and commented on big city prices. I think I was quite sceptical at the time, but I've definitely joined the club!

[Wittenden]

Kent

Pig and Porter-Pattern Recognition 4.2% (Experimental Hop EXP431) Hazy,raspberries,farmyard.Good stuff.

[Thuck Phat]

Thin week but everything was good:

Bass*
TT Landlord*
Oakham Bishops Farewell*

BOTW Timothy Taylor Landlord drunk here (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/81993/) and in exceptionally good nick given it's a fair way from Keighley.

[london calling]

The Railway Streatham sw London has a buy one get one free bottled offer on Thursdays and these two were superb £5 for the two
Weird Beard - Safe Word 6.6
Botw
Mondo -Unicorn Whisperers 9.0 (jumped to the top of my 2017 best beers list)

[ROBCamra]

Dark Revolution So.LA, a 4.5% murky west coast IPA, hence the name, tried a lot in The Baum. :cheers:

Strange name for a brewery as everyone expected the beer to be dark, despite having little jars on the bar showing the colour. :confused: