Beer of the Week (w/e 15th October 2017)

[ROBCamra]

london calling: Brewdog Elvis Juice
Mobyduck: Vibrant Forest Castanea Dual Hop
Wittenden: Flowerpots Bitter
Bucking Fastard: Heritage Brewing Masterpiece IPA
hondo: Alechemy Charisma
Thuck Phat: Heritage Brewing Masterpiece IPA
Real Ale Ray: Three Tuns Stout
Aqualung: Fuzzy Duck Mucky Duck
Komakino: Milton Marcus Aurelius
ROBCamra: Track Metacomet

[london calling]

Quality beer all night long in Epsom
rudgate -green hop monster
fort -oatmeal stout
westerham -minstrel
cigar city -invasion
surreyhills -ranmore
surrey hills -shere drop
fuzzchat-mosaic pale
fuzzchat -park pale
kent -abandon hope
downlands -dark life
and two contenders for BOTW were outstanding
lagunitas- 12th of never ale but there can only be one winner sadly
Brewdog-Elvis Juice drank in the Faraday Epsom

[Mobyduck]

All beer taken in Hampshire this week, except a whistle stop pint in Surbiton.
Hopback GFB
Marstons 61 Deep
Purity Pure Gold
Harbour North Shore*
Island Earls R.D.A.
Longdog Kismet*
Siren Undercurrent*
Urban Island High and Dry
Vibrant Forest Black Forest*
Vibrant Forest Castanea Dual Hop*
Surrey Hills Greensand IPA
Southsea Casemate IPA*

Two beers were particularly outstanding, Longdog Kismet 4.5%, just edged out by BOTW Vibrant Forest Castanea Dual Hop4,5%, both enjoyed today at the Hampshire Octoberfest (http://www.hampshireoctoberfest.co.uk/).

Not much expected next week.

[Wittenden]

West Sussex:old school.

Flowerpots-Bitter 3.8%abv.Delightful old school session bitter.Sweet biscuit at the start,resin to the finish. Guileless.A columnist in one of my farming magazines always bangs on about this,so I was pleased to see it.
Flack Manor-Double Drop 3.7%abv.Chestnut brown cooking bitter: malt led.Old school,without too much delight.
My BOTW-Flowerpots Bitter, taken at The Black Horse Inn (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/65514/)

[Bucking Fastard]

Down the T&M ,then Croydon and the 'spoons festival.

Titanic -- Iceberg *
Titanic -- Raspberry Wheat *
Titanic -- Plum Porter
Titanic -- White Star *
Everards (Robinsons) -- Tiger
Everards (Joules ) -- Old Original *
Heritage Brewing -- Masterpiece IPA *
Titanic -- Red Indian IPA
Vale -- Steam Punk *
Kent -- Dark Horse
Southwark -- Harvard APA *

Some decent stuff with BOTW going to Heritage Brewing Masterpiece IPA ,a very complex,strong ,classic IPA from the National Brewery Centre in Burton and thoroughly enjoyed in The Swan,Fradley Junction. (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/34296/)

Next week not looking great.

[hondo]

Alechemy - Charisma

[Thuck Phat]

A short but high quality list:

Titanic White Star*
Everards Tiger
Heritage Brewing Company Masterpiece IPA*
Oakham Bishops Farewell*

A close thing with White Star only missing out due to the first couple being the last in the barrel. BOTW Heritage Brewing Company Masterpiece IPA Another vote for this deeply flavoured, 5.6% IPA. Excellent.

[Real Ale Ray]

Three Tuns - Stout superb, in Three Tuns Inn (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/31991/)

[Aqualung]

A fair sized list this week with a long weekend in North Wales :-



Nant Eryr Aur 3.7%
Nant Prop Hop 3.7%
Marstons Saddletank 3.8%
Heavy Industry Electric Mountain 3.8%
Celt Castro Mosaic 3.9%
Fuzzy Duck Mucky Duck 4.0%
Wells Pen Y Bryn (London Gold?) 4.0%
Liberation Ale 4.0%
Great Orme Welsh Black 4.0%
Nant Chwerw Braf 4.1%
JW Lees Weaver's Shuttle 4.1%
Nant Chwaden Aur 4.2%
Big Bog Welsh Pale Ale 4.2%
Wychwood Zululand Pale Ale 4.2%
Heavy Industry Freak Chick 4.2%
Cotleigh Chocca Mocca 4.3%
Conwy California 4.4%
Stamps Submarina 4.4%
Mobberley 1924 4.5%
Heavy Industry Nelson's Eye 4.5%
Purple Moose Chocolate Moose 4.5%
Lancaster Chestnut Red 4.5%
Shepherd Neame St Eriks Midnight Sun 4.5%
Greene King Old Speckled Hen 4.5%
Woodforde's Tundra 4.6%
Nant Cwrw Carw 4.8%
Hafod Hoppers Reserve 4.8%
Tiny Rebel Juicy 4.8%
Titanic Plum Porter 4.9%
Great Orme Atlantis IPA 5.0%
Conwy Kodiak 5.0%
Inveralmond Diracha 5.2%
Lymestone Cherry Stone 5.2%
Fuzzy Duck Ruby Duck 5.3%
Caledonian Cerveza Fort Oatmeal Stout 5.5%
Spitting Feathers Repetitive Strain Injury 5.6%


I'm going for the Fuzzy Duck Mucky Duck which came up a treat for £3.35 at the Bridge in Conwy. It's a lower abv stout with hints of coffee.

BOTW Fuzzy Duck Mucky Duck

[Komakino]

Almost too late the hero with these...

Prescott Hill Climb (3.8%)
Ringwood Wild Boar (3.8%)
Yubberton Yubby (3.8%)
Elgood's Saturday Night Beaver (4.2%)
Old Forge Hammer & Tongs (4.2%)
Shakespeare Bard's Best (4.2%)
Wadworth Treacle Treat (4.2%)
Brightside Best (4.3%) (bottle)
By The Horns The Mayor of Garrett (4.3%)
Marston's Bloody Doors Off (4.3%)
Ruddle's County (4.3%)
Five Points Pale (4.4%)*
Butcombe Original (4.5%)
Marston's Pedigree (4.5%)
Stroud Big Cat Stout (4.5%) (bottle)
Tiny Rebel Dirty Stop Out (5.0%)*
Thornbridge Jaipur (5.9%)
Beavertown Lupuloid IPA (6.7%) (keg)
Milton Marcus Aurelius (7.5%)*
Howling Hops Imperial Stout (11.5%)*

Beers taken in London and the 'Bampton Area' of Oxfordshire with the winner being taken in E8's Pembury Tavern (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/25070/) which my limited notes described as "...a thick, glutinous beer with legs."

BOTW: Milton Marcus Aurelius

[ROBCamra]

Track Metacomet. A 3.8% murky hopbomb tried a couple in the Flying Horse Hotel (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/19928/) in Rochdale. :cheers: