Beer of the Week (w/e 12th November 2017)

[ROBCamra]

Wittenden: Old Dairy Uber Brew
Mobyduck: Purity Pure Gold
Aqualung: Cornish Crown Porter
hondo: Elephant School Aussie Blonde
Bucking Fastard: Electric Bear NZ Pale
Thuck Phat: Lymestone Cherry Stone
Real Ale Ray: Vocation Heart & Soul
oldboots: Electric Bear Inspector Remorse
aleandhearty: North Riding Citra Pale
ROBCamra: Neptune Sea Monkeys

[Wittenden]

Back in Kent;quiet.

Old Dairy-Uber Brew:3.8% abv-Well hopped, floral pale ale:could benefit from more assertive malt.A change from regular ODB fare.My BOTW

[Mobyduck]

Slim Picken's

Purity Pure Gold
Purity Mad Goose
Trumans Swift
Youngs Special London Ale (bottle)

Not much to choose from, BOTW Purity Pure Gold
Missing out on the Stockport trip but hope to get a visit to London next week so may have a better list.

[Aqualung]

A visit to West Devon and Cornwall meant I spent a lot of time waiting for infrequent trains or sitting on various buses :-

Keltek Lance 4.0%
Exmoor Exiles Wicked Wolf 4.2%
Bays Gold 4.3%
Hanlons Brewers Blend 4.5%
Black Tor Devonshire Pale Ale 4.5%
Hook Norton Old Hooky 4.6%
Bays Breaker 4.7%
Cornish Chough Fire Raven 4.7%
South Hams Daddies Real Sauce 4.7%
Dartmoor Jail Ale 4.8%
Ringwood Fortyniner 4.9%
Hanlons Stormstay 5.0%
Cornish Crown Porter 5.2%
Burton Bridge Festival Ale 5.5%
Theakston's Old Peculier 5.6%
Cornish Crown Red IPA (keg) 5.9%
Hunters Black Jack 6.0%


The winner is the Cornish Crown Porter in excellent condition for £2.29 at the Camborne John Francis Basset, probably the best JDW in Cornwall.



BOTW Cornish Crown Porter

[hondo]

Elephant School - Aussie Blonde

[Bucking Fastard]

South Ken,Harlow,Atherstone,Coventry and Rugby.A very decent week,some solid sessions.

Bedlam Brewing -- Smash *
Wimbledon -- Copper Leaf
Mc Mullens -- Rivertown Brewing Proper Porter
Marston's -- Bass * (3PT)
Steamin' Billy -- Billy
Lymestone -- Cherry Stone * (3PT)
Oakham -- Citra *
Byatt's -- West Coast Baby *
Siren -- Soundwave IPA *
Electric Bear -- NZ Pale *
Twisted Barrel -- Lokai Moche Pale
Twisted Barrel -- Naido
Twisted Barrel -- Mmmmm *
Marston's -- Saddle Tank
Banks's -- MILD
Grainstore -- Ten Fifty *
Everards (Robinsons) -- Tiger * (>3PT)

Some real quality on display,plus some eclectic beer from Twisted Barrel but BOTW goes to Electric Bear NZ Pale in Drapers (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/73953/) ,Coventry.

Next week Stockport so there should be a very long list ,and some great contenders.

[Thuck Phat]

A more limited week than hoped for:

Oakham Bishops Farewell*
Hop Back Summer Lightening*
Marstons Bass*
Steaming Billy Billy
Lymestone Cherry Stone*
Beowulf Dragon Smoke*

BOTW Lymestone Cherry Stone. An interesting pale beer tasting distinctively of cherry but with a sensibly dry finish which invited a successful pass of the three pint test.

[Real Ale Ray]

Vocation - Heart & Soul

[oldboots]

Electric Bear - Inspector Remorse

[aleandhearty]

A few new ticks, but a pretty uninspiring bunch, on the whole.

Ramsbury - Flint Knapper.
Revolution - Candidate.
Ramsbury - Baby Bella.
Stancill - Stainless.
Kelham Island - Waterloo Sunset.
Five Towns - Breaking Glass.
Dancing Duck - DCUK.
North Riding - Citra Pale.*

Head and shoulders above the rest was the ever reliable Citra Pale, sampled in Harry's Bar (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/60167/), Wakefield.

[ROBCamra]

Neptune Sea Monkeys. A 4.2% single hopped blonde beer, in this case using Pacifica hops.

Pleasant & easy drinking, but with plenty of flavour.

Probably named after an edition of QI when Jonny Vegas claimed he had Sea Monkeys living in his stomach.:cheers: