Beer of the Week (w/e 17th December 2017)

[ROBCamra]

Mobyduck: Five Points Railway Porter
Aqualung: Sarah Hughes Snowflake
Bucking Fastard: Oakham American Sunset
Wittenden: Larkins Porter
Thuck Phat: Abbeydale Advent
ROBCamra: Anarchy Boot Boys
rpadam: Harvey's Old Ale

[Mobyduck]

Reunion Talwar
Purity Pure Gold
Flowerpots Perridge Pale
Fourpure Juice Box
Goose Island Goose IPA
Hammerton N1
Five Points Railway Porter
Howling Hops Pale
Timothy Taylor Landlord
Redchurch Great Eastern IPA
Redchurch Pillar Of Salt

The Five Points Railway Porter was easily BOTW, unfortunately ridiculously priced at £5.00 a pint in The Marksman (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/24954/).

[Aqualung]

A list that Custodian 42 would be proud of :-

Slater's Columbia Coffee Stout 4.5%
Intrepid Single Hopped Pale 4.5%
Kent The New Black 4.8%
Thornbridge Jaywick 4.8%
Burton Bridge Top Dog Stout 5.0%
True North Stout 5.0%
Ticketybrew East India Porter 5.0%
Sarah Hughes Surprise 5.0%
Elgoods North Brink Porter 5.0%
Holden's Special 5.1%
Boutilliers Green Hop Kolsch 5.2%
Salopian The Bends 5.2%
Slater's Haka 5.2%
Holden's Dragon's Blood 5.6%
Dogbreath Smoke On The Water 5.8%
Batham's XXX 6.3%
Titanic Plum Porter Grand Reserve 6.5%
Holden's Old 7.2%
Titanic Wreckage 7.2%
Sarah Hughes Snowflake 8.0%


None of these were poor and there are several contenders so "When in doubt go for the strongest.", so it's the Sarah Hughes Snowflake in the famous Sedgley Beacon Hotel. It was £4.00 for the two halves that were duly transferred to a straight pint glass. One of several proper Xmas drinks.


BOTW Sarah Hughes Snowflake

[Bucking Fastard]

Harlow and Hertford

Mc Mullens -- Country Bitter
Mc Mullens -- Bootwarmer
Oakham -- American Sunset *
Mc Mullens -- AK
New River -- Five Inch Drop
Oakham -- Below Zero *
Mighty Oak -- Yellow Snow *
Dark Star -- Bock

BOTW goes to Oakham American Sunset,well balanced with great hop character in good nick in The Saracens (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/14568/).

Next week a session in The Euston Tap to look forward to.

[Wittenden]

Kent

Larkins-Porter 5.2%abv:My first sighting of this iconic Porter this year.Roasty,bitter chocolate (mercifully no salted caramel ).
Whitstable-East India Pale Ale 4.1%abv:Pale and grainy.Not at the peak of condition.

BOTW-Larkins Porter,taken at this eponymous pub Larkins' Alehouse (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/85780/)

[Thuck Phat]

A short but well formed week:

Everards Tiger*
Oakham Black Hole Porter*
Abbeydale Advent*

BOTW Abbeydale Advent Another winner from Abbeydale - pale, gently fruity and just hoppy enough to be moreish. Easy to get carried away on at 4.6%.

[ROBCamra]

Not a very popular thread this week for some reason.

Is everybody having a week off to prepare for the nightmare to come?

A fairly pedestrian week for me with Anarchy Boot Boys 5% tried a couple of times in the Flying Horse Hotel (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/19928/) the winner. :cheers:

[rpadam]

Harvey's Old Ale in the village club - spot on!