Beer of the Week ( w/e 18th February 2018)

[ROBCamra]

Bucking Fastard: 360 Degrees American Pale Ale
Wittenden: Long Man Wild Man
Aqualung: Kelham Island Pale Rider
aleandhearty: Great Heck Voodoo Mild
oldboots: Brew York Seed of Stout
Mobyduck: Siren Cold Blooded
Komakino: Truman's Docker's Tanner
Thuck Phat: Bec Jaune Luminary IPA
ROBCamra: Lacons Affinity

[Bucking Fastard]

A mini crawl around some North London 2018 GBG listed pubs.

Adnams -- Ghost Ship
Bexley -- Black Prince Porter *
Wychwood -- Dirty Tackle
Oakham -- Citra
Mad Squirrel -- Hopfest
360 Degrees -- American Pale Ale *


BOTW goes to 360 Degrees American Pale Ale ,a great example of it's type and in top condition in The Shaftesbury Tavern. (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/25388/)

Next week end month beers in Hertford and down the Wenlock,should be decent.

[Wittenden]

Kent,East Sussex.

Hop Fuzz-Adhoption- 4.2%abv Dark chestnut Best Bitter.Blackcurrants.
Long Man-Number Eight- 4.4%avb Malt forward,blackcurrants.Golden.
Long Man-Wild Man-5.2%abv-Delicious English IPA. Summer berries.
G2-Orion-3.8%abv-Not stellar.A new cask, but no condition and little flavour.
Harvey's-Sussex Best Bitter-4%abv Rewarding.

My BOTW-Long Man Wild Man, a strong 'un from a brewery I look out for,taken at The Bell Hotel (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/11181/) a new pub for us.

[Aqualung]

Only a modest list this week although every single one was in good condition and at least had some merit.

Brunswick Caramild 3.5%
Joules Penny Pincher 4.0%
Derventio Winter King 4.0%
Wincle Wibbly Wallaby 4.4%
Adnam's Mr Feathers 4.9%
Gadds Number 3 5.0%
Exit 33 Azacca IPA 5.0%
Holden's Special 5.1%
Harbour Harbour India Pale Ale 5.2%
Kelham Island Pale Rider 5.2%



For the first time in ages a Wetherspoon pint gets the nod and it's the Kelham Island Pale Rider for £2.15 at the William Shenstone in Halesowen. Even the chavvy parents who had come in for just a drink or two with their screaming toddlers and two rampaging brats didn't put me off.
With the apparent downturn in my local Spoons it's nice to find some good beer in their outlets as the Gadds in Lichfield was also pretty good.



BOTW Kelham Island Pale Rider

[aleandhearty]

Decent week for me.

North Riding - US Session IPA v30.*
Great Heck - Voodoo Mild.*
First Chop - POD.
Harveys - Armada.
Five Towns - Warszawa.
Five Towns - Raven King.*
Revolutions - Life in a Northern Town.
Bradford - Winter Stout.
Ossett - South Pacific.*
Horbury - Toffee Oatmeal Stout.
Arundel - Pickled Mouse.
Woodfordes - Nice Try.
Fernandes - Cherry Chocolate Stout.
Exit 33 - Hop Monster.
Chin Chin - A-OK.
Empire - White Lion.
North Riding - Mosaic Pale.*

The North Riding beers were excellent as usual, but it was the Raven King (porter) and Voodoo Mild that really seemed to hit the spot, this week. Very little between the two, but the latter just shades it. A smooth, easy drinking mild (4.3%).

[oldboots]

1562

[aleandhearty]

1562

Oooh! Like the sound of that.

[rpadam]

1562
Someone's going to have to tell me what Tonka is...

[Mobyduck]

Someone's going to have to tell me what Tonka is...

I can hazard a guess , but really.... :eek:

[Mobyduck]

Hopback GFB
Loddon Ferrymans Gold
Purity Pure Gold
Brewsmith Magic Number
Arbour Citra
Siren Suspended in Simcoe
Siren Cold Blooded
Dark Revolution Velveteen

Best of the Bunch was Siren Cold Blooded in the ever reliable Nags (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/1691/).

[Komakino]

Chipped away at W1 during the week as well as some various bits and bobs:

Truman's Docker's Tanner (3.0%)*
Tring Side Pocket For A Toad (3.6%)*
West Berk Mr Chubb's Lunchtime Bitter (3.7%)
BrewDog Dead Pony Club (3.8%) (keg)
Itchen Valley Pride of the Valley (3.8%)
Twickenham Grandstand Bitter (3.8%)
Animal (XT) HopCat (3.9%)*
Dorking Pilcrow Pale (4.0%)*
Hogs Back Surrey Nirvana (4.0%)
Truman's Runner (4.0%)
Rooster's Citra (4.1%)
GK Scrum Down (4.2%)
Oakham JHB (4.2%)
Sambrook's Pumphouse Pale Ale (4.2%)
Animal (XT) Orca (4.6%)*
Thornbridge Crackendale (5.2%)*

A bit of everything, including the start of the Six Nations-related dross. The winner is the weakest of the lot, taken at St Albans' Prae Wood Arms (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/79962/):

BOTW: Truman's Docker's Tanner

[Thuck Phat]

Different week:

Quantock Wills Neck
Oakham Bishops Farewell*
Bec Jaune Little Yellow Pils
Bec Jaune Luminary IPA
Bec Jaune Yuzu Saison

Bec Jaune beers are brewed in the French Alps by a former Kernel brewer apparently. They may not leap out at you in Hackney but they're not at all bad in Morzine.
BOTW Bec Jaune Luminary IPA. A pale but reasonably punchy IPA at 6.7%. Goes down well enough and the finish is properly bitter. Perhaps too bitter for three pints.

[ROBCamra]

Lacons Affinity. a 4.8% easy drinking pale, which makes it a bit dangerous during a session. In The Baum. :cheers: