Beer of the Week (w/e 6th May 2018)

[ROBCamra]

Wittenden: Cellar Head The Pilot Hop
Mobyduck: Phipps Golden Mild
Bucking Fastard: Prancing Pony Pagan Empire Rye IPA
Aqualung: Redemption Big Chief
aleandhearty: Wilde Child Rite of Passage
Spinko: Northern Monk Faith
Thuck Phat: Slightly Foxed Prairie Fox
oldboots: Kirkstall Black Band Porter
ROBCamra: Tyne Bank EPA

[Wittenden]

Kent

Cellar Head:Single Hop Pale Ale-The Pilot Hop. 4.6%abv:Clear for an unfined beer.Marmalade.I've been impressed with the two cask beers I've had from this brewery recently, though the bottled IPA was let down by poor carbonation.

[Mobyduck]

A better week,
Oakham Scarlet Macaw
Oakham Citra
Hop Back GFB
Purity Mad Goose
Phipps IPA
Phipps Golden Mild
Silverstone Pit Stop
Hydes Lowery
Nobbys Chocolate Porter
Potbelly Crazy Daze
Framework Double Chocolate Stout
Thornbridge Wild Swan
Windswept Hurricane
Little Critters Little Hopper
Roosters/Thornbridge Counter Culture

Some well conditioned stuff this week, Phipps Golden Mild comes out on top, taken in The Albion Brewery Bar. (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/83478/)

[Bucking Fastard]

Modest week in Harlow,Enslow and Richmond.

Mc Mullens -- Rivertown Brewing Citrus Chaos
Box Steam -- Golden Bolt
Gipsy Hill -- Hepcat (keg)
Prancing Pony -- Pagan Empire Rye IPA (bottle)*
Murray's -- Whale Ale (bottle)

BOTW goes to a bottle of Prancing Pony Pagan Empire Rye IPA,sampled in an Aussie restaurant .It was packed with flavour and slipped down easily at 6.6%,good match with my barramundi.

Next week looks thin apart from the traditional end of season session both before and after the footie.

[Aqualung]

Not a huge list this week :-


One Mile End Great Tom Mild 3.8%
Nethergate Green & Pleasant Land 4.1%
Tring Abacus 4.1%
XT 18 Gold 4.1%
ELB Peacock EPA 4.2%
Vale Pale Ale 4.2%
Rebellion Amber 4.3%
Brentwood Hope & Glory 4.5%
Hawkshead Brodie's Prime 4.9%
Nethergate Old Growler 5.0%
Elephant School Gold Rush 5.0%
Peerless Mocha Matari 5.0%
Redemption Big Chief 5.5%

The easy winner is an old favourite I'd not seen for a while which is the Big Chief as tried for £3.95 in the E17 Rose and Crown.


BOTW Redemption Big Chief

[aleandhearty]

A solid week, with a handful of decent beers in good condition. However, there were only a couple that caused a flutter of excitement.

Castle Rock - Sherwood Reserve.
Wilde Child - Rite of Passage.*
Ossett - Jive Bunny.
Adnams - Ghost Ship.
Great Heck - Voodoo Mild.
Mallinsons - Castle Hill.
Three Brothers - Red Fruit Porter.
North Riding - Mosaic.*
2 Roses - Auckland.
North Riding Brewpub - Optimism.

[Spinko]

Northern Monk - Faith

Ended up staying in Hop Co, Warrington for an extra couple of hours thanks to this keg offering.

[Thuck Phat]

This week:

Oakham Hangar 17
Fire Island Flying Fish
Slightly Foxed Prairie Fox*
Abbeydale Moonshine*
Oakham Bishops Farewell*

BOTW Slightly Foxed Prairie Fox. A new brewery to me and it came as no surprise that it is based in the West Yorkshire brewing heartland. Prairie Fox is a ludicrously drinkable 5.2% IPA with a dry and bitter finish. Excellent and a strong beer of the year contender.

[oldboots]

Not much going on here, just a short trip to Leeds

Kirkstall Three Swords
Kirkstall Black Band Porter
Burley St The Brickyard
Oakham Green Devil
Sam Smith Taddy Stout
York Ghost


BOTW: Kirkstall Black Band Porter sampled (several times) in the Cardigan Arms while avoiding the Tour de Feck.

[Spinko]

"Burley St The Brickyard"

I miss their Laguna Sec in the Fox and Newt.

[ROBCamra]

Tyne Bank EPA. A pleasant, easy drinking English Pale Ale. Tried a couple of times at the Flying Horse. :cheers: