Beer of the Week (w/e 13th May 2018)

[ROBCamra]

Thuck Phat: Raw Grey Ghost IPA
aleandhearty: Fernandes 60/- Mild
Wittenden: Five Points XPA
Aqualung: Oakham Green Devil IPA
Real Ale Ray: Vocation Pride & Joy
Mobyduck: Ramsbury JPA
oldboots: Bristol Beer Factory Independance
Bucking Fastard: Oakham Scarlet Macaw
ROBCamra: Hobsons Mild

[Thuck Phat]

Limited week but some good quality:

Oakham Bishops Farewell*
Pomana Island Pale*
Raw Grey Ghost IPA*

BOTW Raw Grey Ghost IPA. Another brewery new to me and this 5.9% American IPA went down very well.

[aleandhearty]

Very similar to last week, with a decent amount of variety, but not much to quicken the pulse.

Thornbridge - Crackendale.
Weird Beard - Black Perle.
Kelham Island - Kelham Best.
North Riding - Citra.*
Small World - Spring Bank.
Fernandes - 60/- Shilling Mild.*
Fernandes - Mr Bumble.
Five Towns - Liberty.
Elgoods - Black Dog.
Fernandes - Ale to the Tsar.
Rat - Rat-Punzel.
Magic Rock - High Wire Grapefruit. (Keg)
Elgoods - Fork Handles.

The winner is a sweetish, golden mild with some caramel flavours. Not normally my sort of thing, but at least it had some oomph.

[Wittenden]

London,Kent

Five Points- XPA 4% abv.Very pale.Tropical fruits.Laid the dust.A brewery and beer new to me.
Windsor and Eton-Bostin' Mild 4% abv.Doing my bit for Make May a Mild Month.Rather harsh dark mild.
Thornbridge/Thornbridge Hall-Hirundo 4.5%abv.Barley straw pale ale.Tropical fruit,grassy hops,rather sweet.Not what I was expecting from Thornbridge.

My BOTW-Five points XPA,taken at Euston Tap (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/71412/)

[Aqualung]

There's a Scottish slant to this week's list probably due to the fact that all pubs visited were in Scotland.



Fyne Jarl 3.8%
Findos IPA (rebadged house beer) 3.8%
Harviestoun Bitter and Twisted 3.8%
MoR Tea Vicar? 3.8%
Alechemy Ritual 4.1%
Inveralmond Ossian 4.1%
MoR Ish! 4.2%
Lerwick Azure 4.3%
Tryst Double Chocolate Porter 4.4%
Belhaven Bridge To Nowhere 4.5%
Kelburn Jaguar 4.5%
Knops Musselburgh Broke 4.5%
North Yorkshire NYPA 4.6%
St Austell Harpoon Skipper 4.9%
Fallen Grapevine 5.4%
Broughton's Glasgow Cross 5.5%
Marston's Old Empire 5.7%
Oakham Green Devil IPA 6.0%
Windswept Wolf 6.0%


None of the beers are in the same league as the one from the Cambs Kings so the winner is the Oakham Green Devil IPA. This was £3.50 in Glasgow's State Bar and £2.59 in the Sir John Moore JDW where an intensive investigation of it took place before getting the train back. Was it better in one or the other? No, it tasted exactly the same in both, including the first one in the JDW.


BOTW Oakham Green Devil IPA

[Real Ale Ray]

Vocation - Pride & Joy

[Mobyduck]

Milton Medusa
Ramsbury JPA
Dark Star Not Into Yoga
Gales Spring Sprinter
Wye Valley HPA
Hop Back GFB
Lagunitas Daytime
Lagunitas IPA
Siren Undercurrent
Caledonian XPA
Wimbledon Copper Leaf
Harveys Sussex Best
Kent Abandon Hope
Arbour Oz Bomb

BOTW was a splendid Ramsbury JPA (Juniper Pale Ale) lovely taste and great condition in The Alfred Free House (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/35750/)

[oldboots]

Only a few beers as my diet continues,

Brewsters Hophead
Loch Lomond Southern Summit APA
Bristol Beer Factory Independance
Yorkshire Heart Hearty Bitter
Bad Seed Dalliance


easy winner: Bristol Beer Factory Independance

[Bucking Fastard]

Harlow,Baldock and Croydon.


Mc Mullens -- Rivertown Brewing Citrus Chaos
Buntingford -- Summer Breeze
Greene King -- XX Mild
Rowton -- Big Bang Blonde *
Saltaire -- Cascade Pale Ale
Saltaire -- Onyx
Saltaire -- Amarillo Pale
Oakham -- Scarlet Macaw * (3PT)

BOTW ,after some ales in disappointing condition,was Oakham Scarlet Macaw spot on in The George, (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/35541/)top bar.

Next week retracing my steps up towards Banbury and avoiding the royal wedding.

[Mobyduck]

Only a few beers as my diet continues,

A semi liquid diet. ;)

[Aqualung]

....and avoiding the royal wedding.


Good idea! I'm hoping to avoid the Cup Final as well and at this time I'm proud to say I don't even know who the teams are.

[rpadam]

... and avoiding the royal wedding.
Sorry, who's getting married?

[ROBCamra]

Hobsons Mild. Only 3.2% but loads of flavour.

Surprisingly tried in the Spotland Reform Club where I was bowling. :cheers:

[Aqualung]

Holdens Mild. Only 3.2% but loads of flavour.


Unless they've produced a second one it's 3.7%.

[ROBCamra]

Unless they've produced a second one it's 3.7%.

Ooops! It was Hobsons Mild.:o