Beer of the Week (w/e 11th November 2018)

[ROBCamra]

:cheers:

[Wittenden]

Kent:

Larkins-Porter 5.2%abv: First sighting of this iconic beer this season.Muscular and dry.
Dark Star/Fuller Smith and Turner-Hophead 3.8%abv.Hmm,seems a bit 'Northern', not as open as I remember it.
Tonbridge-Coppernob 3.8%abv.First pint undrinkable:next,from a new cask,lively and earthy.
Old Dairy-Flaming Embers 4%abv. Roasty amber ale-not my favourite style.
Harvey's Sussex Best Bitter 4%abv. Unimpeachable.

My BOTW-Larkins Porter.

[rpadam]

My BOTW-Larkins Porter.
Lead me to it - where are such wonders to behold?

[Aqualung]

All beers tried this week were in Wales :-


Banks's Mild (keg) 3.5%
Black Sheep Best Bitter 3.8%
Big Bog Hinky Punk 4.1%
Alechemy Ritual 4.1%
Big Hand Palewulf 4.2%
Nant Chwaden Aur 4.2%
Conwy Black Witch 4.3%
Hafod Powerhaus 4.4%
Acorn XV Stout 4.5%
Blackjack Short & Stout 4.5%
Neptune Big Sur West Coast IPA 4.5%
Salopian Lemon Dream 4.5%
Purple Moose Chocolate Moose 4.5%
Titanic Plum Porter 4.9%
Alechemy Secret Citra 5.0%
Great Orme Chocoholic 5.0%
Heavy Industry Pigeon Toed Orange Peel 5.2%
Hafod Big Red 5.5%
Conwy Telford Porter 5.6%


The fairly easy winner is the Alechemy Secret Citra which is brewed in er, Scotland. It was something of a hop bomb but went down a treat for £3.80 in Llandudno's Tapps micropub.


BOTW Alechemy Secret Citra

[Mobyduck]

Hants, Herts, Surrey and Berks.

Dark Star Hophead
Harveys Sussex Bitter
Oakham Citra
Oakham JHB
Tring Side Pocket For Toad
Tring Ridgeway
Black Sheep Chocolate Orange Stout
Red Squirrel Resolution
Three Blind Mice Lonely Snake Citra And Simcoe Edition
Wilde Childe Risk Avoidance
Siren Medjuicia
Gibberish Nomel Pord
Ramsbury Milk Stout
Wantsum Yellow Tail

I cant see beyond Oakham Citra ,spot on in The Mermaid (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/14851/).

[Bucking Fastard]

Harlow and Croydon,a modest week.

Mc Mullens -- Rivertown Brewing Victory
Mc Mullens -- AK

and by default BOTW Burning Sky Aurora ,good but not on peak form in The George (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/35541/).Still went through the 3PT :drinkup:

Next week quiet but two new openings to check out.

[hondo]

Animal Brewing Co - Hop Kitty

[aleandhearty]

Frustratingly quiet, this week.

Timothy Taylor - Landlord.
Great Heck - Blonde.
Stancill - Not Dark Yet.
North Riding - US Session Pale v39.*

Easy winner was the Session Pale. Would have quickly passed the three pint test, if family commitments hadn't said otherwise.

[Thuck Phat]

Marble Earl Grey IPA

[Millay]

This week included the Watford Beer Festival for me, so here are just the highlights,

Weetwood Ales - Eastgate
JW Lees - Dragon's Fire
London Brewing - Rye (the hell) Not?
Wychwood - Hobgoblin
Watling Street - Sir Newton Golden Ale
Leeds - Yorkshire Gold
Pope's Yard - Frogmore Pale
Pope's Yard - Frogmore Bitter
Quantock - QBNZ
3D Beer - The IP-A Team
Tydd Steam - Barn Ale
Wolf - Edith Cavell
Wolf - Lupus lupus
Cosmic - Jack Rabbit
Fierce & Noble - Westcoast IPA
Daleside - Monkey Wrench

BotW goes to the Westcoast IPA, 6.5% of American hoppiness.

NB - Pope's Yard is a young brewery that has recently moved from Watford to the old Frogmore Paper Mill in Apsley (Hemel Hempstead). Concentrating mainly on bottled beers they brewed for cask specially for the Watford Beer festival. Hopefully they will continue as both beers were good, and there is also talk of a Brewery Tap in Watford.