Beer of the Week (w/e 2nd December 2018)

[ROBCamra]

:cheers:

[Bucking Fastard]

Harlow,Hertford and Croydon.

Mc Mullens -- AK
Fullers -- ESB
Dark Star -- Hophead

and BOTW Saltaire Triple Chocoholic * (3PT) in fine form in The George (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/35541/)

Next week thin gruel.

[Thuck Phat]

Best week for quite a while:

Oakham Bishops Farewell*
Hop Back Summer Lightening*
TT Landlord
York Centurions Ghost*
Yorkshire Heart Get Pithed*
Cloudwater Extra Special Bitter*
Wilde Child Dystopian Society*
Northern Monk Neapolitan Ice Cream Pale (keg)*
Northern Monk Heathen IPA (keg)*
Deya Steady Rolling Man (keg)*
Ashover The Fabrick*
Thornbridge Tapit*
Roosters Yankee
Salopian Firkin Freezin

Tough choice with the Fabrick, Tapit and Get Pithed all going down very well.

BOTW Cloudwater Extra Special Bitter. Just as described as an amber 5.5% bitter. Long may they brew cask beer.

[Wittenden]

Kent:quality rather than quantity.

Cellar Head -IPA 5%abv.Hazy,chewy,arboreal hops.
Kent-Prohibition 4.8%abv. American Pale Ale,though I always expect a dark'un for some reasons.Zesty,cedarish.My BOTW,by a very slim margin.

[Komakino]

Kent Brewery Zingiber partaken at the rather odd Catford Constitutional Club (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/81129/) yesterday.

[aleandhearty]

Good week for me, with a flying visit to Otley, on Friday and my favourite Sunday afternoon crawl.


Titanic - Black Ice.*
Saltaire - Titus.
Brew York - Brew York.*
Abbeydale - Black Mass.
Great Newsome - Holderness Dark.
Oakham - Citra.*
Titanic - Plum Porter.*
Burton Bridge - Damson Porter.*
Salt - Batik.
Tigertops - Haka Hop.
Moor - Revival.
Five Towns - Candidate.
North Riding - Citra.*
Sandiway - Endo.
Mallinsons - Calypso.
Fernandes - Black Voodoo.
Rat - King Rat.
Fernandes - Summit.
Mallinsons - Danger: Hops!

Some strong contenders, but the Brew York, Brew York - a very tasty APA, quickly soothed the troubled brow after three hours on various buses. Sampled in one of my favourite pubs - The Old Cock (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/71313/), Otley.

[Aqualung]

A steady week :-


Reunion Engage! 3.7%
Holden's Black Country Bitter 3.9%
Southwark Bankside Blonde 3.9%
Southwark Potters Field Porter 4.0%
Sambrook's American Red 4.2%
Salopian Lemon Dream 4.5%
Reunion Midnight Runner 4.8%
Enefield Speculation 4.8%
Grafton Caramel Stout 4.8%
Sambrook's Powerhouse Porter 4.9%
Adnam's Sloe Storm 4.0%
Holden's Special 5.1%
Hook Norton Twelve Days 5.5%
Fixed Wheel Concussion Mild 5.5%
Oakham Green Devil IPA 6.0%
Derby ABC IPA 6.4%


The winner is an old favourite the Oakham Green Devil IPA as tried for £3.40 in Wolverhampton's Great Western.


BOTW Oakham Green Devil IPA

[Millay]

A fairly quiet week, selection wise.

Dorset Brewing - Jurassic Dark
Farr Brew - Our Most Potent Porter
Aylesbury Brewhouse - Pulsar
Rudgate - Bitter Sweet
St Austell - Tribute
Otter - Otter Ale
Titanic - Black Ice

BotW goes to the Jurassic Dark, an interesting and tasty dark wheat beer.

[oldboots]

Greene King - Abbot
Boss - Boss Black
Severn - Chocolate Stout
Robinsons - Old Tom
Moorhouses - Pendle Witches Brew
Moorhouses - Pride of Pendle
Camden - Pale
Kozel - Lager
Sociable - Wingding
Sociable - Blow Out
Salamander - Piccalo Porter
Singha - Lager
Clavell & Hind - Blunderbuss
Siren - Accept all Cookies
Craddocks - Monarchs Way
Two Crafty Brewers - American IPA
Sadlers - Peaky Blinders
Bad Seed - Slave of Passion
Ledbury - Admiral Stout
Cobra - Lager


Quite a few it couldn't be except as BABOTW, however a straight North - South fight between Siren and Salamander and Bradford just takes it Salamander - Piccalo Porter

[Mobyduck]

A small selection.

Dark Star Hophead
Dark Star Greenhopped IPA*
Purity Bunny Hop
Courage Best
Bowmans Yumi
Great Western Hambrook*
Milk Street Devils Backbone*

BOTW Milk Street Devils Backbone