Beer of the Week (w/e 18th August 2019)

[ROBCamra]

:cheers:

[Mobyduck]

A quiet week.

Oakham JHB
Flowerpots Perridge Pale
Roosters Scrambler
Bakers Dozen Magic Potion No.13

Just the four different beers but several of each, Magic Potion ,in The Alfred (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/35750/), edges out the Scrambler, both easy three pinters. Next week is looking rather barren.

[Wittenden]

Kent

Canterbury Ales-The Wife of Bath's Ale:3.9%abv. Grapefruit,new mown hay.A stunner.

[Bucking Fastard]

Knebworth,Alpraham and Market Drayton.

Churchend -- Gravediggers
Farr Brewing -- Wild Side
Brancaster -- Gate !8 (House beer for Lytton Arms)
Abbeydale/Thornbridge -- Black IPA *
Robinsons -- Cascade IPA
Weetwood -- Eastgate Bitter
Plan B -- Newport Pale *
Adnam's -- Ghostship
Salopian -- Oracle *

BOTW goes to a collaberation between Abbeydale & Thornbridge,Black IPA on very fine form in the Lytton Arms (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/14683/). It didn't drink like a 6% and flew down ,I get confused with the Black IPA description and felt it was more a strong porter,a very fine couple of pints and knocking on the BOTY door.

Next week looks thin.

[Aqualung]

A poor week :0

Banks's Sunbeam 4.2%
Portovello Star 4.3%
ELB Nightwatchman 4.5%
ELB Cowcatcher 4.8%
Portobello APA 5.0%
Brewdog Punk IPA (keg) 5.4%
Marston Old Empire 5.7%



The cowcatcher was rather flat and the Sunbeam seemed very pedestrian to what I've had in the past.
The winner is the Marston Old Empire gor £2.09 in the Leytonstone Walnut Tree, The coming week looks thin as well.


BOTW Marston Old Empire

[oldboots]

A n extremely ordinary week:

Taylors - Knowle Spring
Taylors - Boltmaker
Rudgate - Ruby Mild
Roosters - Baby Faced Assasin
Black Sheep - Best Bitter
Rudgate - Jorvick
Theakstons - Best Bitter
Taylors - Landlord
Abbeydale - Moonlight
Beer Monkey - Stepping Stone
Rat - King Rat


Although Abbeydale beers seem to have improved it was a battle of the big IPAs with BFA on top: Roosters - Baby Faced Assasin

[Thuck Phat]

Quiet week on the cask front although bottles of French Kronenburg did a decent job of re-hydration.

BOTW Church End Goat's Milk. A decent thirst quencher on a warm afternoon but I'm still scratching my head a little over the Champion Beer of Britain award.

[hondo]

ABK - Kellerbier keg

[Spinko]

Vector West Coast Pale, 5.2%. Not sure if Vector is the brewery or beer name... In Furley and Co, Hull.

[Tris39]

Marble's Manchester Bitter at The Kings Arms (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/24952/) - very nice.:drinkup: