Beer of the Week (w/e 12th January 2020)

[ROBCamra]

:cheers:

[Wittenden]

Kent:January blues.

Iron Pier:Perry Street Pale 3.7%abv.Pale and hazy,zesty,thin.
Harvey's:Sussex Best Bitter 4%abv.A bit sweeter than expected.
Neither was up to much,so no nomination this week.

[Aqualung]

A good week :-


Holden's Black Country Mild 3.7%
Weird Beard Black Perle 3.8%
Holden's Black Country Bitter 3.9%
North Riding Cascade Pale 4.0%
Titanic Black Ice 4.1%
Fixed Wheel Wheelie Pale 4.1%
Ludlow Gold 4.2%
Oakham Citra 4.2%
Ludlow Black Night 4.5%
Salopian Kalon 4.5%
Loddon Hocus Pocus 4.6%
Ludlow Boiling Well 4.7%
Arbor C Bomb 4.7%
Frome Gulp IPA 5.0%
Ludlow Stairway 5.0%
Salopian Goldeb Thread 5.0%
Hplden's Special 5.1%
Fernandes Black Voodoo Stout 5.1%
Ludlow Idaho 5.2%
Abbeydale Absolution 5.3%
Brewdog Punk IPA (keg) 5.4%
Little Critters Nutty Ambassador (keg) 6.0%
Sarah Hughes Snowflake 8.0%
Brewdog / Bearded Iris Multitrack (can) 8.5%

This will probably be the last week of silly strength beers as I'm going for the Sarah Hughes Snowflake which was a very pleasing £3.90 in the Great Western. Three that were just as good but less strong are the C Bomb, Golden Thread and Black Voodoo Stout.None were offensive but the Ludlow Idaho was too sweet.


BOTW Sarah Hughes Snowflake

[Spinko]

Crafty Monkey - Reward IPA, in Hartlepool's Hops and Cheese.

[Mobyduck]

Lincoln Green Marion
Wantsum Black Prince
Great Western Moose River
Purity Bunny Hop
Timothy Taylor Golden Best
Erdinger Alkoholfrei
Ascot Gold Cup
Oakham Citra
Heritage Charrington Oatmeal Stout
Rothaus Hefeweizen Zapfle
Bangla (Lager)

A fair week including a visit to the Indian, hence the Lager plus a couple of non Alcohol bottles due to driving duties, the Rothaus wheat beer being quite good for what it is.
However BOTW has to be Oakham Citra sailing through the 10 pint barrier over the weekend.

[oldboots]

Saltaire - Chocoholic
Rudgate - Brew 33
Peroni - Lager
Budvar - Lager
Issac Poad - No84
York - Chocolate Stout
Bristol Beer Factory - Stout
Treboom - Yorkshire Sparkle
Brass Castle - Bad Kitty
Marble - Lagonda
Roosters - Mind Games
Brew York - Tonkoko
Wilde Child - Excessive Behaviour
Roosters - Howl V7
Left Handed Giant - Original Format
Turning Point - Lucid Dream


Previously Bad Kitty could have walked it but they appear to have changed the recipe, it's now less sweet, less chocolaty and less pleasant, up against some other excellent stouts it had no chance, tough fight at the top but Roosters Howl wins again.

[Thuck Phat]

Variety largely provided by the ever reliable Nags Head (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/1691/) in Reading:

TT Landlord
Kirkstall/Vocation Betamax*
Vibrant Forest Black Forest*
Vibrant Forest Hearth
Vibrant Forest Stone Sap*
Oakham Bishops Farewell*

Tricky call between the Betamax, Black Forest and Stone Sap which were all excellent. BOTW Vibrant Forest Black Forest. A deliciously smooth 4.9% porter with coffee and a hint of liquorice.

[Bucking Fastard]

Watford,Reading,South Norwood and Croydon.

Timothy Taylor -- Landlord (>3PT)
Siren -- Going Out Stout (Respberry Ripple Stout)
Kirstall / Vocation -- Betamax *
Vibrant Forest -- Black Forest *
Vibrant Forest -- Stone Sap *
Mad Squirrel -- Evolve
Burning Sky -- Aurora * (3PT)
Thornbridge -- Jaipur IPA *
Ilkley -- Mary Jane*

Some very good pints in there but another vote for BOTW in Vibrant Forest Black Forest ,an outstanding porter in The Nags Head. (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/1691/)

Next week a lot quieter.

[aleandhearty]

Decent week for me.


Oakham - Citra.*
Yorkshire Heart - Porter.
Abbeydale / NoDa - Greetings from Charlotte.*
Siren - Broken Dream.*
Bad Seed - Night Raven.
Rat - Snow Rat.
Chin Chin - Alone in the Dark.*
Roosters - Napoleon Complex.
North Riding Brewpub - Hunter Workshop.
Pig & Porter - Stone Free.
Stod Fold - Russian Imperial Stout.
Jolly Sailor - Selby Blonde.
Fernandes - Black Voodoo.
Fernandes - Chinook.

With an honorable mention for the Broken Dream, BOTW goes to a hazy, unfined 'Multi-Grain IPA'. Sampled in The Hop (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/66330/), Wakefield.