Beer of the Week (w/e 8th March 2020)

[ROBCamra]

:cheers:

[Mobyduck]

Hampshire , Surrey and Somerset.

A maiden visit to Bath presented some very nice pubs but in the main, B list beer, BOTW comes from a reliable source in Surrey, see below.

Flowerpots Goodens Gold
Flowerpots Perridge Pale
Hanlons Yellow Hammer
Hanlons Port Stout
GT Ales Thirst Of Many
Marstons Bass
Butcombe Rare Breed
Butcombe Haka
Fierce Beer Single Hop Project - 03 Simcoe
Imaginary Friends Lunar Moonatic
Abbey Ales Bellringer Maximus
Bath Brew House Spartacus
Bristol Beer Factory Milk Stout (keg)
Tapestry Swingball
Pennine Hair Of The Dog
Colchester AKA Pale
Colchester Jack Spitty
Slaters Amarillo
Potbelly A Piggin IPA
Milestone Honey Porter
Georges Wakering Gold
North Yorkshire NYPA
Three Castles Dark Knight Milk Chocolate Stout

Milestone Honey Porter is BOTW, found in top condition in The Alfred. (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/35750/)

[rpadam]

1908Bombay Social from Angels & Demons in Folkestone - very tasty for a 3.8% session IPA.

[Wittenden]

Surrey:

Tillingbourne: Dormouse 3.8%abv -
Dark amber,malty Bitter with a strange metallic back taste.Not really my taste, buts helps fund a Dormouse recovery project.
Tillingbourne:Hop Troll 4.8%abv. Not a hop monster:a mellow session IPA.Some mint from the hops. My BOTW.

[Bucking Fastard]

Porto and Croydon.More of a wine and related week.

Super Bock -- Lager
Super Bock -- Negro (bottle)
Musa -- Red Zeppelin IPA * (bottle)
Thornbridge -- Jaipur IPA * (> 3PT)

Although I enjoyed the Red Zeppelin,BOTW goes to Thornbridge Jaipur IPA on fine form in The George (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/35541/)

Next week looks quiet.

[oldboots]

Yorkshire and Durham this week:

Titanic - Plum Porter
Hadrian Border - Copperfield
Camerons - Old Sea Dog
Taylors - Landlord
Marstons - New Elvet Pale Ale ( probably rebadged EPA)
Nottingham - Legend
Black Storm - Aurora Smash
Turning Point - Lucid Dream (K)
Conwy - Welsh Pride
North Riding - Rum & Raisin Dark Mild
Sarah Hughes - Dark Ruby Mild
Roosters - Baby Faced Assassin
Adnams - Lighthouse
Donkeystone - Cotton Clouds
Harrogate - Salted Caramel Porter
Roosters - Cream
Daleside - Blonde
Dark Horse - Hetton Pale Ale


easy win for Sarah Hughes - Dark Ruby Mild with the advantage of a reasonable amount of alcohol to keep the Corona away :whistle:

[hondo]

Stewart brewing - radical road reverse

[Thuck Phat]

BOTW Salopian Whirligig. Pale, gently cirtussy and 4.0%. An ideal thirst quencher from a reliable brewer.

[aleandhearty]

Really enjoyed my beer, this week. Several enjoyable new finds and a handful of old favourites on good form.


Wilde Child - Days of Wilde.
Rat - Dark Ratanic Mills.*
Wilde Child - Humble Beginnings.
Northern Monk - Faith.*
Tigertops - Kolsch Style.
Electric Bear - Werrrd.*
Jolly Boys - Marshmallow Porter.
North Riding - Citra.*
Magic Rock - Dark Arts.*
Stancill - Appraisal.
Elland - 1872 Porter.*
Great Heck - Navigator.
Manchester Brewing - Pakehu.
Moor - Hoppiness.
Magpie - Cherry Porter.

An easy winer, this week. The Dark Ratanic Mills (9%) was absolutely superb. Billed as an 'Imperial Smoked Mild', I found it complex and rich, with great balance for its strength. Plus, none of the harshness you get with some German rauchbiers. My beer of the year, so far. Tried in The Hop (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/66330/), Wakefield.

[Spinko]

Robinsons - Trooper. Was sceptical seeing it sticky noted at £2/pint in Thornaby's Dubliners but went down well for three pints and some beer gardening.

[Aqualung]

A quiet week spent locally :-


Crouch Vale Blackwater Mild 3.7%
Salopian Chameleon 3.8%
Southwark Routemaster Red 4.2%
Wimbledon Pitbull 4.5%
Siren Undercurrent 4.5%
Ilkley Rongo 4.8%
Mad Squirrel Sapling Session IPA 4.8%
Southwark CF185 5.0%
Brewdog Punk IPA (keg) 5.4%
Mad Squirrel Big Swa 5.5%
Alphabeta Viking In The Woods 6.0%

Although not outstanding the Southwark CF185 was as good as any. I assume the CF185 is a new hop It was £2.19 in the Wanstead George. The real winner was the new Tesco Roaster Coaster Stout at £3.50 a tin. This is a 9% coffee/chocolate/vanilla milk stout that includes a nitrogen widget. It appears to be a collaboration between Brewdog USA and Evil Twin. I loved it and found it extremely drinkable for the strength.
Nevertheless, the cask gets the gong.

BOTW Southwark CF185

[london calling]

Hertzog jan-grande prestige 2019
de molen -bean and gone
pohala-imp stout
jw lees -stout
three sods -session ipa
Orkney -dark island
fierce -peach fuzz
beatnik -Canadian riot
71 brewing cloud fall
loch Lomond -black rain
loch lomond -lost in mosaic
loch Lomond-southern summit
ridgeside -milky joe
anarchy -meltdown expected
twisted wheel -tenpin
by the river -broon
gorgeous -gravediggers
howling hops -new old London
Pomona -session ipa
saltaire -harbour lights
howling hops -cut it out
tapstone -hop wire
fullers grove glider
salopian -golden thread
first chop -rolee
anarchy -invaders dream
botw
anarchy -moose mousse in the Euston Tap

[london calling]

A quiet week spent locally :-


Crouch Vale Blackwater Mild 3.7%
Salopian Chameleon 3.8%
Southwark Routemaster Red 4.2%
Wimbledon Pitbull 4.5%
Siren Undercurrent 4.5%
Ilkley Rongo 4.8%
Mad Squirrel Sapling Session IPA 4.8%
Southwark CF185 5.0%
Brewdog Punk IPA (keg) 5.4%
Mad Squirrel Big Swa 5.5%
Alphabeta Viking In The Woods 6.0%

Although not outstanding the Southwark CF185 was as good as any. I assume the CF185 is a new hop It was £2.19 in the Wanstead George. The real winner was the new Tesco Roaster Coaster Stout at £3.50 a tin. This is a 9% coffee/chocolate/vanilla milk stout that includes a nitrogen widget. It appears to be a collaboration between Brewdog USA and Evil Twin. I loved it and found it extremely drinkable for the strength.
Nevertheless, the cask gets the gong.

BOTW Southwark CF185

I would be interested to know if that was Alphabeta brewery or Alphabet brewery. Alphabeta London brewpub closed about 9 months ago but may have restarted. cheers

[Aqualung]

I would be interested to know if that was Alphabeta brewery or Alphabet brewery. Alphabeta London brewpub closed about 9 months ago but may have restarted. cheers

I wrote "Alphabeta" down but of course that's irrelevant as it was my final pint of the day!!
It was in the E17 Bell and I was told some years ago that the Alphabeta brewer was involved in Ugandan discussions with the chef of the pub. Is it a cuckoo brewery as I believe it was before? Untappd agrees with Alphabeta but that could also be unreliable.

[london calling]

I wrote "Alphabeta" down but of course that's irrelevant as it was my final pint of the day!!
It was in the E17 Bell and I was told some years ago that the Alphabeta brewer was involved in Ugandan discussions with the chef of the pub. Is it a cuckoo brewery as I believe it was before? Untappd agrees with Alphabeta but that could also be unreliable.
Alphabeta was the brewery in Pittcue restaurant in London.Probably cuckoo brewing at another brewery.Didnt like any of the beers I tried. cheers