Beer of the Week (w/e 20th June 2021)

[ROBCamra]

:cheers:

[Wittenden]

Kent (Cranbrook again):

McCanns (sub brand of Angels and Demons)-The Troubadour 4.5%abv. 21st Century Best Bitter. Skilfull use of hops mitigates the malt sweetness.Full bodied.A new beer for me from a respected local brewery. I'll forgive 'em their woeful online shopping experience.

[Thuck Phat]

Plenty of pub visits so limiting the list to cask and keg this week:

Cask:
Vocation Bread & Butter*
Neepsend Jotun*
Fernandes Octohop
North Riding Harry's Cascade*
Darkland Jera
Windswept Wolf

Keg:
Vault City Sloe Gin Sour*
Redwillow Contactless*
Brew York The Dream Child

A wide variety and some good beers with BOTW going to Neepsend Jotun. A Sheffield brewery which is new to me and this was a refreshing 6% pale with plenty of hops sliding down nicely on a warm evening.

[Bucking Fastard]

Doncaster,Wakefield and Hertford.


BrewDog -- Dead Pony Club (c)
Thornbridge -- Jaipur IPA * (c)
Oakham -- Green Devil IPA *(b)
Vocation -- Bread & Butter
Neepsend -- Jotun *
Vault City -- Sloe Gin Sour* (keg)
BrewYork -- Rubarbara Streisand *(keg)
Shiny -- Afterglow
BrewYork -- The Dream Child (rocky roads icecream pastry stout) 14% (keg) :eek:
Vocation -- Life & Death * (c)
Vibrant Forest -- Precipice of Light (c)
Fernandes -- Octohop
Fernandes -- Malt Shovel MILD *
North Riding -- Harry's Cascade *
Darkland -- Jera
Windswept -- Wolf
Crouch Vale -- Amarillo *
New River -- Twin Spring
Tring -- Mansion MILD *

The Dream Child was strong and rich and I could taste all the flavours in the description and several more but BOTW goes to Vault City Sloe Gin Sour in the Draughtsman's Alehouse. (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/85201/) Maybe a pint at 8% was a little rash,but the sourness wasn't extreme and it did slip down.There was some weaving later in the evening.:nishelypished:

Next week trying to keep calm before the week's booze cruise across the Pennines,which promises some first class ale .

[Mobyduck]

Surrey & Hampshire

Cask
Flowerpots Perridge Pale
Timothy Taylor Landlord*
Red Cat Mosaic Pale
Fallen Acorn Expedition IPA*
Hop Back Cropcircle*
Heritage Charrington IPA
Bristol Beer Factory Milk Stout*
Isle Of Purbeck Equinox
Hop Monster Child Of Jago
Ascot Anastasias Stout*
Big Smoke Music Room*

Keg
Disruption Bye Bye Cherry Pie
Elusive/Vibrant Forest Anomalous Materials*
Lost & Grounded I Wanna Go To The Sun*

BOTW Bristol Beer Factory Milk Stout.

[aleandhearty]

Just a combination of the usual suspects, mostly.

Thornbridge - Jaipur. (c)
Vocation - Divide & Conquer. (c)
Ossett - Silver King. (b)
Kirkstall - Dissolution IPA. (b)
BrewDog - Hazy Jane. (c)
Thornbridge - Green Mountain.

Been a while since I've had any Dissolution, so that made a nice change.

[sheffield hatter]

A trip to Manchester, where four out of the five pubs visited were disappointing for one reason or another. The exception was the Hare & Hounds (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/25976/) on Shudehill, where the Holts Bitter was drinking very well. What a superb beer, and an excellent pub too.