Beer of the Week (w/e 6th February 2022)

[ROBCamra]

:cheers:

[Wittenden]

Kent: old school.

Tonbridge-Traditional 3.6%abv:reliable farmyard bitter.
Harvey's-Sussex Best Bitter 4%abv: prime, deep and fruity.The best tried in a long while.
Harvey's IPA-3.5%abv.Solid earthiness.Much tastier than I expected.Not an IPA in Craft or historical terms,but my BOTW. I hadn't drunk this since the late 1990s.
Both Harvey's beers taken at The Fountain (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/16004/)

[Thuck Phat]

Bit of variety this week:

Froth Blowers Hornswoggle IPA
Beartown Literate
Byatt's Regal Blonde*
Everards Milk Stout (keg)*
Everards Tiger
Oakham Bishops Farewell*
Everards Old Original*

BOTW Everards Milk Stout (keg).
As recommended by the governor at the Seven Stars (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/37232/) with an unusual, for him, compliment for Everards brewing.
A smooth and delicious 6% stout with prominent hedgerow fruits - dark berries and a dry finish. So subdued was the gas and well judged the temperature that I'm not sure I'd have guessed that it was keg. Excellent.

[Bucking Fastard]

Kings Cross,Rugby and Bristol.


Whiplash -- A Distance in You * (keg)
Beavertown -- Gamma Ray (keg)
Frothblowers -- Hornswoggle IPA
Byatt's -- Regal Blonde *
Everard's --- Milk Stout *(keg)
Left Handed Giant -- Pale
Settle -- Marmalade
Blue Bee -- Reet Pale
Salopian -- Midnight Express *
Twisted Ale -- Urban Ledgend * (3PT)
Titanic -- Cappuccino Stout
St Austell -- Tribute
Stroud -- Fall *
Gloucester -- Gold
Bristol Beer Factory -- Notorious
Twisted Oak -- Sheriff Fatman
Bristol Beer Factory -- Independence *

BOTW goes to Stroud Fall,an unusual organic smoked bitter,where the smoke was in the background while the hops and nutty malts were balanced.On fine form in the Barley Mow. (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/234/)

Next week mainly a visit to Peterborough to tick off some outliers.

[Komakino]

Mixed week:

Two Tribes Metroland (3.8%) (c)
Thornbridge Brother Rabbit (4.0%)
XT 22* (4.2%)
Beavertown Neck Oil (4.3%) (k)
Titanic Cherry Dark* (4.4%)
XT 15 (4.5%) (b)
Animal Crow (4.6%)
XT APA (4.7%) (c)
Beartown Créme Bearlee (4.8%)
Black Isle Walrus (5.0%) (c)
BrewDog Hazy Jane (5.0%) (c)
Rodenbach Classic (5.2%) (b)
Thornbridge Jaipur (5.9%)
Arbor Faked Alaska (6.0%) (c)
Buxton Original Raspberry Ripple Ice Cream (6.0%) (c)
Vocation Life & Death (6.5%) (c)
BrewDog Layer Cake (7.0%) (c)

Only two real standouts; the new XT brew 22; a hoppy session pale, and this week's winner, taken at Swindon's excellent Hop Inn (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/41824/):

BOTW: Titanic Cherry Dark

[Tris39]

A balanced week, not helped by a trip to N4:

Arbor - Destiny's Mild (c)*
DEYA - Best Foot Forward (c)
Beavertown - Gamma Ray (k)
Beavertown - Neck Oil (k)
Brewhouse - Goal Scorer (c)
Brewhouse - Tramshed (c)**
Dark Star - Hophead (c)*
Eternal - Northern Monk (c)*
Kent Brewery - Chocolate Orange Porter (c)*
Siren - Yu Lu (k)
Thornbridge - Green Mountain (k)
360º - Just Right (c)
Timothy Taylor - Landlord (c)**
Twickenham - Naked Ladies (c)**

Runners up go to:

Bristol Beer Factory - Milk Stout (c)*** at The Cock Tavern (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/25052/).
Redemption - Fellowship (c)*** at The Myddleton Arms (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/23644/).

Drank at the Old Fountain (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/23350/) BOTW goes to Five Points - Railway Porter (c)****

[Mobyduck]

A decent range of beer styles from Hampshire , Surrey and London including three milds from the endangered species list :D.

Bowman Swift One
Red Cat Mosaic Pale
Red Cat Art Of T*
Flower Pots Perridge Pale*
Flowerpots Cheriton Porter*
Triple fff Pressed Rat And WartHog
Black Jack Arch 34 Commission
Fullers ESB
Elusive Microball*
Elusive Patchwork Parkway*
Three Blind Mice Citra And Nelson Sauvin*
The Kernel Pale Ale Amarillo*
St Peters Cream Stout*
Verdant Headband*
Twisted Oak Wild Wood
Animal Crow
Vocation Bread And Butter*
Left Handed Giant Dark Mild*

Runners up both from The Sutton Arms (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/23363/) are From Three Blind Mice and The Kernel but clear winner this week is Verdant Headband from the ever reliable Alfred.
(https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/35750/)

[london calling]

All good beers this week.
Duvel-triple hop citra
Salt/siren -North South divide
North -full fathom five
Bath - Lansdowne
Exmouth-gold
Erdington- dunkel
Botw
Salt -tram

[Pangolin]

One top notch beer this week, which sadly might not be with us much longer - Weird Beard Black Perle