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Conrad
21-02-2011, 16:30
:D

Alesonly: Hook Norton's Double Stout (http://forums.pubsgalore.co.uk/showthread.php?5901-Beer-of-the-Week-%28w-e-27-February-2011%29&p=28515#post28515)
gillhalfpint: Tap House Taphouse Gold (http://forums.pubsgalore.co.uk/showthread.php?5901-Beer-of-the-Week-%28w-e-27-February-2011%29&p=28516#post28516)
an_ecumenical_matter: York Guzzler (http://forums.pubsgalore.co.uk/showthread.php?5901-Beer-of-the-Week-%28w-e-27-February-2011%29&p=28517#post28517)
Thuck Phat: Oakham Bishops Farewell (http://forums.pubsgalore.co.uk/showthread.php?5901-Beer-of-the-Week-%28w-e-27-February-2011%29&p=28535#post28535)
aleandhearty: Thornbridge Raven (http://forums.pubsgalore.co.uk/showthread.php?5901-Beer-of-the-Week-%28w-e-27-February-2011%29&p=28542#post28542)
runningdog: Exmoor Beast (http://forums.pubsgalore.co.uk/showthread.php?5901-Beer-of-the-Week-%28w-e-27-February-2011%29&p=28562#post28562)
PaulOfHorsham: Brewdog Punk IPA (http://forums.pubsgalore.co.uk/showthread.php?5901-Beer-of-the-Week-%28w-e-27-February-2011%29&p=28565#post28565)
oldboots: York Micklegate Porter (http://forums.pubsgalore.co.uk/showthread.php?5901-Beer-of-the-Week-%28w-e-27-February-2011%29&p=28566#post28566)
Oggwyn Trench: Empire Knocker Upper (http://forums.pubsgalore.co.uk/showthread.php?5901-Beer-of-the-Week-%28w-e-27-February-2011%29&p=28567#post28567)
Bucking Fastard: Whitstable Oyster Stout (http://forums.pubsgalore.co.uk/showthread.php?5901-Beer-of-the-Week-%28w-e-27-February-2011%29&p=28589#post28589)
ROBCamra: Great Newsome Stone Creek (http://forums.pubsgalore.co.uk/showthread.php?5901-Beer-of-the-Week-%28w-e-27-February-2011%29&p=28598#post28598)
Pubsignman: Bitter End Lakeland IPA (http://forums.pubsgalore.co.uk/showthread.php?5901-Beer-of-the-Week-%28w-e-27-February-2011%29&p=28606#post28606)
Wittenden: Old Brewery Hop Top (http://forums.pubsgalore.co.uk/showthread.php?5901-Beer-of-the-Week-%28w-e-27-February-2011%29&p=28625#post28625)
RogerB: Conwy Bachder Cymru (http://forums.pubsgalore.co.uk/showthread.php?5901-Beer-of-the-Week-%28w-e-27-February-2011%29&p=28634#post28634)
Al 10000: Marstons Pedigree (http://forums.pubsgalore.co.uk/showthread.php?5901-Beer-of-the-Week-%28w-e-27-February-2011%29&p=28718#post28718)

Oggwyn Trench
26-02-2011, 12:32
Decent night last night ,

Empire - Knocker Upper
Ossett - Oregon Pale
Saltaire - Cascade Pale Ale
Stones - Nice Try
Thorne - Comfort Stout

Knocker Upper in the lead at the moment

Alesonly
26-02-2011, 12:53
Terrible week for Beer only manged too visit Three Wetherspoons and out the three only two had Two Guest Ales on Rodger the Cabin Boy & Double Stout so I will go for the Hook Norton's Double Stout.


Hook Norton's Double Stout

Is it just me being unlucky or have the spoons gone down hill lately with there choice of Ales. :(

gillhalfpint
26-02-2011, 13:10
Having got my taste buds back, we had a good week this week, and particularly enjoyed Mr Grundy's No Mans Land at Mr Grindys in Derby prior to the excellent beers we had at Derby fest. Having considered the options, I am giving BOTW to Tap House (new brewery) Taphouse Gold from the fest.

an_ecumenical_matter
26-02-2011, 13:48
York Guzzler,nectar at the Nags Head Reading last night.

Thuck Phat
27-02-2011, 10:26
Regrettably another very quiet week but no shame in declaring Oakham Bishops Farewell as my BOTW again as it's the only pint I've quaffed and did so with great pleasure.

aleandhearty
27-02-2011, 12:05
A bit of a mixed bag this week, in more ways than one. An unexpected flying visit to Sheffield, for a family funeral, enabled me to visit The Sheffield Tap, but since then I've caught Gill's heavy cold and not been able to taste a thing! Tried this week:

Ossett - Oregon Pale.
White Horse - Black Horse Porter.
Marstons - EPA
Thornbridge - Wild Swan
Thornbridge - Kipling
Thornbridge - Jaipur
Thornbridge - Raven.

Surprisingly, I found the Kipling rather subdued (end of barrel?), so BOTW goes to Raven.

runningdog
27-02-2011, 18:35
Not a brilliant week until a new barrel of the Beast came on line.
So, yet again my BotW is Exmoor Beast. :drinkup::drinkup::nishelypished:

There, I bet none of you expected that now, did you?:cheers:

PaulOfHorsham
27-02-2011, 19:08
I'll join in this week and nominate Brewdog's marvellously hoppy Punk IPA sampled at Cask, Pimlico.

Second place goes to Hepworth Old.

oldboots
27-02-2011, 19:22
York Micklegate Porter - sublime

I put this in last week earlier by mistake having come over all pissed, too much Copper Dragon. Not as bad as using the ladies loo at Leeds Bus station by mistake (pissed) yesterday.

What's that line from Withnail & I? "we've gone on holiday by mistake"

Oggwyn Trench
27-02-2011, 19:41
Went to the wifes work Xmas do last night(honest:whistle:) so only a couple of beers tried , Wye Valley Butty Bach and Ringwood Boondoggle so BOTW will be friday nights Empire - Knocker Upper

Bucking Fastard
28-02-2011, 10:27
Good weeks drinking topped off by a few excellent Whitstable Oyster Stout's in The Wheatsheaf ,SE1 which was a great BOTW.Although billed as having a distincitive coffee/mocha flavour,I found it easy to drink and a case of a finished pint demanding another .:drinkup:

ROBCamra
28-02-2011, 13:15
Lots of travelling around this week with Harrogate, Knaresborough, Scarborough plus Derby and the Derby beer festival all to consider.

At the festival my 2 favourites were White Horse Blowing Stone & Coppice Side Blonde.

The Valley & The North Riding Hotel in Scarborough are still doing a sterling job with every pint being top notch.

Loved The Crosse Keys in Knaresborough and Ossett Yorkshire Blonde was another contender.

But BOTW is going to be Great Newsome Stone Creek tried at The Alexandra in Derby. Now back to it's best with a new landlord (ex Brunswick chef) and landlady. :cheers:

Pubsignman
28-02-2011, 13:42
Some good stuff this week including Hawkshead Lakeland Gold, O'Hanlon Port Stout, Dark Star Six Hop, Purple Moose Glaslyn Ale and Milton Minotaur.

But BOTW goes to Bitter End Lakeland IPA. I'm not a big fan of IPA's but I loved this one, from a brewery that is new to me.

Wittenden
28-02-2011, 23:10
Not much in the way of pub visits lately,though I had a very fleeting visit to the Fitzwalter Arms in Goodnestone, a pub I'd last been in sometime in my youth. I won't include the Sheps Master Brew as my BOTW, but it was one of those pints of a frankly average standard bitter that goes down in the beer memory as something to be cherished with deep gratitude. I suppose a combination of time , place and atmosphere , combined with the skill of the landlord and brewer. Made me proud to be a real ale drinker.
My BOTW is drawn from a couple of interesting Kentish bottles: Hopdaemon's Leviathan, at 6%ABV an amber well hopped strong ale, and Old Dairy's Hop Top, a "double IPA"at 9%ABV and a painful £3.40 from an enterprising but rather upmarket wine merchant that has opened nearby.I'm not sure what a double IPA is, and the label didn't enlighten me as to what the hop bill was, but as a treat and a speciality, this was an intriguing drink. Intensly hopped, as one would expect, dark chestnut in colour, with a deep malt flavour, but not as cloying as a barley wine.
I'll probably see if I can save up and buy a couple to put away for next Christmas Eve, though one bottle is enough!
My BOTW-Hop Top from Old Brewery.

RogerB
01-03-2011, 12:17
Easy choice this week (or rather last week). Conwy Bachder Cymru (or Welsh Pride as they say this side of the Severn Bridge). Excellent stuff consumed in one of my too rare outings to probably the best 'Spoons in town, the Cross Keys in Gracechurch Street.

aleandhearty
01-03-2011, 17:04
I'm not sure what a double IPA is

Essentially, more hops, body and alcohol. See link for more info:

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2229409/double_ipas_ultimate_hoppy_beer.html?cat=22

Wittenden
01-03-2011, 18:17
Essentially, more hops, body and alcohol. See link for more info:

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2229409/double_ipas_ultimate_hoppy_beer.html?cat=22

Thanks for the link, a&h. Much as I thought, from drinking the beer! A bit extreme for everyday drinking, to my taste, but damn good all the same. My comfort level extends to Hophead-(in the North, something like Bradfield Farmer's Blonde-I found Yorkshire Dales' Muker Silver too austere for my southern sensibilities, though I've repeatedly rated it 4.5-5 stars.)Not sure what all these are in terms of IBUs:indeed, do I really worry about such things?-probably yes.

Al 10000
02-03-2011, 17:51
My beer of the week is Marstons Pedigree i had this in the Tappers Harker in Long Eaton and it did'nt cost a penny thanks to rpadams voucher watch thread.
As the barman said free drinks always taste better.