Beer of the Week (w/e 16th July 2023)

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Kent:

Burning Sky- Plateau 3.5%abv.Quality pale from a solid brewery. My BOTW.

A flying visit to the Lake District formed the basis of this week's drinking. Lots of new beers and three new pubs, as well.

Hawkshead - Mosaic.
Hawkshead - Dry Stone Porter.*
Hawkshead - Windermere Pale.
Hawkshead - Rookie's Return.*
Eden River Brew Co - Aurum.
Barngates - Tag Lag.
Kirkby Lonsdale - Monument.
Windermere - Bad Dog.*
Windermere - Shih Tzu Faced.
Hawkshead - Red.
Hawkshead - ITI.
Lakes Brew Co - Pale.*
Tirril - Staveley IPA.
Kirkby Lonsdale - Stanley's.
Cumbrian Ales - Loweswater Gold.

A pretty high standard, in the three pubs we visited, but the Bad Dog and the LBC Pale were the two that stood out, for me. When it's a close call, I always give the benefit of the doubt to the weaker beer. I thought the Pale had great flavour for 3.5%. Sampled at the Eagle & Child Hotel, Staveley.

A quiet week:

Adnams - Ghost Ship **½
Brick - Peckham Pale **
Dark Star - Hophead **½
Park - Poets Corner *¾
St Austell - Proper Job **½
Sambrook’s - Wandle *
Timothy Taylor - Landlord **½
360° - Bluebell **½
Twickenham - Naked Ladies **¾

BOTW goes to Brodie’s - Piccadilly **¾ at The Old Coffee House.

Walthamstow, Gospel Oak, Hants and Surrey.

Buxton Hatchet*
Maverick Kickflip*
Growling Gibbon Stratospheric Flow*
Vault City Toasted Coconut Lemon Drizzle Doughnut*
Beavertown Neck Oil
The Kernel Dry Stout Simcoe & Ella*
ELB Jamboree
Portobello Westway Pale
Ilkley Josua Jane*
Southwark Mayflower
Wild Card Gemini*
Trap Primordial*
Pillars Hop Lager*
Bristol Beer Factory Showdown*
Vibrant Forest Marionette*
Mallisons Melon Opus*
Nightjar Lost In Ikea*
Howling Hops Lone Star Vista*
Wantsum Golgotha*

Mostly good with a couple of average and one poor.

BOTW is Attachment 2839 taken in one of the consistantly best pubs in London,The Southampton Arms.

Very modest week.

Carlsberg -- Lager (keg)
McMullen -- Country Bitter (3PT) and by default BOTW taken in the Jolly Fisherman.

Next week an annual pilgrimage to the Nags Head,Reading which will crank up the consunption and quality .

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Originally Posted by aleandhearty

A flying visit to the Lake District formed the basis of this week's drinking. Lots of new beers and three new pubs, as well.

Hawkshead - Mosaic.
Hawkshead - Dry Stone Porter.*
Hawkshead - Windermere Pale.
Hawkshead - Rookie's Return.*
Eden River Brew Co - Aurum.
Barngates - Tag Lag.
Kirkby Lonsdale - Monument.
Windermere - Bad Dog.*
Windermere - Shih Tzu Faced.
Hawkshead - Red.
Hawkshead - ITI.
Lakes Brew Co - Pale.*
Tirril - Staveley IPA.
Kirkby Lonsdale - Stanley's.
Cumbrian Ales - Loweswater Gold.

A pretty high standard, in the three pubs we visited, but the Bad Dog and the LBC Pale were the two that stood out, for me. When it's a close call, I always give the benefit of the doubt to the weaker beer. I thought the Pale had great flavour for 3.5%. Sampled at the Eagle & Child Hotel, Staveley.

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I remember staying at that hotel in Staveley several years ago. The main reason was to visit the Hawkshead Brewery Tap.

Adams - Ghost Ship. A good pint in a very chavvy Derby Wetherspoons.

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Originally Posted by Spinko

I remember staying at that hotel in Staveley several years ago. The main reason was to visit the Hawkshead Brewery Tap.

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Our cottage was in Staveley and because of its location we'd call in to the Hawkshead Beer Hall, for a couple, before going on to the Eagle & Child. Overall, I was slightly disappointed with the Hawkshead range and thought the beers were more interesting at the E&C.

Late entry - slacker:

Brancaster Oystercatcher*
Barsham Golden Close IPA*
Lacons Legacy
Guinness (keg)
Adnams Ghost Ship
Beavertown Neck Oil (keg)

BOTW Brancaster Oystercatcher . Nectar.