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Wittenden: Kent Brewers Reserve
Bucking Fastard: Northern Monk Neopolitain
Thuck Phat: Ridgeside Stargazer
aleandhearty: Hop Studio Vanilla Porter
trainman: Saltaire Cascade
Aqualung: Salopian Hop Twister
Oggwyn Trench: Salopian Automaton
Mobyduck: Corfu Beer IPA
london calling: PWA American Pale Ale
ROBCamra: Crafty Devil Mikey Rayer
Kent:very quiet again.
Kent-Brewers Reserve 5%abv.Very pale,resinous hops.Poplars in spring.Described as an APA. Grand. My BOTW
Charing Cross,Castleford and Leeds,leading to a big week.
Dark Star -- American Pale Ale *
Southwark -- Oatmeal Stout
Hop Stuff -- Fusilier
St Austell -- Proper Job *
Revolutions -- Rattlesnakes *
Kirkstall -- Three Swords
Tigertops -- Equality Extra *
Ridgeside -- Stargazer *
Phipps -- Gold Star Extra *
Five Towns -- Nowt Stout
Rat -- Reservoir Rats *
Rat -- White Rat *
Northern Monk -- Faith * (keg)
Northern Monk -- Neopolitain * (keg)
Northern Monk -- Disobedience * (keg)
Wild Beer -- Bibble
Kirkstall -- Dissolution IPA *
Rat -- Number of the Rat
Brakspear -- Oxford Gold
BOTW goes unusually to a keg,Northern Monk Neopolitain which true to the name delivered all the tastes you would expect from the said ice cream in their tap.It really shouldn't work but was memorable and very different.
Next week beginning of the booze cruise ,so ale from Leeds,Wakefield and Huddersfield should throw up some great contenders.
Best week for some time:
Oakham Bishops Farewell*
Revolutions Rattlesnakes*
Kirkstall Three Swords
Ridgeside Stargazer*
Beer Nouveau East India Pale Ale*
Tigertops Equality Extra*
Phipps Gold Star
Rat Resevoir Rats*
Vocation Chop & Change*
Northern Monk Faith (keg)*
Northern Monk Striding Edge*
Wild Beer Bibble
Ilkley Crossroads IPA*
Rat The Number of the Rat
Tricky choice this week with some top quality beers. Those from Northern Monk and the Ilkley Crossroads IPA were highlights.
BOTW Ridgeside Stargazer tried at the first Woodfest, which had some excellent and unusual beers on. The Stargazer, kept in and served from a wooden barrel, kicked off with malty biscuit and mellowed into moreish bitterness. Tasty and unusual.
Another good week for me.
Milk Street - Zig Zag Stout.
Morton Collins - IPA.
Abbeydale - Moonshine.
Hop Studio - Vanilla Porter.*
Vocation - Chop & Change.*
Northern Monk - Striding Edge.
Northern Monk - Disobedience.* (Keg)
Wild Beer Co - Bibble.
Ilkley - Crossroads IPA.*
Brewsmith - Mosaic.
North Riding - Citra Pale.*
Five Towns - Nowt.*
Five Towns - Impeachment.
The Citra, Vanilla Porter and Disobedience were probably the pick of the bunch, with the porter just shading it.
Saltaire Cascade. 4.8% of juicy loveliness, 3 pints at Croydon's George on Saturday. I'd have happily stayed for more.
A contender for Understatement of the Month! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Bucking Fastard
Only a snall list this week :-
Banks's Mild (keg) 3.5%
Holden's Black Country Bitter 3.8%
Bespoke Golden Rule 4.0%
Oakham Citra 4.2%
Exmoor Stallion 4.3%
Salopian Hop Twister 4.5%
Oakham Bishop's Farewell 4.6%
Holden's Special 5.1%
Abbeydale Absolution 5.3%
Holden's Dragon's Blood 5.6%
The winner is Salopian Hop Twister as tried for £3.10 in the Old Chainmakers in Coseley.
BOTW Salopian Hop Twister
Not much variety this week but made up for in quantity :D
White Rose - Honey Blonde
Salopian - Oracle
Purity - Gold
Salopian - Automaton
Salopian - Lemon Dream
Salopian - Shropshire Gold
BOTW Salopian - Automaton , another easy drinking 7% beer :nishelypished:
Mediterranean
Corfu Beer Ionian Epos 7.5%
Corfu Beer Contessa IPA 6.2
Corfu Beer Royal Ionian Pilsner 5.0%
Corfu Beer Bitter Dark 5.0%
Various Lagers
All the Corfu beer's we're decent for their type but the IPA was and continues to be excellent, unpasteurised and double fermented it's as good as any of its British and American counterparts that I've tried.
Corfu Beer IPA BOTW.
Still here till Thursday night so more of the same.
Southeast London provided some amazing beers.No duds in this list.
elb -jamboree
almasty -lilt pale
Southey-special bitter
Southey -light and dark mild
southey -deserter ipa
black wolf -rok
blue monkey -guerrilla
elb -lamplighter
wild weather-motorcycle emptiness
I went to the White Hart New Cross specifically as they brew in the basement. PWA brewery (paddys with attitude) and was lucky to find one of their beers on.Best 2 pints of the year.
PWA -American pale ale5.8 absolute knockout beer.
Crafty Devil Mikey Rayer 4,2%. Named after the Cardiff, Bedford and Wales rugby player.
An excellent, if somewhat murky, hop bomb.
Tried in The Baum, many times over the weekend. :cheers: