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Kent:first beer for a fortnight.
Kent-Green Ernest.4.6%abv. Barley straw,stone fruit,nettley hops and an unctuously rasping resin.Lovely.My BOTW.
Bit of variety:
Oakham Bishops Farewell*
TT Landlord
Everards Tiger
Moongazer Cheeky Jack*
Woodforde Wherry
Brancaster Wraith*
I enjoyed the Brancaster Wraith, a Halloween special - dark, 5% with winter spices, cloves and cinnamon but BOTW goes to Moongazer Cheeky Jack. Described as Norfolk IPA it tastes more like a well balanced pale to me. Summer fruit and citrus but not overpowering with a dry, moreish finish. No problems with the 3 pint test.
A flying visit to Horbury provided most of this week's drinking.
Fyne - Jarl.*
Nailmaker - Plum Porter.*
Fyne - Avalanche.
Blue Monkey - Primate.
Purple Moose - Penmon.*
Recoil - Obsession.
Acorn - Barnsley Bitter.
Timothy Taylor - Landlord.
Ossett - White Rat.
The Jarl, Plum Porter and Penmon were all in excellent nick, but the Penmon just shaded it. Taken in Boons, Horbury.
MK,Hertford,Croydon and Camden
Timothy Taylor -- Landlord
Greene King -- Old Spooky Hen
Vocation -- Bread & Butter
Mighty Oak -- Jake the Snake
Mighty Oak -- Oscar Wilde MILD *
Thornbridge -- Jaipur IPA *
Acorn -- Two Decades *
Oakham -- Citra*
Wychwood -- King Goblin
Red Willow -- Breakfast Stout * (keg)
Fullers -- London Pride (at various pubs)
Beavertown -- Gamma Ray (keg)
Hackney -- Millions of Melba Sour * (keg)
Five Points -- XPA (keg)
BOTW goes to Mighty Oak Oscar Wilde MILD in perfect NBSS 5 nick in The Old Cross Tavern.This is the best Mild I have ever had the pleasure of drinking,an old favourite with a very dry finish tempting more .
Next week visits to Leighton Buzzard and Putney for sessions and hopefully great ale.
Not a bad month, with the discovery of a new beer from Thornbridge:
Adnams - Ghost Ship **½
By the Horns - Lambeth Walk **½
Five Points - Green Hop **½
Harvey’s - IPA ¼
Purity - Mad Goose **½
Timothy Taylor - Landlord **½
Twickenham - Naked Ladies **½
Walthamstow - Green Hopped Pale Ale **½
A three-way tie with BOTW going to Thornbridge - Kings Canyon *** and Titanic - Plum Porter Grand Reserve *** both quaffed at The Wenlock Arms then Titanic - Plum Porter at The Coach & Horses.
Windsor
Steel and oak - easy.stout
Disruption - naughty little playlist
Stardust - pk3
Mad squirrel- high score
Indie rabble - west coast ipa
Two flints - west coast ipa
Any of the beers was worth botw but
Stardust- easy pale mosaic was excellent at the Windsor Trooper
Reading , London ,Surrey , Hants.
Cask
Vibrant Forest Together In Static*
Vibrant Forest Misty Woods*
Arbor Days Like This
Moor Resonance*
Brodies Citra
Dark Star Green Hop IPA*
Mallisons Motueka
Roosters London Thunder
Wensleydale Futures So Bright*
Fell Sabro Talus*
Downlands Beyond Infinity
Nightjar Lost In Ikea*
Hop Kettle Duet Ahnatum & Loral*
Animal Heron*
Keg
Sam Smiths Extra Stout*
Verdant Sundialer*
Deya Hokum Stomp*
The Kernel DunkelWeisse*
Electric Bear Bowie or Bowie*
Neon Raptor No No Noise*
Supposedly having a quiet(er) week after Sheffield the previous weekend, not really the case. Partly from nostalgia but still a good beer, BOTW is Dark Star Green Hopped IPA, slightly sweeter than I remember but no less easy drinking, taken in The Harp at the horrendous, as I found out next day, price of £7.50/pint, don't know if they still offer CAMRA discount but I didn't take advantage.
A superb drink and I had a half/pint (?) of the stuff there a couple of weeks ago and don't recall anything untoward about the price.:confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by Mobyduck
I don't think I would have paid £7.50 for it but as the Harp doesn't display prices I would have found out how much only when.i came to pay.£6.75 for camra members is still too dear.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mobyduck
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Originally Posted by Tris39
Hadn't planned another drink but passing through via Soho towards Waterloo I thought I'd have a quick look to see whats on, once I saw the Green Hop had to have it, first time since pre covid, had no idea of the price till I checked the bank account next day. Don't regret it but wouldn't want to pay those prices everyday.Quote:
Originally Posted by london calling
Me thinks you might have been overcharged or paid someone else's bill, which nearly happened to me the other day when I was offered a card reader for around £25 for a half; noticed the mistake before it went 'ping'.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mobyduck
Possibly, back in today and payed 6.25 for a 4.3% beer, the Dark Star beer was 6.5%?Quote:
Originally Posted by Tris39
As I use Fullers pubs frequently I don't feel surprised at the price.In Reading I saw 2 beers at 3.4 that were £6.20
£3 for a pint of Bass in Stockton yesterday in the Sun, and £2.97 for a 4%er in the Tipsy Turtle. I dread to think how much you'd have to earn down south to make living there any way comparable to up north :whistle:Quote:
Originally Posted by london calling
It ain't all bad in London.We get higher wages generally to people up north and the big difference for me is we get free travel when you are 60 rather than 66 in the rest of the country.And we do have a lot of Wetherspoons to alleviate the pain.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spinko
£4.73 a pint is a fair bit of pain. and we don't ever get Bass either. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by london calling
Not sure why we'd want to :confused:, but each to their own. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Tris39
I personally wouldn't pay £4.73.for a Wetherspoons beer as I can get their beer for £2.60 near me.
But this place serves by far and a way the best 'spoons range I've sampled; The Surrey Docks (JD Wetherspoon) is a 'spoons where £2.00 gets you a pint.Quote:
Originally Posted by london calling
...of Ruddles!Quote:
Originally Posted by Tris39