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A case of quantity over variety, this week. No prizes for guessing where I was drinking.
Fernandes - Octohop.*
Fernandes - Ruby.
Fernandes - Great Northern.*
Rudgate - Battleaxe.
Fernandes - Black Voodoo.
Easy winner was the GN, a pale IPA (5.1%) featuring the Centennial hop.
Limited:
Titanic Plum Porter*
Oakham Bishops Farewell*
Slaters Beer & Spice
The Plum Porter and Bishops are fairly regular nominees from me so BOTW goes to Slaters Beer & Spice for interest value alone if nothing else. A 4.3% chestnut beer with strong mulled wine hints tempered by a decent ginger hint. Different but I'm unlikely to actively seek it out.
Harlow,Richmond,Kennington and Croydon,volume rather than variety.
Mc Mullens -- Oatmalt Stout
St Austell -- Tribute
Oakham -- Citra * (>3PT)
Oakham -- Inferno
Burning Sky -- Aurora *(3PT)
BOTW goes to Oakham Citra ,NBSS 4.5 in Oaka @ The Mansion House until it ran out under pressure from the crew.
Next week drifting up The Regents Canal ,and then a reunion event in Liverpool so should be decent on the ale front.
Kent: didn't think I'd get to the pub this week.
Goacher's-Fine Light 3.7%abv.Fine,light,touch of marmalade.
Busy week in Tadcaster and Leeds
Theakston - Best Bitter
Samuel Smith - Extra Stout
Samuel Smith - Old Brewery Bitter
Taylors - Landlord
Beavertown - Neck Oil
Black Sheep - Best Bitter
Samuel Smith - Sovereign Bitter
Leeds - Midnight Bell
Ilkley - Mary Jane
Brew York - Viking DNA
Roosters - YPA
Roosters - Twenty Four Seven
Turning Point - Mile Zero (Stoopwefen Stout)
Cobra - Lager
Rudgate - Brew 33
Roosters - Yankee
Whiplash Beer - Bowsie
Spaten - Pilsner
Tiny Rebel - Lush
Five Points - Brickfield Brown
Kirkstall - Black Band Porter
Black Lodge - Order of Magnitude
Harrogate - Jumping the Shark
A few good beers but no contest for BOTW a nice little 15% stout Turning Point - Mile Zero (Stroopwafel Stout)
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Hampshire, Surrey and Brighton
Beartown PAW*
Kent Session Pale
Salcombe Shingle Bay
3 Piers Big Dipper
Raw Eyup Cocka
Iron Pier Comet And Target Joined At The Hop
Buxton Blonde*
St Austell Tribute
Gun Scaramanga Extra Pale*
Brighton Bier 4-3-1 (that's My Number)
Franklins Avalon*
Thornbridge /St Austell Trevail*
Dark Star Hophead
Dark Star Revelation *
Dark Star American Pale Ale*
Mannings Whoa Man*
Industrial Arkwrights Pale
Milestone Black Pearl
Flowerpots Perridge Pale*
The Trevail, Avalon and Revelation were exceptional, but even more so was BOTW Dark Star American Pale Ale, unaffected by any takeover shenanigans , unlike Hophead, enjoyed very much in the ever reliable
The Evening Star
A few days in Stourbridge returning via the Great Western in Wolverhampton gave this :-
Holden's Black Country Mild 3.7%
Holden's Black Country Bitter 3.9%
Hophurst Hogamadog 4.0%
New Bristol Brewery The Joy Of Sesh 4.2%
Hobson's Shropshire Star 4.2%
Fixed Wheel Whitey 4.2%
Tiny Rebel Cask IPA 4.3%
Batham's Best 4.3%
Big Bog Billabong 4.4%
4Ts Busman's Pale 4.4%
Kinver Crystal 4.5%
Kinver Noble 4.5%
Arbor C Bomb 4.7%
New Bristol Brewery Rock 'N' Star 4.8%
New Bristol Brewery Lost In Clouds 4.8%
New Bristol Brewery Lemon Jelly IPA (keg) 4.9%
New Bristol Brewery Boogie Under (keg) 5.0%
Hydes Provenance Munchen 5.0%
Holden's Special 5.1%
Salopian The Bends 5.2%
Lakehouse Cherry Chocolate Porter 5.5%
Dancing Duck Abduction 5.5%
New Bristol Brewery Macho Mucho 6.0%
Sarah Hughes Dark Ruby Mild 6.0%
New Bristol Brewery Creme Brulee 7.0%
A word about the New Bristol Brewery beers, apart from the Crème Brulee they were cloudy and crap. I've no idea if the cask ones were supposed to be like that..
The winner is the Lakehouse Cherry Chocolate Porter (£3.60) as tried in the Stoubridge Queens Head. It's not too sweet and the flavours weren't overpowering.
BOTW Lakehouse Cherry Chocolate Porter
I'll come out to play this week, just to mention Sympathy for the Duvel, a Bristolian homage to the renowned Belgian classic. At just(?) 5.9%, it's considerably less dangerous and even more drinkable. A half was enjoyed in Reigate's newish Hop Stop.
hammersmith shepherds bush and Brentford
liked most of my beers
squirrel -de la crème *
brewdog -zombie cake *
brewdog - duopolies *
pipes -Belgian dubble*
double barrelled-elbows (not this one)
ridgeside -snow line (nor this)
inveralmond -fionnar*
five points -citrus pale *
botw was Gloucester -neipa in the black dog brentford
New Bristol was my brewery of the year.But what do I know.Not tried any of those so cant comment.Yes always murky beer in my experience.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aqualung