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Harveys-Sussex Best Bitter 4%abv. Taken in two houses,ranging from OK to fruity.
Larkins-Traditional 3.4%abv.A bit on the cold side.
Bedlam-Benchmark 4%abv.New style old school Best Bitter.Farmyard, hedge fruit. My BOTW.
Purity Bunny Hop
Flowerpots Perridge Pale
Black Hole Cosmic
Ciren Porter
Wantsum Black Pig
BOTW goes to the Flowerpots beer in a light drinking week.
A short and not especially well formed list:
Moongazer Amber Ale
Adnams Ghost Ship*
Brancaster Brewdolph
Brancaster Oystercatcher*
Moongazer Hiberno*
Oakham Bishops Farewell
BOTW Brancaster Oystercatcher. I always forget quite how good this is until around halfway through the second. Nips at TT Landlord's heels as a quality session ale.
A good start to the year which has given me 10 new beers towards my 2019 target of 500
Enefeld - Speculation
Enefeld - EB
Osset - Nervous Turkey
Truman's - Swift
Windsor & Eton - Silent Knight of the Garter
Truman's - Bow Bells
Twickenham - Naked Ladies
Pope's Yard - Frogmore Stout
Leighton Buzzard - Irish Oil
Kelchner - Small Batch #3
Dorset Berwing Co - Origin
Chiltern - Chiltern Pale Ale
Watneys - Irony
Dartmore - Dartmore Best
Oxford Craft Beer Co - Triploid
BotW is from Kelchner, a micro brewery in Ampthill near Milton Keynes.
Good week for me, almost certainly a reaction to having no pub time during the Xmas hols.
Tarn 51 - Altofts Blonde.
Tarn 51 - Rocking Robin.*
Tarn 51 - Jol.*
Stancill - Not Dark Yet.
Small World - Twin Falls.
North Riding - Citra.*
Half Moon - Dark Masquerade.
Melwood - Derby Stout.
Empire - Strikes Back.
Stancill - Blizzard.
Stancill - Driving Home.
Titanic - Plum Porter.*
Bad Seed - On the Juice.*
Salt - Mockado.
Rat - Rat Trap.
Wilde Child - Chimney Blockage.
Kirkstall - Solitude.
North Riding - US Session Pale.*
Fernandes - Kiwi Session.
Abbeydale - Salvation.*
The Citra, US Session Pale and Plum Porter were particularly good, but as they've all been nominated before, I'm plumping for the Jol, a 7% impy stout. Sampled at The Robin Hood, Altofts, where the Tarn 51 microbrewery is also based.
Mini crawl around Maida Vale.
Elgin & Hopstuff -- Lemon Saison (keg)
Portobello -- Sauce on the Side
Sam Smith -- Extra Stout (keg)
Wimbledon -- Copper Leaf
Left Handed Giant -- Compulsory Fun IPA * (keg)
Tiny Rebel -- Imperial Chocolate Stay Puft * (keg)
Tiny Rebel -- Cwtch
BOTW went to Tiny Rebel Imperial Chocolate Stay Puft ,A marshmallow porter 9% with outstanding malts and a delicious bitter finish in the keg emporium that is Real Ale.The Compulsory Fun IPA in there ran it very close.
Next week mainly focussed on the footie for ale options.
A fairly quiet week :-
Gadds' Gyle 1664 4.3%
Titanic Cherry Dark 4.4%
Windsor & Eton Mandarin 4.5%
Reunion Midnight Runner 4.8%
Wantsum Black Pig 4.8%
Parkway Mad Dog 5.0%
Goacher's Gold Star 5.1%
Tonbridge Velvet Raven 5.2%
Marston's Old Empire 5.7%
Gadds' Black Pearl Stout (keg) 6.2%
The winner is the keg option the Gadds' Black Pearl Stout as tried for £5.00 in the inappropriately named Bottle Shop for £5.00. It was silky smooth, not overly sweet and went down a treat. Just what is the point of Guinness?
BOTW Gadds' Black Pearl Stout
Loverly beer! Never tried it on keg or cask, but stock up with bottles whenever I come across them. I think it was originally brewed for a fish'n'chip shop over in Thanet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aqualung
I didn't mention, I think it said it was an Oyster Stout. If you see it on keg don't be afraid to try it as it's very worthwhile. Five quid a pint is expensive but not outrageously so for a 6.2% keg.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wittenden
Gloucester - Session IPA in Post Office Vaults
But this one was also pretty good in this excellent micro Ross Tap House from a brewery new to me, Hopshed, a microbrewery near Malvern, Worcestershire, the Pekin Worcestershire Pale Ale was superb
New pump clip and the brewery has started brewing at a new second location but still perfection
Hawkshead -windermere pale 3.5