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Kent:Unplanned visit due to changing events.
Cellar Head-Summer Pale Ale.4%abv.Hazy grassy citrus.My BOTW.
London and Oxford:
Adnams - Ghost Ship **
Bermondsey - Best **½
Brewhouse - Tramshed **
Dark Star - Hophead **
Five Points - Best **½
Five Points - Pale **½
Hammerton's - N1 **½
Northern Monk - Eternal **
Oakham - Citra **
Purity - Mad Goose **½
St. Austell - Proper Job **¾
Saltaire - DDH Citra **½
Shotover - Trinity *½
Timothy Taylor - Landlord **
Titanic - Plum Porter ***¾
Wadworth - Horizon **½
Young's - All Ale the Ale **
I was going to go for the Plum Porter at Oxford's Royal Blenheim for the fourth week in a row, but in the interests of diversity I'm going to go for the Hophurst - Porteresque *** at The Cock Tavern.
Local pubs....
Saltaire Lemon Dream*
Thornbridge Astryd*
Northern Whisper Oppenchops
Elusive View Point*
Elusive Moonbase Alpha*
New Bristol Going NEPIA Underground*
New Bristol My Mosaic Romance
Settle NZIPA*
Froome Zig Zag Stout
Ascot Anastasias Stout*
Neptune Mosaic*
Pressure Drop King Queen Knave*
Ampersand Cocow*
Azvex Suburban Crocodile*
BOTW Elusive Moonbase Alpha, so smooth and balanced.
Not managing much pub time, at the moment, so particularly enjoyed my Sunday afternoon wander, this week.
Mallinsons - Too Little Too Late.*
Half Moon - Dark Masquerade.
Tigertops - Hop Sessions.
Ilkley - Lotus IPA.*
Five Towns - Nightfinisher.*
Luddite - Smashing Topaz.
Yorkshire Heart - Ghost Porter.
Durham - Rufous.*
Fernandes - Hophead Pixie.
Durham - Godiva.
Rat - Queen Rat.
Barely a cigarette paper between the Lotus and the Rufous, but the former, an old favourite, just takes it. Sampled in Harry's Bar.
Quality week with visits in Blue Monkey territory:
Blue Monkey Infinity*
Blue Monkey Chocolate Guerilla*
Blue Monkey Infinity +1*
Blue Monkey Chocolate & Amaretto Guerilla
Blue Monkey Jungle Project Banana Split*
Marble Persephone*
Purple Moose High Hops
Vocation/Overtone Karate Kiwi
Almasty Nectar*
Ampersand Cocow
Aldwark Artisan Ales Frankinstein Porter*
Hop Back Summer Lightening*
Thoroughly enjoyed the Blue Monkey beers but BOTW was Aldwark Artisan Ales Frankinstein Porter at Just Beer. Unexpected as it's a new brewery to me but this is a proper, rich, tasty, 5.4% porter.
Very late on parade,Loughborough,Nottingham and Newark which may sound familiar.
Blue Monkey -- BG Sips *
Blue Monkey -- Infinity *
Blue Monkey -- Infinity +1 *
Blue Monkey --Chocolate Guerilla *
Blue Monkey -- Marmoset
Blue Monkey -- Chocolate Amarillo Guerilla *
Blue Monkey -- Jungle Project Banana Split Wheat Beer *
Blue Monkey --Jungle Project Chocolate Cherry Belgian Stout (keg)
Marble -- Persephone *
Shiny -- Macha Swirl
Vocation /Overtone -- Karate Kiwi
Mad Cat -- Saint Augustines Cross *
Ampersand -- CoCow *
Almasty -- Nectar
There were some left field ales which I really enjoyed ,yet BOTW goes to Blue Monkey Infinity,a classic session pale tried in their pubs in Loughborough,Nottingham and Newark.