-
Beer of the Week (w/e 21 November 2010)
-
A quite friday after the exceses of last week:D
Doctor Mortons - Eurocrat
Mallinsons - Great Bails of Fire
Bobs Brewing - Super Chief
Abbeydale - Illumination
Stonehenge - Old Smokey
Burton Bridge - Money Maker
Was dissapointed by the Abbeydale , i usually like their beer but this one had a strange aftertaste (beef chow mein:eek:)
Hard to choose between the Dr Mortons , Mallinsons and Bobs
-
A crawl round Nottingham and Sheffield gave a great variety of breweries and beers, but I have to go for Castle Rock Screech Owl 5.5%. Superb. Had a few and enjoyed them all.
-
Nothing outstanding this week, but the pint of Boggart Rum Porter I had in the Knott, Deansgate, Manchester was pretty good on a cold winter's day, as was the O'Hanlons Port Stout which has made a welcome return to my village local. However, on balance, I'll think I'll nominate the Hydes Yule Be Back which I had in Maidstone today (and which should be widely available as part of Wetherspoons Christmas Ale selection).
-
Weeks drinking over
Wood - Quaf
Boggarts - Ray of Sunshine
Boggarts - Cascade
Goff - Merlin
Hobsons - Bitter
Its close this week , decisions decisions , BOTW Boggarts Cascade
-
I've been busy ticking off all the strong beers at the Euston Tap and can recommend the Left Hand Imperial Stout if you like a trip to the dark side. However my BotW goes to another strong stout and a holdover from the JDW Festival, Wadworth Pixley Blackcurrent Stout. Very drinkable for a 6% beer and the blackcurrent doesn't dominate the taste. Didn't find it during the festival but glad I have now.
:drinkup: (I think perhaps we should have a dark beer version of this)
-
A relatively quiet week on the ale front but the discovery of Thomas Guest's Cobbler, an excellent, traditional best at 4.4% was a highlight. However, based purely on it being a true 'bounce out of the glass' pint my BOTW is Dark Star's American Pale Ale.
-
Brewdog 5am Saint in the Bird in Hand, Knowl Hill about 3 hours ago. mmmmmmmm:love:
-
Only had a few pints this week best was Black Sheep Riggwelter 5.9% very nice Pint. :drinkup:
-
Went to Bury Beer Festival on Saturday and have also done a crawl through Bury & Sowerby Bridge this week. So plenty of choice.
With an honourable mention to two brand new breweries Pilot Pale from Irwell Works Brewery and Bootleg Brewing Co's Contraband (brewed by a 19 year old girl). Both of which were excellent for new brews.
The winner is Mayhem from North Yorkshire Brewery. Two pints tried at The Firehouse in Sowerby Bridge. :cheers: