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Four Candles-Rye Session Pale-3.6%abv:Pale gold,spice,long bitter finish.
Cellar Head-Single Hop Pale: Bullion-4.6%abv:On the ardent side but just about drinkable.Blackcurrants.
Harveys-Sussex Best Bitter-4%:Indifferent.
My BOTW-Rye Session Pale, taken at Black Dog
Flowerpots Perridge Pale
North Yorkshire Temptation
Adnams Mosaic (keg)
BrewDog Nanny State (tin)
Three Castles White Knight
Swannay Seafire
Wild Beer Millionaire
Fullers London Pride
Long Man Long Blonde
Easy Winner is Wild Beer Millionaire, a salted caramel chocolate Milk Stout, in top shape in The Antelope.
Boating through Cambridgeshire,Norfolk and Bedfordshire.
Oakham -- Bishops Farewell * (3PT)
Church End -- Fallen Angel * (3PT)
St Austell -- Cornish Best Bitter
Bateman's -- Skull & Hammers *
Nene Valley -- Australian Pale *
Magic Rock -- Inhaler *
Grain -- Smash *
Crafty Beers -- Sauvignon Blonde * (3PT)
Woodforde -- Nelson's Revenge
Oakham -- Inferno *(3PT)
Marston's -- Pedigree
Buntingford -- 92 Squadron
Brewhouse & Kitchen (Bedford) -- Invarsity *
Kelham Island -- Golden Axe
Framework --Friday Street IPA
Purple Moose -- Glaslyn Ale
Brewhouse & Kitchen (Bedford) -- Intrepid *
With some ales taken in volume,there were many contenders but just shading BOTW was Crafty Beers Sauvignon Blonde on top form in The Maypole during and after the semi final..Hints of elderflower and ginger in this sessionable ale dulled the pain.
Next week a rest is needed.
Some variety:
Oakham Citra*
Oakham Bishops Farewell*
Church End Fallen Angel*
TT Boltmaker
York Guzzler
Woodfordes West Coast Wherry*
Batemans Skull and Hammers
BOTW Woodfordes West Coast Wherry. More to my taste than their traditional wherry with a touch more strength, new world hops and more intense flavour.
Brewdog - Punk IPA
A fairly quiet week for me with the hot weather knocking out one day :-
Wimbledon Common 3.7%
Holden's Black Country Bitter 3.8%
Wimbledon Copper Leaf 4.0%
ELB Mandarina 4.1%
BCA English Summer 4.1%
Portobello Summer Blonde 4.2%
Portobello Squidge Stout 4.5%
Beowulf Dragon Stout 4.7%
Black Hole Supernova 4.8%
Holden's Special 5.1%
Welbeck Abbey Nightingale 5.5%
Enefield London Porter 5.5%
Sarah Hughes Dark Ruby Mild 6.0%
Enefield London IPA 6.0%
The winner is the Wimbledon Copper Leaf as tried for £3.20 in the Lych Gate Tavern. A note to the arrogant Mr Sharp of Cornwall that this was a 4.0% ABV brown beer that was not boring. It came from a brewery that he so rudely dismissed as "amateurs" a few years back. The ELB Mandarina from another "amateur" outfit was just as good but cost a quid more because it was tried in a London suburban pub rather than one in the city centre of Wolverhampton.
BOTW Wimbledon Copper Leaf
Not much pub time this week, unfortunately. Just a flying couple of pints on Friday teatime, after picking up the 'trouble and strife'.
North Riding - Mosaic Pale.*
Empire - Moonrakers MILD.
Both have been previous BOTWs, but the MILD was a little below par this time.
Loads of great beers this week
errant -Bennett steam beer
pig and porter -slave to the money
tiny rebel -citra milk shake
bad co -Yorkshire bitter
siren -breakfast stout
thornbridge -lucaria
steel city -hibbudahnnzeipa
brodies -nitro noir
crouch vale firkin mosaic
best beer was the bottle of new British trappist beer my daughter gave me
mount St Bernard-tynt meadow ( Belgian style but real quality
cheers john
Bowland - Boxer Blonde