Beer of the Week (w/e 30 May 2010)

While I remember, another beer of the week. Off to a blazingly hot start.

ETA: Maxbrau Helles
Oggwyn Trench: Salamander Insatiable
aleandhearty: Ilkley Black
Wittenden: Sheps Late Red
Dave M: Marys Ruby Mild
RogerB: Humpty Dumpty Little Sharpie
Millay: Elgood's Black Dog Mild
oldboots: Maypole
Alesonly: York Centurions Ghost Ale
an_ecumenical_matter: Rhymney 1905
HTM69: Sharps Doom Bar
trainman: Brakspear Triple
Pubsignman: Fyne Ales Highlander
Conrad: Hobgoblin
Bucking Fastard: Python IPA from The Little Valley Brewery

Should be a good week , the Station beer festival starts on Friday , so lots of Pictish , Salamander and Kelham Island to sample :cheers:

Well a reasonable start to the week on Tuesday.

A couple of pints of Phoenix White Tornado followed by a pint I simply didn't like Corvedale Molly Morgan.

Then a pint of Slaters Magic Monkey Mild followed by two pints of the excellent Elland Born To Be Mild. Great name and a great beer. :cheers:

Sadly no Beer this week as Im working 10 Days on Duty till Sunday night. So It Thames Finest only. I will Make up for it next week. :mad:

Can I nominate a foreign beer?

This week I acheived a long-standing ambition and went to see the Oberammergau Passion Play. I stayed in the Hotel Maximilian in Oberammergau which not only has excellent food, it brews its own beer in the basement. So, a hotel, restaurant and brewery which also does fantastic food and has gorgeous, attentive female staff - what could be better?

So, if acceptable, my botw is Maxbrau Helles, one of the best Bavarian beers I've ever tasted, and if PuG does ever stat listing overseas pubs, Maximilian's will definitely be getting a 10/10 out of me if it keeps upt the standard.

Foreign beer is fine. Nothing against foreign pubs really, the only reason we don't set them up on the main site tomorrow is the sheer quantity of technical hurdles involved, we are gradually knocking them down during the current rewrite though.

BOTW for me this week is Salamander Insatiable , very moreish at a dangerous 5.2 % , a mention to for Kelham Island , White Falcon , a very drinkable beer named after one of my favorite guitars (£2600 for a good `en if only !!)

With 'Mild Month' drawing to a close, it seems quite appropriate that this week's BOTW is the superb Ilkley 'Black'. Had a pint of Moorhouse's 'Black Cat' to follow and the IB trounced it, that's how good it is.

Only got out once this week, and a summer cold precluded any real enjoyment of the beer, but Sheps Late Red ( a bit unseasonal perhaps) was my beer of the week.

As it is the end of May I really ought to get a mild in so I'll go with the Nethergate - Marys Ruby Mild as my BOTW.

I believe AEM is planning to opt for the Guinness he had in Wexford which just edged out the 11 others in Waterford. :whistle:

My main source of beer this week was courtesy of the Greenwich Beer & Jazz festival on Friday. Fun Lovin' Criminals and the fantastic Hayseed Dixie provide the "Jazz" whilst the stars of the beer tent for me were Milestone Lion's Pride, Otter Bitter, Roosters YPA, Tring Jack O'Legs and my fave of the night Vale Pale Ale. However, all were outdone by Humpty Dumpty Little Sharpie an emergency quick pint at the Rake in Southwark prior to setting off for the England v Mexico game.

The Goffs Galahad drunk at the Postal Order in Worcester was leading the way but yesterday I found Elgood’s Black Dog in my local JDW. As Mild May month comes to an end I’m going to plump for the Elgood’s Black Dog Mild as my BotW.

Only one MILD drunk this last week of MILD May, Thwaites, not bad but not good enough for beer of the week. Otherwise a fairly unexciting week of Copper Dragon and Black Sheep until I found Skipton's other brewery - Dark Horse and their Maypole a hoppy golden ale but subtle and very pleasant and drinkable.

No BOTW.. I simply don't have time for taste new ales.. All I drank this week was boring Carlings, Fosters, Ciders and few foreign beers name escapes me..

Late entry.I just managed too get some in last night as the spoons was open when I finished at 23.00 till 01.30 so I had
2 Pints of Titanic White Star
2 Pints of York Centurions Ghost Ale
2 Pints of Lancaster Red Lancaster Brewery

My Favourite this week was the York Centurions Ghost Ale. :cheers:

Too busy working and made a flying visit to Ireland (Guinness by the gallon :sick:) so BOTW was only had as late as last night at the Seven Stars(as usual) Bristol. RHYMNEY Brewery "1905",excellent hop and malt balance,3.9%.

Noted a certain party on the strong 'un though.............:whistle:

19 pints for HTM69 this week, spread over a 3-day period.

Elgoods Cambrige Bitter x 1
Harveys Best Bitter x 4
Youngs Special x 1
Adnams Bitter x 1
London Pride x 1
Spitfire x 2
Batemans Miss England x 2
Batemans Salem Porter x 1
Stella Artois x 1
Cottage Brewery Deltic Diesel x 1
Sharps Doom Bar x 4
Newcastle Brown Ale [Bottle] x 1
Vodka & 'Red Rooster' [Double Measure] x 1
Vodka & Coke [Double Measure] x 1

BOTW: Sharps Doom Bar

Another week without seeing the inside of a pub. Heavens, this is grim (daaarn south).

Yesterday brought small solace, however, in the shape of an Asda delivery van bearing wine & beer and just 30% of the order missing, this time. (Why does an online system allow you to order summat they haven't got in stock?) Grrr.

Wine-wise, I'd gone for a combo of those with good tasting notes (for which I'm a sucker) and best discount (the weightier factor, eg £7/8 wines at 3 for £12), and I'm ashamed to say I was bearing in mind the abv per £ on some of the beer selections. Those brave bottles that made it onto the waggon (and, btw, why do these supermarkets NEVER include real ale in the get-pissed-for-nowt promotions?) included McEwans Champion; wouldn't ordinarily go for the brewery but it's a rich 7.3% beer with good abv-value at 3 for £4, and (finally) my BOTW from a restricted choice is; Brakspear Triple, 7.2%, also 3 for £4, tasting surprisingly like Dandelion & Burdock at the outset, but hopefully aiding sleep later on.

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Originally Posted by an_ecumenical_matter

Noted a certain party on the strong 'un though.............:whistle:

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The strong 'un was quite nice, but for some reason by the time I got home I couldn't remember what it was called. :drinkup:

Not much for me to pick from this week, but thankfully, the few beers I did manage included a couple of crackers.

I really enjoyed the Westerham Freedom Ale at the Royal Standard (Croydon) festival, but my BOTW goes to Fyne Ales Highlander, as samlpled on the shores of Loch Fyne on the Bank Holiday Sunday. A malty ale, full of flavour and with a very smooth mouthfeel - were I not so hungover, I could have sat there drinking them all day!

I think I will go with the bottle of Hobgoblin I had on Saturday, it is a beer I remember not liking so it was a pleasant surprise when I actually found it quite drinkable.

Really late post from me,been nowhere near my laptop while drinking in Doncaster yesterday.Last week made my annual pilgrimage to The Bree Louise and this produced my BOTW which was Python IPA from the Little Valley Brewery ,6% and exceptionally good so had to have a second.Sampled some other top ale but a half of BrewDog Paradox(10%) to finish off the session stopped me in my tracks and confirmed my lightweight status.

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Originally Posted by Bucking Fastard

Little Valley Brewery, 6% BrewDog Paradox(10%)

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Have you got a death wish or something?

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Originally Posted by RogerB

Have you got a death wish or something?

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Nahhh.. that's nothing. I had a pint of Russian Stout (11.5%) at Flowerpot, Derby. I felt woozy after only one pint..

Foolishly I liked it so good that I ordered 3 more pints... Imagine the scene me trying to stand up on Derby's streets afterwards!

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Originally Posted by RogerB

Have you got a death wish or something?

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I felt like death the next morning .I suffer for my art.