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hondo: Stewart Brewing Jack Back
Bucking Fastard: Blue Monkey Scarlet Chimpernel
Mobyduck: Redwillow Shameless
Aqualung: Portobello Market Porter
Real Ale Ray: Brodie's Bethnal Green Bitter
london calling: Weird Beard Dark Hopfler
Thuck Phat: Northern Monk New World IPA
aleandhearty: Empire Robohop
ROBCamra: Dunscar Bridge Northern Storm
Stewart Brewing - Jack Back
Good weather,good boating,good ale.
Titanic -- White Star
Titanic -- Plum Porter
Oakham -- Citra
Sadlers -- Kimber Drop
Marston's -- Draught Bass
Blue Monkey -- Scarlet Chimpernel
Blue Monkey -- BG Sips
Redwillow -- Heartless
Redwillow -- Shameless IPA (keg)
Tiny Rebel -- Hadouken (keg)
Titanic -- Iceberg
BOTW goes to Blue Monkey Scarlet Chimpernel,a dialled up version of 99 Red Baboons and in top condition in the terrific Treacle Tap in Macc.
The Kingston beer festival was this weeks saviour,
Darkstar - Hophead 3.8%
Dartmoor - Legend 4.4%
Alchemy - Dr Rudi Burst 5.3%
Elland - 1872 Porter 6.5%
East London - Quadrant Oatmeal Stout 5.8%
Oakham - Scarlet Macaw 4.4%
Redemption - Big Chief 5.5%
Redwillow - Shameless 5.9%
Rother Valley- Northiam Imperial Pale Ale N.I.P.A. 5.0%
Tillingbourne - A.O.N.B. 4%
Twickenham - Black Eel IPA 5.0
Not a bad one amongst that lot and a lot of IPA action, but it comes down to two beers ,hard to split but Redwillow Shameless just ,and only just, edges out Twickenham Black Eel Ipa as BOTW.
A good week for me :-
Banks's Mild 3.5%
Bishop Nick Ridley's Rite 3.6%
Wibbler's Dengie Dark 3.8%
Farmer's Nelson's Blood 3.8%
Green Jack Golden Best 3.8%
Shalford Levelly Gold 4.0%
Banks's Cereal Thriller 4.0%
Box Steam Tunnel Vision 4.2%
Wychwood Full Brazilian 4.4%
Wood's Shropshire Lad 4.5%
Oakham Curmudgeon 4.5%
Portobello Market Porter 4.6%
Freeminer Speculation 4.8%
Stonehenge Danish Dynamite 5.0%
Colchester London Porter 5.0%
Arundel Wild Heaven 5.2%
Hopcraft Citraic 5.2%
Brodie's Jamaican Stout 5.4%
Otter Head 5.8%
East London Brewing Company Quadrant Stout 5.8%
Hopcraft Fault Line Black IPA 6.0%
Greene King Abbot Special Reserve 6.5%
There are three contenders, The Fault Line Black IPA, The Market Porter and the Quadrant Stout.
The Market Porter just edges it drank in the E4 King's Ford at £2.20
BOTW Portobello Market Porter
Brodie's - Bethnal Green Bitter in the brilliant The Craven Arms
Had the 3 best beers of the night in the first pub i went to .Craft beer co Clapham supplied three top beers
great heck -blonde
tiny rebel -goldie looking ale
and the superb
weird beard -dark hopfler 2.5 low strength full flavour.
Some very good beer this week:
Titanic White Star*
Titanic Plum Porter*
Oakham Citra
Oakham Bishops Farewell*
Blue Monkey BG Sips*
Blue Monkey Scarlet Chimpernel* - best name from Blue Monkey yet
RedWillow Heartless
RedWillow Shameless IPA (keg)
Northern Monk New World IPA (keg)
Despite the competition it's no contest - BOTW Northern Monk - New World IPA. The Brewdog experience had put me off keg beer but this has changed my thinking. Not too cold or too fizzy and punchy at 6.2%, this is like TT Landlord on steroids. Fantastic.
After a completely dry week, last week, due to a chest infection, I had a cathartic couple of sessions this week. Plenty of variety, but not that many beers with the wow factor.
Mallinsons - BG Calypso.
Goose Eye - Over & Stout.
Surrey Hills - Ranmore.
Empire - Robohop.*
Coach House - Gunpowder MILD.
Fat Head - Rocket Man.
Boggart - Dark MILD.
Mallinsons - Amarillo.
Bridestones - New Beginnings.
Ulverston - Another Fine Mess.
Elland - 1872 Porter.
Acorn - Blonde.
Great Heck - Golden Bull.*
Revolutions/Tyne Bank - Communique.
Great Heck - Five.*
Five Towns - Peculiar Blue.*
Fernandes - Malt Shovel MILD.
Abbeydale - Brimstone.
Fullers - Fools Gold.
Elland - Bora Bora.
BOTW goes to Empire Robohop, a nice hop forward session beer.
Dunscar Bridge Northern Storm. A dark mild that, similar to last weeks winner, drinks more like a porter.
Tried in The Regal Moon (JD Wetherspoon) in Rochdale.