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ROBCamra: Tomislav
london calling: Oakham Citra
oldboots: Kirkstall Black Band Porter
Spinko: Titanic Iceberg
Mobyduck: Gloucester Mosaic
Bucking Fastard: Howling Hops Double Chocolate Coffee Toffee Vanilla Milk Porter
Wittenden: Canterbury Torpedo
hondo: Innis and Gunn Lager Beer
aleandhearty: Fernandes Chinook
Thuck Phat: Howling Hops Pale XX No 2
Aqualaung: ELB Foundation Bitter
Komakino: Westvleteren 12 (10.2%) (bottled)
Real Ale Ray: Rock the Boat Liverpool Light
Only two contenders although I tried plenty of beer.
superb pint of Darkstar-American pale ale but BOTW WAS
Oakham -citra at the bargain price of £2.60 in Wetherspoons Kingston
Sonnet 43 Abolition Amber
Donnington Cotswold Gold
Rudgate Jorvik
Acorn Old Moor Porter
Oakham Citra
Rudgate Ruby Mild
Leeds Midnight Bell
Settle Attermire
Mallinsons Magnum Saaz
RCH Chocolate Slug
Bosun's Horbury Blonde
Brentwood Summer Virgin
Kirkstall Black Band Porter
Saltaire Cascadian Black
Taylors Boltmaker
Many dark beers this week and all were excellent, sadly I can't say the same about the pale ones, but just nosing in front Kirkstall Black Band Porter
Not a great selection this weekend, but Titanic-Iceberg in the Sun Inn Stafford narrowly edges Oakham-Citra in Tamworth's Market Vaults.
Small list this week
Dark Star Hophead
Tripple fff Dazed And Confused
Tripple fff Pressed Rat And Warthog*
Red Cat Scratch*
Timothy Taylor Boltmaker
Timothy Taylor Golden Best
Arundle Sussex IPA
Sharps Doom Bar (shandy for obvious reasons)
Cottage Red & Ruth
Big Smoke Solaris*
Gloucester Mosaic*
The Mosaic was the best (pushed hard by the Scratch) and last beer of the week , an after work ,unfined beauty enjoyed in the ever excellent Antelope this evening.Whats more I had a full loyalty card so it was free. :cheers:
Boating across London.
Five Points -- Pale*
Moor -- Confidence *
Howling Hops -- Pale XX No. 2 *
Maregade -- Chilli Milk Stout
Purity -- Mad Goose
Howling Hops -- American Brown *
Howling Hops -- Double Chocolate Coffee Toffee Vanilla Milk Porter *
Howling Hops -- Rye Wit *
Howling Hops -- Red Ruby *
Burning Sky -- Aurora *
Siren Craft -- Soundwave IPA *
New River -- Lost River *
Arbor and Mezzo Passo -- Basta Rosse *
Many worthy contenders but BOTW goes to Howling Hops Double Chocolate Coffee Toffee Vanilla Milk Porter ,sounds awful but tasted wonderful with the trademark bitter porter finish,one of the very best of this style I have ever had,fresh as a daisy in the Howling Hops Tank Room,Hackney Wick.Awesome ,as they say in that part of the world.
Next week trip to Jerusalem Tavern,a pub I never leave in a particularly sober state.
Kent and fleetingly in West Yorkshire:
Canterbury Brewers-Foundry Torpedo 4.5%abv:Bit hazy,not as bitter as it was in bottle a few years ago.Raspberries.The self obsessed hipsterish barstaff with their headsets nearly forced me to walk out of The Foundry
Brown Cow-Simpson and Simpson Ledsham Sessions 3.6%abv:Pale, arboreal,earthy.Hint of sweetness. This is becoming a stalwart of our too infrequent visits to God's own county.Taken at The Chequers Inn
As I hadn't tried the Torpedo before, and inspite of the beards, my BOTW is Canterbury Brewers Torpedo. A very close run thing.
innis and gunn - lager beer keg
Just a Friday teatime session, this week, with nothing very exciting on the beer front.
Fernandes - Straw weight.
Allgates - Seven Feet.
Fernandes - Hophead Pixie.
Salamander - Einstein.
Fernandes - Black Voodoo.
York - Score.
Fernandes - Chinook.*
Easy winner was the Chinook.
That's just reminded me that we haven't been there for ages. The 'trouble and strife' is on leave this week, so i suspect a lazy lunch is on the cards.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wittenden
Nice change, a varied week:
Five Points Five Points Pale*
Moor Confidence*
Howling Hops Pale XX No 2*
Maregade Pale
Purity Mad Goose
Howling Hops Howling Pils*
Howling Hops American Brown*
Howling Hops Ruby Red*
Howling Hops Double Chocolate Coffee Toffee Vanilla Milk Porter*
Burning Sky Aurora*
Dark Star Hophead
Siren Craft Sound Wave
Hammerton Life on Mars
Cloudwater Spring Summer*
Salopian Oracle*
Oakham Bishops Farewell*
Oakham Inferno*
Oakham Velevet Claws*
Hop Back Summer Lightening*
Fixed Wheel Blackheath Stout*
Some very good beer in amongst that lot and I agree with Mr F's choice of the Howling Hops Porter above.
For the sake of variety though, BOTW goes to Howling Hops Pale XX No 2. Pale, citrussy and refreshing. Ideal for a hot day even at 5%.
Good grub, though pricey even by South Eastern standards. Don't think the food is quite as exciting as a couple of years back, though perhaps Sundays are a special case. I was intrigued with Brown Cow's Vanilla Porter, but resisted as I was driving.Quote:
Originally Posted by aleandhearty
I made it to base camp on Friday evening.
ELB Foundation Bitter 4.2%
Truman's Ipademaa IPA 4.6%
The Truman's one is a JDW International that was a very good beer but fell short of great. ELB Foundation and Brodie's Bethnal Green are far and away the best boring brown beers going and show Doom Bore up as the third rate rubbish it is.
BOTW ELB Foundation Bitter
Belgium, Luxembourg, London and North Oxfordshire:
Hook Norton "Plough Pint" (3.5%) (possibly rebadged Hooky Bitter at The Plough, Kelmscott)
Charles Wells Young's Bitter (3.7%)
Shepherd Neame Master Brew (3.7%)
Hobsons Best (3.8%)
Purity Gold (3.8%)
St Austell Trelawny (3.8%)
Triple fff Altons Pride (3.8%)
Donnington Cotswold Gold (4.0%)
Fullers / Yeastie Boys Double Summer (4.0%)
Windsor & Eton Maracana (4.0%)
Summer Wine Valencia (4.1%)
Southwark Mayflower Session IPA (4.2%)
Beavertown Neck Oil (4.3%) (keg)
Wadworth Espirito de Carnaval (4.3%)
North Cotswold Shagweaver (4.5%)
Purity UBU (4.5%)
XT 13 (4.5%)
Portobello London Pilsner (4.6%)
Bofferding Pils (4.8%)
Titanic Plum Porter (4.9%)
Huyghe Campus Premium (5.0%)
Savour Saison (5.0%) (bottled)
Hook Norton Flagship (5.3%) (bottled)
Windsor & Eton Kohinoor (5.5%) (bottled)
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale (keg) (5.6%)
Windsor & Eton Uprising Treason (6.0%) (bottled)
La Chouffe (8.0%)
Golden Carolus (8.5%) (bottled)
Westvleteren 12 (10.2%) (bottled) BOTW
I think the food's always been pricey, some things never change! The Vanilla Porter is a very good beer and has picked up quite a few festival awards. However, my favourite Brown Cow beer is the Captain Oates strong mild (4.5%). Definitely one to look out for.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wittenden
Rock the Boat - Liverpool Light
Tomislav, a 7.2% black beer with loads of flavour.
Made a very welcome change from the various Croatian lagers that were available in Dubrovnik.
In fact I had at least one every day, usually in Soul Cafe, where we finished off each night.:cheers: