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Mobyduck: Siren Soundwave
Wittenden: Dark Star Hophead
Aqualung: Tryst Raj IPA
Bucking Fastard: Oakham Citra
Thuck Phat: Cloudwater DIPA v6 (keg)
Spinko: Burley St Brewhouse Brickyard
london calling: 3 Blind Mice Fags and Coffee
oldboots: Bewdley Worcestershire Way
Real Ale Ray: Titanic Plum Porter
ROBCamra: Bad Co. Love Over Gold
Darkstar Hophead
Darkstar American Pale Ale*
Hop Back GFB
Siren Undercurrent*
Siren Soundwave*
Big Smoke Solaris*
Adnams Mosaic*
Harbour Light Ale*
Glastonbury Pilton Pop
Marstons EPA
Southwark LPA*
Bad Seed Cascade*
Roosters Pilsnear*
BOTW Siren Soundwave
Pride of Sussex
Harveys-Sussex Best Bitter 4%abv. Served a touch cold, but otherwise unimpeacheable.Commentators on a recent Pub Curmudgeon post (Beer snobs the lot of 'em) rubbished this beer.This was outstanding in the 70s, and is one of a handful of beers that have stood the test of time, and probably improved, and together with Hophead is one of my core beers. Speaking of which...
Dark Star-Hophead 3.8%abv.First out of a new cask, and at its best.A close call, but my BOTW.Both taken at The Globe and Rainbow
A visit to Hook Norton found their core beers to be hopelessly overpriced and rather dull compared to recent opposition.
Hook Norton Hooky Mild 2.8%
Hook Norton Hooky 3.5%
Hook Norton Harvest Hop 3.5%
Hook Norton Hooky Gold 4.1%
Blackedge Platinum Blonde 4.4%
Hook Norton Summer Haze 4.5%
Hook Norton Old Hooky 4.6%
Derby Black Magic 4.8%*
Three Sods Leap Year 5.0%
Tryst Raj IPA 5.5%*
Franklin's North Shore IPA 5.5%*
It's a battle between the two IPAs both tried in the E17 Bell for £3.33 with CAMRA discount, although it took several pints to decide it!
I'm going for the more aggressively hopped Tryst Raj IPA from Scotland.
BOTW Tryst Raj IPA
Along the banks of the Regents Canal.
Five Points -- Pale Ale (keg)
Five Points -- IPA (keg)
Birrificio Italiano -- Nigredo (keg)
Hackney -- Golden Ale
Howling Hops --East End Hefeweizen
Howling Hops -- American Brown *
Howling Hops -- West Coast IPA*
Siren Craft -- Soundwave IPA
Salopian -- Oracle
Oakham -- Citra *
Ebeltoft -- Straight Outta Boston IPA (keg)*
Salopian -- Hop Twister *
Siren Craft -- Undercurrent *
Roosters -- White Rose *
Northern Monk -- Northern Star Mocha Porter (keg) *
BOTW goes to the ever reliable Oakham Citra on great form in The Camel,Bethnal Green.
Next week scratching around for a pint.
Decent selection this week:
Wild Beer - Pogo APA* (keg)
Five Points - The Five Points IPA
Cloudwater - DIPA v6* (keg)
Howling Hops - Pale XX No2*
Howling Hops - West Coast Special IPA*
Siren - Soundwave
Salopian - Oracle
Oakham - Citra*
Ebeltoft - Straight Outta Boston IPA (keg)
Salopian - Hop Twister
Dark Star - APA*
Siren - Undercurrent*
Oakham - Bishops Farewell*
Titanic - Iceberg*
Everards - Old Original*
BOTW Cloudwater - DIPA v6 (keg). Having now tried a few decent and well known keg beers, I've firmly concluded that I prefer cask beer. Nonetheless, the DIPA was excellent - all tropical fruit and incredibly easy to drink at 9%. What would it be like on cask?
Burley St Brewhouse - Brickyard.
Nice to be back in Yorkshire, briefly..
Pretty mundane beers from some good breweries leaves me with Botw
3 Blind Mice -fags and coffee 8.0 drank in the 3 johns Islington
Wellbeck Abbey -Kaiser 4.1 gets an honourable mention.
Sonnet 43 - Seraphim
Thornbridge - Brother Rabbit
Acorn - Barnsley Bitter
Yorkshire Heart- Blackheart Stout
Kirkstall - Pale Ale
Kirkstall - Dissolution
Camerons - Strongarm
Springhead - Drop o' the Black Stuff
Tapped - Comet
Atom - Uncertainty Principle
Three Tuns - XXX
Otter - Amber
Bewdley - Worcestershire Way
Bewdley - Mucklows Mild
Saddlers - Peaky Blinders
Hobsons - Mild
Wye Valley - HPA
BOTW Bewdley - Worcestershire Way
Titanic - Plum Porter
Bad Co. Love Over Gold. A pleasant, blonde, 4.1% session ale tried quite a few times in The Baum. :cheers: