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Real Ale Ray: George Wright Pipe Dream
Mobyduck: Siren Craft Brew Undercurrent
london calling: Weird Beard Decadence Stout
Bucking Fastard: Titanic White Star
Aqualung: Hook Norton Special Dark Mild
hondo: Paulaner Münchner Hell
Thuck Phat: Titanic White Star
aleandhearty: Mallinsons Indulgence
ROBCamra: Hopstar Saaz Blonde
George Wright - Pipe Dream
Darkstar Hophead 3.8%
Darkstar American Pale Ale 4.7%
Darkstar Sunburst 4.8%
Weird Beard Decadence Stout 4.8%
Howling Hops Pale Ale number 5 3.8%
London Fields Love Not War 4.2%
Kent Brewery Cascade 4.5%
Hackney Brewery American Pale Ale 4.5%
Windsor and Eton Khoinoor IPA 4.5%
Liverpool Craft Beer Liverpool Craft IPA 5.0%
Thornbridge Jaywick 4.8%
Acorn Pride of Ringwood 4.8%
Siren Craft Brew Undercurrent 4.5%
Some really good beers but the most outstanding and BOTW is Siren Craft Brew Undercurrent enjoyed in The Craft Beer Co Islington on Saturday.
Nothing new that I drsnk this week hit the spot
bullfinch -dapper
wychwood -piledriver
itchen valley -qed
kissingate -toffee cog
wharfbank -lanterne rouge
naylors -citradelic
kings -spring fever
laines -esb
laines -acton ale
but 2 good revisits in Weltons -blackcurrent mild
and BOTW Weird Beard -decadence stout.
Quality rather than quantity.
Titanic -- Iceberg
Titanic -- White Star
Jennings -- Cocker Hoop
Acorn -- Barnsley Gold
Oakham -- Gangster
Titanic -- Plum Porter
In any other week the Oakham Gangster would have easily won,a very fine drink,but BOTW goes to Titanic White Star in superb condition in the Royal Exchange ,Stone.
Final two games of the season will yield celebratory pints and hopefully a good BOTW next week.
Nit a bad week :-
Banks's Mild 3.5%
Bateman's Black and White 3.6%
Otter Seville Bitter 4.0%
Adnam's Mosaic 4.1%
Rooster's YPA 4.1%
Mauldon's Silver Adder 4.2%
Twickenham Redhead 4.2%
Naylor's Citradelic 4.4%
Brain's Reverend James 4.5%
East London Brewing Company Nightwatchman 4.5%
Hook Norton Special Dark Mild 4.6%
Brodie's Old Street Pale 5.0%
Brodie's Jamaican Stout Jerk 5.4%
Brodie's Peppermint Pale Ale 5.5%
Banks's Saint Archer Pale Ale 5.5%
Brodie's Dry Hoppin' Mad Kohatu 5.5%
Celt Experience Bleddyn 1075 5.6%
Dark Star Revelation 5.7%
Westerham Audit Ale 6.2%
Wild Beer Company Madness IPA 6.8%
Arbor Tiny The Welder 8.5%
The Saint Archer impressed again but as it's May now I will put forward the Hook Norton Special Dark Mild. To me Hook Norton is one of the better regionals and possibly doesn't get the recognition it deserves. This one was remarkable because despite having a high ABV it was no sweeter than a normal strength mild.
BOTW Hook Norton Special Dark Mild
Paulaner Münchner Hell
Some decent beer this week:
Titanic Iceberg
Titanic White Star
Titanic Captain Smiths
Titanic Plum Porter
Oakham Gangster
Oakham Bishops Farewell
Ringwood Boondoggle
Jennings Cocker Hoop
Abbeydale Moonshine
All very good and in another week all worthy of botw but I'm afraid that BOTW Titanic White Star is a duplicate being so good that nothing else came close.
Best week I've had for a while, managing my usual Sunday afternoon crawl and a session at the excellent Yankeefest, The Cricketers, Horbury. Some great beers from both ends of the colour spectrum.
Fernandes - Patriot.
Saltaire - Dockfield Porter.*
Abbeydale - Absolution.
Wentworth - Challenge.
Mallinsons - Indulgence.*
Portobello - APA.
Saltaire - Stateside IPA.
Revolutions - Go Go APA.*
Sonnet 43 - Bourbon Milk Stout.
Tyne Bank - Heavenly Porter.
Red Squirrel - Redwood American IPA.
Mallinsons - Kiwi Classic.
Liverpool Organic - Cascade.
Phoenix - Double Gold.
Revolutions - Clash London Porter.*
Salamander - Gaffer.
Salamander - Withered Soul Stout.*
Bobs - Chardonnayle.
Ulverston - Laughing Gravy.
Great Heck - Citra.*
Great Heck - Treason Stout.*
Jarrow - LastShip.
Butcombe - Haka.*
Fernandes - Hopmaster.
A handful of beers in there that probably would have won on a quiet week, but the Citra and the Indulgence were the two that really stood out. The latter made with the four 'C' hops Citra, Centennial, Chinook, Cascade was a superb aromatic APA.
Hopstar Saaz Blonde tried in The Baum.
The best of a rather mundane selection tried this week. :(