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Wittenden: Old Dairy AK1911
Mobyduck: West Berks Maggs Mild
Bucking Fastard: Weird Beard Mariana Trench
london calling: Dark Star Hophead Mosaic
Aqualung: Kent Brewer's Reserve
Thuck Phat: Oakham Bishops Farewell
oldboots: Brass Castle Black Russian
Spinko: Thornbridge Jaipur
Komakino: Redemption Fellowship Porter
ROBCamra: Brass Castle Cliffhanger
Kent
Old Dairy -AK1911 4.1%abv. I'm very fond of the bottled version, but this was the first time I'd seen this on handpump.Hazel,ardent,peppery.Enjoyed it.
Slim pickens....
West Berks Mr Swifts Pale
West Berks Maggs Mild
Red Cat Scratch
Wild Weather Big Muddy
BOTW Maggs Mild.
The new version of
Darkstar-hophead (mosaic) was stunning and gets a Camra score of 5
A very good week; Peterborough,Pimlico,Hertford and Enfield.
Grainstore -- Ten Fifty.
Weird Beard -- Mariana Trench *(key keg)
Oakham -- New World Order *
Oakham -- Citra *
Fullers -- Bengal Lancer
Hopshackle -- ESB
Mc Mullens -- Country
Mc Mullens -- AK
St Austell -- Nicholsons Pale Ale
Adnams -- Southwold Bitter
Fullers -- London Pride
BrewDog -- Punk IPA (keg)
Siren -- Undercurrent *
Pig & Porter -- American Amber
Vocation -- Chop & Change *
Pig & Porter -- Coffee Stout *
Vocation -- Heart & Soul *
Everards -- Sly Fox
New River -- London Tap
St Austell -- Tribute *
BOTW goes to Weird Beard Mariana Trench on key keg and top drawer in The Stoneworks ,Peterborough on a short crawl of the city centre pubs.The Vocations beers sampled were also very close to the award.
Next week looks quiet,but there will be a visit to some old haunts in Old Street.
Haven't seen that anywhere down here, hoping the Nags Head in Reading would have some but none currently on their cellar list as far I can see.Quote:
Originally Posted by london calling
Not much of a list this week but high in ABV
Holden's Black Country Bitter 3.8%
Vibrant Forest Six Bells (Rebadged Flying Saucer?) 4.3%
Hop Back Summer Lightning 5.0%
Kent Brewer's Reserve 5.0%
Truman's Captain Lockwood 5.0%
Dorset Durdle Door 5.0%
Holden's Special 5.1%
Derby Quintessential 5.8%
Five Points Hook Island Red 6.0%
Black Horse Nicholas De Luda 6.0%
Vibrant Forest Kaleidoscope (keg) 6.5%
Holden's Old Ale 7.2%
It's a choice between the Holden's Old and the Kent Brewer's Reserve but the one from my favourite Kent brewery gets it. It was £3.51 (with CAMRA discount) in the local Bell.
BOTW Kent Brewer's Reserve
Very quiet week with just the one cask ale, albeit a very good one.
BOTW Oakham Bishops Farewell
On its way to the cellar in The Baum as I type. :evilgrin:Quote:
Originally Posted by Mobyduck
A decent week, bolstered by a long weekend in Edinburgh, but it's a Yorkshire BOTW Brass Castle Black Russian with Sulwath Black Galloway a very very close second.
Kirkstall - Three Swords
Taylors - Boltmaker
Acorn - Barnsley Bitter
Hawkshead - Windermere Pale (bottle)
Ringwood - Circadian (bottle)
Oakham - Citra
Inveralmond - Lia Fail
Strathaven - Culverhouse
Broughton - Dark Dunter
Belhaven - Robert Burns Brown Ale
Adnams - Longboat
Cobra - Lager (bottle)
Stewart - Jack Black
Allendale - GFPA
Brass Castle - Black Russian
Strathbraan - Due South
Orkney - Dark Island
Fyne Ales - Vital Spark
Kelburn - Royal Mile
Sulwath - Black Galloway
Waen - Snowball
Thornbridge Jaipur. An old favourite at Port St Beer House!
:moremad:Quote:
Originally Posted by ROBCamra
Here there and everywhere in a bumper week which included plenty of take-outs, takeaways and take-on-me':s
Adnam's Southwold Bitter (3.7%)
Harvey's Sussex Best (3.7%)
Rebellion IPA (3.7%)
Shotover Prospect (3.7%)
Vale Fitzroy (4.0%)
Caledonian Edinburgh Castle (4.1%)
Charles Wells Bombardier (4.1%)
Fuller's London Pride (4.1%)
Shepherd Neame Spitfire Gold (4.1%)
Westerham British Bulldog (4.1%)
Acorn Old Moor Porter (4.4%)*
Haresfoot Conqueror (4.4%)
VOG Dark Matter Blackcurrant Porter (4.4%)*
Caveman Kits Coty (4.5%)
GK Old Speckled Hen (4.5%)
Knops Musselburgh Broke (4.5%)
Sam Smith's Extra Stout (4.5%) (keg)
Stardust APA (4.5%)
Camden Hells Lager (4.6%)
Flack Manor Black Jack (4.6%)
Tiny Rebel Cwtch (4.6%) (keg)
Mad Squirrel APA (4.7%) (keg)
Wiper & True Milk Shake (4.7%) (bottle)
Binghams Space Hoppy IPA (5.0%) (bottle)
Darklands Resolution (5.0%)
Fourpure American Pale (5.0%) (can)
Tiny Rebel Dirty Stop Out (5.0%) (keg)
Vale Good King Senseless (5.0%)
Fourpure Oatmeal Stout (5.1%) (can)
Redemption Fellowship Porter (5.1%)*
Magic Rock Common Grounds (5.4%)
XT Squid Ink (5.5%) (keg)
Siren Craft Broken Dream (6.5%)
Wild Beer Madness IPA (6.8%) (can)
Siren Craft Ryesing Tides (7.0%)
Magic Rock Cannonball (7.4%) (can)
The dark beers were the stars this week, and it was a toss-up between the VOG Dark Matter - a blackcurrant porter tried at Rickmansworth's Pennsylvanian - and the Redemption, but this week's banner is handed to the latter: a dry, roasty porter with a succinct bitter finish, sampled at the always-excellent Land of Liberty, Peace & Plenty.
BOTW: Redemption Fellowship Porter
Brass Castle Cliffhanger, a light 3.8% session ale. Several pints tested in The Baum.:cheers: