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Interesting selection this week after a day or two boating with BF around Aylesbury:
Chiltern 300's
Aylesbury Hornswoggler, Illumination Porter
Vale - King of Snow
Butcombe Bitter
Adnams Southwold
Fullers Bengal Lancer
Darkstar Hophead
Oakham Bishops Farewell
I enjoyed the Illumination Porter, Hophead and Bengal Lancer but BOTW is Vale Brewery's King of Snow. Light and drinkable at 3.9% but with plenty of flavour it's like a dialled down Gravitas. Very appropriate name today too.
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One (unplanned) pub visit.
Surrey Hills-Shere Drop. Mid to pale, nettles and citrus, hedge fruit. A Surrey classic. My BOTW
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An excellent week for beer, bolstered by a visit to Leeds. This week's contenders:
WharfeBank - Slingers Gold, Tether Blonde.
Ridgeside - Jailbreak, Cascade.
Moorhouses - Black Cat.
Kirkstall - Three Swords.
Geeves - No1.
Ilkley - Lotus IPA.
Oxfordshire - Churchill.
Thornbridge - St Petersburg.
Leeds - Midnight Bell.
Bridgehouse - Porter.
Elland - Cascade Three Ways.
Hawkshead - Brodie's Prime.
Milk Street - The Usual.
Wentworth - Oatmeal Stout.
Box Steam - Dark & Handsome.
Roosters - Humble Pie.
Acorn - Winter Pale Ale.
Great Heck - Powerhouse.
Rudgate - Teiwaz.
Fernandes - Jackdaw MILD, Nelson IPA, Triple OOO.
Great Heck - Golden Bull.
Some good beers in there, but it came down to the Black Cat versus the Three Swords, both sampled in The Grove, Leeds. The latter just shaded it.
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BOTW is going to be Adnams Shingle Shells described as a scarlet festive beer.
It was a bit late for Xmas, but it tasted great in The Baum last week.
It's also a great name for an Xmas beer from a coastal brewery as well. :cheers: