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Rudgate Bitter Sweet at Monks Inn Hemel Hempstead. Just to prove that Rudgate do beers other than the excellent Ruby Mild. It's quite tart, but a nice beer to drink after a couple of dark ones.

Today I have been drinking Haka Ferocious Maori bitter from Butcombe Brewery. A punchy beer that is very in your face.

A brand new beer and a brand new brewery for me. Something called DCUK from the Dancing Duck Brewery . Just 4.3% but very hoppy in a Summer Lightning sort of way. It may even be good enough for me to...

Grafton Mardi Gras, the most insipid flavourless beer I've had in ages. It has no taste at all apart from a slight sweetness that the barmaid described as apple. I don't get it myself, in fact the...

Broughton Old Jock Ale. Bottled. In Edinburgh. On the way to Inverness.

Started with a dark one myself but a porter rather than a stout. The Lambeth Walk Porter from By the Horns brewery had a really strong but nice taste. Now on Rock the Kazbek from Redemption. Quite...

Bath Ales Gem, one of my favourite beers and on at the Doric Arch Euston right now. The experience has however been spoiled by some arsehole with a laptop who plonked himself on a barstool right in...

Drinking something called Smoke Bomb from Anarchy. Just 3.9% according to the pump clip but has an aggression and bite of something much stronger. Interesting ale.

Another favourite beer that i don't find too often, Bath Gem, but i just have :-) In the words of Captain Oates , I may be some time.

Hunters Pheasant Plucker, which has to be ordered with care ;-)

Jennings Snecklifter has always been one of my favourite beers but I've often been disappointed with the quality. This is first class though and I think two may become three.

I remember a Tipsport place in Prague, a cross between a bookmakers and a bar with a giant electronic roulette wheel. Along with live sport on TV what more could you want. Well if you did want more...

Banks's Fine Fettle , an early taste of what I think is their January seasonal ale.

It's working hondo.

I think I've said before that I've never found a poor Oakham beer. Now drinking a limited edition spiced stout called Winter Wraith . Still haven't found a poor one.

Right now I am drinking Old Engine Oil. I've not become desperate it's a beer from Harviestoun. Think i have had it before at a festival somewhere. Pump clip says it is viscous, it is.

Right now it's a pint of Ringwood XXXX Porter. Not seen this before and have to say it's pretty good. Drinking it whilst watching a re-run of yesterday's rugby which makes it even better.

First of the day was a pint of Red Squirrel Conservation Bitter but right now it's a bottle of Castle Rock Screech Owl. A strong IPA and quite good.

Peggoty's Porter. Think it's from Mauldens but a tad difficult to focus right now.

At a JDW (for a change) drinking the Oakleaf Liberty Boat. It has a fairly complex taste but could well be in my top 5 come the end of the festival. It also has the honour of being my 30th of the...

A 'Limited Edition' beer from Oakham called 3 Witches. Not up there with their best but pleasant enough.

Drinking the Dark Star Green Hopped IPA that Mobyduck keeps banging on about. And with good reason I have to say. Not sure how much i will get through as a) it's 6.5% b) there are nine other pumps...

Must be some sort of Oakham appreciation thing going on in St Albans . Just switched pubs and found Syreni and Vagabond. A half of each seemed a good idea and both are good. Cannot recall finding an...

Just discovered a brand new Oakham Ales beer for me. It's called Black Baron and is 8.8% worth of dark complexity. Good beer but definitely a sipping beer.

Not had much recently as I've been ill. Still am really but you have to get back in the saddle at some point. So i left work early and am enjoying a very pleasant pint of Mauldons Octoberfest. It may...

Oxfordshire Ales Vanilla Porter. Gorgeous stuff, I can see this being my BoTW although there are 9 other pumps here (Blacksmiths Arms St Albans) so I'll reserve judgement just in case. I can see the...