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    Quote Originally Posted by Mobyduck View Post
    Just drunk possibly the most perfect pint I've ever had the pleasure to drink, I am not a fan of brown beer in general but two pints of Darkstar Six Hop ale ,6.5%, was absolutely spot on tonight and in appearance brown ,albeit pale brown, but definitely heaven for me tonight, easily beer of the year for me already and I can't see anything to beat it at this point.
    Glad you enjoyed it,I made it my BOTW last week and can still taste the hops
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bucking Fastard View Post
    Glad you enjoyed it,I made it my BOTW last week and can still taste the hops
    Just had some more and I am well hopped ,so to speak.
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    Bloody hell! I found another one, that's two in a week. Tried Wold Top Bitter on Saturday and thought it had a lovely old fashioned taste. Only 3.7%, it had a wonderful lasting creamy finish. The missus said it reminded her of 80s favourite Castle Eden, at its best and I had to agree.
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    You're a lucky man A&H living in the midst of a real ale oasis!

    Titanic brew one or two excellent BBBs, the most recent I've tried being Lifeboat. It's boring, brown and it's bitter but at 4% it's immensely drinkable due in part, I suspect, to Titanic's trademark bitter finish.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Thuck Phat View Post
    You're a lucky man A&H living in the midst of a real ale oasis!

    Titanic brew one or two excellent BBBs, the most recent I've tried being Lifeboat. It's boring, brown and it's bitter but at 4% it's immensely drinkable due in part, I suspect, to Titanic's trademark bitter finish.
    I know ROB, 'ob' and I can bang on about it, so I'll pass this time.

    I tried Lifeboat a few weeks ago, but it didn't make much of an impression. However, it was sampled well into a session. I've come to the conclusion that BBBs, more than any other style , need to be tried early in a session, ideally on a fresh palate. After very hoppy ales, or those with a full roast character, BBBs just can't compete. A case in point was the Wold Top bitter praised above. When it was my first drink of the day I loved it. However, after a pint of Jaipur, I finished off the wife's and the flavour had been killed stone dead.
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    Quote Originally Posted by aleandhearty View Post
    After very hoppy ales, or those with a full roast character, BBBs just can't compete. A case in point was the Wold Top bitter praised above. When it was my first drink of the day I loved it. However, after a pint of Jaipur, I finished off the wife's and the flavour had been killed stone dead.
    I see that as being a problem with excessively hopped ales, rather than a problem with BBBs.

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