After only finding a couple of new ones so far this week i am now faced with 5 of them in one pub. A bit ambitious for lunchtime maybe but hope they are all still on tonight. The Wild Hop Gold is pretty good.
After only finding a couple of new ones so far this week i am now faced with 5 of them in one pub. A bit ambitious for lunchtime maybe but hope they are all still on tonight. The Wild Hop Gold is pretty good.
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i have tried 7 of the foreign( brewed here) beers and none have impressed me.have heard the Avery beer is getting good reviews so i will have to try it again.
I've now tried 6 of them and the two that impressed me were the Steenbrugge Blonde and the Feral Australian IPA.Originally Posted by london calling
Rather shamefacedto admit that I have only had one festival ale so far but very fine it was.Harviestoun Wild Hop Gold in The George ,Croydon was certainly very bitter but just on the side of quaffable .I had to drive later so couldn't investigate whether this would survive Thuck Phat's Three Pint Test but wouldn't mind trying if I encounter this brew again in the festival.
It wont make BOTW having happened across Blue Monkey Ape Ale earlier in the week,that passed the Three Pint Test with ease.
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Just ticked off the Freeminer Deep Shaft, which probably wasn't the best choice as first beer of the day. Also found the Exmoor Fox which i think takes me to the mid 30's. Right now i have a half of the Wild Hop , I've had it before and agree with BF that it's one of the better beers. Depending on the weather, which is pretty awful right now, i may take a bus to Stanmore where there's a pretty good Spoons and see what they have.
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Beginning to believe the conspiracy theorists that some beers are held back. There were four new ones in my local which i managed halves of lunchtime. Now in a different pub there are two more, the War Horse which is quite nice and the Brewsters Andromeda which is a good foil to the former. don't know exact count now but must be around 40 !!
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Had a few lunchtime and been on the piss since 5:30 but like a true professional i fought my way to the bar in the JDW and have ticked off the Ghost Train and the Full Cry neither of which are great. Think that's 48 with just the Silver Mist and Hopocalypse thing left.
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I had the Vale Hopocalypse in The George,Croydon on Tuesday per match.I was expecting a hop bomb given the name,but it was a modest golden coloured best bitter with not much citrus hit.Didn't have a second and went straight on the Dark Star brews after that.Managed to shift the last of my 4th Quarter vouchers however.
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My last new beer of the festival was the Silver Mist that I found in my local Spoons on Saturday, despite them saying they had no festivals ales and having already put their prices back up. It was quite a disappointing beer as the lat one to be honest, and will probably be in my bottom 5.
So once again I finished on 49, and in similar circumstances. The last time I spotted the 50th but it has just gone. This time I spotted the errant beer, The Hopocalypse Vale, on my travels but it had the ‘available soon’ tag. I’m not too bothered as 50 would have been perfection and would leave me nothing to aim for next time, apart maybe trying to go for 50 plus all the ciders (think I ticked off three of those this time).
But today I find myself in somewhat of a quandary, arranging to meet someone in the Hamilton Hall Liverpool St Station * at lunchtime I entered to find the Hopocalypse Vale !! I had to have one of course, I actually had a couple as this could well sneak into my top 5. However by my own self-imposed rules, as Roger will confirm, I’ve always said that beers drunk after the festival has ended don’t count.
So I have rather been hoist by my own petard and find myself stuck on 49 again.
When I get time I’ll work out my top and bottom 5 and post them.
* For those interested, this pub was closed for a few days last week due to technical problems which probably means they have a few festival ales left. As well as the Hopocalypse Vale, I spotted the American heather ale thing, the Mordue Lubelski, GK IPA Reserve, the Double Maxim and the big-hitting Moonraker, which I may go back for a pint of later.
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Another valiant festival effort Millay, including the magic-spoons-about with London Midland.
I've hardly ticked any festival ales this time - tbh I've not seen many encouraging descriptions, in these pages, of those on offer and presumed it's not been one of their best selections by some distance...
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