BOTW Northumberland - Carnivale
BOTW Northumberland - Carnivale
been drinking for most of the week Darkstar Greenhopped IPA ,a case of make hay while the sun shines,
also had ,
Darkstar Hophead,
Springhead Roaring Meg
Sharps Own
But the clear BOTW for the second week running is Darkstar Greenhopped IPA.
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
plenty of good beers to choose from.the best of them were
london brewing -highrise
london brewing -skyline
london brewing -vista
kernal -red brick
mallinsons -castlehill premium
peerless -triple blonde
but the winner was another greenhop beer from a brewery i dont rate
nelson -green horn 4.0
cheers
They must be doing something right.Originally Posted by london calling
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
they certainly got this one right.i normally dont try their beer but as this was a green hop i gave it a go and was rewarded.
Yorkshire and adjacent counties:
Jennings -Crag Rat.An OK golden ale.
Black Sheep-Progress. Hold the front page-BLack Sheep have discovered hops after 20 years.Nutty amber with long rasping hop finish.
Yorkshire Dales-Muker Silver.An old favourite inspite of myself. Very pale, very hoppy, very austere.
Theakston -Old Peculier.Another old favourite.Black as sin and as rewarding.
Wensleydale-Semer Water Summer aleGood to see this selling well at the Coverbridge.Pale, citrus,background sweetness.
Wall's-The Dark Side.An exceptionally good Milk Stout-thought it was a porter-from a new brewery for me, again at the Coverbridge. Black, again, with a lasting tight white head.Hedgerow fruits with a dry finish. Wonderful.
Theakston-Best Bitter. A welcome blast from the past. Clover in the palate.
My [U]BOTW-Wall's-The Dark Side
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"At that moment I would have given a kingdom, not for champagne or hock and soda, or hot coffee but for a glass of beer" Marquess Curzon of Kedlestone, Viceroy of India.
Plenty tried this week for a change and most were very good quality:
Oakham Scarlet Macaw, Bishops Farewell
Wentworth Bumble Beer
Milestone Olde English Ale
Titanic White Star, Plum Porter
Pheonix West Coast IPA
Red Willow Shameless IPA
George Wright Pipe Dream
Buxton Kinder Stout
Allgates Tutti i Cancelli Tipo
Bass
Acorn Millenium IPA
Weetwood Old Dog
Townhouse Audley Gold
As Mr Fastard notes, the Audley Gold was very good as were the Shameless IPA, Kinder Stout and both Oakham beers. The Weetwood Old Dog was old dog. BOTW was Titanic Plum Porter - magnificent!
Some dullish beers this weekand some very good ones
Marstons - EPA
Marstons - Burton Bitter
Banks - Mild
Milltown - High Flyer
Pictish - Warrior
Salamander - Love Bug
Six Bells - Supper
White Horse - Saracen IPA
Plain Ales - Inncognito Port Stout
Imperial - Mysterious Blonde
The Imperial was very good but BOTW is Plain Ales - Inncognito Port Stout , very black and very smooth , full of flavour
Theres a Man with a Mullet going Mad with a Mallet in Millets !
Another quiet-ish week, but fortunately some of those tasted were bang on form.Tried this week:
Old Mill - Blonde Bombshell.
Roosters - Yankee.
Bowman - Eldorado.
Golcar - Dark MILD.
Raw - JR Best Bitter.
Acorn - Old Moor Porter.
Ironbridge - IPA.
Rat Brewery - Red Rat.
Fernandes - Ghost of Luis.
Fernandes - Double Six.
Not a cigarette paper between the MILD, Porter and Red Rat, but I'll give it to the latter - a wonderfully aromatic red ale, dry hopped with Simcoe.
'And where he supped the past lived still. And where he sipped the glass brimmed full' John Barleycorn, Carol Ann Duffy.
Some very fine ale in Macclesfield,Kidsgrove and Stone with BOTW going to Townhouse Audley Gold,with a fragrant nose,easy quaff and a solid bitter finish served in peak condition in The Blue Bell,Kidsgrove.
Pushing south later in the week down the T&M and Coventry Canals so still in good ale country for now.
"Good people drink good beer" Hunter S Thompson
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