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    Default Beer of the Week (w/e 25th November 2012)

    hondo: Inveralmond Pundie
    london calling: Cromarty Rogue Wave
    Bucking Fastard: Oakham Winter Wraith
    Mobyduck: Darkstar Hophead
    oldboots: Knaresborough Steak & Ale Beef Stout
    Thuck Phat: Great Oakley Gobble
    Wittenden: Darkstar Hophead
    Aqualung: Redemption Big Chief
    Oggwyn Trench: Salopian Oracle
    Pubsignman: Windsor and Eton Canberra
    ROBCamra: Blue Bee Nectar Pale
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    Inveralmond Brewery - Pundie
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    Nothing last night hit the spot but some good beers earlier in the week
    tiny rebel-full nelson
    liverpool organic -stella gold
    franklins -citra ipa was very good.
    but the winner was from a very good new scottish brewery
    cromarty -rogue wave

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    Another winner from Oakham gets BOTW ,namely their Winter Wraith.Dark,rich,nutty yet with that trademark intensely bitter Oakham finish this pint raised my spirits on a very wet and windy day in Northampton,served in the outstanding Malt Shovel.

    Next week heading to The Falcon,Clapham Junction which always seems like a permanent beer festival and should provide fodder for BOTW.
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    Limited choice this week,
    Hopback Odyssey
    Woodforde's Wherry
    Marston's Double Drop
    And lashings and lashings of my BOTW
    Darkstar Hophead
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    A clear winner this week, Knaresborough Steak & Ale Beef Stout brewed with real beef, much better than it sounds and brewed to a very old recipe in collaboration with Kirkstall Brewery, incredibly drinkable at 6.5% the only hint of its strength is in the nose. For the record this is what it was up against:

    Mordue Lubelski
    Acorn Barnsley Bitter
    Acorn Red 1887
    Acorn Old Moor Porter
    Theakstons Masham Glory
    Rat Brown Rat
    Magic Rock High Wire NZ
    Scarborough Mild

    plus some excellent bottles from the likes of Nogne O,Chimay and Anchor (the long established US micro brewer in San Fransisco, they seem to have dropped the Steam Beer part of the name) but I don't usually count bottled beers for this.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mobyduck View Post
    And lashings and lashings of my BOTW
    Darkstar Hophead
    Me too, without the lashing.
    "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.

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    Boating in and around Northampton yielded:
    Elgoods 3 Dane Elgoods
    Pedigree
    Old Empire IPA
    Oakham Mompessons Gold, Winter Wraith, Bishops Farewell
    Franklins Grumpy Guvnor
    Great Oakley Gobble
    Black Sheep

    A good selection with everything by Oakham excellent as ever but BOTW was Great Oakley Gobble. Amber coloured and fruity but still nicely bitter and full of flavour at 4.5%. Who'd turn down a fruity Gobble?

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    It was quite a good week for me with some new local brews, a quick trip to the refurbished Bell, two new Brodie’s and the welcome return of an old Brodie’s favourite.


    London Fields Hackney Hopster 4.2%
    Vale Hopocalypse 4.3%
    Mordue Lubelski 4.5%
    Robinson's Double Hop 5.0%
    Brodie's Dr Rudi Pale 5.0%
    Redemption Fellowship Porter 5.1%
    Brodie's Jamaican Stout 5.3%
    Redemption Big Chief 5.5%
    Tap East Porter 6.4%
    Brodie's Mentol Brown 6.5%
    Brodie's Citra For Breakfast 10.1% (Keykeg)
    Brodie's Imperial IPA 11.0% (Keykeg)
    Brodie's Romanov Stout 12.1% (Keykeg)

    Plus an honourable mention for Gwynt Y Ddraig Dog Dancer Cider at £1.99 a pint.

    The four contenders are three of the Brodie’s, namely Jamaican Stout, Dr Rudi and Mentol Brown along with the Redemption Big Chief.

    I feel obliged to give the edge to rhe Big Chief, as I can’t be certain when I will come across it again. It was served on gravity in impeccable condition at the Waltham Forest Council Social Club beer festival.
    It’s a classic American style IPA with a massive hop and malt flavour. I was going to nominate it for the Good Bad and Ugly list but it’s already there!!

    I would say that the Jamaican Stout ran it very close indeed.

    BOTW Redemption Big Chief

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    Bit of a frustrating week, with lots of beer from normally reliable breweries (Titanic, Marble, Kelham Island) all off form.

    BOTW therefore goes to Windsor and Eton Canberra, which is an unusal brew using hops from Australia and New Zealand as well as a bit of Canadian Maple Syrup. Nicely balanced though and I wouldn't mind trying more of it, although I think it's a limited edition.

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