Beer of the Week (w/e 16th December 2012)
london calling: Brupond Ain'cho Mums Porter
hondo: Williams Brothers Caesar Augustus
Spinko: Blackjack First Deal
Oggwyn Trench: St Austell Trelawney
Aqualung: Howling Hops American Amber Ale
Mobyduck: Darkstar Hophead
Bucking Fastard: Mordue Howay in a Manger
oldboots: Nethergate Umbel Magna Porter
Wittenden: Thornbridge Jaipur
Thuck Phat: Oakham Bishops Farewell
Pubsignman: Westerham 1965 Special Bitter Ale
ROBCamra: Pin-Up Milk Stout
Last edited by ROBCamra; 20-12-2012 at 13:09.
A pub is for life not just for Christmas
Mostly Heineken in the snooker club last night due to horribly busy pubs in Manc city centre..be right back..
mostly good beers this week few duds
arbor /raw-coconut porter
london fields -shoreditch triangle ipa
mighty oak -bingle jelles
tiny rebel -chocaholic
were the best of them but the best was a new brewery from London
brupond -ain,cho mums porter- a great chillie porter not something i though i would ever say about a chillie beer.
Williams brothers - caesar augustus
"Do I know where hell is? hell is in hello"
Blackjack - First Deal
Enjoyed a couple of these in the slightly surreal Gaslamp. Gaslamp
Poor week for me this weekwith only a couple of pre-match pints in the Charles Darwin
St Austell - Trelawney
Marstons - Kohatu
BOTW St Austell - Trelawney
Theres a Man with a Mullet going Mad with a Mallet in Millets !
A mixed bag of beers this week only the Cottage and Abbeydale weren't up to much but the BOTW is Nethergate Umbel Magna Porter
Nethergate Umbel Magna Porter
Shepherd Neame Bishops Finger
Fullers Bengal Lancer
Hardknott Infrared
Abbeydale Absolution
Wychwood Hobgoblin
Magic Rock Curious
Copper Dragon North Star
Cottage AEC Regal
Kirkstall Dissolution IPA
Moorhouses Black Cat
Knaresborough New World IPA
Oakham Inferno
Ilkley Victorian Porter
Derbyshire and neighbouring counties:
Batemans XB:Fine but unfashionable,malty session bitter.
Bradfield Farmers Belgium Blueark ruby,spicy berries ,earthy, leaf tea.
Marston's EPA: Decent pint of a dull beer.
Marston's Pedigree: decent pint of Ped.
Thornbridge Jaipur IPA: intense, seroius ,floral, easily drinkable.
Thornbridge Kipling: Lovely fruity and seductive beer.
Thornbridge Wild Swan: Pennine session beer. Good flavour for the aBV
Peak Ales Noggin Filler 5%abv:Good mellow dark 'un.
Abbeydale Frostbite 4.3%abv: pale 'n' hoppy.Spice, citrus,long bitter finish.
Abbeydale Absolution 5.1%abv.Touch sweeter and more earthy than much Pennine stuff.Good and English.
Oakwell Barnsley Bitter 3.8%abv. Back in the day-before my time-the former incarnation of this was proper fighting juice.Anyway, this is a prime mid brown session ale,nutty with blackberry.
On reflection , my BOTW is Thornbridge Jaipur, because I've been looking for this for at least 5 years, and surprisingly it justified the hype. On the whole, I prefer Kipling from the Thornbridge beers tried to date, and I tend to favour the more earthy Abbeydale ales to the uber hygenic Thornbridge.
"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.
Another very quiet week with just the two sampled: Hobgoblin It's Christmas, a touch too sweet and malty for me and the ever excellent BOTW Oakham Bishops Farewell, which I've now discovered you can make delicious bread from as well as drinking.
It's been a while since I've seen anything from Westerham around these parts, but I managed to find two of them on Friday night - God's Wallop and an excellent pint of Westerham 1965 Special Bitter Ale, which pips Gales HSB this week.
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