Demonbrew - Firehead
Demonbrew - Firehead
"Do I know where hell is? hell is in hello"
An eclectic mix this week, but a clear winner in Quantum Grimley's Brown Bombshell tried at the NWAF
Rudgate - Northern Light
Rudgate - Jorvik Blonde
North Yorkshire - Temptation
Hornbeam - White Swan
Dunham Massey - Porter
Brains - Dark
Purple Moose - Dark Side of the Moose
Quantum - Grimleys Brown Bombshell
Worthington - White Shield
Wapping - Winter Ale
Thwaites - Old Dan
Thwaites - Fallen Nun
Hogs Back - A o T
Pheonix - Wobbly Bob
Copper Dragon - Golden Pippin
York - Guzzler
Just two pints of Leeds Midnight Bell all week. Fortunately, it was in good nick and therefore worthy of nomination!
'And where he supped the past lived still. And where he sipped the glass brimmed full' John Barleycorn, Carol Ann Duffy.
darkstar-art of darkness gets my vote.Getting addicted to hoppy beers.
After two dismal weeks without anything to merit a nomination, it was a welcome return to the good stuff this week, thanks to crawls in Hartlepool, York and Crystal Palace. Lots of worthy pints including:
Maxim Swedish Blonde,
Roosters Franklin,
Consett Stout,
Tempest Cresta Black,
York Centurion's Ghost and
Hardknott Infra Red.
But these were all pipped by a luscious pint of Saltaire Cream Stout, enjoyed in the fantastic Swan, York.
Well the NWAF gave me plenty of (free) choice this week and I still think the Dunham Massey Porter was great.
I'm going to go for a winter ale, but not from the festival.
It was tried at The Regal Moon (JD Wetherspoon)
Titanic Iron Curtain very rich and full bodied but with lots of hops as well.
At 6% it needs to be treated with care, so I didn't and had 3 pints.
A pub is for life not just for Christmas