A pub is for life not just for Christmas
Dark star - revelation
"Do I know where hell is? hell is in hello"
Decent week for a change.
Marston's -Pedigree
Wye Valley - HPA
Weetwood -Cheshire Cat
TT -Landlord
Joules - Pale Ale
Joules -Slumbering Monk
Marston's -Amarillo Single Hop
Sharp's -Doom Bar
BOTW goes to Wye Valley HPA in great nick in The Duke of Wellington,Lichfield.I am normally not that keen on sweet pale ales but the interesting apple flavour helped make the HPA a very decent drink.
Next week annual pilgrimage to The Harp should produce candidates for BOTW ,although the pre Wembley visit to The Euston Tap could as well.
"Good people drink good beer" Hunter S Thompson
Norfolk, Suffolk,Kent.
Brandon Brewery-Saxon Gold: 4% ABV peppery golden ale, served on a dull Monday a touch on the cold side.
Adnams-Ghost Ship:4.5%ABV. It's Adnams, but not as we know it. Crisp and grapefruit.
Adnams-Fat Sprat:3.8%ABVGoldings pepperyness and Yank citrus, a deep malt ground base; a very new seasonal classic.
Colchester Brewery-Double Brown Ale4.4%ABV Dark, ruby, chocolately. A bit on the sweet side, but a good MILD for May.
Rother Valley-Ruby Wheat4.4%ABV.I haven't had much exposure to wheat beer, so didn't know what to expect. Pleasant enough.
I've drunk Adnams beers for over 40 years, and have rarely had a bad 'un, but now they seem to be firing on all cylinders. My BOTW, and on the BOTY list-Adnams Fat Sprat.
"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.
Only been in my local this week who now have a Darkstar beer on nearly all the time due to its increasing popularity, so this makes my BOTW rather predictable ,the same as last week Darkstar American Pale Ale
Also tried this week,
Darkstar Hophead
Hogsback TEA
Vale Brill Gold
Ringwood Old Thumper
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
Very good couple of nights drinking mostly in the Station and Old Fighting Cocks who had a joint beer festival
Salopian - Matrix
Stonhenge - Great Bustard
Clun - Loophole
Backyard - Bitter
Darkstar - Sunburst
Twickenham - Smilers Ale
Oakham - Tranquility
Ironbridge - Amarillo 48 Special
Salamander - Purring Pussy
Mallinsons - Bramling Cross
Oakhams - Sock Monkey
Wye Valley - Bitter
Derventio - Gold
Reedley Hallows - Filly Close Blonde
Black Edge - IPA
Abbeydale - Ascension
BOTW Oakhams - Sock Monkey
Theres a Man with a Mullet going Mad with a Mallet in Millets !
A few to choose from this week :-
East London Brewing Co Orchid Mild 3.6%
Great Western Brewing Co Meerkat Mild 3.9%
Blindman Golden Spring 4.0%
Brodie's Pale Blend 4.2%
Greene King Ale Fresco 4.3%
Welton's Buckland Shag 4.7%
Adnam's Mayday 5.0%
Moorhouse's Pendle Witches Brew 5.1%
Milestone Fletcher's Ale 5.2%
Brodie's Oyster Tea Stout (Keykeg) 7.0%
Brodie's Citra For Breakfast (Keykeg) 10.1%
Brodie's Big Mofo Stout (Keykeg) 10.5%
As it's the tail end of Nay I am narrowing it down to the two milds and the ELB Orchid at £2.15 in the Leyton Drum just shades it. I like all of this brewer's offerings and their Orchid mild is a classic traditional example.
BOTW East London Brewing Co Orchid Mild
Quiet week for me, with only six tried:
Fernandes - Perle.
Fernandes - Malt Shovel MILD.
Fernandes - Sunshine IPA.
Ossett - Challenger MILD.
Acorn - Yorkshire Pride.
Leeds - Vienna MILD(?)
As Mild Month draws to a close, it's quite nice to be able to nominate a drop of the dark stuff as BOTW. However, with Ossett keen to point out the beer features Challenger hops, it's a warning that there's debatably too much hop character for the MILD police. Still a decent session beer though.
'And where he supped the past lived still. And where he sipped the glass brimmed full' John Barleycorn, Carol Ann Duffy.