Like Aqualung i could have plumped for Orchid Mild. i had 3 pints of it last night but the
Marks and Spencer bottled Citra ipa brewed at Oakham was superb.
Like Aqualung i could have plumped for Orchid Mild. i had 3 pints of it last night but the
Marks and Spencer bottled Citra ipa brewed at Oakham was superb.
The Keykeg offerings are all at £3.30 and range from 3.7% fruit sours to the double figure ones. I have a suspicion that The Citra For Breakfast may not have actually existed, but was wrongly labelled Big Mofo! I'm not sure where that "for breakfast" name comes from as to me the idea of knocking that stuff back for breakfast is fairly alarming.
You really don't like this beer, do you SH. I remember the polarised discussion on the 28/4 BOTW thread (which I added to yesterday). As I said on my post there, I didn't get a lot from it, possibly because it was a bit tired. Certainly, on the basis of what I drank, I wouldn't call it 'very bitter'.
'And where he supped the past lived still. And where he sipped the glass brimmed full' John Barleycorn, Carol Ann Duffy.
Tried this week:
Oakham Bishops Farewell
Pedigree
Holdens Golden Glow
Wye Valley HPA
TT Landlord
Joules Pale Ale
All of these were good and all well kept but BOTW was TT Landlord, beautifully kept at the Horse and Jockey in Lichfield.
Thanks for pointing that thread out - I missed it at the time.
A "Marmite" beer indeed. I think my reaction was more to do with having expected a MILD only to be assaulted by lots of New World hoppiness. If it had been described accurately, I either wouldn't have ordered it or would at least have known what to expect.
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A cycle trip to Suffolk last week included a couple of pub stops - thirsty work, that cycling .
Sam Smiths Dark MILD (keg) 2.8% here
Blue Cow Best Bitter 4.2%
Milestone Lions Pride 3.8%
Oldershaw Grantham Dark (MILD) 3.6%
Timothy Taylor Golden Best (MILD) 3.5% here
Woodfordes Wherry 3.8% here
Earl Soham/Cliff Quay Bitter 3.4% here
Nethergate Ruby Ale (Bottled) 4.2%
Nethergate Old Growler (porter) (bottled) 5.5%
Nethergate Growler Bitter 3.9% here
Marstons Pedigree 4.5%
Blue Monkey 99 Red Baboons 4.2% here after catching a train to the Peak District - thirsty work, that train riding.
Oakwell Dark MILD 3.4% here
Thornbridge Black Harry (MILD) 3.9% here
Thwaites Nutty Black (MILD) (bottled) 3.8%
Bakewell Swift Nick 3.8% here
Salamander Tree Hugger (porter) 4.8%
Sawbridgeworth Selhurst Park Flyer 3.8%
As usual, although I enjoyed the Wherry in Norfolk, and the Old Growler bottled porter was very good indeed, the Beer of the Week for me was at the Blake after returning to Sheffield, a toss up between the Tree Hugger and the Selhurst Park Flyer. I'll go for the Sawbridgeworth Selhurst Park Flyer in celebration of W*tf*rd losing to Crystal Palace at Wembley.
Come On You Hatters!