Beer of the Week (w/e 28th July 2013)

[london calling]

Quite a few hoppy or according to the brewer hoppy beers
kernel -cascade pale
titanic -white star
youngs -hummingbird
darkstar -hophead
weltons -walzing matilda
shipyard -independence
but I really liked the Nicolson -ipa 6.0 brewed at St Austall

[PaulOfHorsham]

Go on then, since it was memorably good: Bristol Beer Factory's Bitter Kiwi - 5% Pale ale with aromatic NZ hops. Really strong tropical fruit aromas and a hugely refreshing drink (so be careful!) - that's what they say and seems fair enough to me. Sampled as part of the Nicholson's beer festival, as was Madness collaboration 'Gladness' which I'm hoping was in bad condition rather than "supposed to taste like that".

[Wittenden]

Session beers, taken in passing.
Box Steam Brewery-Half Sovereign 3.4%abv.Amber, long bitter finish.Quite flavoursome for the low ABV. A new (out of County) brewery for me.
Pig and Porter-Ashburnham Pale Ale 3.8% abv. Well made pale ale,lots of Kent and Sussex hops, on gravity in the Three Chimneys. A Sussex based "Cuckoo" brewery of some promise.
Tonbridge Brewery-Copperknob3.8%abv.Coppery session bitter.Plenty of Kent Goldings and Challenger, with , unusually, Fuggles from France, perish the thought. Exceptionally drinkable,taken at the Bell and Jorrocks.
Close run thing between the Pig and Porter and the Tonbridge, my vote going to Copperknob.