Beer of the Week (w/e 4th August 2013)

[ROBCamra]

hondo: Harbour Brewing Company Light Ale
Mobyduck: Wild Weather Ales Little Wind
Bucking Fastard: Blythe Bagot Bitter
Aqualung: Howling Hops Special Weizen
Wittenden: Old Dairy Sun Top Pale Ale
london calling: Buxton Spa
gillhalfpint: Malvern Hills Black Pear
Thuck Phat: Brancaster Oystercatcher
PaulOfHorsham: Fullers Sticky Wicket
oldboots: Holts Two Hoots
aleandhearty: Tigertops Simply Simcoe
ROBCamra: Greenfield Silver Owl

[hondo]

Harbour Brewing Company - Light Ale

[Mobyduck]

BOTW - Wild Weather Ales - Little Wind.
"Little Wind is a deep amber ale with a touch of copper
where lovely hop flavours dance on the lingering malty base, 4.2 %".
Well I dont know about all that but it was nice enough to be my BOTW even if it was a bit brown (deep amber).

[Bucking Fastard]

A bit of variety but not a blow out week by any means.

Banks's -- Bitter
Marston's -- Pedigree
GK -- "Morland" Original
Blythe -- Bagot Bitter
McMullens -- Country Bitter

BOTW by a long chalk was Blythe Bagot Bitter,a refreshing light golden ale supped in The Yorkshireman while waiting for a train at Rugeley Trent Valley


Back on the move up the T&M ,heading north into top boozing territory visiting some old favourites and a few new pubs around Stoke and Leek.Should be a very good week coming up.

[Aqualung]

A steady week with little that was all that good (in good nick rather than rubbish beer).

Leeds Yorkshire Gold 4.0%
Wickwar Bob 4.0%
Marston's Single Hop Pacific Gem 4.0%
London Fields Hackney Hopster 4.2%
Adnam's Ghost Ship 4.5%
Orkney Dark Island 4.6%
Nethergate Essex Border 4.8%
Howling Hops Special Weizen 5.2%
Theakston's Olde Peculiar 5.6%
Brodie's Dalston Black (Keykeg) 7.0%




The Marston's Single Hop was the only beer in good nick in the Drum, but a brew like this should be 5% not 4%. This leaves tbe Dark Island which was good but rather sweeter than I remember it, so it goes to the Howling Hops Special Weizen on sale in the William IV as a guest for £2.60. It was a typical cloudy wheat beer but with a big hop aroma and flavour.


BOTW Howling Hops Special Weizen

[Wittenden]

Quiet week: only draught beer as follows.
Old Dairy-Sun Top Pale ale 3.6ABV,rebadged as Summer Surf atThe Vineyards, Lamberhurst. On well chilled gravity dispense.Crisply citrussy, great on a hot day.
Harvey's Sussex Best Bitter 4%ABV at the same house.Unimpeacheable, but lacking top condition.
MY BOTW, and not for the first time, Sun Top. On the bottled front, a couple of "splits" of Dark Side of the Moo from Old Dairy went down a treat.
Too apathetic and lethargic to make it down to the village beer festival.

[london calling]

Rather good week for beers and the beer of the week was going to be one of these 3
late knights -morning glory
stonehouse -station bitter
longman -best bitter
all brown beers but I went down my local tonight and was blown away by
Buxton -spa a beer I have had before but tonight it was Awesome.

[oldboots]

Not a hugely interesting week:

Pennine Amber Necker
Pennine Natural Gold
Pennine Real Blonde
Wold Top Bitter
York Guzzler
Tetleys Cask
Rudgate Viking
Rudgate Jorvik Blonde
Copper Dragon Golden Pippin
Roosters White Rose
Flying Dog Wildeman (bottle but in a pub)
Holts Two Hoots
Collingham Artisan
Goose Eye Black Moor

The Golden Pippin was very nice on a hot day in a pub overlooking sunny Nidderdale but an unexpected BOTW Holts Two Hoots