Beer of the Week (w/e 13th October 2013)
trainman: Brewster's Rutterkin
Bucking Fastard: Shipyard Double Thumper
Aqualung: Kelham Island Pale Rider
Real Ale Ray: Prescott Track Record
Mobyduck: Dark Star Greenhopped IPA
london calling: Dark Star Greenhopped IPA
Wittenden: Copper Dragon Best Bitter
oldboot: Hambleton Nutty Native
Thuck Phat: Shipyard Double Thumper
Oggwyn Trench: Ironbridge Citra 48 Special
ROBCamra: Long Man American Pale Ale
Last edited by ROBCamra; 18-10-2013 at 10:17.
A pub is for life not just for Christmas
Brewster's Rutterkin at Beeston's Vic.
First pint of a great day of good beer around Nottingham yesterday. A wonderful beer town.
A fair selection ,getting some proper autumn weather on the canal too.
Marston's -- Pedigree
Banks's -- Black Diamond . My take on this ale is that it's like a lowish strength porter.
Joules -- Pale Ale
Shipyard -- Double Thumper . A collaberation between this US micro and Marston's ,brewed in Ringwood.
Salopian -- Hop Twister
The Hop Twister was good but BOTW goes to Shipyard Double Thumper which whistled past the three pint test at lunchtime in The Junction,Norbury Junction.Great balance between the malts and hops,got that marmalade finish.A revelation from Marston's ,maybe this is their new approach to upgrade their range by signing up deals with US micros who know what they are doing on the brewing front.
Last edited by Bucking Fastard; 13-10-2013 at 12:49.
"Good people drink good beer" Hunter S Thompson
Originally Posted by Bucking Fastard
According to EU laws it is technically illegal to navigate while intoxicated but the standard of steerage towards Brewood was exemplary.I must have metabolised the ale very rapidly.
"Good people drink good beer" Hunter S Thompson
No wonder I feel rough today looking at the strengths of these :-
Hepworth Harvest Ale 4.5%*
Siren Undercurrent 4.5%
Dark Star American Pale Ale 4.7%*
Hopcraft Graveyard Eyes 5.0%
Everard Cambridge Belgian IPA 5.0%*
Stonehenge Old Smokey 5.0%*
Wharfebank Wispa IPA 5.1%
Redemption Fellowship Porter 5.1%
Kelham Island Pale Rider 5.2%*
Clouded Minds Airlock IPA 5.4%
Tap East IPA 5.6%
Banks's Harpoon IPA 5.9%
Shoreditch Triangle IPA 6.0%*
Adnam's Sixpoint Bengali Tiger 6.4%*
O'Hanlons Brewers Special Reserve 12.9%*
The ones with a star were all good, but the award goes to Kelham Island Pale Rider (£2.30) which was spot on in the glamorous surroundings of the Beaten Docket in Cricklewood.
BOTW Kelham Island Pale Rider
An odd one this week, from a brewery whose beers don't normally appeal to me but Hambleton Nutty Native was most unlike their usual stuff. In spite of the name it's not a MILD, pale-ish with a touch of sweetness but with hints of New World hopping - interesting. Drinking the first pint out a new barrel in their excellent brewery tap helped of course.
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