Beer of the Week (w/e 3rd November 2013)

[ROBCamra]

Real Ale Ray: Byatts Coventry Bitter
Mobyduck: Siren Craft Ryezing Tide IPA
Bucking Fastard: Hart Family Brewers 1833 IPA
Aqualung: London Fields Shoreditch Triangle
london calling: Fyne Jarl
Wittenden: Old Dairy Tiger Top
hondo: Titanic White Star
Thuck Phat: Fullers Red Fox
aleandhearty: Revolutions / Five Towns - Scary Monsters Black IPA/Super Creeps IPA
Oggwyn Trench: Scarborough Chinook
oldboots: Hexhamshire Devils Elbow
ROBCamra: Slaughterhouse Green Hopper

[Real Ale Ray]

Byatts - Coventry Bitter

[Mobyduck]

An average week transformed by a Saturday afternoon spent in the Nags Head,
Wild Weather Ales - Sundowner 3.4%
Wild Weather Ales - Little Wind 4.2%
Wild Weather Ales - Stormbringer 4.5%
Darkstar - Greenhopped IPA 6.5%
Tillingbourne - The Source 3.3%
Gadd's - Rye Pale Ale 4.0%
Great Newsome - Pricky Back Otchan 4.2%
Hopcraft - New Dawn Fades 4.8%
Hopcraft - Mosaic Plus 5.0%
Hopcraft -Napoleon Complex 3.9%
Pixie Spring - Prince Of Bengal IPA 5.5%
Siren Craft - Ryezing Tide IPA 7.4 %
XT - Eight 4.5%

A very tough decision this week, Greenhopped was as good as ever but after being top for the last three weeks Iv'e disqualified it,all the beers drunk in the Nags were better than good but it comes down to a shoot out between the ,
Hopcraft - Mosaic Plus and the Siren Craft - Ryezing Tide IPA, cant really split them but there has to be a winner so the BOTW goes to -
Siren Craft - Ryezing Tide IPA.

[Bucking Fastard]

Modest week but some decent ale.

Marston's brewed -- Bass
Jennings -- Cocker Hoop
Hart Family brewers -- 1833 IPA
Tunnel -- Tradewinds IPA
York -- Guzzler
St Austell -- Tribute
Vale -- Best Bitter

The clear winner of BOTW was Hart Family Brewers 1833 IPA bottled conditioned and consumed on the long lockfree pound between Fradley and Fazeley.Lots of initial malts giving way to deep hoppiness with a 6.6% poke.Very fine IPA indeed.

Next week, more anesthetic in The George required before the first Saturday 3pm kick off this season.

[Aqualung]

The last of the Spoons festival this week with three new ones tried bringing my total to 40 of the 50.

Brodie's Mild 3.6%
Caledonian Poltergeist Porter 4.0%
Cotleigh Lemon Ale 4.3%
Castle Rock Preservation Bitter 4.3%
Rooster's All Star 4.3%
Brewster's Aromatic Porter 4.5%
Titanic Cappuccino 4.5%
Okell's Jiarg 4.7%
Caledonian Ninkasi Cream Ale 4.5%
Greene King Abbot Ale 5.0%
Adnams Stone Supremely Self-Conscious Black IPA 5.0%
Brodie's Old Street Pale 5.0%
Hook Norton Flagship 5.3%
London Fields Shoreditch Triangle 6.0%
Batemans Hazelnut Brownie 6.3%

The winner is London Fields Shoreditch Triangle for £2.30 at the Drum in E10 which rescued what was looking like a disappointing afternoon.

BOTW London Fields Shoreditch Triangle

[london calling]

Only 4 beers drank this week but the
Fyne -Jarl was as good as ever.

[Wittenden]

In the forests of the night

Old Dairy -Tiger Top:4%abv. Moreish down to earth best bitter.Amber, gratifying malt and English hop undertow.My BOTW

[oldboots]

Loads to choose from, a couple of mingers (stand up Abbots Confession for one) but BOTW is certainly not one for the hopheads

Hexhamshire Devils Elbow

Ilkley Mary Jane
Hawkshead Lakeland Gold
Caledonian XPA
Marble Dobber
Knaresborough XY IPA
Animal Miolling
Great Heck Dave
Old Mill Bitter
Rat Flying Rat
Coach House Regency
Raw Edge Pale Ale
Salamander Mud Puppy
Traditional Scottish Ales ROK
Greene King Abbots Confession
St Peters Extra
Marstons Pedigree
Peak Ales Bakewell Best
Shiny Wrench Stout
Hopcraft New Dawn Fades
Owen Taylors Business as usual
Naked Brewer Revenge
Tolgate Red October
Derby Brewing Derby Dunkel

[ROBCamra]

Trips to Leamington Spa, Warwick, Gloucester & Shrewsbury last week gave quite a bit of choice.

But I'm going to give BOTW to Slaughterhouse Green Hopper tried at the brewery tap the excellent The Wild Boar in Warwick.

BOTW at my POTM a double whammy!