Beer of the Week (w/e 23rd February 2014)

[Bucking Fastard]

Good week for me,with some fine brews.

Fullers -- ESB (3PT)
Oakham -- Citra
XT -- XT5
Titanic -- Plum Porter
Portobello -- American Pale Ale
Portobello -- VPA
Dark Star -- American Pale Ale


BOTW goes to Titanic Plum Porter in the terrific Black Lion.I never thought I would utter the words excellent ale and Leighton Buzzard in the same sentence.


Next week end of month drinking including a trip down Leather Lane to Craft Beer Co.Could be awesome,more likely messy.

[Wittenden]

Could do better:
Three beers, none scoring more than 3.5, though no stinkers, so no award given.
Rother Valley-Level Best 4% abv. Tired, slightly hazy
Harveys-Sussex Best Bitter 4%abv.Best of the bunch,not so unimpeacheable this time.
Shepherd Neame Whitstable Bay Pale Ale-3.9%abv. Pleasantly hoppy,but followed by metallic tang.

[Aqualung]

A smaller selection this week with only one indifferent beer from Cottage, a brewery who seem to have completely lost the plot.

Hopcraft Tidy Bitter 4.0%
Cottage Duchess 4.2%
Sambrook's Pumphouse Pale Ale 4.2%
Brentwood Gold 4.3%
Prescott Track Record 4.4%
Brodie's American Brown 4.8%
Hopcraft Reign Of Terror 4.8%
Wobbly Welder 4.8%
Brodie's Old Street Pale 5.0%
Hopcraft Simcoe Plus 5.4%
Caledonian / Tyler King Oatmeal Stout 5.5%
Black Flag White Cross IPA 5.7%
Time and Tide Calista IPA 6.1%
Gloucester Black Simcoe 6.2%
Mikkeller It's Alive Mango (Keykeg) 8.0%
Mikkeller Black 18 (Keykeg) 18.0%

The award has to go to Hopcraft for their Simcoe Plus, possibly not one for the brown beer brigade but an absolute classic of the type and the Old Street was in good form this week!

BOTW Hopcraft Simcoe Plus

[hondo]

Loch Lomond - Bonnie n Blonde