Arbor - Greenhorn Rising
Arbor - Greenhorn Rising
Another pretty good week.
Rudgate -- Ruby Mild
Woodforde -- Wherry
Caledonian -- Deuchars IPA
Timothy Taylor -- Landlord
Sam Smith's -- Old Brewery Bitter
Burning Sky -- Aurora
Burning Sky -- Plateau
Kent Brewery -- Cobnut
Grain -- Best Bitter
Moor -- Nor' Hop (unfined)
Siren Song /Wychwood -- Session IPA
Dark Star -- Revelation
BOTW goes to Burning Sky Aurora,an exceptional APA in the Holborn Whippet,and just about pint of the year so far.
Leamington,Knowle and Brum make up the next bit of boating and should deliver many contenders next week.
"Good people drink good beer" Hunter S Thompson
Despite being hampered by a chest infection this week ,still managed some self medication,
Darkstar Hophead
Darkstar American Pale Ale
Cheddar Bitter Bully
Cheddar Goats Leap IPA
Charles Wells/Dogfish Head DNA BOTW, subtle yet full of flavour that stays the distance.
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
Kent and Norfolk:
Shepherd Neame-Early Bird 4.35abv. Hoppy, but with a metallic afternote.
Harveys-Sussex Best Bitter 4%avb.Unimpeacheable.
Adnams-Mosaic Pale ale 4.1%abv. Poor condition.Interesting tropical fruit flavours but a disassociation between hop and malt.Disappointing.
Old Dairy-Spring Top 4%abv A really good Kentish Pale Ale. Peppery hops.
Adnams-Oyster Stout 4.3%abv. A good dark'un,with that seaweedy tang that I don't often find in Adnams any more.
Woodefords-Wherry. 3.8%abv. Old school bitter-earthy biscuits.
Adnams-Southwold Bitter 3.7%abv. I often forget how much I like this;old fashioned bitter with an east coast tang.
Very close call between the Oyster Stout and the Spring Top.Old Dairy Spring Top my BOTW
"At that moment I would have given a kingdom, not for champagne or hock and soda, or hot coffee but for a glass of beer" Marquess Curzon of Kedlestone, Viceroy of India.
Redwillow - Seamless
"Do I know where hell is? hell is in hello"
A very quiet week, with just the four tried.
Cottage - Mittlefruh.
Copper Dragon - West Coast Pale.
Bob's - Chardonnayle.
Five Towns - Monster Mash.
Easy winner was the MM.
'And where he supped the past lived still. And where he sipped the glass brimmed full' John Barleycorn, Carol Ann Duffy.