Beer of the Week (w/e 6th July 2014)
Thuck Phat: Oakham Bishops Farewell
Mobyduck: St Austell Proper Job
Aqualung: Kissingate Extreme Stout
london calling: Clouded Minds Dolce Vita
Real Ale Ray: Peerless Slider Gold
hondo: Geeves Fully Laden
Wittenden: Old Dairy Red Top
aleandhearty: Star Astral
oldboots: Mallinsons Nelson Sauvin
Bucking Fastard: Great Heck Simcoe
ROBCamra: Wold Top Hello Velo
Last edited by ROBCamra; 15-07-2014 at 11:02.
A pub is for life not just for Christmas
Oakham Bishops Farewell
Darkstar - Hophead, American Pale Ale and Hylder Blonde
St Austell -Proper Job
Otter-Otter Bitter
Ascot Ales - Monsters in the Dark
Annams- Ghostship
Burning Sky- Plateau
360 degrees -West Coast IPA
Long Man - Long Blonde
Laines - Copa
Brewdog - 5AM Saint (bottle)
Brewdog -Punk IPA (bottle)
West Berks - IPAnema
The Hophead was spot on this week, but beer of the week goes to the first offering of the week, St Austell Proper Job, It was the Proper Job.
Last edited by Mobyduck; 06-07-2014 at 17:52.
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
With a visit to the Dark Star brewery tap I fully expected one of their beers to provide this week's winner but it wasn't to be :-
Hall & Woodhouse Sussex Bitter 3.5%
Dark Star Hophead 3.8%
Kingbeer Horsham Best 3.8%
Dark Star Partridge Best 4.0%
Portobello Pale 4.0%
Brain's SA Gold 4.3%
Brentwood Summer Virgin 4.5%
Firebird Brewing Old Ale XXXX 4.5%
Dark Star American Pale Ale 4.7%
Banks's Independence 4.7%
Hall & Woodhouse Tanglefoot 4.9%
Dark Star Trial Brew (Citrus & Wheat) 5.2%
Firebird Brewing Paleface APA 5.2%
Hopcraft Citraic 5.5%
Dark Star Le IPA 5.6%
Kissingate Extreme Stout 6.0%
Clouded Minds Dolce Vita IPA 6.2%
The Le IPA (a Tour De France beer) and the Trial Brew were the nearest contenders and with freshly cleaned lines would have been winners but the most impressive one turned out to be Kissingate Extreme Stout at £2.70 in the Lynd Cross in Horsham where earlier on I had the worst pint of the week!
This is really more of a stronger porter than a Stout but washed down the Spoons Cod and Chips really well.
BOTW Kissingate Extreme Stout
EDIT: I've just discovered that Le IPA is a collaboration with Saltaire Brewery (I thought the clip looked different!), not a brewery that I'm familiar with but I'm sure I've seen those from Oop North praising them. This makes my theory that the lines needed cleaning in the Partridge an even bigger disappointment. I'm almost tempted to nip down in the morning to the Harp who have a barrel just for comparison's sake!
Last edited by Aqualung; 06-07-2014 at 23:33.
Two nights out this week so plenty of choice and the beers were mostly above average.
brains -golden mane
siren -biere de gottiere
arbor -mortueka
wadsworth -ipenema v good
hackney -nz pale ale v good
tintagel -arthurs ale
tintagel -harbour special
gyle 59-ipa v good
Twickenham -maracana
everards -Xingu v good
but like Auqalung a few weeks ago the top beer was
clouded minds-dolca vite 6.2 but was superbly drinkable.
Last edited by london calling; 06-07-2014 at 20:11.
Peerless - Slider Gold 4.4%
By coincidence they have a different barrel of it in the William this week and it's nowhere near as good. They are still on a learning curve!Originally Posted by london calling
A bumper week helped along by a few days in Liverpool
Copper Dragon - Golden Pippin
Theakstons - Tour de Wot?
Gt Newsome - Mailot Jaune
Rudgate - Balkys Best Bitter
Saltaire-Dark Star Le IPA
Hambleton - Saddlesore
Devils Backbone - Independance Ale
Darkstar - Hophead
Rudgate - Ruby Mild
Robinsons - Dizzy Blonde
Mordue - Northumbrian Blonde
Wapping - Summer Ale
Borough Brewery - Summer Dark
Phoenix - Hopsack
Brimstage - Trappers Hat
Tring - Ridgeway
Liverpool Craft - Love Lane Pale
Brass Castle - Bad Kitty
Keltic - Magik
Rat - Black Rat
Red Willow - Seamless
Liverpool Organic - 24 Caret Gold
George Wright - Drunken Duck
Sandstone - Racing Dragon
George Wright - Lion Returns
Cwrw Ial - Kia Kaha
Marstons - Draught Bass
Becks - pilsner
Liverpool One - Three Graces
Lancaster Brewery - Strawberry Tipple
M&B - Mild
Banks's - Mild
Melwood - Love Light Ale
Mallinsons - Nelson Sauvin
Blue Monkey - Marmoset
Wiehenstephen - Hefe-Weisse
Moorhouses - Pride of Pendle
Liverpool Craft - Icon
Amstel - Pilsner
George Wright - Pipe Dream
Melwood - Substitute
Greene King - XX Mild
Not as hard a choice as you may think, Mallinsons - Nelson Sauvin as drunk in the revamped Fly in the Loaf
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