Beer of the Week (w/e 9th November 2014)
sheffield hatter: Blackjack Odd Autumn
Real Ale Ray: Bowland Headless Peg
Mobyduck: Dark Star American Pale Ale
Aqualung: Roosters Union Gap
hondo: Redemption Rock The Kazbek
Wittenden: Harveys Sussex XXXX Old Ale
Bucking Fastard: Blue Monkey Orang-a-tang
aleandhearty: Tigertops Long Beach IPA
Thuck Phat: Blue Monkey Infinity
ROBCamra: Fuggle Bunny Russian Rare-Bit Imperial Black Stout
Last edited by ROBCamra; 14-11-2014 at 13:10.
A pub is for life not just for Christmas
Another good one this week from Blackjack Beers: Odd Autumn 4.1% in The York in Sheffield. Rather like the same brewery's Flyer Best, sampled in the Bath Hotel, this beer grew from an unpromising beginning to a surprising complexity, with good malty flavours and an increasingly bitter finish. It's one of those bitters that lingers in the mouth after the beer has gone, unlike some of the American and New Zealand hopped beers, that seem to punch you in the nose before grabbing your tongue and giving it a good twist. Odd Autumn has the look and initial taste of what some might term a "boring" brown bitter, but its balance, complexity and lingering bitterness in the finish make it anything but boring in my opinion. Very nice!
Come On You Hatters!
Bowland - Headless Peg
Nothing really to list
BOTW Darkstar American Pale Ale
Next week will provide much more variety, following the visit to Bristol.
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
Apart from the Elgood's mild it's all Spoons fest ales for me.
Elgood's Black Dog Mild 3.6%
Everard's Village Elder 3.8%
Rooster's Union Gap 4.3%*
Tring Hazy Hoedown 4.4%
Thwaites Hobnobber 4.7%
Marston's Ligera 4.8%
Long Man Golden Tipple 5.0%
Mordue Americana 5.0%*
Titanic Hop Abroad 5.0%
Wadworth Heather and Honey 5.0%
Banks's Sixpoint Brooklyn Bitter 5.5%*
Bateman's Wicked Weed Freak Of Nature 7.5%*
I'll go for the Rooster's Union Gap, a pale beer with abundant New World Hops. It's also
easily the best of the few Rooster's beers I've tried.
BOTW Rooster's Union Gap
Last edited by Aqualung; 09-11-2014 at 18:17.
redemption brewery - rock the kazbek
"Do I know where hell is? hell is in hello"
Some new breweries this week
loch ness -inverness good pale and hoppy
mantle - moho good pale and hoppy
true north -true pale ale good pale and hoppy
uprising -west coast ipa hoppy but to much crystal malt for me
also couple of newish breweries
orbit -ivo hazy hopped up lager but good
inkspot -west coast ipa very good but with an English hop flavour rather than American
not new
bexar county-sacred -very good stout/porter
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