Beer of the Week (w/e 28th December 2014)

[Aqualung]

I've had a good week!

Mighty Oak IPA 3.5%
Cross Bay Nightfall 3.8%
ELB Pale Ale 4.0%
Dark Star Partridge Best 4.0%
Brentwood Berry Christmas 4.3%
Buntingford Polar Star 4.4%*
Palmer's Dorset Gold 4.5%
Church End Vanilla Stout 4.6%*
Dark Star Winter Meltdown 5.0%*
Titanic Festive Thirty Five 5.0%
Jennings Snecklifter 5.1%
Mordue Headmaster's Christmas Sermon 5.2%
Kelham Island Captain Chrimbo 5.4%*
ELB East India Spice 5.5%*
Dark Star Creme Brulee 5.9%*
Greene King Abbot Reserve 6.5%
Dark Star Imperial Stout 10.5%*

The easy winner is the Dark Star Imperial Stout I had this on three occasions during the week at the E17 Rose and Crown for the very pleasing price of £3.90 a pint. The Creme Brulee was pretty good too!

BOTW Dark Star Imperial Stout

[Mobyduck]

The usual Darkstars this week in Hopead and American Pale Ale ,plus-
Firefly- American Pale
SVB - Green Hop
Waen - Christmas IPA
Burning Sky - Porter
Celt Experience - La Terne
Goffs - Jouster (BABW)

The Sherfield Village Brewery - Green Hop was good but the Burning Sky Porter was even Better and BOTW, both taken and enjoyed along with the good company of Quinno in the Nags Head.

[Thuck Phat]

A gentle week:
Oakham Citra*
Milk Street Bobbled
Oakham Bishops Farewell*
Everards Tiger
Salopian Holly Bush*

BOTW Salopian Holly Bush. Warming malts to kick off but with a bitter enough finish to tempt you back for more. Dangerous at 5.5%.

[aleandhearty]

One of the quietest Christmas' I've ever had, booze wise, but did manage a couple of gentle sessions.

Fernandes - What the Dickens. *
Fernandes - Simcoe.*
Fernandes - Malt Shovel Mild.
Ossett - MMM.
Thwaites - Nutty Black.
Phoenix - Spotland Gold.
Roosters - Fort Smith.*
Roosters - Black Math.
Fernandes - Cascade.
Fernandes - Wyte Magik.*

Easy winner was the Wyte Magik, a pale, hoppy brew made with Citra, Nelson Sauvin and Admiral. Just the job, to perk up a jaded Christmas palate.

[ROBCamra]

Another new brewery to me Tweed.

Their Winter Tweed went down very well on a couple of nights in The Baum.

4.1% mid brown bitter, not my normal style at all, but this was malty AND hoppy. Very nice.