Beer of the Week (w/e 15th March 2015)
Bucking Fastard: Colchester Cream Stout
Mobyduck: Dark Star American Pale Ale
Aqualung: Titanic Wit Stout
hondo: Williams Bros Joker IPA
aleandhearty: Roosters Baby Faced Assassin
Thuck Phat: Purity Mad Goose
london calling: Twickenham Winter Cheer
Real Ale Ray: Peerless Pale
ROBCamra: Ringwood Razor Back
Last edited by ROBCamra; 24-03-2015 at 15:12.
A pub is for life not just for Christmas
Got involved with some strong 'spoons festival ales.
Ilkley -- Ruby Jane
Oakham -- Citra*
Colchester -- Cream Stout*
Bateman's -- Lincolnshire Red
Titanic -- Wit Stout*
Shongweni -- Durban Pale Ale* ( Brewed at Batemans)
Lighthouse -- Shipwreck IPA ( Brewed at Wychwood)
Barley Brown's -- ESA * (Brewed at Marstons)
BOTW was between the two stouts but by a short head Colchester Cream Stout wins out.Very smooth and flavoursome ,well kept in The Bricklayers,Hitchin.
Next week mini crawl around Borough Market,boating constrained by necessary repairs.
"Good people drink good beer" Hunter S Thompson
Unfortunately not involved in much at all this week,
Darkstar- Hophead
Darkstar - American Pale Ale
Badger - Leaping Legend
Brains - The Awakening
Rudgate - Odins Secret
Timothy Taylors - Landlord
Triple fff - Moondance
Whilst all beers were acceptable only the APA stood out head and shoulders above ,
So BOTW is (not for the first time) Dark Star American Pale Ale
A better choice of variety expected next week with a visit to the Winchester Beer Festival next Friday.
Last edited by Mobyduck; 15-03-2015 at 17:16.
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
The Spoons Spring fest started early in my local Spoons and a trip round some Holden's pubs on Saturday gave this :-
Holden's Black Country Mild 3.7%
Holden's Black Country Bitter 3.8%
Black Sheep Monty Python's Holy Grail 4.0%
Holden's Golden Glow 4.3%
Black Country Pig On The Wall* 4.3%
Adnam's Oyster Stout 4.3%
Bateman's Hooker 4.5%
Lancaster Albion Connection 4.5%
Burton Bridge Damson Porter 4.5%
Daleside New Dawn 4.6%
Flack Manor Hedge Hop 4.9%
Titanic Wit Stout* 5.0%
Holden's Special 5.1%
Adnam's Nils Oscar India Ale 5.3%
Everard's Townshend's JCIPA * 5.5%
Derby Quintessentials 5.8%
Shepherd Neame Cervceria Fort English Style IPA 5.8%
Caledonian Bodebrown Wee Heavy 6.0%
Welton's Wassail 6.1%
There's a clear winner this week and it's the Titanic Wit Stout which came up brilliantly in the Chingford King's Ford on three occasions and also sailed through the three pint test. Nothing else came close.
BOTW Titanic Wit Stout
Williams Bros - Joker Ipa keg
"Do I know where hell is? hell is in hello"
Yet another quiet week, but it did include my beer of the year, so far.
Salamander - Scary Mary.
Titanic - Chocolate & Vanilla Stout.*
Roosters - Baby Faced Assassin.*
Bob's - Lone Wolf.
Five Towns - Outside Edge.
Salamander - Solar Echo.*
Ilkley - Olicana Pale.
Five Towns - One at T' End.
Absolutely no contest. The BFA blew me away. A smooth and powerful IPA (6.1%). Hoppy and aromatic, but with good balance. Utterly delicious.
'And where he supped the past lived still. And where he sipped the glass brimmed full' John Barleycorn, Carol Ann Duffy.
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