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    Default Beer of the Week (w/e 12th July 2015)

    Real Ale Ray: Peerless Triple Blond
    Bucking Fastard: Oakham Inferno
    Mobyduck: Surrey Hills Ranmore Ale
    london calling: Elland 1872 Porter
    Aqualung: Kent Black Gold
    oldboots: Stancill No7
    Wittenden: Ballard's 35th Anniversary
    aleandhearty: Fernandes 10 Degrees
    Thuck Phat: Oakham Bishops Farewell
    ROBCamra: Derby Desperately Seeking Summer
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    Peerless - Triple Blond

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    After last weeks excess just one beer consumed so BOTW goes to

    Oakham Inferno in fair condition in the Hamilton Hall .


    Chance to visit Burslem then topped off by the St Albans crawl ,so lots of contenders next week no doubt.
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    Darkstar Hophead
    ELB Foundation Bitter*
    Portobello Westway Pale
    Surrey Hills Ranmore Ale*
    Dorking Gold
    Fullers Olivers Island
    Bowmans Swift One*
    Thurstons Horsell Gold
    St Austell Tribute

    The East London Brewing - Foundation Bitter was excellent although not normally my beer style of choice, but it was pipped to the post by a very well presented pint of Surrey Hills Ranmore Ale enjoyed in the Compasses Inn.
    I am expecting a larger list next week with St Albans Friday and my local Beer Festival Saturday, Sunday could be a day of semi rest.
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    Ealing beer fest provided excellent new breweries and beers and none I could fault.Great condition.
    bude -neet
    boss -black stout
    burscough -black common stout
    Yorkshire heart -hearty mild
    Yorkshire heart-get pithed
    gemstone -sapphire blond
    rocking robin -rock a hula
    rocking robin -really rocking
    rch -blackberry stout
    loch ness -wilder ness
    mighty oak -tangerine trees
    toolmakers -flange noir
    stocklinch -rusty boiler
    old scool -truant ipa
    pig and porter-Ashburnham pale ale
    but Botw was an old favourite
    Elland -1872 porter (incredible complex flavour but so drinkable) a true GBBF award winner.

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    Quote Originally Posted by london calling View Post
    Elland 1872 porter (incredible complex flavour but so drinkable) a true GBBF award winner.
    Agreed, especially compared to last year's winner. The ELB Foundation Bitter mentioned above is miles better!

    I've only a short list as my local Spoons started the Cider Festival early!
    Most of these were tried on a tour of SE London micropubs :-


    Sambrook's Wandle 3.8%
    Kent Black Gold 4.0%
    Canterbury Ales Reeves Ale 4.1%
    Truman's Lazarus 4.2%
    RCH Pitchfork 4.3%
    Old Dairy Gold Top 4.3%
    Everard's International Indian Red Ale 4.4%
    Bexley Howbury 3 Hopped Ale 4.5%
    Old Dairy Silver Top 4.5%
    Titanlic Plum Porter 4.9%
    Canterbury Brewers Kobold 5.0%
    Bateman's Barcelona Pale 5.0%
    Brodie's Californian 5.0%
    Cameron's 150 5.0%



    The winner is the Kent brewery Black Gold tried at the Door Hinge in Welling. This is a dark beer brewed with New World hops so could be described as a weak porter with a twist or a low ABV Black IPA. The runner up is the Californian which Brodie's haven't brewed for four years. It's a different recipe from the old one and possibly not quite as good but it does have a huge hop flavour.

    Spoons cider of the week is Barbourne Crimson King Cider (6.0%), a proper cloudy dryish cider and just £2.05 at the E4 King's Ford.
    Next week I'm out to get The General.



    BOTW Kent Black Gold

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    Stancill No7

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    Ballard's-35th Anniversary 4% abv. Not one of the awesomely fashionable breweries,but I've always enjoyed them.Dark gold,arable malt,long dry peppery finish.
    "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.

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    Finally, after a poor run of form, managed a decent week, this week.

    Mallinsons - Mount Pleasant Mild.
    Ilkley - Lotus IPA.*
    Exit33 - Golden Cascade.
    Kelham Island - Tin Can Avenger.
    Great Heck - Mosaic.*
    GreatHeck - Voodoo Mild.*
    Brightside - B-side.
    Green Duck - Drunkun Duck.
    Fernandes - American Red Rye Ale.*
    Fernandes - 10 Degrees.*

    The Voodoo Mild, Red Rye and !0 Degrees were all excellent, but the latter, a beefy (6%) black IPA, really hit the spot.
    '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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    Quote Originally Posted by london calling View Post
    Elland -1872 porter (incredible complex flavour but so drinkable) a true GBBF award winner.
    Can't argue with that, definitely one of my favourites. Elland's dark beers, as a whole, tend to be very good. I find their pale beers much more variable.
    '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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