Beer of the Week (w/e 13th September 2015)
Wittenden: Harvey's Sussex Best Bitter
Mobyduck: Titanic Steerage
Thuck Phat: Grainstore Ten Fifty
aleandhearty: Black Iris Endless Summer
Bucking Fastard: Dorset Jurrasic
Aqualung: Dark Star Revelation
london calling: Kernel Dry Stout Mosaic
ROBCamra: Hopcraft/Pixie Spring Pixie On Parade
Last edited by ROBCamra; 20-09-2015 at 12:48.
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East Sussex
Harveys-Olympia 4.3%abv Golden ale.Thin,not much flavour about it.Very disappointing for a beer from Harvey's.
Harvey's -Sussex Best Bitter 4%abv Unimpeacheable, my BOTW.
"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.
Darkstar Hophead
Marble Manchester*
Bowmans Lapwing
Fullers Olivers Island
West Berks Double Decadence
Oakham Citra*
Oakham Gangster*
Titanic Steerage*
Wild Beer Bibble*
Weird Beard Dark Hopfler*
Magic Rock Rapture*
Siren Craft Dinner for 8*
Big Smoke Electric Eye*
Big Smoke Underworld Chocolate and Vanilla*
A difficult choice this week, the last eight, all enjoyed at the Ale And Cider Festival in Surbitons excellent Antelope, were all very good, especially Weird Beards Dark Hopfler, described as a hoppy milk ale it had unbelievable flavour for a beer at only 2.5%. But BOTW goes to Titanic Steerage which was at its refreshingly zingy best.
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
Oakham Gangster*
Grainstore Ten Fifty*
Salopian Spectrum*
Oakham Bishops Farewell*
Both the Gangster and the Ten Fifty were excellent. Both look like BBB's, neither is and both are fruity and tasty. The Gangster is more citrussy, as is Oakham's wont whilst the Ten Fifty is more berries and forest fruit which suited me on the day. Enough of the Jilly Goolden.
BOTW Grainstore Ten Fifty
Comparisons to berries and forest fruit are acceptable. When you start using words like 'shoe polish' and 'pencil shavings', then you will be soundly thrashed.Originally Posted by Thuck Phat
'And where he supped the past lived still. And where he sipped the glass brimmed full' John Barleycorn, Carol Ann Duffy.
A reasonable week, largely made up of new beers (to me). However, some of them were pretty underwhelming.
Knops - East Coast Pale.
Woodforde's - Norfolk Champion.
Whippet - Little Curre.*
Roosters - Baby Faced Assassin.
Stancill - India Ruby Ale.
Treboom - Kettle Drum.
Black Iris - Endless Summer. *
Vibrant Forest - Cydonia.
Five Points - IPA. (Keg)*
Firebrand - Breakout IPA.
Sonnet 43 - American PA.
Easy winner was the Endless Summer, a refreshing session IPA.
'And where he supped the past lived still. And where he sipped the glass brimmed full' John Barleycorn, Carol Ann Duffy.
This lack of quaffing is becoming a serious problem.
BOTW was by default Dorset Brewing Company Jurrasic,in reasonable shape in The Acorn Inn,Evershot and the only pint of the week
I did have a few bottles of Marston's IPA which at 5.9% was similar to Old Empire ,but not real ale in a bottle.Decent however.
Next week starts the slow drift south for the winter,so expecting some Titanic action to lift the spirits.
"Good people drink good beer" Hunter S Thompson
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