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    Default Beer of the Week (w/e 20th March 2016)

    Wittenden: Harvey's Star of Eastbourne IPA
    Mobyduck: Saltaire Triple Chocoholic
    Bucking Fastard: Titanic Plum Porter
    Aqualung: Kent Prohibition APA
    Thuck Phat: Church End Rest in Peace
    aleandhearty: Five Towns Hello Spaceboy
    Komakino: Titanic Plum Porter
    Real Ale Ray: Brass Castle Tail Gunner
    ROBCamra: Brass Castle Northern Blonde
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    No pub this week: on the bottled front I've particularly enjoyed Harvey's Star of Eastbourne IPA at 6%+abv a highly drinkable strong 'un. Not bottle conditioned,unfortunately, but Harvey's can be forgiven that on this occasion.
    "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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    A decent week,
    Oakham Citra*
    Darkstar Hophead*
    Bond Brews Railway Porter*
    Thunder Road Pacific
    Atom Schrodingers Cat*
    Saltaire Triple Chocoholic*
    Great Heck Dave
    Ossett Silver King
    Robinsons Organ Donor (Dizzy Blonde)
    Samuel Smith's Extra Stout (keg)*
    Phoenix Pale Moonlight
    Cat Head IPA
    Marstons Yorkshire Mosaic
    Theakstons Old Peculier
    Great Newsome Hops in the Spring*
    Hop studio Pale*
    Timothy Taylor Landlord
    BOTW is Saltaire Triple Chocoholic but I was very impressed with the Railway Porter from the new Berkshire micro Bond Brews.
    Last edited by Mobyduck; 20-03-2016 at 23:12. Reason: Added some *s
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    A very decent week mainly thanks to Hull.

    Marston's -- Old Empire IPA * (4PT)
    Saltaire -- Triple Chocoholic *
    Titanic -- Plum Porter *
    Atom -- Blend 1 -Camomile *
    Saltaire -- Raspberry Blonde *
    Wold Top -- Spring Fling
    Portobello -- Northern Line Stout *
    Moorhouse -- Pride of Pendle
    Brouwerij'tij -- Amsterdam Blonde
    Brass Castle -- Northern Blonde *
    Cathead -- IPA
    Atom -- Dark Alchemy * (keg)
    Camerons -- Press Gang
    Great Newsome -- Hops in Spring *
    Vale -- Punk is Dead *

    There was some great ale in Hull,special mention to Atom brewery which I hadn't come across before but will keep an eye open for in future . BOTW however goes to an old favourite Titanic Plum Porter in The Admiral of the Humber

    Next week a return visit to Exmouth Market ,trying to pass myself off as a hipster
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    A busy week with mostly the Spoons fest :-

    Acorn Barnsley Bitter 3.7%
    St Peter's Blushing Blonde 3.9%*
    Mighty Oak Kings 4.2%*
    Williams Black 4.2%*
    Lincoln Green Little John 4.3%
    Bateman's Dark Lord 4.4%
    Bath / Beerd Cubic Pale 4.5%*
    Rockin' Robin Stoutly Robin 4.5%*
    Kent Altered States 4.7%
    Blue Monkey Infinity 4.6%*
    Daleside Spring Rye 4.8%
    Saltaire Triple Chocoholic 4.8%*
    Kent Prohibition APA 4.8%*
    Pheasantry Stout 4.8%*
    Wharfedale Crimson Rambler 4.8%
    Greene King Benjamins 5.0%
    Vale Punk Is Dead 5.0%
    Shepherd Neame Hog Island APA 5.0%
    Banks's Amsterdam Blonde 5.5%
    Dark Star Revelation 5.7%*
    Wadworth Bibock 6.2%*
    Robinson's Trooper 666 6.6%

    The Dark Star Revelation was particularly enjoyable for the Cheapskate Monday price of £1.89 at the E4 Kings Ford and also for £2.29 at the Nottingham Roebuck (twice). The Saltaire Triple Choccy was also pretty good at the improving E11 Walnut Tree for £2.45.
    The winner however is the Kent Prohibition APA for £3.40 and in superb nick at the suburban Whitstable Tankerton Arms micropub.


    BOTW Kent Prohibition APA

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    Quality week:

    Marston's Old Empire IPA*
    Phipps NBC Gold Star*
    Church End Rest in Peace*
    Oakham Bishops Farewell*

    All very good with the Gold Star being a proper and very drinkable IPA.
    BOTW Church End Rest in Peace. Described to me as a pale barley wine seems about right. Amber coloured, beautifully balanced and dangerously moreish at 7%.

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    Quiet week for me.

    Five Towns - Hello Spaceboy.*
    Intrepid - Mothers Bruin.
    Siren - Liquid Mistress.* (keg)
    Fernandes - Half Nelson.*
    Fernandes - Sunshine IPA.
    Ossett - Dragon Bones.
    Roosters - Baby Faced Assassin.*

    My favourite two were the Five Towns and Siren. However, the latter was too cold for my palate, so I'll give it to the Spaceboy, another very sessionable pale 'un.
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    Quiet week for me too:

    XT 4 (3.8%)
    Devil's Backbone Bravo Four Point (4.0%)
    Liverpool Organic Joseph Williamson Tunnale (4.0%)
    Rebellion Smuggler (4.2%)
    Animal Oink (4.6%) (bottled)
    Animal Giraffe (4.6%)
    Titanic Plum Porter (4.9%) BOTW
    Red Squirrel London Porter (5.0%)
    Sierra Nevada Pale Ale (5.6%) (bottled)

    I know it's a perennial favourite, but a well-kept pint of Titanic's superb Plum Porter always hits the spot. As sampled in Reading's The Back of Beyond.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Komakino View Post
    Quiet week for me too:
    Titanic Plum Porter (4.9%) BOTW
    I note that the TPP gets regular gongs on this thread.
    Did anyone have the 'MIM' Plum Porter in Walters (Hull)? I heard the guv saying he thought it just about topped the Titanic but, without a parallel tasting, I imagine that'd be a tough one to call...

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