Beer of the Week (w/e 8th May 2016)

[Aqualung]

A fair list this week with several decent ones but hard to see anything outstanding :-

Greene King IPA 3.6%
Twisted Brewery Gaucho 3.6%
Butcombe Twisted Spring 3.8%
Titanic Lifeboat 4.0%
Great Western Maiden Voyage 4.0%
Adnam's Jester 4.1%*
Moonshine Hog Hopper 4.3%*
Butcombe Simcoe 4.5%*
Woodforde's Nelson's Revenge 4.5%
Alphabatum(?) Porter 4.6%*
Ilkley Hanging Stone Oatmeal Stout 5.0%*
Hop Back Summer Lightning 5.0%
Greene King Abbot Ale 5.0%
Brodie's Old Street Pale 5.0%*
Conquest ESB 5.0%
Ascot Anastasia's Exile Stout 5.0%*
Everards Original 5.2%
Kennet & Avon Crofton IPA 5.4%*
Brodie's Jamaican Stout 5.4%*
Ramsbury Belapur IPA 5.5%*
Franklin's North Shore IPA 5.5%*
Otter Head 5.8%

The winner is a new brewery to me Kennet & Avon Crofton IPA as tried for £3.30 in the Devizes Vaults. It's not a classic but is good enough this week.


Kennet & Avon Crofton IPA

[Bucking Fastard]

Decent week with some good sessions.


Purity -- UBU * (3PT)
Wolf -- Golden Jackal
Thwaites -- Wainwright
Purity -- Longhorn IPA (keg)
Rockin' Robin -- Reliant Robin
Clouded Minds -- Elisir *(3PT)
Dark Star -- American Pale Ale
Thornbridge -- Jaipur IPA *
Oakham -- Chemical Syndicate *
Oakham -- Inferno * (3PT)

BOTW goes to Clouded Minds Elisir in excellent condition on stillage in The Stratford Ale House.A very complex amber ale with lots going on and a load of American hops.

Next week looking slow...

[hondo]

Oakham - MK.VII

[Thuck Phat]

Not a bad week:

Wolf Golden Jackal
Purity UBU*
Stratford Stratford Gold
Rocking Robin APA
Purity Longhorn IPA (keg)
Clouded Minds Elisir*
Oakham Bishops Farewell*

Despite Mr. F's nomination above, BOTW goes to Clouded Minds Elisir as the outstanding candidate this week. A lush blend of malt and hops wrapped in a moreish 5.3% package.

[aleandhearty]

Only managed a very rapid couple of pints, this week, in the Victoria, Leeds, before a friend's birthday meal.

Madness Brewing Co. - Absolutely.*
Titanic - Plum Porter.*
Fix - Dark (bottle)
Thornbridge - Kipling. (bottle)
Thornbridge - Jaipur. (bottle)
Rheinbacher - Weissbier. (bottle)

The Plum Porter was slightly below par, so the Absolutely takes the honours.

[london calling]

Bedlam -ipa at Williams ale house was good
Alpha State -vengeance stout at Well and Bucket was very good
3 Sods -mud puddler and leap year were good at their brewery tap
Vibrant Forest -cydonia at the Cock Tavern was good
but BOTW was
Fallen -- Just the Ticket at Mother Kellys

[Real Ale Ray]

Hop & Stagger Brewery - Golden Wander from this excellent pub in Bridgnorth The White Lion
In fact, all of their beers were fab