Beer of the Week (w/e 15th May 2016)

[ROBCamra]

Real Ale Ray: Blue Monkey British Ape
Mobyduck: Surrey Hills Greensand IPA
Aqualung: Cairngorm Black Gold
Wittenden: Tonbridge Union Pale
hondo: Tapped Brew Co Rodeo
Thuck Phat: Hop Back Summer Lightening
aleandhearty: Salopian Monkey Business
Bucking Fastard: Yeovil Crown Imperial
Komakino: Arbor Motueka
london calling: Alecraft Night On The Tiles
ROBCamra: Thornbridge Black Harry

[Real Ale Ray]

Blue Monkey - British Ape

[Mobyduck]

As predicted a rather threadbare week.

Darkstar Hophead
Hammerpot Pale Ale
Hammerpot Mosaic Pale
Triple fff Alton's Pride
Surrey Hills Greensand IPA
St Austell Tribute

Both Hammerpot beers were surprisingly quite decent and very clean drinking, not a brewery I have rated in the past,
however BOTW is Surrey Hills Greensand IPA

[Aqualung]

A week with plenty of good ales but nothing outstanding.


Sadler's Peaky Blinder Gold 4.3%
Backyard Gold 4.3%
Cairngorm Black Gold 4.4%*
Redemption Urban Dusk 4.6%
Maxim Double Maxim 4.7%
Caledonian Ithaca Nut Brown 5.0%
Long Man Golden Tipple 5.0%
Greene King Abbot Ale 5.0%
Springhead Willy's Wheatbeer 5.2%*
Everards Original 5.2%*
Grainstore Rutland Beast 5.3%*
Sadler's Red IPA 5.7%*
Dark Star Revelation (keg) 5.7%
Magic Rock Dark Arts 6.0%*
Greene King Abbot Reserve 6.5%

I'm going for the Cairngorm Black Gold at my local Spoons which was £2.19 a pint. Scottish brewing has recovered enormously from the complete disaster it was 30 or 40 years ago. It's a dark beer, probably a mid ABV porter and it was really tasty. The Sadler's Red IPA runs it close but the Magic Rock Dark Arts doesn't as the £5 price tag left a sour taste in my mouth.

BOTW Cairngorm Black Gold

[Wittenden]

East Kent
Tonbridge-Union Pale 4.7%abv.Chestnut colour,assertively hopped, with a welcome earthiness that I associate with Tonbridge beers.

[hondo]

Tapped Brew Co - Rodeo