ROBCamra:: Some Croatian Lager
ROBCamra:: Some Croatian Lager
A pub is for life not just for Christmas
A quiet week in Kent.
Kent Brewery-Black Gold. 4%abv. Described as a black golden ale:a bit more tasty than that, I thought.An Old for the Summer, perhaps.Taken at Black Dog
"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.
Ringwood - Boondoggle. Remarkable in that it was from a plastic container in the Whistling Wren, Leigh. The pub is next door to Leigh Sports Village and was heavily loaded ahead of yesterday's rugby.
Southwark,Hemel Hempstead and Croydon;quiet week.
Roosters -- YPA *
Greene King -- Old Golden Hen
Thornbridge -- Lord Marples
Triple fff -- Dazed and Confused *
Dark Star -- Espresso *
BOTW goes to Triple fff Dazed & Confused,a very fine summer ale in The George.
Next week,a voyage around the Regents Canal for much hipsterism,should be interesting
"Good people drink good beer" Hunter S Thompson
A good list with a good few contenders this week,
Dark Star Hophead
Triple fff Moondance*
Triple fff Dazed and Confused*
Belville Picnic Session IPA*
Hop Back Citra
Adnams Lighthouse
Shepherd Neame Masterbrew
Shepherd Neame Whitstable Bay
Fullers London Pride
Purity Gold*
Purity UBU
Southwark Bankside Blonde
Electric Bear Livewire
Vibrant Forest Simcoe Pale
Vibrant Forest Oat and Coffee Stout*
Kew Pagoda No 5
Fullers Imperial Stout*
Weird Beard Attack of The Ryeclops*
Trumans Runner
Gales Seafarer
Titanic Cappuchino Stout*
Brain Barry Island Grapefruit Pale Ale*
Green Jack Summer Dream
St Peters Grapefruit*
Marble Lagonda IPA*
Kirkstall Pale Ale
Vibrant Forest V A Citra*
Blue Monkey Infinity*
Oakham Green Devil IPA*
Burning Sky Plateau
Siren Liquid Mistress
Saddlers Jacks Pale Ale
Tapstone Cascade
Flowerpots Fully Peeled*
Red Cat Prowler Pale*
Bowmans Eldorado
Its between Oakham Green Devil and Marble Lagonda, and on the toss of a coin its the Marble Lagonda IPA BOTW taken at the GBBF.
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
Far East this week (London )
maregade -rye ipa bad
almasty-east coast pale ok
brew by numbers -choc orange stout vgood
crate - lovetts ok
saltaire -trio pale good
left hand giant -mannekin ipa ok
howlinghops /verdant -double black ipa vgood
howlinghops -aussie pale vgood
laines -new two good
laines -mortueka good
sierra Nevada -11.5 plato good
sierra Nevada -hop hunter good
roosters -pilsnear vgood
BOTW was the Howling Hops -aussie pale 5.5 and very quaffable.
With the choice between San Miguel and Oakham Bishops Farewell, the answer seemed obvious.
Hoping for a wider selection next week.
Backyard - Session IPA in their excellent pub The Fountain Inn
'I only drink on two occasions, when I'm thirsty and when I'm not'
Brendan Behan
Bottle-only week, with the exception of Jupiler, on draught in Bruges on the Sunday:
West Berkshire Mr Chubbs Lunchtime Bitter (3.7%)
West Berkshire Good Old Boy (4.0%)
Ascot Ales Posh Pooch (4.2%)
Thornbridge Chiron (5.0%)
SAB Jupiler (5.2%)
Thornbridge Jaipur (5.9%) BOTW
BAB Mystère (7.0%)
"Breakneck speed we drown ten pints of bitter"