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

[Komakino]

Headington and some Oxfordshire odds and sods (the latter visited for photos for the site):

Shotover Prospect (3.7%)
Yubberton Yubby (3.8%)
Brunswick First Brew (3.9%)
North Cotswold Cotswold Best (4.0%)
Yubberton Goldie (4.0%) *
Loose Cannon Abingdon Bridge (4.1%)
Hook Norton Greedy Goose (4.2%)
Yubberton Yawnie (4.3%) *
Titanic Plum Porter (4.9%)
Everards Black Annis (5.0%)
BrewDog Punk IPA (5.6%) (keg)

The Yubberton brews were a nice surprise at Wootton's Killingworth Castle, and I liked the drum & bass reference on the Goldie's pump clip ("timeless real ale"). The tried-and-tested Titanic Plum Porter was well ahead in the BOTW stakes until I tried the Yawnie yesterday - loads going on in what is ostensibly a brown ale, and enough for me to earn it this week's gong:

BOTW: Yubberton Yawnie

[Spinko]

A close call but Bootleg-Chorlton Pale Ale. Just inched it from Tiny Rebel-Fubar.

[aleandhearty]

Good week for me, largely based on the excellent meet-up, in Huddersfield, on Friday.

Saltaire - South Island Pale.*
Vocation - Bread and Butter.*
Fernandes - American Pale.
Acorn - Gorlovka.*
Empire - Forbidden.
Pictish - Opal.
Mallinsons - Kiwi Classic.*
Dark Star - Winter Solstice.
Magic Rock - Inhaler*
Magic Rock - Common Grounds.*
Settle - Attermire.
Three Fiends - Bad Uncle Barry.
Revolutions - Disintegration.
Torrside - Late to the Party.*
Rat - Rata Nui.*
Rat - Nosfer Ratu.*
Oakham - Study in Scarlet.
Acorn - Singularity.
Mallinsons - Centennial.
Siren - Proteus.
Anarchy - Citra Star.
Mallinsons - Doukan Duck.*
Brewsters - Decadence.*

Some fantastic beers in that list, with many worthy of BOTW on a quiet week. However, the one that truly hit the spot, when my palate was still truly discerning, was the excellent Kiwi Classic. Sampled at The Sportsman, Huddersfield.

[ROBCamra]

I'll go with a&h on this one with Mallinsons Kiwi Classic.

However I had mine in The Grove Huddersfield when my palate probably wasn't as discerning, but it still stood out.