Kent. A rare midweek evening outing,followed up by a Saturday afforded me my first sightings of Westerham's Viceroy IPA (5%abv).Urgent resinous hops, gooseberries.A longtime favourite in bottled form. My BOTW.
Kent. A rare midweek evening outing,followed up by a Saturday afforded me my first sightings of Westerham's Viceroy IPA (5%abv).Urgent resinous hops, gooseberries.A longtime favourite in bottled form. My BOTW.
"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.
Maybe not as good as last weeks haul, but not bad.
Purity Pure Gold*
Robinsons Dizzy Blonde
Robinsons Magnum IPA
Oakham Citra*
Triple fff Hunky Dory
Downton Elderquad
By The Horns Stiff Upper Lip
Gales Spring Sprinter
Youngs Hummingbird
Twickenham Spring Ale
Gorgeous Geek Hunter
Castle Rock Harvest Pale
Dark Star APA
Cottage E-Type
Brixton Effra Ale
Arbour Lime In The Coconut*
ELB Orchid*
Howling Hops Pale Ale No 2* ( Ella, Galaxy, Chinook)
Howling Hops Riding Ale* (Columbus,Cascade,Galena Nugget)
Flack Manor Double Drop
Botw should go to Oakham Citra enjoyed all Saturday afternoon in my local, it passed the 9 pint test
But both Howling Hops beers in The Southampton Arms today were exceptional, the winner is Howling Hops Pale Ale No2
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"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
This week saw a rampage around Tyne & Wear and Northumberland and a day out in Congleton yesterday.
This gave a rather high ABV list :-
Black Flag Fang 4.0%
Beartown Ginger Bear 4.0%
Oakham Enough Rope 4.3%
Everards Midland Red 4.5%
Shepherd Neame Whitstable Bay Red IPA 4.5%
Titanic Cappuccino 4.5%
Allendale Tar Bar'l 4.5%
Salopian Lemon Dream 4.5%
Welbeck Abbey Watermeadows 4.7%
Cullercoats Minstrel 4.8%
Mauldon's Blackberry Porter 4.8%
Hilden Pale Oat Ale 4.8%
Titanic Plum Porter 4.9%
Mordue Centennial 5.0%
Banks's Brazilian Burton Pale Ale 5.0%
Flipside Dusty Penny 5.0%
Titanic Captain Smith 5.2%
Conwy San Francisco IPA 5.5%
Bridgehouse Holy Cow 5.6%
Wychwood King Goblin 6.0%
Oakham Green Devil (Bottle) 6.0%
Errant Jungle Simcoe 6.0%
Shepherd Neame St Louis Continental IPA 6.5%
Greene King Abbot's Confession 6.5%
Brinkburn Street House Of The Rising Sun 7.2%
The winner is the Brinkburn Street House Of The Rising Sun, a brewery I'd never even heard of let alone tried. It was a discounted £3.69 in the Newcastle Box Social and is a raspberry flavoured strong porter. It was run very close by the Black Flag Fang, a low ABV golden beer from Cornwall with a great taste. Other much larger Cornwall brewers might want to take note. This one was £3.20 in the Congleton Barley Hop.
BOTW Brinkburn Street House Of The Rising Sun
oakham - green devil bottle
"Do I know where hell is? hell is in hello"
Big Bog - Stog Milk Stout in Butcher's - never had a milk stout before, thought I'd give it a go, as Old Boots mentioned he had one a few weeks back - have to say it was sublime. Ena Sharples would be proud!
'I only drink on two occasions, when I'm thirsty and when I'm not'
Brendan Behan
Red Willow - Weightless, in BeerDock Crewe
Some great sessions but not much ale choice in many of the pubs visited while boating through Northants and into Leicestershire.
Brew Dog -- Elvis Juice * (bottle)
Brew Dog -- Mr Presedent * (bottle)
Mc Mullens -- Country Bitter
McMullens -- AK
Timothy Taylor -- Landlord * (>3PT on two occassions)
Lerwig -- Farmhouse IPA (keg)
Wiper & True -- Milk Shake (bottle)
Oakham -- Citra *(>3PT)
Adnams -- Ghost Ship * (3PT)
Blue Monkey -- Bonobo *
BOTW goes to Timothy Taylor Landlord served proper northern style in The Bell,Gumley and a reminder of what a great session ale it can be when well kept.
Next week looks very quiet.
"Good people drink good beer" Hunter S Thompson