Beer of the Week (w/e 6 June 2010)

[Conrad]

So if May is Mild what do I have to start looking out for now it is June?

Bucking Fastard: Yorkshire Terrier from the York Brewery
Oggwyn Trench: Wood Wheatear
Millay: Dark Star Festival
Wittenden: Westerham Brewery's Grasshopper Best Bitter
ROBCamra: Summer Wine Epoch
Hopwas: Leed's Brewery Midnight Bell
Alesonly: Highgate Black Pig
Pubsignman: Crouch Vale Amarillo
HTM69: Millis Brewery Gravesend Guzzler
RogerB: Oxfordshire Maypole
aleandhearty: Fernandes 'Sportsman's Stout'
Conrad: RCH Breweries Pitchfork
Dave M: Bristol Beer Factory Sunrise
Gann: Brodies English Best
Evil Gazebo: Humpty Dumpty Swallowtail

[hopwas]

So if May is Mild what do I have to start looking out for now it is June?

Hi Conrad!

I had a pint of Leed's Brewery Midnight Bell today.. it is excellent! very similar to Titanic Chocolate and Vanilla. Very dangerously drinkable! I think it is 4.3%. It was in Tamworth's JDW Silk Kite.

[aleandhearty]

I had a pint of Leed's Brewery Midnight Bell today.. it is excellent! very similar to Titanic Chocolate and Vanilla. Very dangerously drinkable! I think it is 4.3%.

Actually, Hoppy it's 4.8%, which makes it even more dangerous. It slides down like mothers' milk though, doesn't it?

[hopwas]

Actually, Hoppy it's 4.8%, which makes it even more dangerous. It slides down like mothers' milk though, doesn't it?

Thanks for clearing up! I wasn't sure about %.

It was very lovely pint, bit milky if you know what I mean.

[aleandhearty]

Had a decent session tonight, dominated by dark beers. Tried Springhead 'The Leveller', Fernandes 'Wakefield Pride' & 'Sportsman's Stout', Wentworth 'Short & Stout' and Naylor's 'Black & Tan'. So far the Sportsman's is in the lead.

[Gann]

It was very lovely pint,

With you on this one Hoppy. The Midnight bell was my fave of the Leeds Brewery beers when I had a weekend in Leeds last year.. Sadly not seen them appearing south of Watford Gap yet...

[aleandhearty]

The Midnight bell was my fave of the Leeds Brewery beers when I had a weekend in Leeds last year..

Funnily enough, I thought of you when I was in The Grove on Thursday lunchtime. I remember reading your original review that said the locals kept you there until gone midnight. It's still as friendly and the beer as good. If you ever make it up to Leeds again, let me know. There are some other fine places, that you missed last time, I could show you.

[hopwas]

Hi Conrad!

I had a pint of Leed's Brewery Midnight Bell today.. it is excellent! very similar to Titanic Chocolate and Vanilla. Very dangerously drinkable! I think it is 4.3%. It was in Tamworth's JDW Silk Kite.

So it has been rather poor week so I'll go for above...

[Alesonly]

I Tried several other beers later this week but the HIGHGATE BLACK PIG 4.4% ABV still ended up as my best beer of the week so the HIGHGATE BLACK PIG 4.4% ABV gets my vote.

[Pubsignman]

Had some very good beers this week, but one stands head and shoulders above all the others - Crouch Vale Amarillo, as tried at the Old Fountain, Old Street.