Beer of the Week (w/e 1st July 2018)

[Aqualung]

Has anyone else had problems with warm or rank beer in the heatwave? I had a few last week.



Batham's Mild 3.5%
Leatherbritches Lemongrass & Ginger 3.8%
Church End Goats Milk 3.8%
Clun Pale 4.1%
Oakham Citra 4.2%
Batham's Best 4.3%
Steamin' Billy Bitter 4.3%
Green Duck Duck Under 4.4%
Blythe Palmers Poison 4.5%
Greene King Old Speckled Hen 4.5%
Hobson's Town Crier 4.5%
Church End Coffin Stout 4.6%
Leatherbritches Ashbourne IPA 4.9%
4Ts Stout 5.0%
Hopcraft Neapolitan Stout 5.0%
Craddock's Capra 5.0%
Craddock's Troll 5.4%

I don't know why I like Batham's Best so much. It's old school and not even all that strong. However, it has a smoothness that makes it very drinkable. There is a sweetness but it's completely offset by a bitter aftertaste. I tried it in two of their tied houses and the SVR King & Castle last week and it was excellent in all three. (£2.85 and £3.15).


BOTW Batham's Best

[Mobyduck]

A slight improvement on last week,

Wye Valley HPA
Timothy Taylor Knowle Spring
Hop Back GFB
Dark Star Hop Head
Sam Smiths Extra Stout
Trumans Bow Bells
Redemption Hopspur
Sambrooks Powerhouse Porter
Sambrooks Lavander Hill
Weird Beard Mariana Trench

The Hophead was very good in The Harp, somewhere near what it used to be like two or three years ago and a contender, but BOTW is Redemption Hopspur in great shape in The Coach And Horses , Greek Street.