A pub is for life not just for Christmas
Kent
Cellar Head-IPA 5%abv.Hazy,oily,peppery.Delicious.
Harveys-Sussex Best Bitter 4%abv.Fruity.
Tonbridge-Coppernob 3.8%abv.Mossy.
My BOTW-Cellar Head IPA,head and shoulders above the rest. On the bottled front, special mention to Goldilocks is Dead, from Angels and Demons (5.3%avb).Delectably oily aand oaty.
"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.
A pleasant week with some local sampling and a trip to Staffordshire/Cheshire
Acorn - Barnsley Bitter
Saltaire - No5 Stout
Turning Point - Lucid Dream
Brass Castle - Very Bad Kitty (keg)
Blackjack - Black Maria
North Riding - Cappuccino Stout
Hopback - Summer Lightning
Whim - Earl Grey Bitter
Marstons - Bass
Salopian - Oracle
Redwillow - Weightless
Wincle Beer Co - Ratter
Jolly Brewers - Froth Blower
Joules - Slumbering Monk
Whim - Flower Power
Bollington - Oat Mill Stout
Poynton - Darkside Porter
Black Sheep - Pale Ale
The Very Bad Kitty was as sublime as I expected but probably qualifies for 'ow much! as it was £9.50 a pint (9% ABV). BOTW was Joules Slumbering Monk.
All these were £2.09 in the E11 JDWs.
Signal Sprimkler Time 3.9%
ELB Pale 4.0%
Portobello Summer Blonde 4.2%
ELB Foundation Bitter 4.2%
Windsor & Eton Guardsman 4.2%
Signal Sticky Hoppy Pudding 4.3%
Westerham Single Hop Adniral 4.5%
Whitstable Pearl Ohf Kent 4-5%
Sambrook's Lavender Hill 4.5%
Enefeld London Pale 5.0%
Kelham Island Pale Rider 5.2%
Brewdog Punk IPA (keg) 5.4%
Wimbledon Quartermaine 5.5%
Portobello Stiff Lip 5.5%
Enefeld London IPA 6.0%
The easy winner is the Kelham Island Pale Rider
Another good week for me. I seem to be on a bit of a roll, after Sheffield.
Nailmaker - 20Five.
Nailmaker - Clout.
Revolutions - Marquee.*
Grumpy Ales (Nailmaker) Port Stout.
Vedett - Extra Ordinary IPA. (keg)
Totally Brewed - Idaho IPA. (keg)
Naylors - Liquorice Libation.
Oakham - Citra.*
Yorkshire Heart - Blackheart Stout.
Fernandes - Mosaic.
Abbeydale / Thornbridge - Rita.*
Abbeydale - Forge IPA.*
Chin Chin - Mild at Heart.
North Riding - Cascade.
Stringers - IPA.
Darkland - Drakkar.
Jolly Sailor - Selby Blonde.
Fernandes - Malt Shovel Mild.
Fernandes - Octohop.*
Fernandes - Black Voodoo.
Mallinsons - Ella.
Another week where the standard was pretty high, overall. The Forge, a hazy 6% NEIPA just shades it.
'And where he supped the past lived still. And where he sipped the glass brimmed full' John Barleycorn, Carol Ann Duffy.
Four reasonably regular ones for me:
Brancaster Oystercatcher*
Adnams Ghost Ship*
Abbeydale Moonshine*
Oakham Bishops Farewell*
Enjoyed them all but the Adnams Ghost Ship just shades BOTW as it was there, in top nick, on a warm evening when it was most needed.
"Beer is food." Morse, Colin Dexter
Not a bad week
Siren Double Double*
Hawkshead Session Series #28
Dark Star Hophead
Dark Star American Pale Ale*
Burning Sky Tony Evans IPA*
Vibrant Forest Black Forest*
Southy Pale Ale*
Northern Monk Striding Edge*
Bowmans Agincourt
Southwick Old Dick
Ainsty Flumoxed Farmer*
Flowerpots Perridge Pale*
Five Points Pale
Church Brew Lazy Day Lager
Pressure Drop Pale Fire*
Deviant & dandy Looks Like Hazy
Bristol Beer Co Notorious
Camden Hells
Kernal Export India Porter*
Wantsum Amirillo
Black Tor Blonde
4 T's Squirrel's Heaven
Goffs Jester Brew 6*
Some top quality beer in Brighton last Tuesday provided the BOTW Burning Sky Tony Evans IPA,7.0% and not cheap at £3.65 a half, the barman forewarned me but I'm glad I went for it ,sublime, as was the Dark Star APA also in The Evening Star.
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
Burscough Bridge,Monton and Acton Bridge.
Bank Top -- Pavilion Pale
Hop Vine -- Hoppy Blonde
Hop Vine -- D'Vine IPA *
Sharps --Atlantic Pale (keg)
Bad Seed -- Landing Beacon
Cromarty -- Happy Chappy
Brightside -- Mancunian *
Castle Rock -- Harvest Pale*
Robinson's -- Unicorn
Robinson's -- Cumbrian Way
Ringwood -- Old Thumper
A poor week with BOTW going to Brightside Mancunian in the Monton Tap.
Next week end month sessions in Hertford and the Euston Tap,must be an improvement.
"Good people drink good beer" Hunter S Thompson