A pub is for life not just for Christmas
Hertford and the Euston Road.
Tring -- Drop Bar (bottle)
Mallinson's --Simcoe *
Mighty Oak -- Kings
Tring -- Sidepocket for a Toad
Yeastie Boys -- Big Mouth Session IPA (keg)
Windsor & Eton -- Independence APA
Five Points -- Pale*
Moor --Raw
Siren -- Undercurrent
Southwark -- Mayflower
The extreme temperature must have dealt a blow to the ale at the Euston Tap where some well below par pints came out ,so BOTW goes to Mallinson's Simcoe ,low strength but high on flavour a long way from home in the reliable Black Horse.
Next week boating through Cheshire ending in Chester where there appears to be a surfiet of good ale houses..
"Good people drink good beer" Hunter S Thompson
BOTW Salopian Oracle. A pale, citrussy, refreshing and very bitter session ale which was just the ticket on the hottest day, last Thursday.
"Beer is food." Morse, Colin Dexter
Fairly quiet week for me, but I managed to tick three new pubs, on a flying visit to Newcastle.
Northern Alchemy - US Session Pale.
Bad Seed - Step Up.
Marble - Uppe Hela Natten.*
Two by Two - Mosaic DDH.
Siren - Suspended in Amarillo.*
Northern Alchemy - Lemon & Vanilla Oatmeal Stout. *
Not very often I come across Siren beers on my travels, but I always enjoy them when I do. The SIA was an hazy pale ale made with Amarillo, Centennial and Ekuanot. Just the job on a hot, sticky afternoon. Sampled in the Cumberland Arms, Byker.
'And where he supped the past lived still. And where he sipped the glass brimmed full' John Barleycorn, Carol Ann Duffy.
A restrained week.
Butcome Citra Blonde
Flowerpots Perridge Pale
Goddards Ale Of Wight
Fallen Acorn She Sings Sea Shanties
Pilgrim Surrey
Cromarty Goldilocks
Scarborough Trident
Wantsum Black Pig
Adnams Freewheel
BOTW is the Black Pig, taken in The Alfred.
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
Kent: a thin week,improved by an unplanned visit to a fresh pub.
Pig and Porter: Red Spider Rye 4.8%abv.Deep red,spicy malts.Gooseberries.In great condition, though I'm not a fan of rye beers.Taken, appropriately at The Black Dog in the beer's spiritual hometown.
Tonbridge:Golden Rule 3.5%abv. A floral golden pale ale,perfect for a summer's day. My BOTW,if only for the incredible hop aroma, that was apparent halfway through the pint.Taken at The Kentish Rifleman
"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 visit to Nottingham spent mainly in the mercifully air conditioned JDWs where the cellar therostats had been turned down to suit the weather.
Magpie Thieving Rogue 4.5%
Welbeck Abbey Pineapple Lodge 4.5%
Newby Wyke Eagle & Columbia 5.0%
Kelham Island Pale Rider 5.2%
Nottingham Supreme Bitter 5.2%
Two By Two Mosaic DDH 5.2%
Brewdog Punk IPA (keg) 5.4%
Milestone Missy Sippy 5.5%
Milestone Raspberry Wheat (keg) 5.6%
Little Critters Coconutter 6.1%
Although copious amounts of Pale Rider were consumed the winner is the Pineapple Lodge. I feared that this would be some sort of sweet fruit based abomination but I'm not sure that any pineapples had even been used. It was bitter and very tasty at £2.15 in the excellent Roebuck JDW in Central Nottingham. The worst beer by miles was the Two By Two Mosaic in Beerhedz Nottingham which was unfined and while it had a good hop taste and aroma was sludge. It may be suitable for vegans but it wasn't fit for human consumption.
BOTW Welbeck Abbey Pineapple Lodge
Loddon Summer Snowflake
"Breakneck speed we drown ten pints of bitter"
Quiet on the beer front recently and as I have stopped ticking keep forgetting to write the beers down
tiny rebel -assault trifle
hopback -entire stout(strange how old favourites can now taste thin and dull)
siren -broken dream
siren -suspended in simcoe -botw
siren -yulu