A pub is for life not just for Christmas
Localish
turning point -project zeus
franklins -kaleidehop
brass castle -session mini ipa
nottinghill -cinnamon oatmeal stout
kent -Halloween scream
ansbach +hobday -theordinary bitter
Whitstable -green glory
Whitstable -slightly anchored
vocation -breakfast club
howling hops -last post
and BOTW
again
vocation -love and hate (though very good beers again this week)
Generally localish as well
Long Man Long Blonde
Flowerpots Perridge Pale
Marstons Saddle Tank
Milton Sparta
Great Heck Dave
Stockport South Island Pale
Nethergate Old Growler
Revolutions Slippery When Wet
Pennine IPA
BOTW is a dark beer for the second week in a row, Great Heck Dave in great condition in The Alfred.
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
What did you make of the Saddle Tank? I'd put it on a par with Doom Bore. Marston's seem to have completely lost the plot. I also have severe doubts about Purity. Their UBU in the local Rose & Crown was a classic example of a boring brown beer to avoid. The only one of their beers I've liked is a strong dark one of which I've forgotten the name.
Kent:very local.
Adnams-Ghost Ship 4.5%abv:Hops 'n' sea breezes.
Goachers-Special House Ale 3.9%abv:Earthy,in great nick.
Rother Valley-Ruby Wheat Beer 4.4%abvark and grainy,:no cloves as I'd half expected, but background fruit.
My BOTW-Goachers Special House Beer,taken at The Three Chimneys .I'd given up on the beer in this pub for over a year,but on Tuesday,it was fine.
"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.
Brew York - Empress Tonkoko imperial stout. Two halves of this in Stockton's Top of the Hops.
The Saddle Tank was at best less than average in the interest stakes,finding myself in a Marstons pub I had the other choice of Pedigree(which I have never liked) or the two Hobgoblins (normal and Gold), What did surprise me was I was charged £3.75 for the pint and a packet of crisps,It turns out all cask was £2.75 on Mondays ,albeit only Marstons beers available.Don't know the dark Purity beer, unless its the keg only 5.8% Saddle Black.
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
It was Saddle Black but I noted the abv as 5.1%. It was probably in a Midlands JDW possibly during the October festival. I can't think why Purity would do any keg as apart from that one I've found their beers quite dull.
Edit: Thanks to TP for confirming it isn't just me!!
Last edited by Aqualung; 12-11-2019 at 15:37.
Agree on UBU. The dark one is Saddle Black which was very good on cask when I found it some years ago. Mad Goose is never a bad fall back but Gold has been taken off in my local due to inconsistent quality despite being on there for many years, having a dedicated following and a personal visit from the brewer.
"Beer is food." Morse, Colin Dexter
BOTW Parkway Brewing Black Widow. Dark and 4.9% but fairly unmemorable aside from being the only cask beer of the week.
"Beer is food." Morse, Colin Dexter