In Huddersfield last night and forgot again.
In Huddersfield last night and forgot again.
A pub is for life not just for Christmas
Kent:rare weeknight visits.
Bedlam-Benchmark:4%abv.Standard fare.
Goacher's-Special House Ale:3.8%abv.Earthy Tovil goodness.Grand.
At risk of repeating myself,my BOTW is Goacher's Special House Ale,taken at The Dering Arms
"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.
Borough Market,Denham,Apsley and Croydon.
Oakham -- Green Devil IPA
Oakham -- Waimea *(3PT)
Greene King -- Old Golden Hen
St Austell -- Proper Job
Fullers -- ESB * (3PT)
Dark Star -- Hophead *
Thornbridge -- Jaipur IPA
Bedlam -- Porter
Titanic -- Black Ice
Manchester -- Christopher Columbus Pale Ale
BOTW goes to Fullers ESB in superb condition (NBSS 4.5) in The Papermill after a cold and wet day boating.Even the next pint of Hophead in there was top drawer.
Next week end month sessions so hopeful of something interesting.
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"Good people drink good beer" Hunter S Thompson
York and home town this week so all Yorkshire beers except * which I think they brought with them when they came over for a collaboration brew with Roosters
Tapped - Mojo
Rudgate - Jorvic
Brass Castle - Hazelnut Mild
Treboom - Yorkshire Sparkle
Roosters - Howl
Tapped - Scorsby Stout
Theakston - Best Bitter
Acorn - Old Moor Porter
Roosters - Little Changes
Roosters - Double Assassin
*Green Cheek - Local Import
Roosters - Howl V7
Bad Co - Dark Necessities
Harrogate - Salted Caramel Porter
BOTW Brass Castle - Hazelnut Mild enjoyed in the Blue Bell in York.
Two wheely good beers in Reading
fixed wheel -through and off
botw
twisted wheel -sunday sessions
Half decent.
Flying Monk Jackdaw Porter
Oakham Waimea*
Black Lodge Shichuan Capo*
Mission Creep East Bay
Revolutions Marquee*
Tollgate California Steam
Black Sheep Twilighter
4 Ts APA
Beartown Polar Eclipse*
Cobra Lager
Three Castles Dark Knight Coconut*
Wantsum Swallow Dive
Hogs Back TEA
Flowerpots Perridge Pale*
BOTW was always going to be Revolutions Marquee, fantastic in The Nags Head on a Monday off work, however pipped at the the post by a splendid Three Castles Dark Knight Coconut in The Alfred yesterday lunchtime, cant wait to try the white chocolate version coming up this week.
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"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
A quiet week :-
Mechanic Session Bitter 3.8%
Burton Bridge Golden Delicious 3.8%
ELB Pale 4.0%
Sambrook's Pumphouse Pale 4.2%
Loddon Citra Quad 4.4%
Reunion Mosaic 4.5%
ELB Nightwatchman 4.5%
Goddard's Fuggle Dee Dum 4.8%
Sambrook's Powerhouse Porter 4.9%
Snowdon Craft Summit 5.2%
Brewdog Punk IPA (keg) 5.4%
Mechanic Orange Candy IPA 5.4%
Actually the Punk IPA was probably as good as any of these.
I feel I ought to mention the Mechanic beers which I had never seen before. The session bitter was an old school low abv pale that I found completely uninspiring. It was also hazy which I assume means it was unfined. Why???
The Orange Candy IPA was also cloudy but not a sludge and was more interesting. It was a bit orange squash like and in no way outstanding but I would try it again. The winner is from a brewer that has been hit and miss for me but the Reunion Mosaic (£2.19 in the George JDW) seemed as good as similar offerings from other brewers.
BOTW Reunion Mosaic
Adnams Ghost Ship tops Moongazer 4 + 4 Candles with some ease.
Touch more variety next week hopefully.
"Beer is food." Morse, Colin Dexter
An average sort of week, but at least I broke my duck on the new pub front.
Acorn - Blonde.
Rat - White Rat.
Acorn - Old Moor Porter.
Wilde Child - Event Horizon.
Titanic - Plum Porter.*
Beer Ink - CF 260.
Rat - King Rat.*
North Riding - Mosaic.*
Chin Chin - Mad Thing.
Stancill - Black.
Donkeystone - Hoppinsesh.
An easy winner, this week. The PP was on superb form at The Hop, Wakefield.
'And where he supped the past lived still. And where he sipped the glass brimmed full' John Barleycorn, Carol Ann Duffy.