A pub is for life not just for Christmas
Hampshire , Surrey and Somerset.
A maiden visit to Bath presented some very nice pubs but in the main, B list beer, BOTW comes from a reliable source in Surrey, see below.
Flowerpots Goodens Gold
Flowerpots Perridge Pale
Hanlons Yellow Hammer
Hanlons Port Stout
GT Ales Thirst Of Many
Marstons Bass
Butcombe Rare Breed
Butcombe Haka
Fierce Beer Single Hop Project - 03 Simcoe
Imaginary Friends Lunar Moonatic
Abbey Ales Bellringer Maximus
Bath Brew House Spartacus
Bristol Beer Factory Milk Stout (keg)
Tapestry Swingball
Pennine Hair Of The Dog
Colchester AKA Pale
Colchester Jack Spitty
Slaters Amarillo
Potbelly A Piggin IPA
Milestone Honey Porter
Georges Wakering Gold
North Yorkshire NYPA
Three Castles Dark Knight Milk Chocolate Stout
Milestone Honey Porter is BOTW, found in top condition in The Alfred.
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"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
Surrey:
Tillingbourne: Dormouse 3.8%abv -
Dark amber,malty Bitter with a strange metallic back taste.Not really my taste, buts helps fund a Dormouse recovery project.
Tillingbourne:Hop Troll 4.8%abv. Not a hop monster:a mellow session IPA.Some mint from the hops. My BOTW.
"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.
Porto and Croydon.More of a wine and related week.
Super Bock -- Lager
Super Bock -- Negro (bottle)
Musa -- Red Zeppelin IPA * (bottle)
Thornbridge -- Jaipur IPA * (> 3PT)
Although I enjoyed the Red Zeppelin,BOTW goes to Thornbridge Jaipur IPA on fine form in The George
Next week looks quiet.
"Good people drink good beer" Hunter S Thompson
Yorkshire and Durham this week:
Titanic - Plum Porter
Hadrian Border - Copperfield
Camerons - Old Sea Dog
Taylors - Landlord
Marstons - New Elvet Pale Ale ( probably rebadged EPA)
Nottingham - Legend
Black Storm - Aurora Smash
Turning Point - Lucid Dream (K)
Conwy - Welsh Pride
North Riding - Rum & Raisin Dark Mild
Sarah Hughes - Dark Ruby Mild
Roosters - Baby Faced Assassin
Adnams - Lighthouse
Donkeystone - Cotton Clouds
Harrogate - Salted Caramel Porter
Roosters - Cream
Daleside - Blonde
Dark Horse - Hetton Pale Ale
easy win for Sarah Hughes - Dark Ruby Mild with the advantage of a reasonable amount of alcohol to keep the Corona away
Stewart brewing - radical road reverse
"Do I know where hell is? hell is in hello"
BOTW Salopian Whirligig. Pale, gently cirtussy and 4.0%. An ideal thirst quencher from a reliable brewer.
"Beer is food." Morse, Colin Dexter
Really enjoyed my beer, this week. Several enjoyable new finds and a handful of old favourites on good form.
Wilde Child - Days of Wilde.
Rat - Dark Ratanic Mills.*
Wilde Child - Humble Beginnings.
Northern Monk - Faith.*
Tigertops - Kolsch Style.
Electric Bear - Werrrd.*
Jolly Boys - Marshmallow Porter.
North Riding - Citra.*
Magic Rock - Dark Arts.*
Stancill - Appraisal.
Elland - 1872 Porter.*
Great Heck - Navigator.
Manchester Brewing - Pakehu.
Moor - Hoppiness.
Magpie - Cherry Porter.
An easy winer, this week. The Dark Ratanic Mills (9%) was absolutely superb. Billed as an 'Imperial Smoked Mild', I found it complex and rich, with great balance for its strength. Plus, none of the harshness you get with some German rauchbiers. My beer of the year, so far. Tried in The Hop, Wakefield.
'And where he supped the past lived still. And where he sipped the glass brimmed full' John Barleycorn, Carol Ann Duffy.
Robinsons - Trooper. Was sceptical seeing it sticky noted at £2/pint in Thornaby's Dubliners but went down well for three pints and some beer gardening.