A pub is for life not just for Christmas
Had some really good beer over four days in various locations in East Sussex this week but also some dross.
Wild Beer Bibble
Shepherd Neame Master Brew
Shepherd Neame Bear Island
Shepherd Neame Five Grain Lager
Pig & Porter All These Vibes*
Pig & Porter Jumping Frog
Partizan IPA Sabro Cashmere*
T. Taylors Landlord
Dark Star Hophead
Dark Star American Pale Ale*
Marble Lagonda*
Vault City Gooseberry & Elderflower*
The Kernel Export Stout*
Three Blind Mice Milk Worm*
Beak Parade*
FILO Churches
Howling Hops Top Buzzer*
Three Legs Oatmeal Stout*
Beavertown Neck Oil
Gun Babylon Project
Harveys Sussex Best
North Laines Victory Juice
Fyne Ales Jarl*
Unbarred Joosy
Bad Seed Session IPA
Kent Session Pale Ale*
Parker Centurion Pale Ale
St Peters Plum Porter*
The very best beer came from three different venues, it was good to meet up and chat with landlord Jeff Bell again on my first visit to The Ypres Castle Inn, this provided top notch Howling Hops Top Buzzer along with Three Legs Oatmeal Stout, good enough to walk a normal BOTW, but even better was Partizan IPA Sabro Cashmere In Twelve Hundred Postcards only to be Matched in The Jolly Fisherman by The Kernel Export Stout and Vault City Gooseberry & Elderflower . I'm really struggling to separate those three in bold, so for the first time ever it's a three way tie.
Last edited by Mobyduck; 21-09-2020 at 18:04. Reason: Irritated by missing an e off of Neame
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
Bristol Beer Factory - Entourage. Made the 300 mile or so journey to Stockton's Hope And Union in good shape!
Kent:
Kent-Prohibition 4.8%abv. A delightful zesty APA, an old favourite and 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.
Quiet week:
Oakham Bishops Farewell*
Binghams APA*
Abbeydale Deception*
All good but BOTW was Binghams APA. A 5% APA which started sweet - neapolitan ice cream - but quickly went nettley, very dry and moreish.
"Beer is food." Morse, Colin Dexter
Much less beer than expected,so rather envious of Moby's extravaganza.
Wye Valley -- Butty Bach
Severn Valley -- Game Bird
BrewDog -- Punk IPA (c)
BrewDog -- Dead Pony Club (c)
BOTW goes to Severn Valley Game Bird,a decent golden ale brewed for The Pheasant.
Next week back west along the Trent & Mersey to visit Burton,then Tamworth before a session in The Harp.
"Good people drink good beer" Hunter S Thompson
I see from Ray's review and this article that the pub's name is derived from the illegal sale of French postcards. Surely they mean French letters?