A pub is for life not just for Christmas
Back from today's sesh so I can nominate my BOTW from this short list:
Roosters - First World Problems
Theakston - Old Peculier
Black Sheep Best Bitter
Slaters - 1 Hop (used to be Top Totty?)
Hambleton - Nightmare Porter
Durham - Pacific Fusion
Live Brew - Pale (Oat & Chinook)
The Top Totty was excellent but just in front Hambleton - Nightmare Porter, the only decent beer they brew for my money.
A mixed bunch this week
Butcombe Rare Breed
Flowerpots Perridge Pale
Brunning & Price Traditional Bitter
Sherfield Lockdown
Longdog Bunny Chaser
Timothy Taylor Landlord
Milestone Shine On
Milestone Honey Porter
Tomos & Lilford Stout Point
Triple fff We'll Meet Again
Front Row Sin Bin
Piddle Cocky
Ascot Grumpy Landlord
The best of the bunch was Tomos & Lilford Stout Point, despite its name it's actually a Vanilla Porter, quite sweet but smooth and rather nice.
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
Kent and Cambridgeshire
Goachers -Special House Ale 3.9%abv.Full of transcendental Tovil goodness.
Iron Pier-Long Ferry 3.8%abv.Chewy malt,spicy hops.
Papworth-The Whitfield Citrabolt 3.8%abv. Long bitter finish, a golden ale.
Adnams-Ghost Ship 4.5%abv.Pretty epic.
My BOTW-Iron Pier Long Ferry. New to me, from a brewery I respect.
"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 rare no pub week,so had to raid my birthday present supplies.
Chianti Brew Fighters -- La Serpe Californian Common * (b)
Chianti Brew Fighters/Birrificio Badala collab. -- Cioni Mario Double IPA *(b)
Magic Rock -- Dark Arts Hazelnut Stout *(c)
Four Pure -- Peach State Peach Sour (c)
Two Tribes -- Metroland Session IPA (c)
BrewDog -- Dead Pony Club (c)
BrewDog -- Elvis Juice (b)
BrewDog -- Punk IPA (c)
Although both Italian beers were very good,BOTW goes to Magic Rock Hazelnut Stout,from a kiddie can but superb malts and hops concoction.A 6% piece of magic.
Next week Digbeth and the wilds of Warwickshire.
"Good people drink good beer" Hunter S Thompson
Quiet week so the stash was raided to provide BOTW Marble Dobber (can), a very welcome blast from the past.
"Beer is food." Morse, Colin Dexter