Beer of the Week (w/e 4th October 2020)
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.
Drink drink, whoever you may be,
we are the drunk and disorderly,
and we’ll drink more beer wherever we may be,
and we’ll meet you all in a pub said he.
Dr Busker
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
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