A pub is for life not just for Christmas
Kent:
Hop Fuzz-Blacksmith:4.2%abv. Bible black roasty, chocolatey stout.Delicious.
Twisted Wheel-Mosaic IPL:5%abv.Evil keg.OK
My BOTW-Blacksmith.
"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.
Croydon and Glasgow.
Oakham -- Bishops Farewell *
Titanic -- Plum Porter
Twickenham -- Gothick Dark
Innis & Gunn --Gunpowder IPA* (keg)
Innis & Gunn -- Canadian Cheerywood* (keg)
Fuller's -- Dark Star Hophead
Caledonian --Duechars IPA
Orkney -- Corncrake *
Drygate -- Seven Peaks Session IPA (keg)
Fyne -- Jarl * (3PT)
Hybrid -- Magic Porridge
Brewhaus -- Session Lager (keg)
Tennent's -- Caledonia Best (keg)
Drygate -- Kelvin (keg)
Salopian --Darwin's Origin *
Stewart -- Jack Back
Shilling --George Zest (keg)
Born --Blonde
Oakham -- Citra *
Vocation -- Pride & Joy
Williams Bros. -- Joker IPA (keg)
BOTW goes to Fyne Jarl ,consumed at pace and in great nick in The Laurieston,a joy of a pub.
Next week a cultural tour of Bath and a much needed rest.
"Good people drink good beer" Hunter S Thompson
BOTW Blue Monkey Infinity + 1. An gem of a beer which saw rather more than 3 pints disappearing.
"Beer is food." Morse, Colin Dexter
A better week than last, for not drinking in Fulham:
Adnams - Ghost Ship (c)**
Brains - SA (c)
Brewhouse - Goal Scorer (c)**
Brewhouse - Tramshed (c)**
Dark Star - Hophead (c)*
East London Brewery - Night Watchman (c)*
Five Points - JUPA (k)
Five Points - XPA (c)
Hammerton's - N1 (c)
Purity - UBU (c)**
Redemption - Hopspur (c)**
Ringwood - Razor Back (c)*
St. Austell - Proper Job (c)**
Sambrook's - Pumphouse (c)
Thornbridge - Jaipur (c)**
Three Sods - Session IPA (c)*
Windsor & Eton - Father Thames (c)*
Runner up:
Brewhouse - Project Amber (c)**½
Pipped to the post by BOTW: Siren - Broken Dream (c)*** at The Earl of Essex (they also had on the Fyne Jarl too, so perhaps I should pop back tonight).
Some really good stuff .
Gadds HPA*
Kent The Quiet American*
Kent Tropic Ale*
Kent Session Pale
Howling Hops Shimmy*
Cloudwater Party*
Marble Lagonda*
Marble Decadence BA Port Stout*
Marble Pint*
Marble/North Riding/Five Towns Jollification*
Laines Dubloon
Long Man Rising Giant
Bristol Beer Factory White Desert*
New Invention High Voltage*
Oakham Citra*
Goffs Cheltnam Gold
Burnt Mill Pintle
Manchester Tara Stout
Ilkley Pale
Beartown Polar
Elusive Level Up (27)*
Wild Beer Bibble
XT 8
Disruption Cereal Thrilla*
So much good stuff but the Marble Lagonda on cask was pure class and BOTW, enjoyed in the brilliant Hole In The Wall (to be reviewed soon when I get my arse into gear).
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"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
Quiet week:
Loose Cannon Recoil (4.2%)
Chiltern Beechwood Best Bitter (4.3%)
Tap Social Movement Time Better Spent (5.1%) (k)
Brauhaus Bevog Extinction Is Forever! Scottish Wildcat (5.5%) (c)
BrewDog Punk IPA (5.6%) (c)
Little Ox Underworld (8.0%) (c)
Not much to write home about, so default BOTW goes to the best of two cask offerings I had here:
BOTW: Chiltern Beechwood Best Bitter
"Breakneck speed we drown ten pints of bitter"