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    Elgoods -cherry porter
    London beer lab- monkey bus stout
    Five points -pale
    Brewdog-vanilla milk stout
    Brewdog -planet pale
    Brewdog -puppet.master
    W+ Eton- uprising
    Botw
    London beer lab -tip top citra
    I think this was the first beer they brewed about 8 years ago and still tasting great.

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    One of my rare encounters deserving of a BOTW - Downlands 1984 Stout. I hadn't heard of them before but will try and seek them out if this is anything to go by.
    On leaving the bar, I felt a strong blow to the back of my head. Turning round, I discovered it was the pavement

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    Kent,London,Lancashire:

    Harvey's- Sussex Best Bitter:4%abv.
    Bedlam-Phoenix PA:3.9%abv.Thin, a bit tired.
    Goacher's-Best Dark Ale:4.1%abv.Lovely peppery farmyard ethos.
    Arbor Ales-Blue Sky Drinking:4.4%abv.Solid malty fare.
    Five Points-Best:4.1%abv.Peppery,grassy.
    Box Steam-Soul Train:4%abv.Tasty grainy PA.
    Ossett-Butterley:3.8%abv.Crisp Yorkshire Bitter.
    Saltaire-DDH Citra:4.2%abv.Grassy APA.Yum.
    Bowland-Buster:4.5%abv.Malt driven PA.
    Ossett-Yorkshire Blonde:3.9%abv.Willowy Hops.Crisp.

    My BOTW:Saltaire DDH Citra, taken at The Thatched House
    "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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wittenden View Post
    Arbor Ales-Blue Sky Drinking:4.4%abv.Solid malty fare.
    They had this one at the Sheffield Tap recently - I enjoyed it...

    Quote Originally Posted by Wittenden View Post
    Goacher's-Best Dark Ale:4.1%abv.Lovely peppery farmyard ethos.
    ...but I really like the way this one sounds, from your description. Not enough farmyard beers in South Yorkshire!
    Come On You Hatters!

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    [QUOTE=sheffield hatter



    ...but I really like the way this one sounds, from your description. Not enough farmyard beers in South Yorkshire![/QUOTE]

    I've often wondered about this-is it something to do with the use of sparklers?(Prepares body armour.)
    I come across farmyard funk mainly in the south,especially in beer from Goachers, Tonbridge and to an extent Larkins.Exposure to Fuggles, Goldings and Challenger hops?
    "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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wittenden View Post
    I've often wondered about this-is it something to do with the use of sparklers?(Prepares body armour.)
    I used to ask for sparklers to be taken off, but when the bar staff are used to the swan necks, they still put the nozzle right at the bottom of the glass, and they get puzzled when no head appears! In normal southern dispense - like I see when I go to Luton, for example - the short spout pours the beer into the top of the glass, producing a loose head.

    Quote Originally Posted by Wittenden View Post
    I come across farmyard funk mainly in the south,especially in beer from Goachers, Tonbridge and to an extent Larkins.Exposure to Fuggles, Goldings and Challenger hops?
    When I think back to what Boddingtons and Tetleys were like - and to some extent Landlord, too - I remember an exciting, bitter and somehow dirty or earthy taste experience, possibly as much to do with yeast as with malt or hops. Now in my experience most northern bitters are more like Stones - especially Abbeydale brewery's beers, most of which are pale with gentle, perfumy citrus flavours. The nearest I get to your "farmyard funky" beers is when I go to the Bricklayers Arms in Luton, where they nearly always have something from Nethergate brewery; some of the Tring beers are also good for an earthy maltiness.

    Perhaps I need to treat myself to a holiday in Kent.
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