Beer of the Week (w/e 28th August 2022)
A pub is for life not just for Christmas
The usual places plus a couple of trips to the smoke.
Thornbridge Gold*
Thornbridge Jaipur X*
Pollys Soma Centre
Powder Monkey BBQ*
Stardust Just Stout*
Wantsum Montgomery
Wantsum Yellowtail
Wantsum 1381
Butcombe Original
Bedlam Phoenix
Chapter Bread And Circuses*
Thirst Class American Brown Ale*
Disruption Battle Royale Bru-1* (keg)
Disruption Battle Royale Bru-1* (cask)
Cross Bay Blonde
New Bristol Buena Vista*
Heiniken
Kroenenbourg
Siren Lumina
Siren Memento
Ascention Champing At The Bit* (Cider)
Wylam Jakehead*
Sam Smiths Export Stout*
Duration Sweeping Coast*
Two Tribes Dream Factory
Redemption Kazbek*
Dark Star APA*
Very close this week so top five in order are
1. Sam Smiths Export Stout, standard keg offering but reliable, solid and... Stout. BOTW in pleasant surroundings in The Royal George.
2. Thornbridge Gold , didn't know this beer existed, a subtle Golden Mild in The Ten Tun Taphouse.
3. Thornbridge Jaipur X, an Imperial IPA version of the classic at 10.0%, plenty of "poke" in The Shirkers Rest.
4. Wylam Jakehead, another beer with a punch in Mother Kellys.
5. Disruption Battle Royale Bru-1 (cask), good in both formats in The Alfred.
Last edited by Mobyduck; 28-08-2022 at 16:58.
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
Wakefield.
North Riding - Mosaic.
Tigertops - Euro Hop.
North Riding - Porter.
Mallinsons - Rakau.
Roosters - Accomplice.
Not much to quicken the pulse, for one reason or another. The Accomplice was the best of an indifferent bunch. Taken at Harry's Bar
'And where he supped the past lived still. And where he sipped the glass brimmed full' John Barleycorn, Carol Ann Duffy.
Nice change from Eurofizz:
Vale VPA
Leighton Buzzard Bavarian Dragon*
Boxcar Native Place k
Salt Huckaback k*
Beavertown Neck Oil k
Brancaster Oystercatcher*
Woodfordes Nelsons*
Woodfordes Reedlighter
The Oystercatcher was superb as ever but BOTW goes to Woodfordes Nelsons. Shame it ran out after one pint.
"Beer is food." Morse, Colin Dexter
Leighton Buzzard ,Hertford and N1.
Vale -- VPA
Leighton Buzzard -- Bavarian Dragon * (3PT)
Boxcar -- Native Place (keg)
Salt -- Huckaback * (keg)
Oakham -- Inferno *
Tring -- Sidepocket for a Toad
Five Points -- Pale * (>3PT)
Vibrant Forest -- Betula *
Burning Sky -- Aurora
BOTW goes to Five Points Pale on very good form in the Wenlock Arms and taken at volume.
Next week footie and some delving into the smoke.
"Good people drink good beer" Hunter S Thompson
Oxford. Again...
Adnams - Ghost Ship *½
Allsopps - Pale Ale **
Big Smoke - Solaris ½
Chaddlington - Oxford IPA *
Dark Star - Sunquake *½
Little Ox - Wipeout *
North Cotswold - Hung Drawn 'n' Portered *½
Prescott - Chequered Flag
Purity - Mad Goose *½
St. Austell - Proper Job *½
Shotover - Trinity *½
Timothy Taylor - Landlord **
https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/78566/ - House Bitter
White Horse - Stable Genius **½
BOTW goes to Lister's - Sussex Hoppy **¾ at The Kings Arms.
Kent,Cambridgeshire,Norfolk:
Tonbridge-Traditional 3.6%abv.Pleasantly earthy,but seems to have been "cleaned-up".
Oakham-Citra 4.2%abv.Solid citrus grapefruit,sweet malt finish.Easy.
Barsham-Norfolk Topper 3.8%abv.Last out of the cask,but in tiptop condition.A barley straw golden ale with an assertive hop bill. My BOTW,taken at https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/52598/,which has reopened.
"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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