A pub is for life not just for Christmas
Exmoor Gold, at the Pig & Pump in a very lively Chesterfield.
Kent:
Iron Pier-Perry Street Pale 3.75abv.Nettley Pale ale, on the thin side.
Bank's (?)-Wainwright 4.1%abv.The lights were on, but nobody there.
Angels and Demons-Hukins' Pale.4.1%abv.Spicy,hazy Pale ale.Delicious.My BOTW.
"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 small list
Front Row Land Of Hops And Glory
Unbarred The Long Black*
Elusive Oregon Trail*
Goffs Jester Brew 21 Chilli & Chocolate Fudge Stout*
Beavertown Neck Oil
Beavertown Gamma Ray*
Elusive Oregon Trail is BOTW.
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
A short but delicious list:
Oakham Bishops Farewell*
Byatts Smoke on the Porter*
Byatts Mahana IPA*
Hop Back Summer Lightening*
Really enjoyed the Mahana IPA which is hoppy, fruity, pale and 6% but BOTW goes to Byatts Smoke on the Porter which easily passed the 3 pint test. A lovely, bitter, 4.9% porter from a very reliable, local brewery.
"Beer is food." Morse, Colin Dexter
Enjoyed our annual pre-Christmas wander round Skipton, on Saturday. Always a good atmosphere. Heartening to see all the pubs and bars doing brisk trade.
Lancaster - Chinook.*
Seven Brothers - Sunset IPA.*
Saltaire - Titus.
2by2 - Porter.
Wishbone - Tiller Pin.*
Craven Brewing Co - Black Angus Porter.
Wensleydale - Three Lions.
Reedley Hallows - NZ Pale.*
Bingley - Moo Moo.
Some good beers in the list, but the Tiller Pin ( a blend of Citra, Chinook and Cascade) was on fantastic form at The Boathouse Bar.
'And where he supped the past lived still. And where he sipped the glass brimmed full' John Barleycorn, Carol Ann Duffy.