Beer of the Week (w/e 15th January 2023)
A pub is for life not just for Christmas
Half way through January and my first pub visit: must try harder.
Iron Pier-Bitter 4%abv.Trad and 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.
Not a bad week all in all.
Elgoods Cambridge Gold
Rebellion Overthrow
Beavertown Neck Oil
Vale Best Vale IPA
Siren Broken Dream*
Brass Castle Fat Rascal*
Lovibonds 69 IPA*
Anspach & Hobday Pfeffernusse Stout*
Hop Kettle Neonate
Hop Kettle Cosmic Shake*
Mallisons Rakau*
Animal Ermine*
Stockport Chinook
Twisted Oak Ghost Town*
Pretty much all good stuff but most excellent was the Brass Castle Fat Rascal a sublime Cherry and Almond golden mild taken in the very impressive A Hoppy Place.
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
Excellent weekend around West Yorkshire, unfortunately didn't note all the beers but great choice and quality at all venues.
Wakefield, Fernandes Tap (now unfortunately named Luis@Fernandes) and Black Rock
Ossett, Ossett Tap
Dewsbury, WRLRR (obvs)
Huddersfield, just Sportsman & Kings Head (due to time and weather)
Halifax, Three Pigeons
Leeds, arrived later than expected so just stayed in Duck & Drake
Sunday: Sheffield: Hallamshire House, Closed Shop, KIT, Shakespeares, Sheffield Tap.
I'll plump for my first as it was splendid and in immaculate condition a great start to the day at Fernandes Bar - Fernandes Quantum
Limited week but all quality:
Adnams Ghost Ship*
Oakham Bishops Farewell*
Duration Turn a New Leaf (keg)*
BOTW Duration Turn a New Leaf. A dry, 4.7%, oyster stout brewed using Brancaster oysters by a local brewery. Thoroughly enjoyed it but may have missed the finer points as it was after a couple? of Ghost Ships.
"Beer is food." Morse, Colin Dexter
A good week for me, with the highlight being the meet-up with 'trainman' et al on Saturday, for a quick whizz round some of West Yorkshire's finest.
Ilkley - Pale.
Stancill - Jarrylo.*
Mallinsons - Huell Moon.*
Stancill - Black.
Roosters - Buckeye.
Ainsty - Assassin.
Fernandes - Mosaic.
Fernandes - Malt Shovel Mild. *
Rat - King Rat.
Fernandes - Quantum.*
Rat - White Rat.
Ossett - Mosaic.*
Ossett - Silver King.
Vocation - Naughty & Nice: Coconut Milk Chocolate Stout.
A good list, this week, but the Quantum, on a fresh palate, was on superb form. Clean and hoppy with a fantastic bitterness at the end. Everyone who tried it loved it. Taken at Luis Bar @ Fernandes
'And where he supped the past lived still. And where he sipped the glass brimmed full' John Barleycorn, Carol Ann Duffy.
Central London:
Brodie’s - Bethnal Green **½
Brodie’s - Piccadilly **½
Dark star - APA **½
Dark Star - Hophead **½
ELB - Cowcatcher **½
Five Points- best **½
McMullen - IPA **
Purity - Pure UBU **½
Rose’s - Oatmeal Stout *¼
St Austell - Tribute *¾
Thornbridge - Brother Rabbit *½
Thornbridge - Wild Raven **½
Timothy Taylor - Boltmaker **
Timothy Taylor - Landlord **½
Titanic - Plum Porter ***
Willy Fox - Crafty Fox *¾
A three-way split with BOTW going to:
Front Row - Converted **¾ at The Lyric
Twickenham - Honey Dark **¾ at The Salisbury
Twisted Oak - Ghost Town **¾ at The Harp
South of the river.I
Kernal-simmonds 1880 bitter
Drop project -verve
Three hounds- experimental no 2
Ignition -Pitstop
Coalition -ipa
Hammertons - tint stout
Southy -bitter
Southy -keystone
Southy -julliet stout
No.dud beers this week so
Botw
Southy -jason waterfall a dry hopped ipa
Cheers
MK and Bugbrooke,during some punishing boating in poor wather.
Mc Mullens -- Country Bitter
Greene King -- Icebreaker Pale (keg)
Oakham -- Inferno *
Bath Ales -- Gem
Purity -- Jimbo
BOTW from this modest list goes to Oakham Inferno,taken in The Bakers Arms.
Next week a double dose of footie so travelling hopfully.
"Good people drink good beer" Hunter S Thompson
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