Beer of the Week (w/e 16th July 2023)

[ROBCamra]

[Wittenden]

Kent:

Burning Sky- Plateau 3.5%abv.Quality pale from a solid brewery. My BOTW.

[aleandhearty]

A flying visit to the Lake District formed the basis of this week's drinking. Lots of new beers and three new pubs, as well.

Hawkshead - Mosaic.
Hawkshead - Dry Stone Porter.*
Hawkshead - Windermere Pale.
Hawkshead - Rookie's Return.*
Eden River Brew Co - Aurum.
Barngates - Tag Lag.
Kirkby Lonsdale - Monument.
Windermere - Bad Dog.*
Windermere - Shih Tzu Faced.
Hawkshead - Red.
Hawkshead - ITI.
Lakes Brew Co - Pale.*
Tirril - Staveley IPA.
Kirkby Lonsdale - Stanley's.
Cumbrian Ales - Loweswater Gold.

A pretty high standard, in the three pubs we visited, but the Bad Dog and the LBC Pale were the two that stood out, for me. When it's a close call, I always give the benefit of the doubt to the weaker beer. I thought the Pale had great flavour for 3.5%. Sampled at the Eagle & Child Hotel, Staveley.

[Tris39]

A quiet week:

Adnams - Ghost Ship **½
Brick - Peckham Pale **
Dark Star - Hophead **½
Park - Poets Corner *¾
St Austell - Proper Job **½
Sambrook’s - Wandle *
Timothy Taylor - Landlord **½
360° - Bluebell **½
Twickenham - Naked Ladies **¾

BOTW goes to Brodie’s - Piccadilly **¾ at The Old Coffee House.

[Mobyduck]

Walthamstow, Gospel Oak, Hants and Surrey.

Buxton Hatchet*
Maverick Kickflip*
Growling Gibbon Stratospheric Flow*
Vault City Toasted Coconut Lemon Drizzle Doughnut*
Beavertown Neck Oil
The Kernel Dry Stout Simcoe & Ella*
ELB Jamboree
Portobello Westway Pale
Ilkley Josua Jane*
Southwark Mayflower
Wild Card Gemini*
Trap Primordial*
Pillars Hop Lager*
Bristol Beer Factory Showdown*
Vibrant Forest Marionette*
Mallisons Melon Opus*
Nightjar Lost In Ikea*
Howling Hops Lone Star Vista*
Wantsum Golgotha*

Mostly good with a couple of average and one poor.

BOTW is The Kernel Dry Stout Simcoe & Ella.jpeg taken in one of the consistantly best pubs in London,The Southampton Arms.

[Bucking Fastard]

Very modest week.

Carlsberg -- Lager (keg)
McMullen -- Country Bitter (3PT) and by default BOTW taken in the Jolly Fisherman.

Next week an annual pilgrimage to the Nags Head,Reading which will crank up the consunption and quality .

[Spinko]

A flying visit to the Lake District formed the basis of this week's drinking. Lots of new beers and three new pubs, as well.

Hawkshead - Mosaic.
Hawkshead - Dry Stone Porter.*
Hawkshead - Windermere Pale.
Hawkshead - Rookie's Return.*
Eden River Brew Co - Aurum.
Barngates - Tag Lag.
Kirkby Lonsdale - Monument.
Windermere - Bad Dog.*
Windermere - Shih Tzu Faced.
Hawkshead - Red.
Hawkshead - ITI.
Lakes Brew Co - Pale.*
Tirril - Staveley IPA.
Kirkby Lonsdale - Stanley's.
Cumbrian Ales - Loweswater Gold.

A pretty high standard, in the three pubs we visited, but the Bad Dog and the LBC Pale were the two that stood out, for me. When it's a close call, I always give the benefit of the doubt to the weaker beer. I thought the Pale had great flavour for 3.5%. Sampled at the Eagle & Child Hotel, Staveley.

I remember staying at that hotel in Staveley several years ago. The main reason was to visit the Hawkshead Brewery Tap.

Adams - Ghost Ship. A good pint in a very chavvy Derby Wetherspoons.

[aleandhearty]

I remember staying at that hotel in Staveley several years ago. The main reason was to visit the Hawkshead Brewery Tap.

Our cottage was in Staveley and because of its location we'd call in to the Hawkshead Beer Hall, for a couple, before going on to the Eagle & Child. Overall, I was slightly disappointed with the Hawkshead range and thought the beers were more interesting at the E&C.

[Thuck Phat]

Late entry - slacker:

Brancaster Oystercatcher*
Barsham Golden Close IPA*
Lacons Legacy
Guinness (keg)
Adnams Ghost Ship
Beavertown Neck Oil (keg)

BOTW Brancaster Oystercatcher . Nectar.