Beer of the Week (w/e 23rd July 2023)
A pub is for life not just for Christmas
Kent:
Only with Love-Yacht Rock 3.8%. Citrus rich extra pale session number, 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.
Lancaster Black in Stockton Wetherspoons
Bass in Stockton Sun Inn
Magic Rock Cannonball in the house
Not much between them, all decent. I'll go with the Bass though with three pints watching the cricket.
Reading,Old Street and Crouch End.
Loddon -- Run the World
Dynamite Valley -- Ambrys
Wilde Child -- Resplendent Perspective
Duration -- Ambition El Dorardo * (3PT)
Ossett -- Macaroni Ted *
Oakham -- Citra *
Vale -- Orca
BOTW goes to Ossett Macaroni Ted,an impressive American IPA served in top condition as you might expect in the Nags Head during a long session including Moby and Big Steve.
Next week modest with some boat movement and quiet beers near home.
"Good people drink good beer" Hunter S Thompson
A poor week, with only three sampled:
Chin Chin - 1903.
Copper Dragon - Scotts 1816.
Ossett - White Rat.
None of them was on particularly good form, but the White Rat was the pick of the bunch. Taken at the New Inn, Walton.
Last edited by aleandhearty; 24-07-2023 at 11:21.
'And where he supped the past lived still. And where he sipped the glass brimmed full' John Barleycorn, Carol Ann Duffy.
Fair to middling:
Adnams - Ghost Ship **½
Bexley Bursted *½
Brockley Summer XPA *¾
Brodie’s - Bethnal Green **¾
Five Points - Best **½
Five Points - Pale *½
Harvey’s - Sussex Best **½
Kent - Simply The Best **
St Austell - Proper Job **½
Young’s - London Original *
Siren - Breakfast Stout ** ¾ at Craft Beer Co.
Pretty good in general.
Oakham Hangar 1
Thornbridge Wild Swan*
Titanic Session IPA Huell Melon
Vibrant Forest Black Forest*
Vibrant Forest Face Everything
Big Trip Beautiful Things*
Pig & Porter Skylarking*
Downlands Devils Dyke
Red Willow Headless
Salopian Hop Twister
Howling Hops Lone Star Vista*
Duration Ambition*
Atom Crater
Siren Super Gold Finger Discount*
Siren / Omnipollo Naken*
Ossett / Elusive Macaroni Ted*
Stardust WIP 104
Nothing was poor this week with the starred beers exceptional, the Naken.jpeg (sorry Nev ,not the most flatering but a moment in time) was definitely keg beer of the week but overall I have to agree with BF, and it looks like Clive agrees, Macaroni Ted.jpeg was excellent and a major cause of my eventual downfall that evening, also my BOTW in the aforementioned Nags.
Last edited by Mobyduck; 24-07-2023 at 21:41.
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
Dipping for the tape:
Brancaster Oystercatcher*
Guinness
Adnams Ghost Ship*
Barsham Golden Close IPA*
All starred were good but BOTW goes to Adnams Ghost Ship having stumbled across a very well kept pint.
"Beer is food." Morse, Colin Dexter
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