Beer of the Week (w/e 17th September 2023)
A pub is for life not just for Christmas
Quieter week:
Brunswick Station Approach
Everards Thunderbolt*
Oakham Bishops Farewell*
Purity Lawless (keg)
BOTW Everards Thunderbolt. Accurately described as a strong, hoppy, golden ale. At 5.4% it had more than a hint of the IPA about it and slid through the 3 pint test with ease. I'm enjoying some of Everards limited edition beers.
"Beer is food." Morse, Colin Dexter
Kent:al fresco.
Cellar Head-India Pale Ale. 5%abv. In a plastic glass, but a juicy,arboreal nectar on a sweltering day.
"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.
London and...er...Ludlow:
Adnams - Ghost Ship **¾
Downton - New Forest Ale *¾
Five Points - Gold *½
Hobsons – Best **½
Northern Monk - Don’t Mess With Yorkshire **
Oakham - Black Magic **¾
Purity - Mad Goose **
Alpha Delta - ROCA DDH *
St Austell - Tribute **½
Siren - Lumina *¾
Southwark - LPA **
Thornbridge - Crackendale **¾
Thornbridge - Lord Marples **
Titanic - Plum Porter ***
Twickenham - Naked Ladies **¾
Yorkshire- [forgotten] **
BOTW goes to Fyne Ales - Highlander *** not as good as I've had it before but great all the same, taken at The Cock Tavern.
Surrey, Hants , Brighton.
Cask
Only With Love Minstrel
Oakham JFB
Marble Pint*
Stockport Blond
Three Acre Ruby Porter*
Mallisons Ekuanot
Disruption Chaos More Chaos*
Drop Project Verve*
Downlands Revival*
Burning Sky What Gives*
Howling Hops Lunchtime Bow Tie*
Keg
Maverick Experimental Series #1*
Trailhead FOC
Disruption Ay Caramba*
The Kernel IPA Citra Centennial*
Vault City Lemon Iced Tea*
Gun How's The Serenity
Cloak And Dagger Holy Calamity
Mondo Candy Candy*
Salt Jute
The kegs on top this week with the Maverick beer outstanding but even more outstanding than that was Mondo Candy Candy a Barrel Aged Double Imperial Stout weighing in at 11.5% and £4.75 the half, worth every penny in The Hole In The Wall.
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
Preston
Castle Rock - Harvest Pale, in the Guild (not to be confused with the Guild Ale House!)
A crawl around Jericho, Oxford plus some local supping:
Arkell's Tradition (3.4%)
Greene King Level Head IPA (keg) (4.0%)
Titanic Iceberg (4.1%)
Portobello Polari (4.2%)
St Austell Tribute (4.2%)
XT 3 (4.2%)
Beavertown Neck Oil (4.3%) (keg)
Loddon 20 (4.5%)
Animal Chameleon (4.6%)
Animal Fruit Bat (4.6%)
Animal Warbler (4.6%)
Five Points Railway Porter (4.8%)
Pheasantry Dancing Dragonfly (5.0%)
Some variable quality on the Oxford crawl, albeit more good than bad, with two standouts: Titanic's superb Iceberg in tremendous shape at the Old Bookbinders and this week's BOTW: slightly out of season for me, but what the hell – even better than the Iceberg and taken at the Jericho Tavern:
BOTW: Five Points: Railway Porter
"Breakneck speed we drown ten pints of bitter"
Very late on parade,stroll around Greenwich.
Dark Star -- Outer Haze
Shepherd Neame -- Whitstable Bay Pale
Fullers -- Olivers Island
Five Points -- Railway Porter *
Adnams -- Explorer
Greene King -- Fresh Legs
Greene King -- IPA
Windsor & Eton -- LD20
Iron Pier -- IPA
Beavertown -- Neck Oil (keg)
Like Komakino BOTW goes to Five Points Railway Porter on very fine form in the unlikely surroundings on the Oyster Catcher.
Next week Crete.
"Good people drink good beer" Hunter S Thompson
Dark star Outer Haze cost me £6.00 for a pint in The Basketmakers Arms last Saturday, it was ok but not £6.00 good.Originally Posted by Bucking Fastard
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
I just had a half and that set me back £3,so agree with your sentiment.
"Good people drink good beer" Hunter S Thompson
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