Beer of the Week (w/e 24th September 2023)
A pub is for life not just for Christmas
Kent:
Iron Pier-Rakau and Archer joined at the Hop. 3.8%abv: hazy pale. Great depth of flavour.Stone fruit, citrus. My BOTW. I've also enjoyed cans of Killick's Mill from this brewery.
"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 but well formed list:
Everards Thunderbolt*
Oakham Bishops Farewell*
Abbeydale Moonshine*
Hop Back Summer Lightening*
All excellent and well kept but I really enjoyed BOTW Hop Back Summer Lightening which, as per, whistled through the 3 pint test.
"Beer is food." Morse, Colin Dexter
Just a handful of pre-curry swifties, this week.
North Riding - Maple & Walnut Stout.*
Mallinsons - Citranaut.
Dorking - 5 Claw.*
Handsome - Stranger.
Harrogate - Cheers to 10 years.
Easy winner was the 5 Claw, a tasty West Coast IPA. Taken in Harry's Bar.
'And where he supped the past lived still. And where he sipped the glass brimmed full' John Barleycorn, Carol Ann Duffy.
A mixed week, banishing the Battersea Blues with trips to Happy Hackney:
Adnams - Ghost Ship **½
Dark Star - Hophead **½
ELB - Jamboree **
Five Points - Railway Porter **
Five Points - XPA **
Fyne Ales - Vital Spark **¾
Hobsons - Champion *¾
Purity - Gold *¾
St Austell - Proper Job **½
Saltaire - Timberwolf **
Sambrook’s- Drop Kick **½
Thornbridge - Crackendale **½
Timothy Taylor - Landlord **½
Twickenham - Autumn Red **
Twickenham - Naked Ladies **½
BOTW goes to Howling Hops - One Billion Wolves v the Sun *** at The Cock Tavern.
For the last 2 months the medicine I am taking has affected my taste buds.Some weeks I struggle to like any of the beers but last week was fine.Hackney and environs for me too.
Tap east -roll out the barrel
Tap east-sidneys stout
Downlands - return to flight
Deya -any other business
Downlands - omb
Howling hops -miles away
Fyne- fireside stories
Galway Bay- obscuara stout
Saint monday -nitro stout
Botw
Saint monday-west coast ipa 7.4
Drank in the brewery tap which was previously owned by London Fields.
Back to Brighton (again) plus the usual suspects.
Cask
Dark Star Outer Haze
Gun Dry Hopped Summer Best
Harveys Wharf IPA
Downlands Beyond Infinity
Downlands Secret Cyclist
Vibrant Forest Pupa*
Oakham JHB
Twisted Oak Creation*
Black Lodge Joker In The Pack
North Riding Tiramasu Porter*
Brew York Calmer Chameleon
Elephant School My Milk Stout Brings All The Bulls To The Yard*
Pentrich Nice Marmot
Keg
Duvel Vedett Extra Ordinary IPA*
Verdant Rustling Substance*
Deya Steady Rolling Man*
Disruption Lost Art Of The Handshake 2*
New Invention Phantom
Play Brew Eton Mess*
Double Barrelled Rivers*
Monkey Brewhouse Tree Tops*
BOTW goes to a keg beer this week, Verdant Rustling Substance , very citrus hop forward but still well balanced and smooth drinking. Taken in The Independant Taproom.
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
Better late than never,....Crete,better known for it's wine but the following lagers were all sampled.
Mamos
Xapua -- Charma
Alpha
Mythos -- in bottles ,cans but much better when on keg.
However BOTW goes to a bottle of Septem 8th Day ,a fine 7.4% IPA floral and fruity served in BEERaki ,Mavrikiano.
Next week end month sessions in Hertford and Carshalton,once back from Crete.
"Good people drink good beer" Hunter S Thompson
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