Beer of the Week (w/e 29th October 2023)
A pub is for life not just for Christmas
Kent:first beer for a fortnight.
Kent-Green Ernest.4.6%abv. Barley straw,stone fruit,nettley hops and an unctuously rasping resin.Lovely.My BOTW.
Last edited by Wittenden; 30-10-2023 at 09:50.
"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.
Bit of variety:
Oakham Bishops Farewell*
TT Landlord
Everards Tiger
Moongazer Cheeky Jack*
Woodforde Wherry
Brancaster Wraith*
I enjoyed the Brancaster Wraith, a Halloween special - dark, 5% with winter spices, cloves and cinnamon but BOTW goes to Moongazer Cheeky Jack. Described as Norfolk IPA it tastes more like a well balanced pale to me. Summer fruit and citrus but not overpowering with a dry, moreish finish. No problems with the 3 pint test.
"Beer is food." Morse, Colin Dexter
A flying visit to Horbury provided most of this week's drinking.
Fyne - Jarl.*
Nailmaker - Plum Porter.*
Fyne - Avalanche.
Blue Monkey - Primate.
Purple Moose - Penmon.*
Recoil - Obsession.
Acorn - Barnsley Bitter.
Timothy Taylor - Landlord.
Ossett - White Rat.
The Jarl, Plum Porter and Penmon were all in excellent nick, but the Penmon just shaded it. Taken in Boons, Horbury.
'And where he supped the past lived still. And where he sipped the glass brimmed full' John Barleycorn, Carol Ann Duffy.
MK,Hertford,Croydon and Camden
Timothy Taylor -- Landlord
Greene King -- Old Spooky Hen
Vocation -- Bread & Butter
Mighty Oak -- Jake the Snake
Mighty Oak -- Oscar Wilde MILD *
Thornbridge -- Jaipur IPA *
Acorn -- Two Decades *
Oakham -- Citra*
Wychwood -- King Goblin
Red Willow -- Breakfast Stout * (keg)
Fullers -- London Pride (at various pubs)
Beavertown -- Gamma Ray (keg)
Hackney -- Millions of Melba Sour * (keg)
Five Points -- XPA (keg)
BOTW goes to Mighty Oak Oscar Wilde MILD in perfect NBSS 5 nick in The Old Cross Tavern.This is the best Mild I have ever had the pleasure of drinking,an old favourite with a very dry finish tempting more .
Next week visits to Leighton Buzzard and Putney for sessions and hopefully great ale.
"Good people drink good beer" Hunter S Thompson
Not a bad month, with the discovery of a new beer from Thornbridge:
Adnams - Ghost Ship **½
By the Horns - Lambeth Walk **½
Five Points - Green Hop **½
Harvey’s - IPA ¼
Purity - Mad Goose **½
Timothy Taylor - Landlord **½
Twickenham - Naked Ladies **½
Walthamstow - Green Hopped Pale Ale **½
A three-way tie with BOTW going to Thornbridge - Kings Canyon *** and Titanic - Plum Porter Grand Reserve *** both quaffed at The Wenlock Arms then Titanic - Plum Porter at The Coach & Horses.
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