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.
Windsor
Steel and oak - easy.stout
Disruption - naughty little playlist
Stardust - pk3
Mad squirrel- high score
Indie rabble - west coast ipa
Two flints - west coast ipa
Any of the beers was worth botw but
Stardust- easy pale mosaic was excellent at the Windsor Trooper
Reading , London ,Surrey , Hants.
Cask
Vibrant Forest Together In Static*
Vibrant Forest Misty Woods*
Arbor Days Like This
Moor Resonance*
Brodies Citra
Dark Star Green Hop IPA*
Mallisons Motueka
Roosters London Thunder
Wensleydale Futures So Bright*
Fell Sabro Talus*
Downlands Beyond Infinity
Nightjar Lost In Ikea*
Hop Kettle Duet Ahnatum & Loral*
Animal Heron*
Keg
Sam Smiths Extra Stout*
Verdant Sundialer*
Deya Hokum Stomp*
The Kernel DunkelWeisse*
Electric Bear Bowie or Bowie*
Neon Raptor No No Noise*
Supposedly having a quiet(er) week after Sheffield the previous weekend, not really the case. Partly from nostalgia but still a good beer, BOTW is Dark Star Green Hopped IPA, slightly sweeter than I remember but no less easy drinking, taken in The Harp at the horrendous, as I found out next day, price of £7.50/pint, don't know if they still offer CAMRA discount but I didn't take advantage.
Last edited by Mobyduck; 31-10-2023 at 18:57. Reason: Forgot The Heron
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields