Beer of the Week (w/e 5th November 2023)

[ROBCamra]

[Wittenden]

Kent:

Only with Love-Starlight 4.9%. Bible black dry stout.Long bitter finish.
McCann's/Old Dairy -Ernest 4.5%. A Green Hop Red Ale.
Goacher's-Fine Light Ale 3.7% abv.On fine earthy form.

My BOTW-Starlight.

[Tris39]

A limited choice but better quality than usual:

Dark Star - Red Giant **
Moor - Illumination **
Northern Monk - Eternal *¼
Oakham - Citra **½
Timothy Taylor - Landlord **½
Twickenham - Naked Ladies **½

BOTW goes to Leigh on Sea - LSS9 **¾ at The Cock Tavern (see photo).

[Mobyduck]

Cask
Good Chemistry Kokomo Weekday*
Dorking Black Noise
Bristol Beer Factory Hit The Burners*
Frome Zig Zag
Three Legs Pale #3
Big Trip What Would Frank Do?
Red Willow Faithless 175 Talus Oat Pale*

Keg
Hacker Pschorr Weissebier*
La Trappe Blond*
Burning Sky Arise
Ten Tun Brew House Headlock Evening*
Hop Kettle Sipping On The Dock*
Kent Extra Stout*

BOTW is Hacker Pshorr Wiessebier, lovely smooth fruity flavours in De Hems.
A big shout out though for the Ten Tun Brew House maiden beer release, Headlock Evening in second place and very good indeed.

[Thuck Phat]

Bit late:

Tring Side Pocket for a Toad
Mad Squirrel Aztec Mountain IPA (keykeg)*
Staggeringly Good Long Arms Big Ambitions*
Leighton Buzzard Brewing Kings Gambit (keg)*
Roman Way Germania
Oakham Bishops Farewell*

Enjoyed the Kings Gambit, a lovely, rich, 7% stout but BOTW goes to Mad Squirrel Aztec Mountain IPA. A touch chilly and fizzy on keykeg but a delicious 6.2% IPA nonetheless.

[Bucking Fastard]

Extremely late on parade.Leighton Buzzard and Putney.

Mad Squirrel -- Aztec Mountain *(key keg)
Staggeringly Good -- Long Arms Big Ambitions * (key keg)
Redchurch -- Leighton Lager (key keg)
Leighton Buzzard Brewing -- Kings Gambit Stout * (keg)
Oakham -- Bishops Farewell
Sambrooks -- Wandle
Five Points --XPA
Timothy Taylor -- Landlord
Timothy Taylor -- Dark Mild *
Dorking -- Winters Coming
Wimbledon -- Bricklayer Porter

Mixed bag ,loved the Aztec Mountain IPA but BOTW goes to Leighton Buzzard Kings Gambit Stout ,7% rich with lots going on and the only beer worth drinking in the Bald Buzzard on my trip.

Next week desperately seeking heritage pubs out East and some footie with Blue Scrumpy lurking nearby.