Beer of the Week (w/e 3rd December 2023)

[ROBCamra]

[Spinko]

Housebound.

Vocation - Life & Death. Can.

[Wittenden]

Kent,East Sussex.Mainly dark for a gloomy week.

Wantsum-Black Pig 4.8%abv.Baltic Porter.Dark, dry:dried fruit.
Iron Pier-Dark MILD 3%abv.Gentle,toasty. Much flavour for the ABV.
Harvey's- Sussex xxxx Old Ale 4.3% abv. Autumnal hedgerow classic.
Harvey's-Armada 4.3%abv.Grown up Harvey's.Bitter Orange.Yum.

My BOTW-Harvey's Sussex xxxx Old Ale, taken at The Rose & Crown

[Thuck Phat]

Some variety helped by a thoroughly enjoyable visit to the Stars:

Castle Rock Time Traveller
Broadtown Line of Sight IPA*
Broadtown Black Llama*
Byatts Colonel Cocoa
Brancaster Oystercatcher*
Parkway Brewing Bronx Cheer
Adnams Broadside
Oakham Bishops Farewell*
Roman Way Autumnus

No surprise in a chilly week that BOTW goes to Broadtown Black LLama a 4.8% Baltic Porter with all the good stuff - chocolate, coffee and liquorice. A new brewery to me and this one drew me in to the 3 pint test which was successfully negotiated.

[aleandhearty]

Our annual pre-Christmas wander round Skipton provided the beer, this week. Always a great atmosphere.

Wishbone - Tiller Pin.*
Saltaire - Triple Choc & Cinder Toffee.
Goose Eye - Bitter.
North Riding - Superdelic.*
Lamb - Bitter.
Settle - Jericho Blonde.
North - Vanishing Point.
Reedley Hallows - NZ Pale.
Lamb Pale.
Craven - BAP.

Tiller Pin is always a cracking pint in the Boathouse bar, but it was just edged by the Superdelic in The Beer Engine. (Apparently, Superdelic is a NZ hop. I'd never heard of it before).

[Bucking Fastard]

Cambridge and Hertford

Broadtown -- Daisy Belle *
Rat -- Gentleman Rat *
Mauldon -- Sea Explorer
Milton -- Nike
Fat Cat -- Tom Cat
Colchester -- Brazilian Coffee Vanilla Porter *
Adnams -- Ghost Ship
Fat Cat -- Marmalade *
Calverley's -- Fruitti Tuitti Sour (keg)
Orkney -- White Shores *
Cobra -- Lager (keg)
Theakstons -- Old Peculier
New River -- Twin Spring (3PT)
New River -- Blind Poet

BOTW goes to Colchester Brazilian Coffee Vanilla Porter ,appropriate in cold weather and on fine form in The Elm Tree,a friendly little boozer.

Next week boating into London and footie X2 ,so hopeful of something interesting.

[Tris39]

Ludlow and Islington:

Brewhouse - Romford Pelé **½
Five Points - Pale **½
Hobsons - Best **¼
Leather Britches - Scoundrel **
Ludlow - Gold **½
Purity - Longhorn **½
Ringwood - Razor Back
Timothy Taylor - Landlord **½
Twickenham - Naked Ladies **½
Wye Valley - HPA *¾

BOTM goes to Purity - Mad Goose **¾ at The Tamil Crown

[Mobyduck]

A good beer week enhanced by a midweek trips to Rugby and the Pigs Ear Beer Festival.

Cask
Castle Rock Time Traveller*
Everards Signal
Byatts Colonel Cocoa
Goffs Cheltenham Gold
Nuttycombe Snow Leopard*
Oakham Bishops Farewell*
Electric Bear Creme Bearlee*
Brunswick Railway Porter
Abbeydale Deception*
Elusive Stand Up And Be Counted*
Howling Hops Harvest IPA 2023*
The Kernel Export Stout With Sour Cherries*
Marble Frontier Land*
Redemption Fellowship Coffee Porter*
Left Handed Giant Dark Mild*
Park The Wanderings
Wilde Childe Clique Fiesta*
Vibrant Forrest Otto*
Cellar Head Flapjack*

Keg
Five Points Pale
Camden Pale*
Mikkeler American Gothic*
Hacker Pschoor Weissebier*
Northern Monk Festive Star 2023*

Some excellent cask beers but despite my travels BOTW comes from closer to home by way of keg and Northern Monk Festive Star 2023 ,fantastic stuff in The Alfred of course.

[Pangolin]

Possibly a bit contrived (a Blueberry, Almond and Fig Porter), but Brass Castle Hygge Figgy was absolutely delicious. Shame about the (mis)pronunciation though!

[Tris39]

Possibly a bit contrived (a Blueberry, Almond and Fig Porter), but Brass Castle Hygge Figgy was absolutely delicious. Shame about the (mis)pronunciation though!

I had this last year. Certainly Christmas-themed but as you say, it's absolutely delicious.