A pub is for life not just for Christmas
Kent,East Sussex:
McCanns-Janet Street Green Hop Porter 4.5%abv.Solid dark'un.Resinous raspberries.
Only with Love-Yacht Rock 3.8%abv. Thinner side of pale.Tired.
Romney Marsh-Amber Ale 4.2%abv.Stalwart fruity Best. My BOTW, taken at https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubreviews/11080/
"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.
There was an 8.5% fudge stout I enjoyed a half of in Hope & Union. I thought it was North Riding brewery but can't confirm this online.
So it'll have to be the Bass (unbanked) I had here in The Sun Inn Stockton-on-Tees.
The Barrel Vault and Oxford:
BBF - Fly Casual **½
Dark Star - Hophead **½
Oakham - Citra **½
Shotover - Prospect **¼
Timothy Taylor - Landlord **½
Twickenham - Naked Ladies **½
A three-way tie with BOTW going to Kirkstall - Dexter **¾ at The Grapes, Siren - Recurring Dream **¾ at The Lamb & Flag and Titanic - Plum Porter **¾ at The Royal Blenheim.
Just a Friday teatime session, this week.
Mallinsons - Wakatu Mosaic.*
4Ts - Tripwire.
Wensleydale - Sirens Song.
Surrey Hills - Shere Drop.
Wensleydale - Mad Shadows.*
Northern Monk - Don't Mess with Yorkshire.
Wensleydale - Gamekeeper.
Not the most exciting bunch, but decent enough, with the Wakatu winning by just a nose. 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.
Alton and Farnham
Cask
Kirkstall Pale Ale
Vibrant Forest Together In Static*
Vibrant Forest Pupa*
Elusive Lay All Your Glog On Me*
Electric Bear Inspector Remorse*
Siren Mesmerist
Keg
Azvex Concrete Rocket*
The Kernel Pale Ale Somcoe Taiheke*
Disruption Don't Adjust Your Set*
Brouwerij Verhaeghe Duchess Chocolate Cherry*
Weihenstepener Heffeweise*
Elusive Ravenwood*
Siren Expressions Idaho 7
Anspach & Hobday London Black*
Lost & Grounded Starsky*
Vibrant Forest I've Got The Remedy*
Some upper end beers in the main with BOTW going to Elusive Ravenwood an Export India Stout, dark chocolate and coffee with hints of orange, taken in the new kid on the block The Borough Beer House.
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
Hertford and Salisbury.
McMullen -- IPA
Oakham --JHB
Fuller's -- London Porter *
Titanic -- White Star *
Mad Squirrel -- Resolution Golden Ale*
Mighty Oak -- Twist & Sprout *
Molson Coors -- Cobra Lager (keg)
Stonehenge -- Great Bustard *
Hop Back -- Summer Lightning *
Some very decent quality with BOTW going to Fuller's London Porter,not often seen on handpump and very well kept in The White Horse.
Next week boating around the Bow Back Rivers and the annual pilgrimage to the Southampton Arms.
Last edited by Bucking Fastard; 18-12-2023 at 19:51.
"Good people drink good beer" Hunter S Thompson
I found the same in The Old Joint Stock recently.
Late entry after a thin week.
Another vote for Bass by default really.
"Beer is food." Morse, Colin Dexter