Beer of the Week (w/e 7th April 2024)
A pub is for life not just for Christmas
Don't usually do this, but I have to nominate the cask version of the '13% Belgian Royal Stout' known as Black Albert from the De Struise brewery in Belgium, a one-off for Fuggles in Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells; £6.00 for a half, but worth every penny.
Richmond,Cambridge and Croydon.
St Austell -- Proper Job *
Milton -- Sparta *
Nene Valley -- New Age Chesnut
Wolf -- Sirius Dog Star
Mighty Oak -- Oscar Wilde Mild *
Twickenham -- Spring Ale
Three Blind Mice -- Porterhouse Porter
XT -- Squid Ink *
Nene Valley -- Manhatten Project
Salopian -- Lemon Dream
Calverley's -- Fruitti Tutti Sour
Blue Monkey -- Infinity +1 *
Oakham -- Mompresson's Gold
Vocation -- Balmy Days
Two Flints -- Fax That Over (keg)
Oakham -- Green Devil IPA * (3PT)
BOTW goes to Blue Monkey Infinity +1 on fine form in The Kingston Arms towards the end of a long crawl but still distinctive.
Next week a further push up the GU and an away day pub ticking.
"Good people drink good beer" Hunter S Thompson
Kent:
Harvey's -Sussex Best Bitter 4%.In great condition, in a venue more restaurant than pub.
Iron Pier- Wealdway IPA 4.5%.Light ,arboreal,hazy session IPA.Grapefruit 'n' spice. My BOTW.
"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.
Cambridge and King's +:
Adnams - Ghost Ship *¾
New River - Blind Poet **½
Oakham - Citra **½
Oakham - JHB **½
Oakham - Mompesson’s Gold *½
Sambrook’s - Pumphouse **½
Three Blind Mice - Porterhouse Blues **½
Tring - Liberator **½
Tring - Side Pocket **½
Twickenham - Spring Ale *1¾
Windsor & Eton - Koh-I-Nor **½
BOTW goes to Twickenham - Naked Ladies **¾ at The Barrel Vault.
Wakefield.
North Riding - US IPA.*
Fernandes - Malt Shovel Mild.*
Nailmaker - Mango.
Abbeydale - Aquanaut.
Fernandes - Quantum.*
Rat - Loomtown Rats.
Fernandes - Ale to the Tsar.
Rat - Shrink Rat.
A good solid bunch, with the US IPA just pipping the MSM. I'd not had a North Riding beer in ages, so I really enjoyed this fabulous US style pale made with Ekuanot and Centennial. A terrific bitter finish.
I've not had a stinker for ages, but I really didn't like the Mango. Made with Mosaic hops, I was expecting hints of tropical fruit, but with some dryness. Instead it was like half a pint of syrup from a tin. Made my toes curl.
'And where he supped the past lived still. And where he sipped the glass brimmed full' John Barleycorn, Carol Ann Duffy.
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