Day three of the festival and my local Spoons - the Ship of Fools in West Croydon - STILL hasn't managed to get a single festival ale on the bar.
Day three of the festival and my local Spoons - the Ship of Fools in West Croydon - STILL hasn't managed to get a single festival ale on the bar.
Visited the Rodboro Buildings in Guildford yesterday and, despite this being a Lloyds No. 1 bar rather than a 'proper' 'spoons, all seven beers on were festival ales - a good effort I thought...Originally Posted by Pubsignman
Day three of the festival and my local Spoons - the Ship of Fools in West Croydon - STILL hasn't managed to get a single festival ale on the bar.
Ticked off a lucky 13 so far, plus one of the ciders. Plenty of dark beers but nothing so far has made me think I may have encountered my beer of the festival. The Eclipse is maybe my favourite so far, with Daniel's Hammer and the Pendle Porter also being good. Of the US ones I've tried the Yakima Sun was disappointing. Worst so far is THe Governor and the Octoberzest wasn't particularly zesty.
Hoping a visit to St Albans today will help me find some stars.
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10 down after last night. I have enjoyed the stronger beers, the Odell 90 Shilling and Brakspear Triple being very drinkable. Wasn't overkeen on TSA Taking The Pith and I did get a sip of the Teacle Toffee (the barrell ran out after a couple of tugs on the hand pull but I did at least get a sampler - not my thing at all. Favourite so far is probably the Roosters Last Stand.
Had nearly all dark Ales last night visited 4 different spoons and had two in each so eight more too add too list. Bend Eclipse Dark Ale Wharfebank Treacle Toffee Ale Tring Pudding Porter & Moorhouses pendle Porter were the best four as far as I can remember
Don't You just hate Pubs that say
( We don't stock any Real Ales as theres Just no call for it.)
You were still keener about it than I was then!
I did not like that one either or the piston broke but they were a bit too light for me as I prefer my dark Ales.
Don't You just hate Pubs that say
( We don't stock any Real Ales as theres Just no call for it.)
Eventually got started last night with a couple in the White Hart in Todmorden.
Back to The Dale for the England gameand a couple of pints of Phoenix Arizona.
Then across to the Regal Moon to continue festival ticking.
A few more tonight as well I should think.
A pub is for life not just for Christmas
Managed to tick five on Thursday, in the Six Chimneys, Wakefield:
Double Maxim - Anderson's Best Scotch.
Rooster's - Last Stand.
Woodforde's - Kett's Rebellion.
WharfeBank - Treacle Toffee Stout.
Hook Norton - Flagship Ale.
The pick was probably the Last Stand, if a little more restrained than I was expecting, considering the hop varieties involved. Thought the Kett's Rebellion was well made, if not really my style and that the Best Scotch was as dull as ditch water.
'And where he supped the past lived still. And where he sipped the glass brimmed full' John Barleycorn, Carol Ann Duffy.
Didn't turn out particularly good. Both JDW's have had 8-10 barrel stillages during past festivals but nothing this time and not a great selection. Managed to tick off another four and revisited the Kalamazoo Black Silk which I'm starting to like.
Off to the Blacksmiths Arms which is like a festival of oits own, 10 pumps and only four that I'd seen before. Found what will be my BotW Tring XL IPA.
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