Beer of the Week (w/e 22nd January 2012)

[ROBCamra]

Well it's the National Winter Ales Fest in Manchester starting tomorrow, so hopefully some good new ales.

Oggwyn Trench: Derby 30 Hop Drop
Spinko: Thornbridge Kipling
gillhalfpint: Robinsons Long Kiss Goodnight
Alesonly: Titanic Full Steam Ahead
Bucking Fastard: Oakham Scarlet Macaw
Quinno: Butts Barbus Barbus
PaulOfHorsham: Twickenham Naked Ladies
oldboots: Rudgate Ruby Mild
Pubsignman: Dark Star Revelation
Thuck Phat: Dark Star Partridge
ROBCamra: Wilson Potter The Light
RogerB: St Austell H.S.D.

[gillhalfpint]

We will be at NWAF on Thursday and Friday. Saturday may do the pubs (Smithfield, Crown & Kettle, Bar Fringe, Angel, Marble) and New Oxford in Salford where there is a beer fest too, depends on weather etc.

[ROBCamra]

A few decent pints in The Baum last night.

Kelham Island Blonde (again).
Green Mill Flavia
Jennings Soggy Bottom
Ossett Winter IPA

and the current leader York Dark Knight. Black as the Ace Of Spades with a coffee and caramel smoothness.

[ROBCamra]

Lots of reasonable dark and chewy beers yesterday at the Winter Ales Festival, but to be honest after a while they all seemed to merge together.

I think my favourite beer of the day was Wilson Potter The Light tried in THe Angel on the way to the festival.

[Oggwyn Trench]

Resonable session last night , only four beers tried though

Kelham Island - Blonde
Oakleaf - Pompey Royal
Derby - 30 Hop Drop
Worthington - White Shield

Hard choice between the Blonde and 30 Hop Drop , but i think the Derby - 30 Hop Drop just shades it
BOTW Derby - 30 Hop Drop

Also had a try of Oakleaf - I cant believe its not bitter , cask lager , OK for a lager but still a lager

[Spinko]

Had a couple of excellent Abbeydale beers in Sheffield over the weekend but I can't remember the names of the beers. So it'll have to be one from Foley's in Leeds.

Thornbridge - Kipling

[oldboots]

A quiet week for me, Salopian Shropshire Gold is an unusual find in Yorkshire and it was as good as I remember in Shrewsbury but my BOTW is former Champion Beer of Britain Rudgate Ruby Mild enjoyed on a short pub crawl of Nidderdale.