A pub is for life not just for Christmas
Taken in TN17:
Holler-West Coast IPA 5.5%abv:Chewy,resinous tooth coating hops.Oranges.
Cellar Head-Amber Ale 4%abv:Well rounded,floral.Marmalade.Has pleasing echoes of an old school bitter.
Harvey's-Sussex Best Bitter 4%abv: Yep,it's Harvey's.
My BOTW-Holler West Coast IPA,not often seen in my neck of the woods.
"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.
Fyne - Avalanche, in Durham's Victoria. Jarl was also on but was having a crawl do didn't get to try it!
A decent week.
Hop Studio - Pale.
Beespoke - Clocktower Porter.
Rat - Ratchet Strap.
Beatnikz Republic - Kentucky Riot.*
Ilkley - Lotus IPA.*
Roosters - Baby Faced Assassin.*
North Riding - Citra.*
3Bs - Stokers Slake.
Small World - Thunderbridge Stout.
Reedley Hallows - Pendleside.
Quite a close call, this week. However, the Lotus, an old favourite, made with plenty of American hops, takes the honours.
'And where he supped the past lived still. And where he sipped the glass brimmed full' John Barleycorn, Carol Ann Duffy.
Just three pubs visited last week, but a couple of them several times.
Black Sheep Twilighter*
Flowerpots Perridge Pale*
Flagship Sublime
Great North Eastern Hopnicity*
4Ts BPA (Blueberry Pale Ale)*
Red Rock Midnight Zone
Gorgeous Geek Hunter
Burning Sky Summertime*
Most of it good stuff and BOTW this week goes to the same brewer as last, this time it's Burning Sky Summertimein the reliable Antelope.
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
Cruising into Liverpool.
Lymm -- IPA
4T's -- IPA
4T's -- Geronimo *
Mable -- Manchester Bitter *
Silver Street -- The Light
Wylam -- Galatia *
Marble -- Berimbolo *
Marble -- Earl Grey IPA *
Marble -- Pint *(3PT)
Marble -- Jonas Stout *
Brewsmith -- Mandarina Ultra *
Marston's -- Wainwright
Five Towns -- Root Beer
Martland Mill -- Wobbly Weaver
Deeply Vale -- Citra Storm *(3PT)
Five Points -- Pale*
Rat -- White Rat *
Settle -- Ernie's Milk Stout *
Hophurst -- APA *
Red Star -- Catch a Fire
Hopback -- Summer Lightening
Chapter 8 -- Parabola * (3PT)
Okell -- IPA
Mobberley -- Taking the Pith
Some great session ales but BOTW goes to Marble Earl Grey IPA in the fabulous Marble Arch.
Next week will all be about Sheffield.
Last edited by Bucking Fastard; 10-07-2019 at 16:46.
"Good people drink good beer" Hunter S Thompson
A JDW onlt week for me :-
Portobello VPA 4.0%
Southwark Bermodnsey Best 4.4%
Reunion Beardtongue 4.5%
Portobello Market Porter 4.6%
Hook Norton Old Hooky 4.6%
ELB Cowcatcher 4.8%
Reunion Incredible Pale 5.0%
Pheasantry Mikado Kild 5.0%
Brewdog Punk IPA (keg) 5.4%
ELB Quadrant Oatmeal Stout 5.8%
I thought the Bermondsey Best was a good BBB although amber rather than brown but the winner is ELB Cowcatcher (£2.09) at the E11 Walnut Tree.
BOTW ELB Cowcatcher
Ashover - Zoo at 5.5%, a very quaffable pale ale brewed with Mosaic and Citra hops, in The Alexandra Hotel
'I only drink on two occasions, when I'm thirsty and when I'm not'
Brendan Behan
Dipping for the tape:
Dunham Massey Lyme IPA
4Ts IPA
Marble Manchester Bitter
Abbeydale Voyager IPA*
Hopstead Porteresque
Moorhouses Nick O*
North Pale
Marble Berimbolo*
Marble Earl Grey IPA*
Marble Jonah’s Stout*
Barshams Mr Franks
Adnams Ghost Ship*
Nobbys Plum Porter
Woodfordes Nelsons Revenge*
No competition for the Marble beers which were all excellent. BOTW Marble Berimbolo. No description as it flew out of the glass so fast that the memory’s a touch blurred. Superb and a BOTY contender.
Last edited by Thuck Phat; 14-07-2019 at 20:48.
"Beer is food." Morse, Colin Dexter