A pub is for life not just for Christmas
Kent
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds'):Black Pearl Oyster Stout-6.2%abv .Inspirational.Good for body and soul.Apricots. Taken at noon at The Black Dog
"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.
This week:
Wander Beyond Mini Strawberry Shake (keg)*
The Kernel IPA Citra (keg)*
Oakham Bishops Farewell*
Hop Back Summer Lightening*
Stella Artois
Mostly good and whilst the IPA Citra went down well BOTW goes to Wander Beyond Mini Strawberry Shake. As described by my daughter as a beery strawberry milkshake which at 3% was ideal for a raging thirst.
"Beer is food." Morse, Colin Dexter
Harlow and Croydon.
Mc Mullens -- AK
Mc Mullens -- IPA
Saltaire -- Cascade *
Oakham -- Inferno *
Arbor -- C Bomb (keg)
BOTW from a limited range goes to Saltaire Cascade on fine form until the top bar in The George ran out of staff.
Next week heading south on the Shropshire Union after a session in rural Hertfordshire.
"Good people drink good beer" Hunter S Thompson
Alechemy - Charisma
"Do I know where hell is? hell is in hello"
Quality beer week in London, Brighton & Hove, Winchester and surrounding areas.
Roosters Highway 51*
Roosters Baby Faced Assassin*
Angels & Demons Bombay Social*
Grey Trees Afghan Pale
Binghams Vanilla Stout
Tiny Rebel Super Sharp Shooter*
Tap East APA*
Flowerpots Perridge Pale*
Big Smoke Solaris*
Anspach & Hobday Belgian Pale*
Guinness Hophouse 13
Peroni Nastro Azzurro
Unity Conflux
Red Cat Prowler
Hopback Summer Lighteniing
Dorking Washington Gold
Vibrant Forest Ekunot*
Double Barreled Peach Berliner Weisse*
Cloudwater Hoppy Little Lager
Dark Star Hophead
Burnt Mill Lemondrop Fog*
Two Tribes Electric Circus
Oakham Citra*
Vibrant Forest Pupa*
A really tough choice between Roosters Baby Faced Assassin , Vibrant Forest Pupa and Tiny Rebel Super Sharp Shooter but I will go with the Tiny Rebel beer ,tip top (as it should be) at the GBBF
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
That's scandalous, and the top bar was closed completely on my last visit - I presume the pub as changed management for this sort of chaos to now be happening.
Saltaire Cascade, though, was my beer of choice this year to send ahead in the car for holiday refreshment. I am now reunited with it in Faucon, and shall be opening a bottle, well, now...
A few days in Macclesfield and a jdw free week although some of the people in the Redwillow bar were far more scary than any daytime brigade.
Oakham Endless Summer 3.4%
Parkway Session IPA 4.2%
Newby Wyke H145 Kingston Topaz 4.2%
Robinson's Unicorn 4.2%
Acorn Old Moor Porter 4.4%
Redwillow Wreckless 4.8%
Kelham Island Pint Break 5.0%
Redwillow Shameless IPA 5.9%
Orval (Bottle) 6.2%
Fell Tinderbox IPA 6.2%
It's a close run between the Redwillow Shameless IPA and the Fell Tinderbox IPA. The Shameless just gets it and although the TV screen said £4.00 I was charged three different prices!
BOTW Redwillow Shameless IPA