A pub is for life not just for Christmas
Localish
turning point -project zeus
franklins -kaleidehop
brass castle -session mini ipa
nottinghill -cinnamon oatmeal stout
kent -Halloween scream
ansbach +hobday -theordinary bitter
Whitstable -green glory
Whitstable -slightly anchored
vocation -breakfast club
howling hops -last post
and BOTW
again
vocation -love and hate (though very good beers again this week)
Generally localish as well
Long Man Long Blonde
Flowerpots Perridge Pale
Marstons Saddle Tank
Milton Sparta
Great Heck Dave
Stockport South Island Pale
Nethergate Old Growler
Revolutions Slippery When Wet
Pennine IPA
BOTW is a dark beer for the second week in a row, Great Heck Dave in great condition in The Alfred.
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
A final visit to the local Rose and Crown beer fest and a visit to the new JDW in Rainham Kent gave this :-
Wild Beer Bibble 4.2%
Westerham Family Stout 4.5%
Summerskills Menacing Dennis 4.5%
Purity UBU 4.5%
Mad Squirrel De La Creme 4.5%
Elland Ell And Back 4.6%
Leeds Midnight Bell 4.8%
Thornbridge Hacksaw 5.0%
Pomoma Island APA 5.3%
Five Points Brickfield Brown 5.4%
Brewdog Punk IPA (keg) 5.4%
Westerham Audit Ale 6.0%
Oakham Alpha Inception IPA (cans) 6.0%
ELB Imperial Stout 9.0%
I'm going for something different this week, the new JDW craft cans of Oakham Alpha Inception IPA which was £3.98 for two cans making it £3.43 a pint by my reckoning. I loved it and according to the Spiel on the can it has five American hops. If you're in a JDW with a rubbish cask choice then this is a good option.
Next week may be a quiet week as I've got to have some tests done to see if I've any blood in my veins rather than just alcohol.
BOTW Oakham Alpha Inception
What did you make of the Saddle Tank? I'd put it on a par with Doom Bore. Marston's seem to have completely lost the plot. I also have severe doubts about Purity. Their UBU in the local Rose & Crown was a classic example of a boring brown beer to avoid. The only one of their beers I've liked is a strong dark one of which I've forgotten the name.
Kent:very local.
Adnams-Ghost Ship 4.5%abv:Hops 'n' sea breezes.
Goachers-Special House Ale 3.9%abv:Earthy,in great nick.
Rother Valley-Ruby Wheat Beer 4.4%abvark and grainy,:no cloves as I'd half expected, but background fruit.
My BOTW-Goachers Special House Beer,taken at The Three Chimneys .I'd given up on the beer in this pub for over a year,but on Tuesday,it was fine.
"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.
Brew York - Empress Tonkoko imperial stout. Two halves of this in Stockton's Top of the Hops.
Fourpure - Juicebox keg
"Do I know where hell is? hell is in hello"
A very quiet week, but at least I actually made it to the bar, unlike last week.
North Riding - Mosaic.*
Stancill - Treason.
The Treason sounded great from the description on the pump clip - 'Spiced Yorkshire Parkin Porter'. Unfortunately, all I got was a vague ginger taste on the palate. Disappointing.
'And where he supped the past lived still. And where he sipped the glass brimmed full' John Barleycorn, Carol Ann Duffy.
Just a gentle stroll from Chancery Lane to Covent Garden.
Toast Ale -- Session IPA (bottle)
Tiny Rebel -- Stay Puft *
Navigation -- Rebel
Higson's -- NZIPA
Oakham -- JHB
Sadlers -- Peaky Blinders Black IPA
BOTW goes to Tiny Rebel Stay Puft in near perfect condition (NBSS 4.5) in Ye Olde Mitre ,on a revisit to an old haunt which impressed.I really enjoy this marshmallow porter,especially now the nights are drawing in.
Engine troubles are curtailing my cruising,next week looks barren.
"Good people drink good beer" Hunter S Thompson