A pub is for life not just for Christmas
West Sussex: our first out of county venture for over 2 months,only to find dullish beer.
Arundel-Fox Goes Free Bitter 3.8%abv.Malt led session bitter.Berry fruit.Tired.
Flack Manor-Catcher 4.4%abv.Brown best bitter.Hedgerow fruit,reassuring.My BOTW.
"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.
Kingston,the Thames Path and The Oval.
Fullers -- ESB *
Marble -- Lagonda IPA *
Fullers -- Dark Star Hophead
Adnams -- Mosaic Pale*
Fullers -- Oliver's Island
Sambrooks -- Wandle
Black Sheep -- Best Bitter
Greene King -- East Coast IPA (keg) (3PT)
Blackpit -- Cloud 9
BOTW goes to Marble Lagonda IPA,on fine form in the Express Tavern.
Next week ,a few opportunities to sup good ale mainly footie related.
"Good people drink good beer" Hunter S Thompson
Norfolk and Northamptonshire:
Brancaster Best
Brancaster Oystercatcher*
Oakham Bishops Farewell*
Dow Bridge Acris*
Dow Bridge Legions
I was pleasantly surprised by the Dow Bridge Acris, a traditional bitter, possibly even a BBB, but with a nice dry finish. Better I'd guess than the London Sh*te and Gloom Bore I've read about recently.
BOTW was Brancaster Oystercatcher not for the first time and hopefully not the last. Very fresh and easily passed the 3 pint test.
"Beer is food." Morse, Colin Dexter
Hampshire, Surrey, South and central London.
Flowerpots Perridge Pale*
Crafty Arctic Fox (keg)
Dark Star Hophead
Adnams Mosaic
Beavertown Gamma Ray (keg)
Harveys Dark Mild
Navigation Rebel*
Navigation American*
Milestone Azacca Gold*
Milestone Hammerhead Stout*
Revolutions Swoon*
Disruption People Of The Hop Vol 1* (keg)
Titsey Leverson Buck
360 Degrees Session IPA*
Despite some decent cask the clear winner is Disruption People Of The Hop Volume 1, possibly the best keg beer I've ever had, certainly the smoothest, the first in a series of beers matching up various hops, in this case Mosaic, Azacca and Callista, at 6.5% it commands a price of £6.00 a pint in The Alfred, I have had three halves so far and will be having more.
A short break to Sheffield this week should give a decent list next week.
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
Buxton SPA Pale at Milton's Tap Buxton.
A nice trip up to the Peaks sandwiched by a Stockport crawl on the Saturday and Manchester yesterday.