A pub is for life not just for Christmas
A bumper week by way of Sheffield, Burton On Trent, Birmingham, Surrey and Hants.
Cask
Silver Brewhouse Independence
Salopian Lemon Dream*
Salopian The Matter Is Closed*
Three Castles Mango Mania*
Pot Belly Hop Trotter
Goffs Jester Brew 13*
Three Sods Dark Magus
Milestone Missy Sippy
Flowerpots Perridge Pale
Vocation Heart & Soul
Roosters Buckeye
Shiny Hello Traveller
Abbydale Deception
Abbydale Heathern
Abbeydale Moonshine*
Blue Bee American Five Hop*
Kelham Island Easy Rider*
Kelham Island Pale Rider*
Durham West Coast IPA
Red Willow Headless*
Loxley Lomas
Neepsend Karpo
Kirksall Ardennes
Tapped Brew Jerico
Buxton SPA*
Bristol Beer Factory Delray Beach
Bad Seed Light Cluster
Deeply Vale Equilibrium
Marble Pint*
Dead Parrot Norweigian Blue*
Thornbridge Crackendale*
Joules Bob On*
Joules Pure Blobde
Marstons Bass
Blue Monkey Ape Ale
Heritage P2
Oakham Bishops Farewell
Keg
Pamona Island Phaedra
Fourpure Session Pale
Saint Mars Of The Desert Hop Stingo*
Turning Point Laguna Sunrise
Wiper & True Kaleidoscope
Heist How We Diddlin ?
Basqueland Eclipso Facto*
Some excellent cask, particularly in Sheffield, BOTW though goes to keg for the second week in a row with Basqueland Eclipso Facto enjoyed in Heist Brew Co , awaiting my review at some point next week.
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
Wow, I can't get near that list, despite a heavy Saturday in Huddersfield and debrief session visiting Berry Brow and Halifax.
Star of the show is easy though, Ossett White Rat in immaculate condition, especially on a brief refreshment stop at Dewsbury and (Sun) Three Pigeons in Halifax.
Not a bad week for me but again junior next to Mick's achievements:
Oakham Bishops Farewell*
Batemans Beast from the East*
Oakham Harlequin*
TT Landlord
Hop Back Summer Lightening
Mallinsons Brit Hopped*
Harvest Rock Elsie Mo*
Blue Monkey Infinity*
Some good stuff there and as I'm not normally a fan of Batemans beers, the Beast from the East was a pleasant surprise.
BOTW goes to Oakham Harlequin described as a British IPA using Harlequin hops. I'm not sure I've ever come across Harlequin hops before but I'll look out for them in the future after this.
"Beer is food." Morse, Colin Dexter
Maida Vale,Belgravia,Croydon and Harlow.Small beer compared withMoby
Vocation -- Heart & Soul (c)
Vocation -- Life & Death *(c)
Five Points -- XPA *
Timothy Taylor -- Landlord
Shepherd Neame -- Whitstable Bay Pale
Beavertown -- Gamma Ray (keg)
Greene King -- Abbott
Allsopps -- IPA *
Allsopps -- Pale *(3PT)
Drop Projects -- Flow * (keg)
Thornbridge -- Jaipur IPA *
Twickenham -- Summer Sun
Marston's -- Old Empire
Eagle Brewery (Marston's) -- Bombardier
BOTW goes to Allsopp's IPA,brewed by the 7 times great grandson of the original brewer Samuel Allsopp.Using the family owned recipe ledger and having recovered the IP from Carlsberg,Allsopp's is back after over 60 years with this classic Burton IPA using Bramling Cross,Fuggles and Challenger hops.Brewed to 5%,it smoother than many modern IPA's ,less hop forward but very traditional.Quaffed gratis on the reopening night at The Wilton Arms,along with the very good Allsopp's Pale.
Next week much less exciting.
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"Good people drink good beer" Hunter S Thompson
Three Brothers - Trilogy
Three-and-a-half pints in Lucifer's here in Stockton.
Glad to hear it's re-opened. Had quite the shock not seeing it there when visiting the nearby Nag's Head almost two years ago.
"Breakneck speed we drown ten pints of bitter"
Kent:
Cellar Head: India Pale Ale.5%abv.Crambed full of Kent's finest.Peppery,resinous.
"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.
Thought I would try to post on my phone as my elderly computer is on the bung.
Botw was
Wild weather-orange milkshake ipa.6.7 up there with the best beers I have drank.