A pub is for life not just for Christmas
Kent:
Hop Fuzz-Blacksmith:4.2%abv. Bible black roasty, chocolatey stout.Delicious.
Twisted Wheel-Mosaic IPL:5%abv.Evil keg.OK
My BOTW-Blacksmith.
"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.
Croydon and Glasgow.
Oakham -- Bishops Farewell *
Titanic -- Plum Porter
Twickenham -- Gothick Dark
Innis & Gunn --Gunpowder IPA* (keg)
Innis & Gunn -- Canadian Cheerywood* (keg)
Fuller's -- Dark Star Hophead
Caledonian --Duechars IPA
Orkney -- Corncrake *
Drygate -- Seven Peaks Session IPA (keg)
Fyne -- Jarl * (3PT)
Hybrid -- Magic Porridge
Brewhaus -- Session Lager (keg)
Tennent's -- Caledonia Best (keg)
Drygate -- Kelvin (keg)
Salopian --Darwin's Origin *
Stewart -- Jack Back
Shilling --George Zest (keg)
Born --Blonde
Oakham -- Citra *
Vocation -- Pride & Joy
Williams Bros. -- Joker IPA (keg)
BOTW goes to Fyne Jarl ,consumed at pace and in great nick in The Laurieston,a joy of a pub.
Next week a cultural tour of Bath and a much needed rest.
"Good people drink good beer" Hunter S Thompson
BOTW Blue Monkey Infinity + 1. An gem of a beer which saw rather more than 3 pints disappearing.
"Beer is food." Morse, Colin Dexter
A better week than last, for not drinking in Fulham:
Adnams - Ghost Ship (c)**
Brains - SA (c)
Brewhouse - Goal Scorer (c)**
Brewhouse - Tramshed (c)**
Dark Star - Hophead (c)*
East London Brewery - Night Watchman (c)*
Five Points - JUPA (k)
Five Points - XPA (c)
Hammerton's - N1 (c)
Purity - UBU (c)**
Redemption - Hopspur (c)**
Ringwood - Razor Back (c)*
St. Austell - Proper Job (c)**
Sambrook's - Pumphouse (c)
Thornbridge - Jaipur (c)**
Three Sods - Session IPA (c)*
Windsor & Eton - Father Thames (c)*
Runner up:
Brewhouse - Project Amber (c)**½
Pipped to the post by BOTW: Siren - Broken Dream (c)*** at The Earl of Essex (they also had on the Fyne Jarl too, so perhaps I should pop back tonight).
Some really good stuff .
Gadds HPA*
Kent The Quiet American*
Kent Tropic Ale*
Kent Session Pale
Howling Hops Shimmy*
Cloudwater Party*
Marble Lagonda*
Marble Decadence BA Port Stout*
Marble Pint*
Marble/North Riding/Five Towns Jollification*
Laines Dubloon
Long Man Rising Giant
Bristol Beer Factory White Desert*
New Invention High Voltage*
Oakham Citra*
Goffs Cheltnam Gold
Burnt Mill Pintle
Manchester Tara Stout
Ilkley Pale
Beartown Polar
Elusive Level Up (27)*
Wild Beer Bibble
XT 8
Disruption Cereal Thrilla*
So much good stuff but the Marble Lagonda on cask was pure class and BOTW, enjoyed in the brilliant Hole In The Wall (to be reviewed soon when I get my arse into gear).
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"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
Quiet week:
Loose Cannon Recoil (4.2%)
Chiltern Beechwood Best Bitter (4.3%)
Tap Social Movement Time Better Spent (5.1%) (k)
Brauhaus Bevog Extinction Is Forever! Scottish Wildcat (5.5%) (c)
BrewDog Punk IPA (5.6%) (c)
Little Ox Underworld (8.0%) (c)
Not much to write home about, so default BOTW goes to the best of two cask offerings I had here:
BOTW: Chiltern Beechwood Best Bitter
"Breakneck speed we drown ten pints of bitter"
Hole In The Wall BTN.jpg
Was popping in for just the pint, ended up with....
Cask
Howling Hops Shimmy
Cloudwater Party
Marble Lagonda
Keg
Marble /North Riding /Five Towns Jolification
Marble Decadence BA Port Stout
I will be returning , I did see upcoming tap takeovers from Deya and Verdant.
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields