A pub is for life not just for Christmas
Kent:
Ramsgate Brewery (Gadd's)-Thoroughly Modern MILD 6%abv.Luscious,malty amber beer.More hops than I'd expected tempered the inherent sweetness.Grand. 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.
Quality:
Brunswick Rocket
Marble Export Mild*
Empire White Lion*
Elland Beyond the Pale*
Durham Bede's Chalice*
Oakham Bishops Farewell*
All starred were good but BOTW has to be Durham Bede's Chalice. A rich, complex, 9% Belgian Tripel which hides it's strength.
"Beer is food." Morse, Colin Dexter
All very mixed around Worsley. (Barton Arms, Bridgewater Hotel, John Gilbert, Worsley Old Hall then back to the John Gilbert)
Thornbridge - Jaipur was on great form in the John Gilbert.
Derby,Hertford,Richmond and Charing Cross.
Brunswick -- Rocket
Marble -- Export Mild *
Empire -- White Lion *
Elland -- Beyond the Pale *
Durham -- Bede's Chalice *
Timothy Taylor -- Golden Best
Church End -- Gravediggers Mild *
Oakham -- White Dwarf *
Redemption -- Big Chief *
Beavertown -- Neck Oil (keg)
Mallinsons -- Ekuanot
Fullers -- "Dark Star" Hophead * > 3PT
BOTW goes to Marble Export Mild,nicely dialled up but with distinct mild character.Sampled as part of an excellent session in the Smithfield which also provided the previously mentions Durham Bede's Chalice among others.
Next week looking distinctly quiet.
"Good people drink good beer" Hunter S Thompson
A disastrous week, all in Islington and nothing special.
Just three ales and all BOTW:
Five Points - Best **½ at The Earl of Essex.
St. Austell - Proper Job **½ at The King's Head.
Timothy Taylor - Landlord **½ at The Hen & Chickens Theatre Bar.
Not ventured far last week, a little trip around Winchester to try and make some sense of a prospective route for the upcoming crawl,I didn't learn a lot, plus my main locals, some decent beer all the same.
Flowerpots - Goodens Gold
Flowerpots - Perridge Pale
Hop Back - Summer Lightning
Monkey - In The Vines*
Verdant - 10 Watt Moon*
Cellar Head - Session Pale*
Pennine - Summer Topaz
Lost And Grounded - Amplify Your Sound*
Elusive - Master Of Olympus
Ascot - Festival ESB*
Disruption - Battle Royale Simcoe*
Three Brothers - Northern Pale*
Three Brothers - Trilogy Blonde
Downlands - Highlighter
Durham - Dark Angel
Brunswick - Rocket
Wantsum - Jubilee
XT - Squid Ink*
This week the honours go the way of keg and Disruption - Battle Royale Simcoe, taken , as often is the case with BOTW, in The Alfred.
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
Watford and Rickmansworth provided these
Rebellion -overthrow
New Bristol- going underground
Verdant - 10 watt moon
Twickenham- rripa
Brew by numbers - mosaic ipa
Tiny rebel - 28 days later
Lock 81 - who the funk is talus
Chiltern - black
Paradigm - fake.news
Paradigm- senefobia
Botw -
Bad seed - me want cookies
Marble Lagonda, taken early doors 23May in Marble Arch, dragging me back to life along with a superb fish and chips while filling time before train south.