A pub is for life not just for Christmas
BOTW Everards Old Original. Autumn fruits.
"Beer is food." Morse, Colin Dexter
Yet another quiet week.
Tigertops - Melrose IPA.
Horbury - Salted Caramel Tiramisu.
Chin Chin - Persona Non Grata.
Fernandes - Malt Shovel Mild.
Fernandes - Cascade Torrent.
Small World - Barncliffe Bitter.
Nothing particularly outstanding, this week. The MSM was slightly off its game, otherwise it probably would have won. The Melrose just edges it. Taken in Luis Bar @ Fernandes
'And where he supped the past lived still. And where he sipped the glass brimmed full' John Barleycorn, Carol Ann Duffy.
A quiet week also,
Bowmans Swift One
Verdant Penpol*
Elusive Carve And Yams*
Animal Lobster*
Cloudwater SoCal*
Wellbeck Abbey Skylight
Ben's Wellington
Brew York S'More Tonkoko*
BOTW is Cloudwater SoCal on cask in The Alfred.
It's looking even quieter next week.
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
Kent:
Iron Pier-Cast Iron Stout 4.7%abv.Bible black dry stout.Roast, assertive bitterness,but a bit thin.
Skinner's-Chapel Rock 4%abv.The promised bonfire night beer in plastic glasses.Better than expected to be fair.
My BOTW-Cast Iron Stout. Next week , Covid Booster time, so who knows...
"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.
Amsterdam and Utrecht.
Brouwerij't IJ -- IJ Wit
Uitje -- Bird of Pray IPA *
Texels -- Bock
Affigem -- Blonde
Brouwerij't IJ -- Natte *
Hertog Jan -- Weizener *
Texels -- Blonde
All from the tap and all pretty strong,BOTW goes to Hertog Jan Weizener enjoyed in De Vingerhoed ,Utrecht.
Next week looking quiet.
"Good people drink good beer" Hunter S Thompson
More London:
Adnams - Ghost Ship **
Black Sheep - Best **
Brewhouse - Tramshed **½
Brodie’s - Bethnal Green **¾
Oakham - Citra **
Portobello - Autumn Red ½
Portobello - Home Turf *
Portobello - Maltster Mash *¼
Purity - Mad Goose **
Purity - Pure Ubu **¾
Redemption - Green Hop **½
Redemption - Trinity **
St Austell - Tribute **
Sambrook’s - Junction *½
Siren - Broken Dream ***½
Three Blind Mice - Old Brown Cow **¼
Thornbridge - Brother Rabbit *
Thornbridge - Jaipur **½
Thornbridge - Lucaria *¾
Timothy Taylor - Landlord **
Titanic - Plum Porter ***½
Twickenham - Naked Ladies **½
Wylam - Wylam Gold *¼
BOTW goes to: Mighty Oak - Saxon Strong ***¾ at The Wenlock Arms.