A pub is for life not just for Christmas
Housebound.
Vocation - Life & Death. Can.
Kent,East Sussex.Mainly dark for a gloomy week.
Wantsum-Black Pig 4.8%abv.Baltic Porter.Dark, dry:dried fruit.
Iron Pier-Dark MILD 3%abv.Gentle,toasty. Much flavour for the ABV.
Harvey's- Sussex xxxx Old Ale 4.3% abv. Autumnal hedgerow classic.
Harvey's-Armada 4.3%abv.Grown up Harvey's.Bitter Orange.Yum.
My BOTW-Harvey's Sussex xxxx Old Ale, taken at The Rose & Crown
"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.
Some variety helped by a thoroughly enjoyable visit to the Stars:
Castle Rock Time Traveller
Broadtown Line of Sight IPA*
Broadtown Black Llama*
Byatts Colonel Cocoa
Brancaster Oystercatcher*
Parkway Brewing Bronx Cheer
Adnams Broadside
Oakham Bishops Farewell*
Roman Way Autumnus
No surprise in a chilly week that BOTW goes to Broadtown Black LLama a 4.8% Baltic Porter with all the good stuff - chocolate, coffee and liquorice. A new brewery to me and this one drew me in to the 3 pint test which was successfully negotiated.
"Beer is food." Morse, Colin Dexter
Our annual pre-Christmas wander round Skipton provided the beer, this week. Always a great atmosphere.
Wishbone - Tiller Pin.*
Saltaire - Triple Choc & Cinder Toffee.
Goose Eye - Bitter.
North Riding - Superdelic.*
Lamb - Bitter.
Settle - Jericho Blonde.
North - Vanishing Point.
Reedley Hallows - NZ Pale.
Lamb Pale.
Craven - BAP.
Tiller Pin is always a cracking pint in the Boathouse bar, but it was just edged by the Superdelic in The Beer Engine. (Apparently, Superdelic is a NZ hop. I'd never heard of it before).
'And where he supped the past lived still. And where he sipped the glass brimmed full' John Barleycorn, Carol Ann Duffy.
Cambridge and Hertford
Broadtown -- Daisy Belle *
Rat -- Gentleman Rat *
Mauldon -- Sea Explorer
Milton -- Nike
Fat Cat -- Tom Cat
Colchester -- Brazilian Coffee Vanilla Porter *
Adnams -- Ghost Ship
Fat Cat -- Marmalade *
Calverley's -- Fruitti Tuitti Sour (keg)
Orkney -- White Shores *
Cobra -- Lager (keg)
Theakstons -- Old Peculier
New River -- Twin Spring (3PT)
New River -- Blind Poet
BOTW goes to Colchester Brazilian Coffee Vanilla Porter ,appropriate in cold weather and on fine form in The Elm Tree,a friendly little boozer.
Next week boating into London and footie X2 ,so hopeful of something interesting.
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"Good people drink good beer" Hunter S Thompson
Ludlow and Islington:
Brewhouse - Romford Pelé **½
Five Points - Pale **½
Hobsons - Best **¼
Leather Britches - Scoundrel **
Ludlow - Gold **½
Purity - Longhorn **½
Ringwood - Razor Back
Timothy Taylor - Landlord **½
Twickenham - Naked Ladies **½
Wye Valley - HPA *¾
BOTM goes to Purity - Mad Goose **¾ at The Tamil Crown
A good beer week enhanced by a midweek trips to Rugby and the Pigs Ear Beer Festival.
Cask
Castle Rock Time Traveller*
Everards Signal
Byatts Colonel Cocoa
Goffs Cheltenham Gold
Nuttycombe Snow Leopard*
Oakham Bishops Farewell*
Electric Bear Creme Bearlee*
Brunswick Railway Porter
Abbeydale Deception*
Elusive Stand Up And Be Counted*
Howling Hops Harvest IPA 2023*
The Kernel Export Stout With Sour Cherries*
Marble Frontier Land*
Redemption Fellowship Coffee Porter*
Left Handed Giant Dark Mild*
Park The Wanderings
Wilde Childe Clique Fiesta*
Vibrant Forrest Otto*
Cellar Head Flapjack*
Keg
Five Points Pale
Camden Pale*
Mikkeler American Gothic*
Hacker Pschoor Weissebier*
Northern Monk Festive Star 2023*
Some excellent cask beers but despite my travels BOTW comes from closer to home by way of keg and Northern Monk Festive Star 2023 ,fantastic stuff in The Alfred of course.
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
Possibly a bit contrived (a Blueberry, Almond and Fig Porter), but Brass Castle Hygge Figgy was absolutely delicious. Shame about the (mis)pronunciation though!
On leaving the bar, I felt a strong blow to the back of my head. Turning round, I discovered it was the pavement