A pub is for life not just for Christmas
Kent:
Kent-Session Pale: 3.7%abv.Sublime,flinty,floral. 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.
Primrose Hill,Broadway Market,Uxbridge,Croydon and Stoke Newington.
Beavertown -- Neck Oil (keg) taken in three different pubs
Fuller's -- Dark Star Hophead
Five Points -- Pale (keg)
St Austell -- Tribute (taken in two different pubs )
St Austell -- Proper Job *
Timothy Taylor -- Landlord (served in two different pubs)
Marston's -- Bass
Sambrooks -- Pump House
Redemption -- Big Chief *
East London Brewery -- Bow Creek * (3PT)
Saint Monday -- West Coast IPA * (keg)
Adnam's -- Jester
Titanic -- Chocolate & Vanilla Stout (taken in two different pubs)
Harvey's -- Sussex Best
Burnt Mill -- Beyond the Firs (keg)
Marble -- Brick by Brick *
East London Brewery -- Cowcatcher
Oakham -- Citra
Heineken -- Biera Moretti (keg)
Brixton -- Coldharbour Lager (keg)
Two Tribes -- Campfire (keg)
Redemption -- Magnus
Verdant -- Ore* (kee)
Quite a mixed bag but BOTW goes to ELB Bow Creek on NBSS 4.5 form in The Dove.A best bitter ,well hopped and balanced the name comes from a tidal creek unnavigated by myself but now on the "To Do" list next time I'm on London's waterways.
Next week much calmer
"Good people drink good beer" Hunter S Thompson
Not bad:
ELB Bow Creek*
Saint Monday West Coast IPA* (keg)
St Austell Tribute
Adnams Jester
Titanic Chocolate & Vanilla Stout
Aylesbury Brewhouse Calico Jack's Port Royal Return*
Oakham Bishops Farewell*
Like the skipper I enjoyed the ELB Cow Creek and Calico Jack's Port Royal Return, a (very mild) coconut stout improved with the drinking.
BOTW was Saint Monday West Coast IPA. A 6.9% proper west coast IPA which, despite being on keg, was neither too cold nor too fizzy.
"Beer is food." Morse, Colin Dexter
Clapham:
Anspach & Hobday - London Black *
Brewhouse - XPA *¾
Leigh on Sea - Six Little Ships *¾
Leigh on Sea - Thirteen Shores **
Timothy Taylor - Landlord **½
Twickenham - Naked Ladies **½
Void Stares Back - Stout *¾
BOTW goes to Purity - Jimbo **¾ at The Clapham Tap.
Kensington, Soho, Farnham
Cask
Park Saw Pit*
T.T Landlord
T.T Golden Best
Brodies Piccadilly
Little Critters Little Hopper
Stewart Brewing Edinburgh Gold*
Georges Old Leigh Oyster And Cockle Stout*
New Bristol My Mosaic Romance*
Elusive Shelburne*
Elusive Living*
Elusive Sawbuck*
MBH Summit
Three Legs Mosaic And Cashmere Pale
Mallisons Nectaron
Full Circle Waves Of Olicana*
Roosters Middle Earth
Keg
Timmermans Lambicus Kriek Black Pepper*
La Trappe Blond*
Werewolf Kadillac*
Three Legs Citra & Strata*
New Bristol Expresso Martini Cinder Toffee Stout*
Elusive Cat To The Future*
Cask out numbering keg this week with all the Elusive beers top notch, but BOTW has to go to keg and New Bristol Expresso Martini Cinder Toffee Stout, quite a mouthfull but a bloody good one in The Borough Beer House as is often the case as of late.
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields