Beer of the Week (w/e 26th May 2024)

[ROBCamra]

[Mobyduck]

Reading, Farnham, Brighton & Hove

Cask
Siren Soundwave*
Vibrant Forest Picea*
Vibrant Forest Kaleidoscope*
Elusive Living*
Only With Love Yacht Rock
Harveys Olympia
Harveys Sussex Best
Gun Scaramanga
Listers Westmorland Dark Mild
Saltaire Hazelnut Coffee Porter*
Hand Brew Otto
Liquid Light Ramble On*
North Riding Rum & Raisin Mild*
Wilderness Sparkling Ale
Roosters Impractical Ideas*
Electric Bear Citra Self Down*
Elephant School Aussie Blonde
Iron Pier Long Ferry
Big Hand Lost Abbey

Keg
Siren Huntington*
Siren Superdelic Soundwave
Burnt Mill Beyond The Firs GF
Burning Sky Saison Houbloun*
Hand Brew Beta
Fierce Beer Darksynth*
Wilderness Blended Saison*
Verdant Invisible Ceiling*
Elusive Two Trick Pony*
Disruption Talk To Your Alchemist Blackberry & Rhubarb

BOTW is North Riding Rum & Raisin Mild, a beer I didn't think I was going to like but was superb in The Borough Beer House as usual.

[Wittenden]

Kent:

Tonbridge-Blonde Ambition 4.2%abv.Floral hops,spice.
Long Man-Long Blonde 3.8%abv.Light,citrus fruit.
Iron Pier-Wealdway IPA 4.5%abv. Unyielding.
Goacher's-Real MILD Ale 3.4%abv.A Kentish,earthy classic.

I've drunk more Mild in the past few weeks than for many a long year,mainly because I frequent alehouse type venues.At risk of repepetition, my BOTW is Goacher's Real MILD Ale, taken as usual in Cranbrook.

[Tris39]

Forgotten where:

Allsopp’s - IPA **½
Badger - Tangle Foot **½
Brid’s Cross - Under the Eildon Tree **¾
Fownd - Keeper of the Secrets **½
Southwark - Bermondsey Best **½
Timothy Taylor - Landlord **¾
Twickenham - Naked Ladies **½
Wimbledon - SW19 *

BOTW goes to Twickenham - Wolf of the Woods **¾

[Bucking Fastard]

Peckham and Nunhead,disappointing.

Beavertown -- Gamma Ray (keg)
Timothy Taylor -- Landlord
Signature Brew -- Roadie (keg)
Five Points -- Best
Brixton --Atlantic APA (keg)
Blue Moon --Belgium White (keg)
Leffe -- Blonde (keg)

which leaves by default as BOTW Brick Strawberry & Cucumber Sour 3.8% on keg,better than it sounds and refreshing after a poor crawl.Taken in Brick Brewery .

Next week boating through Stoke on Trent ,end months in Hertford and the Harp so expecting a must stronger week on the ale.

[Thuck Phat]

Some more quality:

Oakham Bishops Farewell*
Blue Monkey Infinity +1*
Ossett Silver King
Byatts XK Strong*
Ashover Liquorice*
Byatts Cosmic Jungle*

All starred are worthy BOTWs but this week's BOTW goes to Ashover Liquorice. A 5% stout brewed with whole liquorice root apparently. Very smooth, very drinkable and, if you enjoy liquorice as I do, very dangerous.

[aleandhearty]

Wakefield.

Blue Bee - Park Hill Porter.*
Salopian - Chameleon.
Wharfedale - IPA.
Mallinsons - Centennial.
Fernandes - Malt Shovel Mild.*
Fernandes - Summit.
Tigertops - Oat Dark.
Ossett / Northern Monk - Force of Nature.*
Fernandes - Mosaic.*

Another good week, with two outstanding beers in the Park Hill and Force of Nature. The former was powerful and rich, at 7.5% and the latter was the best rhubarb infused beer I've ever tasted, and I've tried quite a few down the years, at the city's rhubarb festival. It just wins. Hopefully, it'll be available next February. Taken at Luis Bar @ Fernandes

[Spinko]

Vocation - Smash & Grab.

Great to see it back in stock so I treated myself to 48 cans.

[trainman]

Anspach & Hobday IPA, 6%, on draught in the Traf, uncertain at first but strangely moreish...

[Mobyduck]

Anspach & Hobday IPA, 6%, on draught in the Traf, uncertain at first but strangely moreish...

Jim - 6% - moreish -