Had some very good pints on Friday between Cask, Knott Bar, Port St Beer House, Smithfield Hotel and the Gaslamp but the only one I can remember is the Marble - Pint I had in the Smithfield. I seem to recall we drank it dry too.
Had some very good pints on Friday between Cask, Knott Bar, Port St Beer House, Smithfield Hotel and the Gaslamp but the only one I can remember is the Marble - Pint I had in the Smithfield. I seem to recall we drank it dry too.
they certainly got this one right.i normally dont try their beer but as this was a green hop i gave it a go and was rewarded.
Yorkshire and adjacent counties:
Jennings -Crag Rat.An OK golden ale.
Black Sheep-Progress. Hold the front page-BLack Sheep have discovered hops after 20 years.Nutty amber with long rasping hop finish.
Yorkshire Dales-Muker Silver.An old favourite inspite of myself. Very pale, very hoppy, very austere.
Theakston -Old Peculier.Another old favourite.Black as sin and as rewarding.
Wensleydale-Semer Water Summer aleGood to see this selling well at the Coverbridge.Pale, citrus,background sweetness.
Wall's-The Dark Side.An exceptionally good Milk Stout-thought it was a porter-from a new brewery for me, again at the Coverbridge. Black, again, with a lasting tight white head.Hedgerow fruits with a dry finish. Wonderful.
Theakston-Best Bitter. A welcome blast from the past. Clover in the palate.
My [U]BOTW-Wall's-The Dark Side
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"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.
Plenty tried this week for a change and most were very good quality:
Oakham Scarlet Macaw, Bishops Farewell
Wentworth Bumble Beer
Milestone Olde English Ale
Titanic White Star, Plum Porter
Pheonix West Coast IPA
Red Willow Shameless IPA
George Wright Pipe Dream
Buxton Kinder Stout
Allgates Tutti i Cancelli Tipo
Bass
Acorn Millenium IPA
Weetwood Old Dog
Townhouse Audley Gold
As Mr Fastard notes, the Audley Gold was very good as were the Shameless IPA, Kinder Stout and both Oakham beers. The Weetwood Old Dog was old dog. BOTW was Titanic Plum Porter - magnificent!
I spent Saturday afternoon wandering round some of the new 'craft' beer pubs that have sprung up in the Islington/Hoxton area. It wasn't a cheap afternoon, but I did at least get to sample some beers from the new wave of London breweries - breweries that have been conspicuosly absent from a lot of the capital's more established ale houses.
Two really stood out from the rest - London Brewing Co Old Fountain New Tricks (a beer brewed to comemerate the Old Fountain's recent Saturday opening) and East London Brewery Quadrant Oatmeal Stout - a lovely, silky smooth stout with bags of flavour and a worthy BOTW.
Best Ale last week would be a nice Pint of dark Ruby Stout. O'Hanlons Original Port Stout Very nice.
Last edited by Alesonly; 17-10-2012 at 23:27.
Don't You just hate Pubs that say
( We don't stock any Real Ales as theres Just no call for it.)
ROBCamra in agreeing with Spinko shocker!!!
Can't disagree with the man, despite several decent contenders this week.
BOTW is Marble Pint tried quite a few times in The Baum in the just over 3 hours that it managed to stay on the bar.
A pub is for life not just for Christmas