Beer of the Week (w/e 24th July 2016)

[ROBCamra]

gillhalfpint: Bad Co Satisfaction
Mobyduck: Salopian Oracle
Wittenden: Pig and Porter Red Spider Rye
Aqualung: Elland Nevala IPA
Bucking Fastard: North Cotswold Summer Solstice
Thuck Phat: Brancaster Oystercatcher
Real Ale Ray: North Cotswold Summer Solstice
london calling: Franklins Pulp and Rind
ROBCamra: Tiny Rebel Beer N' Ting

[gillhalfpint]

Bad Co Satisfaction 6.7% in Sheffield Tap.

[Mobyduck]

A busyish weekend
Darkstar Hophead
Darkstar Hylder Blonde*
Bowmans Wallops Wood
Salopian Oracle*
Beerd Cubic
Box Clever Soul Train*
Shotover Scholar
Xt Pi
Inveralmond Frisco Steam
White Horse Wayland Smithy
Brakespeare gold
St Austel Proper Job*
Oakham Infirno
Fullers ESB
XT 3
Red Squirrel Hopfest Pale
White Horse Village Idiot
XT 1
Twickenham Sundance
Twickenham Naked Ladies
Twikenham Late Red*
Park Gallows Gold
Badger Fursty Ferret
Vale VPA
Binghams Vanilla Stout*
Brewdog Punk IPA*
Caledonian Coast To Coast
Adnams Southwold Bitter

Nothing too mindblowing in that list, the Binghams Vanilla Stout was good as ever but BOTW is Salopian Oracle taken in (somewhat annoyingly) a JDW, The Four Candles.

[Wittenden]

Seven seas of r(h)ye:Norfolk and Kent
Having never knowingly drunk any I tried two rye beers this week.
Redwell-Bullards No 6 Rye pale ale 4.4%abv.Dry malty tan beer.Bit of spice. A bit tired.I'm not sure if Bullards is a sub brand of Redwell, or a stand alone entity.
Adnams-Fat Spratt 3.8%abv.Not a patch on previous iterations.Blowsy.
Pig and Porter-Red Spider Rye 4.8%abv.Second rye beer of the week.Workboot brown,peppery,dried fruit.
I can't really say I'm a fan of this malt, but Pig and Porter made a good fist of it.Kent beer of the year according to Ratebeer, hmmm, but my BOTW

[Aqualung]

A three day stay in Shrewsbury saw off the two "awkward" Shropshire JDWs, a revisit to Newtown and a re-acquaintance with Bishops Castle.


Springhead Surrender 3.6%*
Holden's Black Country Mild 3.7%
Holden's Black Country Bitter 3.8%
Stonehouse Station Bitter 3.9%
Joule's Pale 4.1%
Arbor Shangri-La 4.2%
Purple Moose Glaslyn 4.2%
Joule's No 1 Stone Ale 4.2%*
Six Bells Cloud Nine 4.2%
Ludlow Gold 4.2%
Joule's Shropshire Hop 4.3%
Three Tuns Stout 4.4%
Holden's Woodsetton Pale 4.5%
Salopian Lemon Dream 4.5%*
Bewdley Sir Keith Park 4.5%*
Oakham Bishop's Farewell 4.6%
ELB Cowcatcher 4.8%*
Three Tuns Cleric's Cure 5.0%*
Six Bells Pig's Ear 5.0%
Monty's Mischief 5.0%
Weetwood Oast House 5.0%
Burton Bridge Top Dog Stout 5.0%
Holden's Special 5.1%
Elland Nevala IPA 5.6%*
Arbor Summit IPA 6.5%*

The hot humid weather hasn't been a friend to beer quality this week. I'm going for the Elland Nevala IPA, proof to me (if it was needed) that this Brewer aren't a one trick pony. It was £3.10 in the Wolverhampton Great Western.



BOTW Elland Nevala IPA

[Bucking Fastard]

Big week,down The Thames and then around Oxford on the PuG crawl.

Church End -- Goat's Milk *(3PT)
Rebellion -- Blonde * (>3PT)
Adnams -- Ghost Ship
Binghams -- Southern Cross
Dorking -- Buffalo Buffalo
Twickenham -- Grandstand
Meantime -- London Pale (keg)
Fullers -- Olivers Island
Salopian -- Oracle *
Wild Weather -- Shepherds Warning
North Cotswold -- Summer Solstice *
Adnams -- Southwold Bitter
Twisted -- Pirate Ale
Inveralmond -- Fiasco Steamy *
St Austell -- Tribute
St Austell -- Proper Job
Oakham -- Inferno *
XT -- XT3
Fullers -- ESB *
Red Squirrel -- Hopfest Pale
White Horse -- Village Idiot
Brakspear -- Oxford Gold
XT -- XT1

BOTW goes to North Cotswold Summer Solstice,refreshing on a sunny crawl in the pleasant surroundings of The Gardeners Arms .


Next week end month sessions including The Harp.

[london calling]

Seven seas of r(h)ye:Norfolk and Kent
Having never knowingly drunk any I tried two rye beers this week.
Redwell-Bullards No 6 Rye pale ale 4.4%abv.Dry malty tan beer.Bit of spice. A bit tired.I'm not sure if Bullards is a sub brand of Redwell, or a stand alone entity.
Adnams-Fat Spratt 3.8%abv.Not a patch on previous iterations.Blowsy.
Pig and Porter-Red Spider Rye 4.8%abv.Second rye beer of the week.Workboot brown,peppery,dried fruit.
I can't really say I'm a fan of this malt, but Pig and Porter made a good fist of it.Kent beer of the year according to Ratebeer, hmmm, but my BOTW

Sub - brand

[Thuck Phat]

East Anglia featured heavily this week:

Oakham Bishops Farewell*
San Miguel
Woodfordes Nelsons Revenge*
Adnams Samba City
Jo C's Bitter Old Bustard
Grain Brewery 316
Brancaster Oystercatcher*
Adnams Ghost Ship*

Thoroughly enjoyed all those starred and they all flew down which may have been helped by the warm weather.
BOTW Brancaster Oystercatcher

[Real Ale Ray]

North Cotswold - Summer Solstice

[london calling]

Franklins -pulp and rind 6.0 in the East Dulwich Tavern was pretty good.