"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.
I'm glad it appears to be back on form, I had become disillusioned with it over the last 18 months or so. Unfortunately its no longer available in my local since Dark Star quite rightly told Enterprise and SIBA to sod off.
This year's special, Mosaic variation is particularly good.
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"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
Dark Star Mosaic in perfect condition in the Wildcat micropub Bournville
'I only drink on two occasions, when I'm thirsty and when I'm not'
Brendan Behan
A trip to Leighton Buzzard and some local stop-offs:
Rebellion IPA (3.7%)
Brakspear Jerusalem (3.8%)*
BrewDog Dead Pony Club (3.8%) (can)
Haresfoot Lock Keeper's (3.9%)
Leighton Buzzard Narrow Gauge (3.9%)
Wadworth Dirty Rucker (3.9%)
Joule's Penny Pincher (4.0%)
GK Grubber (4.2%)
Rebellion Reformer (4.2%)
Rebellion Smuggler (4.2%)
Tring Moongazing (4.2%)
Salopian Darwin's Origin (4.3%)
Southwark Bermondsey Best (4.4%)
Adnams Ghost Ship (4.5%)
Mad Goose Purity UBU (4.5%)*
St Austell Proper Job (4.5%)
Wychwood Hobgoblin (4.5%)
XT 15 (4.5%) (bottle)
CW / Courage Directors (4.8%)
Fuller's HSB (4.8%)
Dark Star The Original (5.0%)
Again, a lack of fancy names and exotic hop combinations and an introduction to the yawn-worthy punnage of Six Nations brews, so it's with a touch of irony / schadenfreude that BOTW of the week was one of them - Brakspear's Jerusalem - sampled at leafy Fingest's Chequers. The Purity ran it a close second...
BOTW: Brakspear Jerusalem
"Breakneck speed we drown ten pints of bitter"
I'm going to have to hop on to the Dark Star Hophead Mosaic bandwagon.
Tried in The Harlequin in Sheffield whilst chatting to Pete the brewer from Exit 33.
A pub is for life not just for Christmas