Sorry for the delay. Had a couple of nights in Shrewsbury and forgot.
Sorry for the delay. Had a couple of nights in Shrewsbury and forgot.
A pub is for life not just for Christmas
I went out on Saturday evening so there were a few beers to choose from for me for BOTW. I have narrowed it down to these three:
Stay Puft by Tiny Rebel
Salted Caramel Lucaria by Thornbridge
Broken Dream Breakfast Stout by Siren Craft Brew
As you can see, the stouts and porters were doing it for me this week and the above were all excellent on cask at various establishments. I'm not sure I could single out one between the three, so I'm going to cheat and offer them all joint first place.
Perhaps also worth a mention:
Deva Victrix by Brewhouse & Kitchen (Chester)
Just to slip a non-dark ale in there. That was really nice and refreshing and also on cask.
I won't list everything I tried over the week but a couple of trips out meant there were a few decent beers tried and in the whole it was a good week on that front.
Middle Levels,Nene Valley and Manchester ,where some fantastic ale was supped.
Jennings -- Cocker Hoop*
Hop Back -- Summer Lightening *
Titanic -- Anchor
Wolf -- Lupus Lupus
Digfield -- Chiff Chaff (3PT)
Marston's (Banks's) -- Lancaster Bomber
Holts -- Bitter
Ridgeside -- Cascadia *
Keith -- Stout Keith *
Marple -- Pale *
Oakham -- Deep Thought
Blackjack -- Black Forest *
Blackjack -- Jack in the Box Pale *
Thornbridge -- Salted Caramel Lucaria *
Tiny Rebel -- Juicy
Titanic -- Plum Porter *
Millstone -- Tiger Rut
Pomona Island -- Pale Simcoe
Marble -- Uppe Hela Natten *
Brightside -- The Mancunian *
Brightside -- B Side
I'm with RARUK above,there were some great dark beers sampled in Manchester ,special mention to Marble Uppe Hela Natten and Thornbridge Salted Caramel Lucaria but BOTW goes to Marble Pale from the Marble Arch which did it for me.I treated myself ,£4.75 is pricey but I'm glad I didn't miss on out this new ale to me.The pub itself does offer Pint at £3.30 ,there is just a very wide pricing regime on real ale,especially at high ABV's.
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"Good people drink good beer" Hunter S Thompson
Kent:disappointing.
Whitstable-East India Pale Ale 4.1%abv:Woody,on its last legs.Prof Sarson was on his way.
Iron Pier-Cast Iron Stout 4.7% Lacklustre, from a newish Kent Brewery.
BOTW: a can of All in Jim from Time and Tide drunk indoors.
"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.
Reasonable week for me, with all the beers sampled on a mid-week wander round Leeds.
Roosters - 24/7.
Hambleton - Nightmare Porter.*
Treboom - Kopstoot.
Wishbone - Abyss.
North Bar - Session Pale.
Magic Rock - Ringmaster.
Northern Monk - Don't Mess with Manchester.*
Wilde Child - Risk Avoidance.
Rat - PyRATmania.
Wilde Child - Event Horizon.
Beer Studio - Burnished Gold.
Kirkstall - De Abdij & The Mill.*
Sunbeam - Honey & Lavender.
Another one of those weeks where it was the dark beers that hit the spot, with the De Abdij and Nightmare both very good. The former, an oatmeal stout (6%), gets the nod. Sampled in Wapentake.
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'And where he supped the past lived still. And where he sipped the glass brimmed full' John Barleycorn, Carol Ann Duffy.
A fair choice last week :-
Robinsons Dizzy Blonde 3.8%
Holden's Black Country Bitter 3.9%
Holt's Bitter 4.0%
Silver Street Fire Island 4.0%
Sadler's Mellow Yellow 4.1%
Saltaire No 5 Stout 4.2%
Brewsmith Gold 4.2%
Robinson's Unicorn 4.2%
Reunion Talwar 4.5%
Robinson's Kettle Head Chocolate Stout 4.5%
Glamorgan Jemima's Pitchfork 4.5%
Bristol Beer Factory Milk Stout 4.5%
Mobberley Taking The Pith 4.6%
Robinson's Trooper (keg) 4.7%
Marble American Amber 4.8%
Titanic Plum Porter 4.9%
Lincoln Green Quarterstaff 5.0%
Samuel Smith India Ale (bottle) 5.0%
Holden's Special 5.1%
Hook Norton Flagship 5.3%
Rammy Craft Mango Beach 5.4%
Oakham Black Hole Porter 5.5%
Pheasantry Orange Pheasant 6.0%
Titanic Iron Curtain 6.0%
I'm going for the Orange Pheasant as tried for £3.70 in the Lych Gate Tavern. It's not sweet for the ABV and has a quite subtle orange flavour in the background. It tasted like it's Seville oranges as there was no sweetness.
BOTW Pheasantry Orange Pheasant
A good wander around Leeds
Shipyard, in the Cuthbert Brodrick
Kirkstall Pale, in Veritas
Ossett Excelsior, in the Hop
Thornbridge Jaipur, in the Adelphi
It has to be the Jaipur, two of!
I also had a half of something very strong and unmemorable in Bundobust.
A bumper week compared to recent form:
York Ghost
Taylors Landlord
Stella Artois Lager
Theakstons Best Bitter
Harrogate Vanilla Porter
Kirkstall Black Band Porter
Tiny Rebel / Bristol Beer Factory Sugar Plum Shake
Brightside The Mancunian
Holts Bitter
Ridgeside Plato
Five Points Railway Porter
Shiney Wrench
Almasty Ale Exploration
Thornbridge Lucaria
Burning Sky Aurora
De Molen /Kirkstall De Abdij and The Mill
Titanic Plum Porter
Salopian Darwin's Origin
Brouwerij Boon Lambic 2yr old
Mallinsons DDH
Tapp'd Mojo
Alchemy Damon Milk Stout v3
Allendale Pennine Pale
Errant Whistler
Tyne Bank Northern Porter
Cobra Lager
Hop & Cleaver Porter
Goose Island IPA
Out There Brewing Alpha Lupi
Turning Point Lucid Dream
North Riding Peanut Butter Stout
Mordue Workie Ticket
Anarchy Simcoe
Gt Yorkshire Blackout Porter
Difficult choice not only for BOTW but also sadly for the worst kept beer. Anyhoo BOTW has to be dark again Thornbridge Lucaria just pipping the Alchemy, the Turning Point and the North Riding.
Gentle:
Jennings Cocker Hoop
Hop Back Summer Lightening
Titanic Iron Curtain*
Digfield Chiffchaff
Oakham Bishops Farewell*
All of these were decent although neither the Cocker Hoop nor the Summer Lightening seemed quite as good as I've had in the past. Perhaps I just didn't have enough of them.
BOTW Titanic Iron Curtain. A 6% Russian Imperial Stout which was an ideal end to a pleasant evening.
"Beer is food." Morse, Colin Dexter
A somewhat belated entry,
Thornbridge Wild Swan
Thornbridge Salted Caramel Lucaria
Shindigger West Coast Pale
Blackjack The Pokies
Marble Pale
Marble/Takk Uppe Helle Natten
JW Lees MPA
Mallisons Columbus
Mallisons DDH
Kettle Head Chocolate Stout
Ridgeside Plato
Keith Pale Keith
Siren Suspended in Blank
Siren Shattered Dream
Saltaire Triple Chocoholic
Oakham Deep Thought
Brew By Numbers DDH Pale Ale
Bristol Beer Co Unplanned Nights
Salopian Darwins Origin
Rammy Craft ?
Brightside Hoppy Mancunian Blonde
Brightside Odin
Brightside The Mancunian
Cobra (Lager)
Ilkley Smoked Witch
Holts Two Hoots
Pamona Pale
Northern Monk Eternal
Robinsons Trooper
Flowerpots Perridge Pale
Wantsum Green Hop Fuggles
Great Newsom Holderness Dark
Had some good beer in Manchester and the winner was taken in Manchester but from a brewery only seven miles from my home, It was also the strongest at 9.1% and thereby by far the most expensive,
BOTW is Siren Shattered Dream, which is basically a barrel aged stronger version of CBBB Broken Dream aged in Bourbon Casks, setting me back £4.00 for a third in the excellent Port Street Beer House. I made several visits to this pub.
My future lists are not likely to be anywhere near as extensive for some time to come.
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-W.C.Fields