A pub is for life not just for Christmas
I got a few more beers in than I was expecting, most were halves though.
Hop Back GFB
Perridge Pale
Dark Star Green Hopped IPA
Three Castles EPA
Three Castles Grand Heritage
Magpie Eighth Is A Wish
Revolutions Swoon
Ramsbury Mockingbird and Mosaic
Cross Bay Vesper
Little Ox Filthy Rich
The Magpie beer was disgusting(to my taste), I should have guessed there would be Cinnamon involved in a Pumpkin spiced amber ale.
The Revolutions Swoon was gorgeous, a chocolate fudge milk stout.
There can though be only one winner,Dark Star Green Hopped IPA, still the classic taste it had before, a man in my condition shouldn't be drinking 6.5% beers I guess but It's only around for a short time once a year so I had to force a pint and a half down, It was easy.
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
Just a handful of beers, this week.
Titanic - Steerage.
North Riding - Cascade.*
Tigertops - Ready Mix.
Horbury - Chinook.
Hawkshead - 5 Hop.*
Having not tried the 5 Hop for ages, I'd forgotten how good it was. Sampled in The Hop, Wakefield.
'And where he supped the past lived still. And where he sipped the glass brimmed full' John Barleycorn, Carol Ann Duffy.
I think you probably got more beers in than anyone was expecting. Glad things are normal(ish), albeit on one level.
With Revolutions Brewery being just six miles down the road from where I live, Swoon is quite a common sight in the local ale houses and was a semi-permanent fixture at the much missed Beer Exchange. I've tried it several times and just can't get on with it and this is from a man who loves chocolate. Similarly, I struggle with Saltaire's Triple Chocoholic. Definitely horses for courses and all that.
'And where he supped the past lived still. And where he sipped the glass brimmed full' John Barleycorn, Carol Ann Duffy.
A decent week up the Nene Valley,Kennington,Ham and Croydon .
One Mile End -- Jazz Police (can)
Mad Squirrel -- DDH Pale (can)
Rat -- Rat Hot Chilli Peppers
Crouch Vale -- Amarillo *
Abbeydale -- Absolution *
Old Pie Factory -- American Pie *
Phipps NBC -- Green and Gold
Old Dairy -- Uber Brew
Oakham -- Inferno
Oakham -- Bishops Farewell *
Oakham -- Citra *
Inveralmond -- Daracha *
Burning Sky -- Aurora * (3PT)
BOTW by a short head was Old Pie Factory American Pie,a new brewer for me and a very good strong West Coast Pale with some hints of pie tastes; biscuity and lemon.On top form in The Malt Shovel during a rock music themed beer festival.
Next week looks very quiet.
Last edited by Bucking Fastard; 29-10-2018 at 14:30.
"Good people drink good beer" Hunter S Thompson
A few new ones for me last week, a mix of pub visits and bottles at home:
Post Road Pumpkin Ale - Brooklyn
Summer Saison - Runaway
Fresa - Thornbridge
Strawberry Lucaria - Thornbridge
Chocolate Milk Stout - Shiny
Valkyrie APA - Rudgate
Veltins Pilsener - Brauerei VELTINS
Whistle Belly Vengeance - Summerskills
Ginger Stout - Ticketybrew
Duvel Tripel Hop Citra - Duvel Moortgat
Most of these were very drinkable, and a bit close to call really, but the Duvel Tripel Hop Citra just about gets my Beer of the Week award.
Last week was quiet for me :-
Adnam's Nut Brown 4.0%
Orkney Northern Light 4.0%
Exmoor Exiles Weizen 4.2%
Fownes A Mernmaid's Tale 4.8%
Hop Back Summer Lightning 5.0%
Ludlow Stairway 5.0%
Holden's Special 5.1%
Kelham Island Pale Rider 5.2%
Titanic Plum Porter Reserve 6.5%
I'm going for the Plum Porter Reserve. Being a big heavy porter I didn't find the plum flavour so overpowering as it tends to be in the standard one. It was £3.20 in the Wolverhampton Keg & Comfort where the Fownes one ran it close.
BOTW Titanic Plum Porter Reserve