A pub is for life not just for Christmas
A better week than I was expecting in and around London.
Mc Mullens -- Rivertown Brewing APA
Marston's -- Pedigree
Firebird -- Parody
Sam Smith -- Old Brewery Bitter
Nelson's -- Trafalgar Bitter
Greene King -- Yardbird Pale
Oakham -- Bishops Farewell * (>3PT)
Saltaire -- Amarillo *
Saltaire -- Triple Chocoholic *
The last three were excellent and BOTW goes to Oakham Bishops Farewell on top form in The Mansion House,not sure how much I actually consumed during a lengthy session.
Next week some boating haunts before flying off to warmer climes.
"Good people drink good beer" Hunter S Thompson
Likewise a little better than expected with an off the cuff trip to Southampton Saturday.
Salopian Shropshire Gold
Flowerpots Perridge Pale
Bristol Beer Factory Milk Stout
Dark Star Hophead Pekko
Robinsons Trooper
Elusive Time & Magic
Vibrant Forest Chinook
Unity This Must Be The Place
Milestone Sherwood Pale
Three Castles Tiddly Dyke
Leeds Leeds Pale
Best of the lot was Unity This Must Be The Place on keg in The Butchers Hook.
Last edited by Mobyduck; 28-01-2019 at 18:25. Reason: Forgot about Leeds
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
A better week than last week's disaster. I've noticed the days getting slightly longer which helps.
Southwark London Pale Ale 4.0%
Reunion Beardtongue 4.5%
Lymestone Seven Stone Weakling 4.7%
Sambrook's Powerhouse Porter 4.9%
Titanic Plum Porter 4.9%
Ashover Liquorice Stout 5.0%
Southwark Comet Single Hop 5.0%
Inadequate Cascade Mosaic Pale 5.0%
Phoenix Porter 5.0%
Brentwood Falcon Punch 5.1%
Lymestone Cherry Stone 5.2%
Brewdog Punk IPA (keg) 5.4%
Weal's Lemon And Ginger 5.5%
Tapstone Opium Wars 5.6%
The easy winner (although most others were good) is the Inadequate Cascade Mosaic Pale tried at it's home the excellent Holy Inadequate in the middle of nowhere between Hanley and Newcastle under Lyme.
BOTW Inadequate Cascade Mosaic Pale
Kent:very quiet.
Larkins-Porter 5.2% abv. Exemplorary:bible black,roast,raspberries.On tiptop form-the best I've tried it this season.Taken at Larkins' Alehouse
"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.
A decent week for me, managing three sessions. That's about as good as it gets these days.
Tigertops - A&E.*
Hawkshead - Brodie's Prime.
Great Heck - Yakima IPA.*
Gun - Pale.
Empire - Moonraker's Mild.
Horbury - What Now.
Saltaire - New Grounds.
Parkway - Resolution.
Exit 33 - Winter Warrior.*
North Riding - Enigma.*
Empire - Fakir.
North Riding - American Pale.
Thornbridge - Hopton.
North Riding - Mosaic.*
Titanic - White Star.
Thornbridge - Crackendale.
North Riding - Milk Chocolate Stout.
Some very good beers, this week. The Winter Warrior, a complex, strong dark ale, containing treacle, takes the honours. A special mention for the A&E, a wonderfully bitter copper beer, which was the chosen brew for the Tuesday night '£1 a pint' offer in Harry's Bar. Certainly enjoyed my fiver's worth!
'And where he supped the past lived still. And where he sipped the glass brimmed full' John Barleycorn, Carol Ann Duffy.
Oakham Ales - Inferno
"Do I know where hell is? hell is in hello"
"Beer is food." Morse, Colin Dexter
Brass Castle - Sunshine. Where else but Stockton's Golden Smog
Probably 20 different beers last week and these stouts and porters were good
vocation -breakfast club
porterhouse-plain porter export
porterhouse -up &at emm coffee stout
siren -broken dream
fullers -black cab
Portobello -cranberry stout
Botw
tailgate -peanut butter stout at the Porterhouse covent garden