Out in Huddersfield and forgot.
Out in Huddersfield and forgot.
A pub is for life not just for Christmas
Amundsen Brewery + Kings County Brewers Collective - Technicolor Highway keg
"Do I know where hell is? hell is in hello"
Kent:
Goacher's :1066 Old Ale 6.7%abv. A winter classic,fruity and austere.
Larkin's :Traditional 3.4%abv.Almost there, not quite.
Brumaison: BB 3.6%abv. I really enjoyed this:bit of spice,bit of caramel,bit of farmyard.My BOTW
Can't see any pub visits this week.
"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 small list with my weekend curtailed by a family illness.
Castle Rock Harvest Pale
Flowerpots Perridge Pale
Marstons EPA
Elusive Inertia
Great Heck Chopper
BOTW Elusive Inertia
Hopefully back on track by next weekend
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
Just a couple of visits to the JDW London festival so all cask beers were £1.99 :-
Park Killcat Pale 3.7%
Redemption American Brown 4.0%
Enefield Iron Brew 4.2%
Reunion True Zeal 4.3%
Sambrook's After Nine 4.4%
Windsor & Eton Hurricane 4.5%
Wild Card Ace Of Spades (keg) 4.7%
Signature Progressive 4.8%
Southwark Chew-Black-A 5.0%
I never thought I would have a pint of Wild Card in a JDW but it was a whopping £3.65 and way too gassy.
None of these were offensive but nothing was really outstanding. I'll go for the W&E Hurricane as tried in the Wanstead George. It also had the best pump clip straight from an Airfix kit!
BOTW Windsor & Eton Hurricane
Saltaire - Titus
Kirkstall - Pale
Briscoe's - Otley Gold
Black Sheep - Riggwelter
Hambleton - Black Forest
Roosters - First World Problems
Thornbridge - Rocky Road Lucaria
Wensleydale - Falconer
Strathaven - Winter Glow
Eagles Crag - Eagle of Darkness
Nightjar - Sasquatch
Salamander - Piccolo Porter
Nine Standards - Porter
Oddly a toss up between a dark and a light but the Salamander Piccolo Porter just has it over the Wensleydale Falconer.
Oakham - Citra.*
Acorn - Gorlovka.*
Ilkley - Gregory.*
Salt - Alpaca.
Wilde Child - Outside The Box.
Rat - Mother Rat.*
North Riding - Citra.*
Wild Weather - We Bring Scientists, You Bring A Rock Star?
Yorkshire Dales - Blue Scar.
Helmsley Brew Co. - Yorkshire Legend.
Sunbeam - New Dawn.
Both the Citras were excellent, but I was in the mood for dark beers this week. The Mother Rat, a milk stout, just pipped the Gorlovka, an old favourite. Sampled at The Hop, Wakefield.
'And where he supped the past lived still. And where he sipped the glass brimmed full' John Barleycorn, Carol Ann Duffy.
Botw was
Marco Paulo-American pale ale 5.5 superb beer but I was p*ssed off at paying £5 for a cask beer brewed feet away from the bar in the Owl and Pussycat Micropub.I should have taken note of the price before I bought it.
Papworth - Big Slur in this quirky micro The Little R'Ale House
'I only drink on two occasions, when I'm thirsty and when I'm not'
Brendan Behan
Not bad:
Marstons Old Empire IPA*
Everards Sunchaser
Abbeydale Moonshine
Oakham Bishops Farewell*
Titanic Plum Porter*
Brancaster Oystercatcher*
Any of those starred were worthy BOTWs but this weeks BOTW goes to Marstons Old Empire IPA for being so easy to drink at 5.7%. Dangerous.
"Beer is food." Morse, Colin Dexter