Forgot to add my BOTW, which is the point after all. Thornbridge 'Brian Turner's Amber Ale'. Smooth, easy drinking amber ale with biscuity malt character. Absolutely slid down, last night.
'And where he supped the past lived still. And where he sipped the glass brimmed full' John Barleycorn, Carol Ann Duffy.
A pub is for life not just for Christmas
As it's a pretty good guess that tomorrow is unikely to produce anything to top it, I declare my BotW to be Fuller/ Gales HSB. With the Bengal Lance a truly honourable runner up..........
Pubs are a hobby, real ale is a passion. Oh, and like me dogs, fear no evil..........
Well for me its going to be Triple FFF , Pressed Rat And Warthog a very unusual Mild , runner up is Quercos Shinglebeach starts off dry and hoppy , finishes sweet and malty , weird but nice
Theres a Man with a Mullet going Mad with a Mallet in Millets !
My BOTW is Bowman Elderado, which was the pick from a decent session at the Guide Dog in Southampton on Tuesday.
Runners up were Itchen Valley Russian Winter (Cricketters - Addiscombe) and Triple fff Pressed Rat and Warthog (Ship of Fools, Croydon). Strangely, all three are from breweries in Hampshire.
I'm going with Marble Arch's Pint this week. Weak enough for a session (3.9%), hoppy enough to chew and fruity like the drinker
I'll give it to Brew Dog's Trashy Blonde at Croydon's Green Dragon ystdy. Only the 2nd time I've seen it on handpump anywhere.
My coup de grâce beer goes to my last one at the nearby George - the wonderful but deadly Jaipur IPA (amonst another strong line-up incl Harviestoun Bitter & Twisted).
Hmm… beers sampled this week:
London Pride x 4 (Nags Head, Rochester)
Young’s Bitter x 2 (Prince of Wales, Chatham)
Ramsgate Gadds No.7 x 2 (Britannia Café Bar, Rochester)
Chiswick x 2 (The Pilot Inn, North Greenwich)
Newcastle Brown Ale x lord knows!! (Tap N’ Tin, Chatham)
Tonight may throw up a few more… we’ll see!