What did you make of the Saddle Tank? I'd put it on a par with Doom Bore. Marston's seem to have completely lost the plot. I also have severe doubts about Purity. Their UBU in the local Rose & Crown was a classic example of a boring brown beer to avoid. The only one of their beers I've liked is a strong dark one of which I've forgotten the name.Originally Posted by Mobyduck
Kent:very local.
Adnams-Ghost Ship 4.5%abv:Hops 'n' sea breezes.
Goachers-Special House Ale 3.9%abv:Earthy,in great nick.
Rother Valley-Ruby Wheat Beer 4.4%abvark and grainy,:no cloves as I'd half expected, but background fruit.
My BOTW-Goachers Special House Beer,taken at The Three Chimneys .I'd given up on the beer in this pub for over a year,but on Tuesday,it was fine.
"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.
Brew York - Empress Tonkoko imperial stout. Two halves of this in Stockton's Top of the Hops.
Fourpure - Juicebox keg
"Do I know where hell is? hell is in hello"
A very quiet week, but at least I actually made it to the bar, unlike last week.
North Riding - Mosaic.*
Stancill - Treason.
The Treason sounded great from the description on the pump clip - 'Spiced Yorkshire Parkin Porter'. Unfortunately, all I got was a vague ginger taste on the palate. Disappointing.
'And where he supped the past lived still. And where he sipped the glass brimmed full' John Barleycorn, Carol Ann Duffy.
Just a gentle stroll from Chancery Lane to Covent Garden.
Toast Ale -- Session IPA (bottle)
Tiny Rebel -- Stay Puft *
Navigation -- Rebel
Higson's -- NZIPA
Oakham -- JHB
Sadlers -- Peaky Blinders Black IPA
BOTW goes to Tiny Rebel Stay Puft in near perfect condition (NBSS 4.5) in Ye Olde Mitre ,on a revisit to an old haunt which impressed.I really enjoy this marshmallow porter,especially now the nights are drawing in.
Engine troubles are curtailing my cruising,next week looks barren.
"Good people drink good beer" Hunter S Thompson
I was introduced to Ye Olde Mitre by a Geordie bloke when I first started working in Holborn in 1975. The attraction then was that it was hard to find not the fact it was Ind Coope. My first introduction to Tiny Rebel was in Forest Hill when the Cwtch was fantastic. It was nowhere near as hoppy on the last day of the local Rose & Crown beer festival but I may have caught the end of the cask. I've a stay in Cardiff lined up so look forward to visiting their outlet there and Newport on the way back.
The Saddle Tank was at best less than average in the interest stakes,finding myself in a Marstons pub I had the other choice of Pedigree(which I have never liked) or the two Hobgoblins (normal and Gold), What did surprise me was I was charged £3.75 for the pint and a packet of crisps,It turns out all cask was £2.75 on Mondays ,albeit only Marstons beers available.Don't know the dark Purity beer, unless its the keg only 5.8% Saddle Black.
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
It was Saddle Black but I noted the abv as 5.1%. It was probably in a Midlands JDW possibly during the October festival. I can't think why Purity would do any keg as apart from that one I've found their beers quite dull.
Edit: Thanks to TP for confirming it isn't just me!!
Last edited by Aqualung; 12-11-2019 at 15:37.
The cask version I had was 5.1% at the Coal Hole but as mentioned some years ago.
I've had the Longhorn IPA on keg in the summer when there was little else going and it was cold and wet and reasonably drinkable. Not sure if they do it on cask even.
"Beer is food." Morse, Colin Dexter
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