Beer of the Week (w/e 17th June 2012)

[ROBCamra]

A week of shocks. BF & TP in not voting for Oakham Bishops Farewell scandal.

Bucking Fastard: Great Heck Voodoo Mild
Mobyduck: Dark Star American Pale Ale
Spinko: Brewdog Punk IPA
Oggwyn Trench: Wood Street Golden Larch
gillhalfpint: Blue Anchor Spingo Middle
Millay: Tring Brewery Riser Bitter
Old Blue: Oakham Water of Forgetfulness
hondo: Butcombe Rare Breed
Wittenden: Shepherd Neame Kent's Best
oldboots: Loddon Summer Snowflake
Thuck Phat: Ridgeside Southern Cross
Real Ale Ray: Wibblers Apprentice
Quinno: Waen Summer Ale
Pubsignman: Red Willow Heartless
Alesonly: Redemption Fellowship Porter
aleandhearty: Magic Rock Curious
ROBCamra: Highland Scapa Special

[ROBCamra]

A bit of a session in The Baum on Tuesday where Highland Scapa Special was new on the bar.

This was excellent and I ended up having 4 pints of it, unusual for me with 6 others to choose, although I had tried them all before.

A trip to Hull this weekend should throw up lots more choices, but this one going to be hard to beat.

[Mobyduck]

Dark Star American Pale Ale comes out the winner this week followed by Skinners Betty Stogs .

[Bucking Fastard]

Had some good ale on the trip from Lincoln to Leeds,so this is a tricky call.The Kirkstall Black Band was very good,but BOTW goes to Great Heck's Voodoo Mild.At 4.3% it had a lot more going on than some weaker milds,a rich chocolate/coffee initial hit and then a lingering dryness tempting you into another.Any MILD pump clip with an image of Jimi Hendrix is worth a pint,surely ? Supped along with some other fine beers in The Eight Jolly Brewers,Gainsborough.

[Spinko]

Brewdog - Punk IPA, had in Brewdog Manchester.

I kept telling myself I needed to see a few different pubs in Manchester to learn the area, I kept going back to this. Lovely smell and even better taste. Several of Marble's came close.

[Oggwyn Trench]

Another good weekend

Woodlands - Old Willow
Grafton - Silhouette
Grafton - Ironman
Wood Street - Golden Larch
Partners - Ghost
Kelham Island - Pale Rider
M&B - Mild
Morton - Essington Ale
Titanic - Slipway
Burton Bridge - Two Brewers
Six Bells - Cloud Nine
Allgates - Citra

BOTW Wood Street - Golden Larch

[gillhalfpint]

Butcombe Mendip Spring
Exeter 'Fraid Not
Exmoor Stag (contender)
Keltek Magik
Sharps Zennor Mermaid
Frys Blonde Chough
Frys Ruby Chough
Cornish Crown St Michaels Bitter
Blue Anchor Spingo Middle (contender)
Hogswood Stoked
Frys Smoked
Bays Devon Dumpling (contender)

BOTW Blue Anchor Spingo Middle. Gets better every year.

[Millay]

This week the Titanic Anchor gets close but my BotW is going to Tring Brewery Riser Bitter, brewed specially for the Rising Sun in Berkhamsted. Had a few pints on Saturday sitting outside in the sun on the canal path.

[Old Blue]

Oakham's Water of Forgetfulness.

Bloody lovely, and if you drink enough of it, it does exactly what it says on the pump clip.

[hondo]

Adam Henson's Rare Breed brewed by Butcombe