Beer of the Week (w/e 21st April 2013)
Bucking Fastard: Titanic Molly Brown Ale
Real Ale Ray: Little Ale Cart Spearmint
london calling: Kirkstall Generous George
oldboots: Acorn Old Moor Porter
Brewguru: Quantock Nightjar
hondo: Tennent's Lager
Thuck Phat: Oakham Bishops Farewell
aleandhearty: Rat Bonkers American IPA
Aqualung: Conwy Cwrw Mêl
Oggwyn Trench: Empire The Dragon
Mobyduck: Darkstar American Pale Ale
ROBCamra: Elland Pacific IPA
Last edited by ROBCamra; 26-04-2013 at 10:41.
A pub is for life not just for Christmas
Pathetic week with just three 'spoons festival ales in The George, Croydon.
Vasileostrovsky - Siberian Red
Mauldon's - Blackberry Porter
Titanic - Molly Brown Ale =BOTW ,another winner from Burslem.
Next week end of the month supping one evening in a refurbished Mc Mullens pubto be followed by Southampton Arms and possibly Pineapple,Kentish Town which should deliver several BOTW contenders.
"Good people drink good beer" Hunter S Thompson
Little Ale Cart - Spearmint
Bristol -acer
Stroud -organic
Orkney -ipa
redemption -urban dusk
could all have been the winner this week but
Kirkstall -generous george 6.0 was impressive.
Only one very short session at the pub this week due to work so BOTW and actually well deserved is
Acorn Old Moor Porter
Thursday and Friday both spent at Tuckers Maltings beer festival with ensuing carnage.
from th remains of my programme I'll nominate
Quantock Nightjar 3.9%
packed with flavour and well balanced NZ hops. Defo a 3 pinter.
Honorable mentions to
Milk Street Mermaid
Yeovil Stout Hearted
Quantock Wills Neck
Bristol Beer Factory Acer
plus others too many to mention hic!
just 1 pint consumed this week so it has to be Tennent's lager
"Do I know where hell is? hell is in hello"
Just one beer this week: BOTW Oakham Bishops Farewell.
Decent week for me variety wise, but many of the Wetherspoon's festival beers were rather ho-hum. Tried this week:
Marstons - PacificGem.
Elgoods - Spring Gold.
Woods - Twist Grip.
Hilden - No.4.
Everards - Malty Tasker.
Batemans - Mocha.
Fernandes - Jackdaw MILD.
Fernandes - Nightjar.
Fernandes - Great Northern.
Rat - Black Rat.
Ilkley - Black.
Devil's Backbone - American Amber.
Vasileostrovsky - Siberian Red.
O'Hanlons - Red Ale.
Rat - Bonkers American IPA.
Dark Star - Art of Darkness.
Downton - Rye Smile.
Rat - Dirty Rat.
With honorable mentions for the Siberian Red and Art Of Darkness, the clear winner was the Bonkers IPA, an apparent experimental brew from Rat. Wonderful tropical fruit nose, with a smooth but intense hoppy mouthfeel. Even at 6.5%, it absolutely slid down.*
*Will, you would have absolutely hated it!
Last edited by aleandhearty; 29-04-2013 at 14:28.
'And where he supped the past lived still. And where he sipped the glass brimmed full' John Barleycorn, Carol Ann Duffy.
A few to choose frpm this week :-
Sharp's Doombar 4.0%
Robinson's Hoptimus 4.1%
Robinson's Unicorn Bitter 4.3%
Cottage Duchess 4.2%
Conwy Riptide 4.3%
Conwy Cwrw Mêl 4.5%
Robinson's Double Hop 4.8%
Acorn Barnsley IPA 5.0%
Hyde's Burnt Sienna 5.0%
Brodie's Mosaic Pale 5.0%
Brodie's Simcoe Pale 5.0%
East London Quadrant Stout 5.8%
Celt Experience Continental Drift 5.9%
Brodie's Caramel Salt Brown 6.0%
Wickwar Station Porter 6.0%
Brodie's Dalston Black IPA (keykeg) 7.0%
Of five possible contenders the Conwy Cwrw Mêl (aka Honey Fayre) just crosses the line in front. It easily passed the three pint test at the Ty Mawr in Llanbedr (£2.65 a pint). It's a golden beer with a honey flavour that isn't overpowering.
By coincidence the Riptide from the same brewer at the Spoons George in Wanstead was also a contender.
BOTW Conwy Cwrw Mêl
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