Beer of the Week (w/e 23rd June 2013)
Bucking Fastard: Ringwood Fortyniner
Oggwyn Trench: Three Tuns Stout
Mobyduck: Surrey Hills Greensand IPA
Aqualung: Brodie's Hoxton Special IPA
gillhalfpint: Hunters Royal Hunt
london calling: Weird Beard Little Things That Kill IPA
oldboots: Kinver Light Railway
Real Ale Ray: Southport Golden Sands
Wittenden: Larkin's Traditional
Thuck Phat: Oakham Bishops Farewell
aleandhearty: Fullers Wild River
ROBCamra: Saltaire Stateside IPA
Last edited by ROBCamra; 30-06-2013 at 14:49.
A pub is for life not just for Christmas
Yes a very poor week ,only two pub visits.
Ringwood - Fortyniner
Hopback - Summer Lightening.
BOTW Ringwood Fortyniner in decent shape in the unlikely venue of The Honey Bee,Aylesbury the nearest pub to the office ,that's my excuse.
From famine to feast next week,more boat painting = more beer in Lichfield and then an end of week session in The Euston Tap.There must be a fine BOTW on the way
"Good people drink good beer" Hunter S Thompson
Bit of a heavy session yesterday
Three Tuns - Stout
Ludlow - Gold
Darkstar - Hophead
Bass
Blacksheep - Bitter
Byatts - Phoenix Gold
Chapel - Miracle
Doctor Mortons -Phone Dip
Blue Monkey - Amarillo
Bristol Beer Factory - Ultra Pale Ale
BOTW Three Tuns - Stout
Theres a Man with a Mullet going Mad with a Mallet in Millets !
Robinsons -Uncle Sams
McMullen - Country Bitter
Portobello - Pale
Butcombe - Bitter
Surrey Hills - Shere Drop
Surrey Hills- Greensand IPA
Upham - Punter
BOTW - Surrey Hills Greensand IPA Fairly low ABV for an IPA at 4.6% ,but it packs an incredible flavour punch.
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
An average collection this week:-
Dark Star Hophead 3.6%
Sambrook's Pumphouse Pale Ale 4.2%
Arkell's Moonlight 4.5%
Redemption Hopspur 4.5%
Redemption Urban Dusk 4.6%
Beartown Black Bear 5.0%
Brodie's Old Street Pale Ale 5.0%
Moorhouse's Pendle Witches Brew 5.1%
Siren Soundwave IPA 5.6%
Brodie's Hoxton Special IPA 6.6%
Brodie's Romanov Stout (Keykeg) 12.1%
Hophead is one I haven't tried in many a year and I'm pleased to say that combined with Summer Meltdown last week my faith in this brewery has been completely restored after trying a couple that didn't impress during previous months.
The easy winner this week is the Brodie's Hoxton Special IPA on cask. It is normally only available on keykeg but I can see no justification for that at all as it made for a truly outstanding drink at £2.50 in the King William IV.
BOTW Brodie's Hoxton Special IPA
Not a bad week in Cornwall.
Backyard Blonde 4.1%
Robinsons Trooper4.8%
Dartmoor Jail Ale 4.8%
St Austell Proper Job 4.5%
St Austell Tribute 4.2%
McMullen Country Bitter 4.3%
Clearwater Devon Darter 4.5%
Dorset Piddle Silent Slasher 5.1%
Hunters Royal Hunt 5.5%
Hunters Full Bore 8%
Hook Norton Old Hooky 4.6%
Coastal English Garden Gold 6.5%
Hop Kettle Mississippi Mud Rye 4.9%
Penzance Brisons Bitter 4.5%
Sharps Amber Pilsner 3.9%
McMullen AK 3.7%
Hunters Royal Hunt at Watermill Lelant beer festival my BOTW.
Alcohol doesn't solve problems .... but then again, neither does milk.
Had some lovely beers this week.Do beers taste better when the weather is warm. Seem like that to me.
buxton -golden boar
adnams -fat sprat
5 points -porter no2
the next 3 were Awesome as the craft beer geeks say
howling hops -wit ipa
alpha state -citronvand
and the finest was from my local brewer
weird beard -little things that kill ipa 3.9(but truly an ipa)
A fair mix this week
Leeds Vienna
Backyard Brewhouse Bitter
Hobsons Mild
Purity Mad Goose
Exmoor Gold
Kinver Light Railway
Oakham Citra
Rat Raw Rat
Arundel Black Stallion
Oakham Bishops Farewell
Oakham Inferno
Oakham Citra
Oakham Scarlett Macaw
Molson Coors Carling Lager (!)
Banks's Mild
Salamander Baldander
Purity UBU
Titanic Iceberg
Goose Eye Bitter
The Leeds Vienna seems to have lost a lot of its hoppiness from the last time I tried it. In spite of the presence of some Oakham beers, drunk at the incredible Bartons Arms BOTW for me was Kinver Light Railway although the Rat was close, can anyone guess my BABOTW?
Southport Brewery - Golden Sands
Quiet and unadventurous, but two unplanned visits:
Harveys Sussex Best Bitter-as it should be.
Larkin's Traditional.3.4%abv, but what wonderful flavour, from the man who talks to his hops. My BOTW.
I was interested to see McMullen's mentioned, especially the AK, by two scribes.Desperately unfashionable, but I used to really like their beer several years ago, esp the AK.Haven't seen 'em for ages, though.
"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.
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