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    Default Beer of the Week (w/e 6th January 2019)

    A pub is for life not just for Christmas

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    Kent:

    Harveys-Sussex Best Bitter 4%abv. Taken in two houses,ranging from OK to fruity.
    Larkins-Traditional 3.4%abv.A bit on the cold side.
    Bedlam-Benchmark 4%abv.New style old school Best Bitter.Farmyard, hedge fruit. My BOTW.
    "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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    Purity Bunny Hop
    Flowerpots Perridge Pale
    Black Hole Cosmic
    Ciren Porter
    Wantsum Black Pig

    BOTW goes to the Flowerpots beer in a light drinking week.
    "Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
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    A short and not especially well formed list:

    Moongazer Amber Ale
    Adnams Ghost Ship*
    Brancaster Brewdolph
    Brancaster Oystercatcher*
    Moongazer Hiberno*
    Oakham Bishops Farewell

    BOTW Brancaster Oystercatcher. I always forget quite how good this is until around halfway through the second. Nips at TT Landlord's heels as a quality session ale.
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    A good start to the year which has given me 10 new beers towards my 2019 target of 500


    Enefeld - Speculation
    Enefeld - EB
    Osset - Nervous Turkey
    Truman's - Swift
    Windsor & Eton - Silent Knight of the Garter
    Truman's - Bow Bells
    Twickenham - Naked Ladies
    Pope's Yard - Frogmore Stout
    Leighton Buzzard - Irish Oil
    Kelchner - Small Batch #3
    Dorset Berwing Co - Origin
    Chiltern - Chiltern Pale Ale
    Watneys - Irony
    Dartmore - Dartmore Best
    Oxford Craft Beer Co - Triploid

    BotW is from Kelchner, a micro brewery in Ampthill near Milton Keynes.
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    Good week for me, almost certainly a reaction to having no pub time during the Xmas hols.


    Tarn 51 - Altofts Blonde.
    Tarn 51 - Rocking Robin.*
    Tarn 51 - Jol.*
    Stancill - Not Dark Yet.
    Small World - Twin Falls.
    North Riding - Citra.*
    Half Moon - Dark Masquerade.
    Melwood - Derby Stout.
    Empire - Strikes Back.
    Stancill - Blizzard.
    Stancill - Driving Home.
    Titanic - Plum Porter.*
    Bad Seed - On the Juice.*
    Salt - Mockado.
    Rat - Rat Trap.
    Wilde Child - Chimney Blockage.
    Kirkstall - Solitude.
    North Riding - US Session Pale.*
    Fernandes - Kiwi Session.
    Abbeydale - Salvation.*

    The Citra, US Session Pale and Plum Porter were particularly good, but as they've all been nominated before, I'm plumping for the Jol, a 7% impy stout. Sampled at The Robin Hood, Altofts, where the Tarn 51 microbrewery is also based.
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    Mini crawl around Maida Vale.

    Elgin & Hopstuff -- Lemon Saison (keg)
    Portobello -- Sauce on the Side
    Sam Smith -- Extra Stout (keg)
    Wimbledon -- Copper Leaf
    Left Handed Giant -- Compulsory Fun IPA * (keg)
    Tiny Rebel -- Imperial Chocolate Stay Puft * (keg)
    Tiny Rebel -- Cwtch

    BOTW went to Tiny Rebel Imperial Chocolate Stay Puft ,A marshmallow porter 9% with outstanding malts and a delicious bitter finish in the keg emporium that is Real Ale.The Compulsory Fun IPA in there ran it very close.

    Next week mainly focussed on the footie for ale options.
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    A fairly quiet week :-

    Gadds' Gyle 1664 4.3%
    Titanic Cherry Dark 4.4%
    Windsor & Eton Mandarin 4.5%
    Reunion Midnight Runner 4.8%
    Wantsum Black Pig 4.8%
    Parkway Mad Dog 5.0%
    Goacher's Gold Star 5.1%
    Tonbridge Velvet Raven 5.2%
    Marston's Old Empire 5.7%
    Gadds' Black Pearl Stout (keg) 6.2%

    The winner is the keg option the Gadds' Black Pearl Stout as tried for £5.00 in the inappropriately named Bottle Shop for £5.00. It was silky smooth, not overly sweet and went down a treat. Just what is the point of Guinness?


    BOTW Gadds' Black Pearl Stout

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    Quote Originally Posted by Aqualung View Post
    A fairly quiet week :-



    The winner is the keg option the Gadds' Black Pearl Stout as tried for £5.00 in the inappropriately named Bottle Shop for £5.00. It was silky smooth, not overly sweet and went down a treat. Just what is the point of Guinness?


    BOTW Gadds' Black Pearl Stout
    Loverly beer! Never tried it on keg or cask, but stock up with bottles whenever I come across them. I think it was originally brewed for a fish'n'chip shop over in Thanet.
    "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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    Quote Originally Posted by Wittenden View Post
    Loverly beer! Never tried it on keg or cask, but stock up with bottles whenever I come across them. I think it was originally brewed for a fish'n'chip shop over in Thanet.
    I didn't mention, I think it said it was an Oyster Stout. If you see it on keg don't be afraid to try it as it's very worthwhile. Five quid a pint is expensive but not outrageously so for a 6.2% keg.

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