Beer of the Week (w/e 23rd June 2019)
A pub is for life not just for Christmas
ELB's Peacock English Pale Ale at The Pig & Butcher.
Hanley and Teddington.
Adnam's -- Ghost Ship
Northern Monk -- Eternal *
Marts Brewhouse -- Bonus Ball
Marts Brewhouse -- Dutch Letters (Marzipan Stout)
Dancing Duck -- Ay Up.
Salopian -- Oracle
Big Smoke -- Electric IPA (keg)
BOTW goes to Northern Monk Eternal ,well kept and served in top condition in BottleCraft.
Next week rural Hertfordshire and then north on the Trent & Mersey and River Weaver.
"Good people drink good beer" Hunter S Thompson
A streamlined mostly local based week.
Windsor & Eton Guardsman
Black Sheep Twilighter
Flowerpots Perridge Pale
Youngs Bitter
Colchester Jester
Muirside Big Bertha
Triple fff Pressed Rat And Warthog
I enjoyed several of the Black Sheep beer but just shading it to BOTW is Colchester Jester in beautiful condition in The Alfred.
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
A slow week for me with a list dominated by ELB due to a Meet The Brewer thingy at the Wanstead George.
ELB Orchid Mild 3.6%
ELB Pale 4.0%
ELB Foundation Bitter 4.2%
ELB Nightwatchman 4.5%
Hook Norton Old Hooky 4.6%
ELB Jamboree 4.8%
Shepherd Neame Bishops Finger 5.0%
Portobello APA 5.0%
Reunion Incredible Pale 5.0%
Brewdog Punk IPA (keg) 5.4%
ELB Quadrant Oatmeal Stout 5.8%
Sadly the Cowcatcher ran out but the Quadrant Stout (£2.09) was silky smooth so I had another. I've found that all the ELB beers have some merit and they don't do murky or sour beers.
BOTW ELB Quadrant Oatmeal Stout
Another quiet week. No Sunday afternoon wander, unfortunately.
Ilkley - Blonde.
Roosters - Pils-Near.
Magic Rock - Common Grounds.*
Ossett - Otago.
Mill Valley - Yorkshire Rose.
Phoenix - Monkeytown MILD.
North Riding - Cascade.*
Five Towns - Monster Mash.
Easy winner was the Common Grounds, a 5.4% Coffee Porter.
'And where he supped the past lived still. And where he sipped the glass brimmed full' John Barleycorn, Carol Ann Duffy.
Dull week with Purity Lawless making BOTW. Cold and refreshing, until it ran out, on a warm afternoon.
"Beer is food." Morse, Colin Dexter
Kent:quiet.
Kent-Session Pale Ale 3.7%. Perfect for a humid summer's day.
"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.
Not a bad week and consequently a hard choice especially among the dark beers,
Turning Point - Headhunter
Rat - White Rat
Phoenix - Arizona
Vocation - Bread & Butter
Darkland - Bohemian Raspberry (bottle)
Taylors - Landlord
Ilkley/Five Points - Mary Poppins
Brasserie La Chouffe - La Chouffe (bottle)
Leeds - Pale
Ilkley - Mary Jane
Collective Arts - Sense of Circumstance (keg)
Kirkstall - Black Band Porter
Fernandes - Black Voodoo
Brass Castle - Bad Kitty
Theakstons - El Dorado
Acorn - Barnsley Bitter
Totally Brewed - Papa Jangles
Old Dairy - Red Top
Bank Top - Port of Call
Bays - Devon Dumpling
Bad Co - Dark Necessities
Barngates - Goodhews Dry Stout
BOTW Bank Top - Port of Call
Gorgeous - Goofy Hoof Pale Ale sublime in The Raven
'I only drink on two occasions, when I'm thirsty and when I'm not'
Brendan Behan
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