Beer of the Week (w/e 30th June 2019)

[ROBCamra]

[Spinko]

Vocation - Bread and Butter, in the Lytham Craft House.

[Wittenden]

Kent

Iron Pier-Krpan & Lemondrop:3.8%abv.Slight haze.Arboreal, some citrus, some welcome sweetness.Good for a summer's day.I hadn't heard of either of these hops.
Northdowns-Muggy Porter:5%abv.Very dark,blackcurrants.Decent.A new brewery for me.
My BOTW-Krpan & Lemondrop from Iron Pier.

[Aqualung]

All beers this week tried in Newcastle and nearby Wylam :-

Allendale Golden Plover 4.0%
Three Brothers Honeysuckle Smash 4.0%
Tyne Bank Monument 4.1%
Mad Crafty Brewer Bubblegum Blonde 4.2%
Northern Alchemy Harambee Pasadia 4.4%
Northern Alchemy Dert Stout 4.5%
Burton Bridge Burton Ale 4.7%
Five Points Railway Porter 4.8%
Arkell's Kingsdown 5.0%
Brewdog Punk IPA (keg) 5.4%
Allendale Wolf 5.5%
Big Lamp Keelman Brown 5.7%
Vocation Breakfast Club (keg) 6.9%

Some of these beers deserve extra comment. I thought two may have been on the turn, the Allendale Golden Plover in the Boathouse at Wylam and Tyne Bank Monument int the Mile Castle JDW. The cheapest was the Arkell's Kingsdown which was fine at £1.29 in the Mile Castle and the most expensive the Vocation Breakfast Club at £6.90 for three thirds in a pint glass at the Newcastle Tap. The Honeysuckle Smash in the Boathouse tasted like mead which I'm sure can't be right for a 4% beer.
Allendale Wolf and Big Lamp Keelman Brown are very similar and obviously meant to be a reminder of what Newcastle Brown once was. Both were tried at £1.99 and £2.15 in two Newcastle JDWs but it's the Keelman Brown that wins by a nose.

BOTW Big Lamp Keelman Brown

[Mobyduck]

the Vocation Breakfast Club at £6.90 for three thirds in a pint glass at the Newcastle Tap.

[Mobyduck]

Not too much action last week apart from a pleasant Sunday in Lewes which explains the prevalence of several Harveys beers.

Flowerpots Perridge Pale
Stamps First Class
Isle Of Avalon Pomparies Porter
Dark Star Hophead
Harveys Wild Hop
Harveys Sussex Best
Harveys Dark Mild
Harveys Copper Wheat
Burning Sky Aurora
Four Thieves (Laines) Pub Dog

BOTW is Burning Sky Aurora enjoyed in The Snowdrop Inn.

[Thuck Phat]

Good week much boosted by crewing from Stoke northwards:

Dark Star Hophead
Oakham Bishops Farewell*
Backyard Strange Gods*
Thornbridge Kipling*
Blackjack Four of a Kind
Sarah Hughes Surprise
Titanic Iceberg*
Titanic White Star*
Titanic Plum Porter*
San Miguel (it was very hot)
Hyde's Lowry*
Redwillow Reckless
Redwillow Headless
Tatton Lemon Grab*
Rat White Rat*

Plenty of contenders with the Kipling being excellent and the White Rat and Lemon Grab proving to be superb session ales. Can't get past the Titanic White Star as BOTW though. A consistent, moreish, superb example of a West Midlands beer.

[Bucking Fastard]

Late on parade after completing the voyage,of which Burslem to Winsford is included below,proceeded by a few in rural Hertfordshire

Mc Mullens -- Eight Hop
Fuller's -- Seafarers
Crouch Vale -- Brewers Gold
Oakham -- Helter Skelter
York -- Otherside IPA *
Inadequate -- Citra Pale Ale *
Thornbridge -- Kipling *
Blackjack -- Four of a Kind
Cross Bay -- Zenith IPA
Titanic -- Iceberg * (3PT)
Titanic -- Plum Porter *
Hyde's -- Lowry *
Redwillow -- Feckless
Tatton -- Lemon Grab * (3PT)
Spitting Feathers -- Special Ale
Rat -- White Rat * (>3PT)
Weetwood -- Southern Cross


BOTW by a very short head was Thornbridge Kipling in the ever reliable Holy Inadequate,a proper pub.A deceptive strong golden south pacific pale ale.

The final leg of the cruise into Liverpool will follow next week.