Beer of the Week (w/e 9th February 2020)
A pub is for life not just for Christmas
Cambridgeshire (formerly Huntingdonshire):
Brewster's-Hophead 3.6%abv.The "other" Hophead-well at least for those of us in the South-grassy hops,garden fruit,grapefruit on the finish.A decent session pale.
Adnam's -Blackshore Stout.4.2%abv.Delicious chocolate rich dry stout.From a keg.
My BOTW,Brewster's Hophead.
"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.
Limehouse,Liverpool and Ham
Timothy Taylor -- Landlord
Woodforde -- Wherry
Black Sheep -- Bitter
Northdown -- Magic Dragon *
Northdown -- Papworth Victory Best Bitter
Mondo -- Jenny Jenny Golden Ale
Castle Rock -- Harvest Pale
Beartown -- Peach Melbear * (>3PT)
Beer Cask -- Barcelona IPA* (bottle)
Rat -- White Rat *
Mobberley -- Chinook
Tall Ships -- Rock the Boat
Mallinsons -- Amarillo *
Higsons -- Porter
Fullers -- London Pride
Given the volume consumed BOTW goes to Beartown Peach Melbear in The Baltic Fleet. The peach and elderflower nose was very strong,but there was enough bitterness to cut through ,creating a fine session ale better the more pints sunk.
Next week looks thin,London based.
Last edited by Bucking Fastard; 10-02-2020 at 15:17.
"Good people drink good beer" Hunter S Thompson
An old favourite Oakham Bishops Farewell takes BOTW. Only cask ale this week and whistled through the 3 pint test during the England - Scotland storm.
"Beer is food." Morse, Colin Dexter
A rather boring week, Barnsley (don't) and North Yorkshire
Acorn - Barnsley Bitter
Marstons - Wychwood Hobgoblin
Ilkley - Pale
AB-Inbev - Sharps Doom Bar
Geeves - Evolver
Jolly Boys - Yorkshire Bitter
Beartown - Kodiak
Thornbridge - Jaipur
Roosters - Highway 51
Samuel Smith - Old Brewery Bitter
Roosters - Yankee
Theakston - Best Bitter
Bad Seed - Off Grid
Black Sheep - Best Bitter
Fernandes - Black Voodoo
Saltaire - Blonde
Black Sheep - Holy Grail
Fernandes came close but Roosters Highway 51 is BOTW.
A fairly quiet week :-
Otter Bitter 3.8%
Crouch Vale GI Joe 4.1%
Gun Best Bitter 4.4%
Kent APA 4.8%
Southwark Fagin's Den Special 5.0%
Redemption Fellowship Porter 5.0%
Beatnix Republic Beach Bum 5.0%
Beatnix Repoblic Crimson Flare 5.2%
Arbor THe Devil Made Me Brew It 5.5%
Ilkley Westwood White Chocolate Stout 6.5%
Two of these were way ahead of the rest, the Kent APA and the strong Arbor one which was a dry stout. The Kent one gets it by a wafer thin margin. It was £3.69 (discounted) in the local Bell.
BOTW Kent APA
A steady week...
Kirkstall Black Rose Porter
St Peters English Pale Ale
Windsor & Eton Knight Of The Garter
Flowerpots Perridge Pale
Raw Independence American Pale Ale
Three Castles Dark Stout
Tollgate Ashby Pale
Stonehenge Spire Ale
Red Cat Mr M's Porter
Rambsbury Blindside
Been impressed of late by the St Peters beers I've tried, the English Pale Ale was subtle but very flavoursome, however beaten to top spot by an excellent Mr M's Porter, a worthy BOTW taken in the Wonston Arms Sunday lunchtime.
The outlook for this coming week is looking rather barren.
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
Reasonable week for me.
Ainsty - Northern Lights.
Oakham - Citra.*
Bradfield - Farmers Vanilla Stout.
Elland - Blonde.
Rat - Ratberry Porter.
Exale / Salt / Roosters - Mind Games.
Abbeydale / Box - Sterile Tears.*
Salt - Velveteen.*
North Riding - Citra.*
Flathead - Fat Face Chocolate Porter.
Stancill - Black.
Stod Fold - Down Under.
Five Towns - Oh, You Pretty Things.
The North Riding Citra was excellent, but as I've nominated it several times before I'll give the honours to the Velveteen instead. It's a porter infused with cacao nibs and vanilla. I found it quite restrained, but all the better for it. Sampled in The Hop, Wakefield.
'And where he supped the past lived still. And where he sipped the glass brimmed full' John Barleycorn, Carol Ann Duffy.
At a party in a working mans type club in Putney so limited choice. cheap prices were no consolation.
Caledonian -try game
youngs -bitter
youngs light and bitter (mixed)
youngs light and ramrod (mixed)
youngs bitter and ramrod (mixed)
Botw -Youngs ramrod and Guinness (mixed)
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