Beer of the Week (w/e 14th January 2024)
A pub is for life not just for Christmas
Just two pubs visited this week, (though more than once).
Cask
Oakham Citra*
Wantsum Jester
Disruption Shadow Of Darkness
Big Trip Untz Untz
Vibrant Forest Inaudible*
Goffs Jester Brew 12*
Hand Brew High Five*
Keg
Vibrant Forest Caltrops
Vibrant Forest Elmo*
Vibrant Forest Misty Woods*
Double Barrelled Gateau Blaster*
Verdant People Money Space Time
Timmermans Kriek Black Pepper*
Werewolf Creepster*
Howling Hops Howling IPA*
North Brewing Atlantis
Many beers close but Vibrant Forest Elmo wins the day. In The Borough Beer House.
Last edited by Mobyduck; 14-01-2024 at 22:24.
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
Kent:
Three Legs-Pale#3 3.7%abv.Exemplary Pale Ale.Citrus with wall fruit on the finish.First time I'd tried this since the brewery's recent move to East Sussex's Costa Geriatrica.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.
Short list but quality:
Oakham Bishops Farewell*
Nethergate Old Growler*
Arbor This Time Next Year Rodney*
Enjoyed all 3 with BOTW going to Arbor - This Time Next Year Rodney. A 6%, salted caramel, milk stout which is as rich and sweet as that sounds. A pint went down well on a chilly evening although I'm not sure I'd manage two. My companion likened it to a pint of Baileys and the name just beats the Old Growler for me.
"Beer is food." Morse, Colin Dexter
An abstemious week:
Redemption - Fellowship **½
Timothy Taylor - Landlord **½
BOTW goes to Twickenham - Naked Ladies **¾ at The Captain Flinders (JD Wetherspoon)
Another week, another handful of pre-curry swifties:
Mallinsons - CF299.
Brew York - Clementine Challenge.
Sunbeam - Dance Before The Storm.
Fyne - Avalanche.
Welbeck Abbey - Atlas.
Wensleydale - Gamekeeper.
A solid bunch, but nothing particularly outstanding.The Avalanche just nosed it. Taken in Harry's Bar.
'And where he supped the past lived still. And where he sipped the glass brimmed full' John Barleycorn, Carol Ann Duffy.
Hackney Wick and Tottenham Hale.
Howling Hops -- Road Runner *
Drop Project -- Crush (keg)
Full Circle --- Hoop *
Glasshouse -- Koyo Red *
Adnams -- Ghost Ship
Holy Goat -- Funk Weapon (keg)
BOTW went to Glasshouse Koyo Red on NBSS 4.5 form in the Beer Merchants Tap.
Last edited by Bucking Fastard; 22-02-2024 at 16:12.
"Good people drink good beer" Hunter S Thompson
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