Beer of the Week (w/e 9th June 2024)
A pub is for life not just for Christmas
Marston's - Wainwright Amber.
Two pints of this were had in the Darlington Flyer. I was slightly cautious on the first sip having taken a look around the venue, but it was brilliant. I then sat outside at the back in some unexpected sunshine and enjoyed some EDM mashups. Low expectations but good delivery made for an excellent 45 minutes in the sun. It clouded over so indoors for 10 minutes where the soundtrack was 1960s which I quite like too.
Decent week locally:
Pennine Brewing Company Northern Soul
Growling Dog Raspberry Milk Stout*
Oakham Bishops Farewell*
Hop Back Summer Lightening*
Byatts XK Strong*
Hop Union Moose River*
Everards Hour Glass
Thoroughly enjoyed the Moose River, a 5% American pale but BOTW goes to Byatts XK Strong. Billed as a strong mild at 4.9%. Dark chocolate and dark berries with the wonderful, dry finish associated with milds ensuring an easy pass on the three pint test.
"Beer is food." Morse, Colin Dexter
Quality over quantity:
Anarchy - Blonde Star *½
ELB - Cowcatcher **½
Oakham - Inferno **½
St Austell - Tribute **½
Twickenham - Naked Ladies **½
BOTW goes to Dark Star - APA **¾ at The Harp
Last edited by Tris39; 10-06-2024 at 10:26.
A quiet week.
Fernandes - Quantum.
Rat / Tower - Rat & Dachshund.
Fernandes - Harlequin.
Fernandes - Summit.
Fernandes - Spaced Out.
Fernandes / Five Towns - Junkie.
Fernandes - A Swift One.
A solid bunch, but nothing particularly memorable. BOTW goes to an old favourite. Predictably taken at Luis Bar @ Fernandes.
'And where he supped the past lived still. And where he sipped the glass brimmed full' John Barleycorn, Carol Ann Duffy.
Suffolk,Kent:
Adnam's-Southwold Bitter 3.7%abv.Bittersweet,literally and metaphorically.
Three Legs-Pale #3 3.7%abv.Hedge fruit,hazy.
Dark Star-Hophead 3.8%abv. Still an excellent Pale.
Harvey's- Sussex Best Bitter 4%abv.Decent Harvey's.
Larkins-Traditional 3.4%abv.Plain.
Three Legs Pale#3, my BOTW, not for the first time.
"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.
St Pancras,Twickenham,Stoke and Congleton.
Twickenham -- Naked Ladies
Adnams -- Ghost Ship
Fyne Ale --Jarl *
Marble -- Lagonda *
Sharps -- Doom Bar
Beartown -- Garage
Marstons -- Wainwright
An easy choice for BOTW Marble Lagonda in the excellent Holy Inadequate.
Next week Dorking pub crawl and some more boating on the Macc and Peak Forest.
"Good people drink good beer" Hunter S Thompson
Surrey/Hants
Cask
Three Acre Centennial Haze
Wantsum Heart Of Darkness*
Ampersand Bidon
Oakham JHB*
Electric Bear Don't Know Jack
Titsey North Downs Gold*
Roosters Variation On A Theme (Mosaic)
Tolgate Porangeter*
Keg
Ten Tun Temples Of Talus*
Ten Tun The Front Fell Off*
Siren Serendipity *
Siren Just Because*
Siren Just Like Paradise*
Steam Town Transit Purgatory*
New Bristol Fantazia
Delirium Tremens*
Mysterious Something Something
Lakedown Off The Hook
Some nice cask and some very good keg with BOTW going to Ten Tun Brewhouse The Front Fell Off sampled next door in The Ten Tun Taphouse
This week hoping to jump on board with the Fastard crew in Dorking on Thursday.
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
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