Beer of the Week (w/e 23rd June 2024)

[aleandhearty]

[Mobyduck]

Oh dear, well it was a long weekend taking in 35 pubs.

Cask
Mysterious Dark Side
Bristol Beer Factory Everytime
Disruption You Can Buy It But You Can't Wear It
Oakham Citra*
Oakham JHB*
Saltaire Blonde
Saltaire Cascade
Saltaire Harlequin
Saltaire South Island
Anthology The Loved Ones
Rudgate Valkyrie
Vocation Bread & Butter*
Vocation Heart & Soul*
Vocation Pride & Joy
Thornbridge The Importance Of Being*
Toms Tap The Mighty Stout
Timothy Taylor Landlord Dark
Parkway Norwegian Blue
Black Edge NZP
Wilde Child Humble Beginnings
Recoil Whitesnake
Orkney Dark Island*
Salopian Kashmir*
Pictish Mosaic*
Howling Hops Citra*
Abbeydale Deception*
Kirkstall Dissolution IPA
Kirkstall Mitigating Circumstances
Kirkstall Three Swords
Wensleydale Human Menagerie
Roosters Bank Of Dave (rebadged Yankee)*
Roosters Easy Going Assassin*
Ilkley Blonde
Kelham Island (Thornbridge) Easy Rider*
Full Circle Hoop
Ossett Silver Rider*

Keg
Elusive Oregon Trail*
Stone IPA*
Deya Sound Machine Groove*
The Kernel Dry Stout Ella*

Can
Amity Tropical Waterpistol

Bottle
Cobra (I think with the ruby in Halifax)

Despite some good as well as indifferent and one very poor cask BOTW goes the way of keg and an excellent Stone IPA taken in Kobenhavn .

Next week - toned down.

[trainman]

Bloody hell Mick, that's a punishing but mightily impressive performance!

[Mobyduck]

Bloody hell Mick, that's a punishing but mightily impressive performance!

It killed Big Steve .

[Tris39]

Arise Sir Rhossis!

[Tris39]

An unforced error leaving me captive in Leeds and the same brewer in Twickenham affording me with a double hit, but otherwise:

Anthology – Biscuit Mild ½
Blackedge - NZP4 ** ½
Brass Castle - Best *
Brass Castle - Bad Kitty **½
Bridgehouse - Tequila Blonde **½
By the Horns - Stiff Upper Lip *¼
ELB - Cowcatcher *¾
Five Points - XPA **
Forest Road - Work **¼
Fuller’s - ESB *¾
Leeds - Best *
Leeds - Pale **½
Ossett - White Rat**½
St Austell - Tribute **½
Titanic - Iceberg **½
Titanic - Plum Porter **¾
Twickenham - Naked Ladies **½
Vocation - Bread & Butter **½

BOTW goes to:

Thornbridge - Jaipur *** at The Sussex Arms
Thornbridge - Jaipur Noir *** at The Bankers Cat

[Bucking Fastard]

Very late on parade Stalybridge,Halifax and the northern reaches of Oldham.

Acorn -- Gorlovka Imperial Stout *
Bradfields -- Farmers Euro Ale
Brightside -- Mancunian
Moorhouses -- Blonde Witch (3PT)
Saltaire -- Blonde
Anthology -- Biscuit Mild
Bridgehouse -- Tequilla Blonde *
Play Brew -- High Roller *
Vocation -- Pride & Joy *
Thornbridge -- The Importance of Being
Ossett -- White Rat *
Blackjack -- Early Days Northern Porter *
Pomona Island -- Kathleen Turner Overdrive *(keg)
Blackedge -- NZP4
Kronenbourg -- 1666 (keg)
Salopian -- Golden Thread * (3PT)
Thorbridge x Bunderbust -- Galaxy Simcoe *
Brew York x Gweilo -- Black Tiger *
Millstone -- Tiger Rut
Timothy Taylor -- Boltmaker
Marble --Clyde (keg)

Lots of great contenders but just shading it for BOTW was Brew York x Gweilo Black Tiger,a very fine stout from the Stalybridge Station Buffet Bar.

Next week boating across the Pennines and lots of footie.

[Thuck Phat]

Even later and with some repeats:

Oakham Bishops Farewell*
Phipps Gold Star*
Everards Solstice
Mallinsons Taking Photos of Rainbows*
Salopian Golden Thread*
Brew York x Gwei-Lo Black Tiger*
Millstone Tiger Rut
TT Boltmakers
Marble Clyde (keg)*

Some great beers in there and I agree with Mr F on the Black Tiger but BOTW goes to Marble Clyde. A 7.3% DIPA which was delightfully complex and just got better. Last one of the night otherwise I would have had another (and another).