Beer of the Week (w/e 21st July 2024)
A pub is for life not just for Christmas
Nothing stands out:
Bass - Bass *
Five Points - Pale **½
Fuller’s - Pride *
Leather Britches - Jean Genie **½
Mad Squirrel - Evolve **½
McMullen - IPA **
Sambrook’s - Freestyle *½
Party - West Coast Pale *½
St Austell - Tribute **½
Timothy Taylor - Landlord **
Twickenham - Naked Ladies **½
Beavertown - Neck Oil
Just what was needed after the climb up from the shore back into Saltburn town centre at the Alexandra Vaults in about 24C heat.
Kent,thought we would be in Surrey.
Kent-Prohibition 4.8% abv.Lovely herbal APA.
"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.
Just a Friday teatime session, this week.
Fernandes - Malt Shovel Mild.*
Fernandes - Citragen.
Fernandes - Half Nelson.
Ossett - Comet
Riverhead - Brewdica*
Fernandes - Maxed Stout.
BOTW goes to the Brewidica, an IPA (5.5%) brewed with First Gold hops. 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.
Harlow ,Twickenham,Ham
Mc Mullen -- Rivertown Ivel
Mc Mullen -- AK
Oakham -- Original Pale Ale *
Timothy Taylor -- Landlord
Fuller's -- London Pride.
Clear winner of BOTW in Oakham Original Pale Ale in very good nick in the reliable Sussex Arms.
Next week from famine to feast with a boating overnight in Stockport,end month session in Hertford and the annual pilgrimage to the Nags,Reading.Hoping for a decent list.
"Good people drink good beer" Hunter S Thompson
Bottles only, rationed, in south of France.
Way too hot for this pale freckly Northerner, the cold Saltaire Harlequin hit the spot deliciously.
Surrey, Hants, Brighton
Cask
Tring Fanny Ebbs*
Oakham Endless Summer*
Steam Town Elder Skelter*
Brighton Bier Slacking Hard
Harveys Sussex Best
Long Man Rising Giant
Timothy Taylor Landlord*
Siren Flying Circus
Bristol Beer Factory Cloudbreak
Triple fff Sundown
Keg
Double Barrelled Whippet*
Left Handed Giant Colour Me In*
Beavertown Neck Oil
Chouffe Lite Session*
Pressure Drop Dorothy*
Camden Pale
Big Hug Pave The Way
Vibrant Forest Kaleidoscope*
Vibrant Forest Wide Open Space*
Abyss Super Pale*
Two By Two Sabro Citra*
Siren Idea Machine*
Elusive Spaced Out*
BOTW belongs to an unlikely choice from me, Timothy Taylor Landlord in the best condition I can ever remember it, in a very pleasant Backstreet pub despite it's on trend black exterior.
The coming week should provide some variety and good company when meeting up with BF in The Nags on Friday.
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
Quiet week:
Lacons Legacy
Brancaster Oystercatcher*
Beavertown Neck Oil (keg)
Lack of choice leaves old favourite Brancaster Oystercatcher as BOTW. As good as ever.
"Beer is food." Morse, Colin Dexter
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