Beer of the Week (w/e 3rd November 2024)

[ROBCamra]

[Spinko]

Batemans XB.

I actually went for the Gold first in the Treaty Of Commerce in Lincoln. That needed taking back - I took a glance over at around seven blokes all on something darker. I asked what it was they were drinking and ended up staying for two.

This was a very nice pub which most may have missed out on from our Friday crawl, being a bit too far south.

[Tris39]

London and Lincoln:

Batemans - XB **½
Beermats - Hazmat **½
Brewhouse - Goal Scorer **½
Castle Rock - Harvest Pale **½
FAB - Green Imp *½
Fownd - Iron Tusk **½
Innis & Gunn - Scottish Red Beer Caribbean Spiced Rum
Kelham Island - Pale Rider **½
Northern Monk/Timothy Taylor - Northern Rising **½
Ossett - White Rat **½
Sambrook’s - Junction **½
Timothy Taylor- Landlord **½
Twickenham - Naked Ladies **½
Vale - Black Beauty **½
Vocation - Turning Point **½

A three-way tie, with BOTW going to Acorn - Phantasm **¾ at The Cardinals Hat, Oakham - Reapers Wish **¾ at The Barrel Vault (JD Wetherspoon) and Twickenham - Strange Brew **¾ at The White Swan (JD Wetherspoon)

[Mobyduck]

Farnham, London, Lincoln, Beeston and Nottingham

Cask to the fore.

Cask
Ossett White Rat
Ossett Jet
Castle Rock Harvest Pale
Castle Rock Soft Focus*
Castle Rock Cafe Con Leche
Castle Rock Screech Owl
FAB Green Imp
Timothy Taylor Northern Uprising*
Magpie Neck Grease*
Magpie Is That Normal Brewing*
Vocation & Friends Turning Point Milk Stout*
Batemans Victory Ale
Batemans Dark M
Fownd Keeper Of Secrets*
Thornbridge Galaxy & Simcoe*
Thornbridge Melba
Three Brothers Tiramisu Milk Stout*
Angel Lazarus*
Riverhead Memento Mori
Oakham Reapers Wish*
Oakham Green Devil*
Oakham Bishops Farewell*
Oakham Citra*
Lincoln Green Archer
Lincoln Green Archer Of Doom
Beermats Prismatic
Blue Monkey Infinity*
Black Iris Let The Devil In*
Little Critters Pumpkin Pie Porter
Bass Brewers Bass
Burton Bridge Stairway To Heaven*
Wellbeck Abbey Vanilla Portland Black*
Acorn Fantasm*
Charnwood Salvation
Wantsum Challenger
Downlands Ducking Autoconnect*
Titsey Green & Gold*
Vibrant Forest Paper Room*

Keg
Round Corner Social Club
Flotzinger Weisbier Hell*
Electric Bear Cherry Blackout
Beavertown Gamma Ray
Guinness

BOTW without a shadow of a doubt is Oakham Green Devil, superb in The Star Inn

Next week somewhat less intense.

[Tris39]

Next week somewhat less intense.

You don't say!

[Real Ale Ray]

Some great beers, here are my top 6

Cask:
Little Critters - Blonde Bear in The Tiny Tavern
Timothy Taylor & Northern Monk - North Rising in Duke William
Abbeydale - Deception in The Woodman

Keg:
Vault City & Salt - Strawberry Mango Margarita Sour in Scran & Barrel
Yonder - Shrimps & Bananas Sweetshop Sour in The Wolf
Burning Soul - Pulling Down the Sun in Burning Soul Taproom

BOTW - Little Critters Blonde Bear

[Bucking Fastard]

Hertford,Lincoln ,Nottingham and Esher.A bit of a blow out.

3 Brewers of St Albans -- Green Hop*
Marstons -- Pearl Jet Stout * (keg)
3 Brewers -- Blonde
3 Brewers -- Classic *
Castle Rock -- Harvest Pale *
Ossett -- White Rat *
Ferry -- Green Imp
Magpie -- Neck Grease
Timothy Taylor x Northern Monk -- Northern Rising Unity Stout *
Vocation x Turning Point -- Milk Stout *
Adnams -- Ghost Ship
Fownds -- Iron Tusk
Thornbridge -- Woodlands
Tiny Rebel -- Carrie
Batemans -- Yella Belly
Inbev -- Stella
Castle Rock --Elsie Mo *
Abbeydale -- Pilgrim
Flying Gang -- Condemned to Death *
Thornbridge -- Melba *
Angel -- Sasquatch
Ossett -- Jet Stout
Arbor -- My Little Sabrony
Round Corner -- Nitro Stout (keg)
Welbeck Abbey -- Ernest George
Oakham -- Reapers Wish
Castle Rock -- Screech Owl *
Beavertown -- Neck Oil (keg)
Surrey Hills -- Shere Drop

BOTW goes to Vocation x Turning Point Milk Stout ,with tonka beans and vanilla in the ever reliable Strugglers

Next week no rest for the wicked with boating south down the GU and footie.

[Thuck Phat]

Slim pickings:

Oakham Bishops Farewell*
Everards Siren
Everards Old Original*

BOTW Everards Old Original . Well kept and ideal for this time of year.