'And where he supped the past lived still. And where he sipped the glass brimmed full' John Barleycorn, Carol Ann Duffy.
Late on parade again. Macclesfield this time.![]()
A pub is for life not just for Christmas
Kent:
Larkins-Porter 5.2%abv.A hedgerow classic in epic condition.
Twisted Wheel-4.2%abv.Hmm, bready aroma,pudding spice.
My BOTW-Larkins Porter for the second time this month.
"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.
Not bad:
Adnams - Ghost Ship **½
Five Points - Pale **½
Harvey’s - Sussex Best **½
St Austell - Tribute **½
Timothy Taylor - Landlord **½
Windsor & Eton - Mandarin **½
A joint first place with BOTW going to Oakham - Pulsar *** and Southwark - Homemade Salted Caramel Stout ***, both slipping down like mother’s milk at The Barrel Vault.
A couple of cans at home, Farnham & Leicester plus a swift pint in Brum.
Cask
Burning Sky Plateau*
Wantsum Heart Of Darkness*
Wantsum Moutere
Ilkley Promise
Georges Pier City
Downton Port Stout*
Bass
Everads Patriot
Everads Dynamo*
Everads White Feather
Timothy Taylor Landlord
Wilde Child Clique Fiesta*
Eyam Quarantine
Shipstone's Mild*
By The Horns Lambeth Walk*
Siren Yu Lu*
Lune Brew LB 401 Stout*
Downlands Oatmeal Stout*
Pennine Swartz Clipper
Keg
Utopian Černé Speciální - Black Lager*
Can
Buxton King Slayer*
BrewDog Wingman Session IPA
A very close three way split, Lune Brew LB 401 Stout in The Blue Boar, Shipstone's Mild in The Ale Wagon and BOTW Utopian Černé Speciální - Black Lager in The Borough Beer House.
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
Quiet week with nothing new so BOTW goes to Moongazer Cheeky Jack. Pale, hoppy and 5% - nothing to dislike.
"Beer is food." Morse, Colin Dexter