A pub is for life not just for Christmas
A busy week.
Cask
Ossett Excellsior
Gun Scaramanga
Harveys Old Ale*
Harveys Sussex Best
Harveys Sisters
Longman Long Blonde
Beak Lulla*
Dark Star APA*
Thornbridge Jaipur*
Tring Death Or Glory
St Austell Proper Job
Kent Black Gold
Timothy Taylor Landlord
Hammerton N1*
Vibrant Forest Pupa*
Tatarus Harlequin*
Buxton Hatchet
Iron Pier Truckin To Ypres*
North Riding Irish Coffee Porter*
Elusive Auridon
Keg
Electric Bear The Great Tank Robbery
Hand Brew Shaka
Brasserie Dupont Saison Dupont*
Abyss Dank Marvin*
Two Tribes Dream Factory
Nothing Bound Everything Is Fine*
Vibrant Forest Paper Room*
Dark Revolution Turn It Up*
St Bernardus Tripel*
This weeks BOTW is an old favourite seemingly untainted by various takeovers unlike its sibling Hophead, BOTW is Dark Star American Pale Ale, coming in at NBSS 4 in
The Lewes Arms
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
Kent: unplanned.
Larkins-Traditional 3.4%abv: In tiptop form;iconic hedgerow beer.Taken at The Bull Inn
"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.
Lewes
Gun -- Extra Pale
Harvey's -- Old Ale *
Beak -- Lulla Pale *
Long Man -- Long Blonde
Harvey's -- Sussex Best
Fullers -- Darkstar APA *
Thornbridge -- Jaipur IPA *
Brew Toon -- Soor Plooms * (keg)
Abyss -- Rave Sour (keg)
Hogsback -- TEA
Burning Sky -- Easy Answers * (keg)
BOTW goes to an old favourite Thornbridge Jaipur IPA,spotted a couple of times on the crawl and sampled in The Elephant & Castle during a table football victory .
Next week footie and some London action.
Last edited by Bucking Fastard; 14-04-2025 at 12:52.
"Good people drink good beer" Hunter S Thompson
Lewes (unsurprisingly), Borough and Islington (Canonbury).
Darkstar - APA **½
Harvey’s - Armada Ale *½
Harvey’s- Old Ale **½
Harvey’s - Porter **½
Harvey’s - Sisters **½
Harvey’s - Sussex Best **½
Kent - Pale **
Kent - Vocation **½
Lacons - Superdelic **
Long Man - Long Blonde **½
Mauldons - Black Adder **½
St Austell - Proper Job **½
Sambrook’s - Ryes Up **½
Southwark - Honey’d Brown Ale *¾
Southwark - LPA **½
Thornbridge - Jaipur **½
Thornbridge - Wild Swan *½
Verdant - ESB **½
BOTW goes to Harvey’s - Stout **¾ (oddly not in Lewes) than last night Oakham - Bishops Farewell **¾ at The Pocket
Anemic list compared to those from Lewes:
Oakham Bishops Farewell*
Brunswick Rocket*
Everards American IPA
Everards Pharoah Pale Ale
BOTW Brunswick Rocket. Just as good as the first time I had it.
"Beer is food." Morse, Colin Dexter