A pub is for life not just for Christmas
West Sussex,Kent:
Firebird-Parody 4.5%abv:seemed a bit dull.
Harvey's-Sussex Best Bitter 4%abv:best SBB I've taken in a long while.Deep and zesty.
Long Man-Long Blonde 3.8%abv:sherbet.
Larkins-Traditional 3.4%abv:back on form:autumnal toffee.
BOTW-Harveys SBB, taken at The Cat Inn. I'm usually strict in my comments about SBB, but this was excellent.
"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.
A Sunday afternoon wander round Wakey.
Craven Brew Co. - Citradelic.
Craven Brew Co. - Dark Cherry.
Small World - Thunderbridge Stout.*
Wilde Child - Cape Flattery.
Wakey Wakey - Snooze Button.
Truth Hurts - Juicy Jester.
Chin Chin - Spring Sprung.
Chin Chin - Breakfast at the Heartbreak Hotel.*
Chin Chin - Weeping Willow.
Fernandes - A Swift One.
Fernandes - Citragen.
Fernandes - Wacca.
Very little between the Heartbreak Hotel (breakfast stout) and the Thunderbridge, but the latter just shaded it. Taken at Harry's Bar.
'And where he supped the past lived still. And where he sipped the glass brimmed full' John Barleycorn, Carol Ann Duffy.
Tempest Brewing - Pale Armadillo
"Do I know where hell is? hell is in hello"
Long Eaton and Maida Vale.
Thornbridge -- Crackendale *
Pheasantry --Mikado MILD
Three Brothers -- Mosaic Pale
Timothy Taylord -- Landlord
Left Handed Giant -- Hazy Pale *(keg)
St Austell -- Proper Job
BOTW goes to Thornbridge Crackendale ,on very fine form in the excellent Sawley Junction where I'm likely to make a much longer return on the next boating trip.
Next week just a session in Soho.
Last edited by Bucking Fastard; 16-06-2025 at 14:14.
"Good people drink good beer" Hunter S Thompson
An above average week:
Black Sheep - Bitter **½
Five Points - Pale **½
Kent - Prohibition **½
St Austell - Tribute **½
Sambrook’s - Pumphouse **½
Thornbridge - Jaipur **½
Timothy Taylor - Landlord **½
BOTW goes to Burton Bridge - Stairwell to Heaven **¾ at The Cock Tavern
Salisbury & Local
Cask
Oakham JHB
Stardust Easy Pale Citra
Disruption It's Finally Happening*
Disruption Ernie Loves To Dance On Tables*
Mallisons Harlequin
Howling Hops The Upper Crust*
Electric Bear Weeerd
Downton Quadhop*
Marstons Wainwright Gold
Dark Revolution SoLa*
St Austell Proper Job
Three Brothers Trilogy Blonde
Radio City Distant Early Warning
Steam Town Stoke*
Elusive Platform
Hop Back Pacific Jade*
Keg
Disruption It's Finally Happening*
Kasteel St Louis Kriek Lambic*
Maverick Lemon Yellow Sun*
Nothing Bound Concerning Badgers
Nothing Bound Beaches*
Anspach & Hobday Runner
BOTW is Hop Back Pacific Jade taken in the ever excellent Wyndham Arms.
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
This week:
Oakham Bishops Farewell*
Thornbridge Crackendale*
Isle of Purbeck Full Steam Ahead
Bradfield Farmers Stout*
Everards New World IPA (keg)
TT Landlord
The Farmers Stout was the best I've had from Bradfield but I can't disagree with Mr F. BOTW Thornbridge Crackendale a very quaffable 5.2% citra pale, ideal for warm days.
"Beer is food." Morse, Colin Dexter