A pub is for life not just for Christmas
Hants, Surrey and Oxford
Cask
Oakham Superdelic
Oakham JHB*
Elusive Orie*
The Outhouse Safari Juice*
Mysterious Noir*
Kent Session Pale
Vibrant Forest Evolve*
Golden Triangle Le Ble Transatlantique*
Hook Norton Off The Hook
Shotover Trinity
Shotover Prospect
Titanic Iceberg*
Timothy Taylor Landlord Dark
Green Duck The Great Divide
Chilton Explorer Series II
Burning Sky Summertime*
Alsopps Pale Ale*
Radio City Wireless
Mallinsons UK Cascade
Keg
Utopian Pig Face 2025*
Siren/Burning Sky Suntrapped*
The Outhouse Extra Extra*
Ten Tun Hello My Names Pigeon*
Round Corner Follow The Green Line*
Surprisingly a cask heavy week given the weather, with most standing up to the heat well, however BOTW goes the way of keg and the excellent Utopian Pig Face 2025, a Dortmunder Lager from an increasingly impressive brewer in both keg and cask. Taken in The Borough Beer House.
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
Cold Town Beer - XPA Nitro keg
"Do I know where hell is? hell is in hello"
Surrey:
Surrey Hills-Shere Drop 4.2%abv. Reliable,holding its own in the heat.
"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.
Eclectic mixture, Norfolk, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire:
Brancaster Oystercatcher*
Moongazer Cheeky Jack*
Barsham Golden Close IPA
Redwillow Feckless
Bang the Elephant Another Famous Larry
Shiny Brewery Go On 'n' Giddy UP*
Stancil Climax
Black Iris Endless Summer*
Lenton Lane Pale Alto
Leadmill American Girl*
Thornbridge Jaipur*
Blue Monkey Infinity +1*
Bang The Elephant Tagged*
Oakham Citra*
Lenton Lane Big Dreams*
Titanic Plum Porter*
Proper competition this week. BOTW Lenton Lane Big Dreams. A moreish, 6.5%, US IPA from a, new to me, Nottingham brewery. Superb.
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"Beer is food." Morse, Colin Dexter
A quite exceptional mild for a change - Mr Winter's Fusioneer.
On leaving the bar, I felt a strong blow to the back of my head. Turning round, I discovered it was the pavement
Very late on parade,been boating !.
Hertford,Long Eaton,Langley Mill,Heanor and Beeston.
Mc Mullens -- Country
Red Willow -- Feckless
Bang the Elephant -- Another Famous Larry *
Liquid Light -- Only Tomorrow
Shiny -- Go On 'n Giddy Up *
Ashover -- ABC
Stancill -- Climax
Stancill -- No. 7
Thornbridge -- Jaipur IPA *
Lenton Lane -- Pale Alto
Black Iris -- Endless Summer *
Blue Monkey -- Infinity +1 *
Blue Monkey -- BG Sips
Oakham --Citra
Lenton Lane -- By Default
Titanic -- Plum Porter *
Lenton Lane -- Escape
Lenton Lane -- Big Dreams *
BOTW goes to Blue Monkey Infinity +1 ,sampled on board after filling up a leather tankard at The Steamboat.
Next week more boating and boozing.
Last edited by Bucking Fastard; 06-07-2025 at 16:42.
"Good people drink good beer" Hunter S Thompson