Beer of the Week (w/e 27th July 2025)
A pub is for life not just for Christmas
Kent: old school.
Harvey's -Sussex Best Bitter 4.0%abv.Fair.
Timothy Taylor-Bolt Maker 4%abv.Don't really like to see beers from so far out of county, but this was crisp and reassuring.My BOTW, in the absence of the Goacher's SHA that I was looking forward to.
"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 quiet week.
Luddite - Mosaic.*
Luddite - Milk Stout.
Luddite - 1812.*
Luddite - Waka.
Both the Mosaic and 1812 were in excellent nick, but the Mosaic just takes it. Sampled at The Calder Vale Hotel.
'And where he supped the past lived still. And where he sipped the glass brimmed full' John Barleycorn, Carol Ann Duffy.
Etruria,Newcastle under Lyme,Reading and Chiswick
Inadequate -- Tickety Boo *
Marston's -- Bass
Thornbridge x Salopian -- Kashpur V2 * (taken a two venues)
Blue Monkey -- Monkey mild *
Hogs Back -- Surrey Nirvana
Phantom -- Invest in AI *(keg)
North Riding -- Rhubarb & Custard Pale
Elusive -- Nowhere Road
North Down -- Juice Grobbelaar *
Marble -- Persephone
Timothy Taylor -- Landlord
Mondo -- Little Victories
Greene King -- Abbot
BOTW goes to Blue Monkey Monkey,a superb MILD on top form in the Holy Inadequate.
Next week visiting Copenhagen and avoiding Carlsberg
Last edited by Bucking Fastard; 28-07-2025 at 13:02.
"Good people drink good beer" Hunter S Thompson
Hants & Surrey.
Cask
Iron Pier Superdelic Hobbit Hole*
Iron Pier Perry St Pale*
Dark Revolution Other Side*
Nightjar Dua Neipa*
St Austell Anthem
Glamorgan Flo Rider
Sambrooks Powerhouse Porter
Titsey Californian Spring
Triple fff Fools Gold
Surrey Hills Shere Drop*
Timothy Taylor Golden Best*
Flowerpots Perridge Pale*
Marble Manchester Bitter
Disruption It's Finally Happening*
Twisted Oak Fools Gold
Keg
Yonder Mini Battenburg*
Heineken Murphy's Irish Stout
BrewDog Wingman
Brooklyn The Stonewall Inn IPA
BOTW Nightjar Dua Neipa consumed in The Borough Beer House.
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
This week:
Moongazer Pintail*
Barsham Golden Close IPA
Brancaster Oystercatcher*
Moongazer Cheeky Jack*
Beavertown Neck Oil
Duration Turtles All the Way Down*
Oakham Bishops Farewell*
BOTW Moongazer Cheeky Jack. Ideal for warmer weather.
"Beer is food." Morse, Colin Dexter
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