Beer of the Week (w/e 2nd November 2025)

[ROBCamra]

[Bucking Fastard]

Ham,Hertford,Parsons Green and Croydon.

Timothy Taylord -- Landlord
Lacons -- Phantom Black IPA *
Oakham -- JHB
Burning Sky -- Inclination
Beavertown = Neck Oil (keg)
Surrey Hills -- Gilt Complex *
Surrey Hills -- Greensands IPA
Surrey Hills -- Shere Drop
Thornbridge -- Jaipur IPA *
Oakham -- Hop Walk *
Vault City -- Tangy Fangs * (keg)

BOTW goes to Surrey Hills Gilt Complex on very good form in The Rocket

Next week spending a few days in the Peak District before the Chesterfield crawl,which should produce some great ale.

[Wittenden]

Kent:

Larkin's-Porter 5.2%abv. My first sighting of this autumnal classic this season.Raspberries, sweet highlights, but undeniable dry finish. My BOTW.

[Mobyduck]

Surrey, Hants, Dalston

Cask
Elusive Oregon Trail*
Stardust Silk*
Stardust Choco*
Big Hand Super Tidy
Bowland Bowland Gold*
Iron Pier Perry Street Pale
Silent Banshee*
Dark Revolution Stardust*
Five Points XPA
Gun Scaramanga
Vibrant Forest Pupa*
Oakham Fiend*
Mobberley Best
Double Barrelled Skyline*


Keg
Loud Shirt Space Station
Exale Dr Green Thumb
Deya Think For Yourself 1*
Bearwood Accomplices Citra & Nectaron*
Dark Revolution Purple Haze*
Ten Tun Sad Ken*

BOTW is keg this week, Deya Think For Yourself 1, A heavyweight 6.5% fruity hop bomb taken in All Good Beer

[trainman]

Elusive Refresh at the month-end fest at the Hope
Tasting notes: "Elusive have not scrimped on the mango here - enough to call this a breakfast juice. A dash of lime compliments the bitterness in an ode to the lost sunshine"
It really did have the look and flavour of a (4.2%) breakfast fruit juice, fortunately any lime was not noticeable to me. Not everyone's cup of tea (see what i did there?) but the most memorable of another thin list for me, I liked it.

Btw the Hope's Nov fest, last til spring I think, is a dark beer festival, I don't know if I dare...

[PaulOfHorsham]

Btw the Hope's Nov fest, last til spring I think, is a dark beer festival, I don't know if I dare...

Dunno - might be up for that

[Thuck Phat]

Not a bad week:

Brancaster Oystercatcher*
Moongazer Pintail
Duration Turtles All the Way Down* (keg)
Murphy’s (keg)
Brancaster Wraith*
Oakham Bishops Farewell*
Hop Back Summer Lightening*
Everards Firecracker*

Up against decent competition Everards Firecracker takes BOTW. Everards now do regular specials and limited editions with varying success but this 5.6% IPA is a winner.