A pub is for life not just for Christmas
Kent:
Kent-Tropic Ale 4.9%abv.Spicy citrus fare. My BOTW.
Shepherd Neame -Master Brew Bitter 3.7%abv.Good condition, no flavour.
On the packaged front, I've enjoyed Duration Dripping Pitch, and Shep's 1698.
Last edited by Wittenden; 22-03-2026 at 21:40.
"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 busy weekend, Farnham, Alton, Richmond, Salisbury, Winchester.
Cask
The Kernel Pale Ale Columbus*
St Austell Proper Job
Harveys Sussex Best
Fullers ESB
Turning Point The Festive*
Twickenham Spring Ale
Twickenham Naked Ladies
Dark Revolution SoLa*
Stonehenge Sign Of Spring*
Hop Back Citra*
Hop Back Taiphoon*
Flowerpots Goodens Gold*
Nightjar Nea NEIPA*
New Bristol Dark Chocolate Cinder Toffee Stout*
Timothy Taylor Landlord
Kent Pale*
Vibrant Forest Evoke*
Radio City Alone At Sea*
Keg
Ten Tun Sipultura*
Burnt Mill Between The Fields*
Brixton Reliance
Dark Revolution Chaos Theory*
Pentrich Maine Street*
Pentrich Different Station*
BOTW is Dark Revolution SoLa in Deacons
Next Friday back to Salisbury for the PuG crawl.
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
BOTW Welbeck Abbey Harley. A new brewery to me, looks like a BBB and a middle of the road 4.3% but it was well balanced with an orangey bitter finish. Warranted 3 pints.
"Beer is food." Morse, Colin Dexter
A month in France and Spain delivered the following keg beers.
Paco -- Pale Ale
Affligem -- Blanche
Meteor -- Lager
Alhambra --1925 Reversa
Mahou -- Bodega
Mahou -- 1890
Cruzcampo -- Especial
Maladarian -- DIPA
Maladarian -- Helles
Basqueland -- Imparable
Buenavista -- Lager
Buenavista -- Aquila
Inbev -- Stella lager
Buenavista -- IPA
Buenavista -- Pale
Laugar -- Non Grata Imperial Stout
Alhambra -- Especiale
Alhambra -- Red
Les Bulleuses -- Piano Piano
Saint Omer -- Blonde
Affligem --Amber Carmin
Haacht -- Super 8 Blanche.
All the Buenavista beers were decent in El Trebol ,Toledo but Beer of the Tour goes to Laugar Non Grata Imperial Stout sampled in Bagels & Beer,Girona a true micropub run by a Brit and his Spanish wife.
"Good people drink good beer" Hunter S Thompson