Beer of the Week (w/e 26th July 2026)
A pub is for life not just for Christmas
Kent: first pub visit for a while.
Tonbridge-Traditional 3.6%abv. Reliable farmyard bitter.
"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.
Local and East:
Brancaster Oystercatcher*
Duration Turtles all the Way Down (keg)*
Beavertown Neck Oil (keg)
Byatts Hop Lab IPA
Oakham Bishops Farewell*
Wensleydale In The Summertime*
Byatts Dockyard*
BOTW Byatts Dockyard. A superb, 5.8% porter with all the good stuff - coffee, chocolate and a delightful dry finish. Found in the Stars.
"Beer is food." Morse, Colin Dexter
A rather outstanding Black Iris Sabbath Mild.
On leaving the bar, I felt a strong blow to the back of my head. Turning round, I discovered it was the pavement
Petersham,Rugeley,Polesworth and Ansty.
Timothy Taylor -- Blonde
Marston's -- Pedigree (at various locations)
Hobsons -- Town Crier *
Beavertown -- Neck Oil (keg)
Church End -- What the Foxes Hat
Hook Norton -- Haymaker *
BOTW goes to Hobsons Town Crier in the L A Taphouse ,a new micro in Rugeley where ale conditioning was top class.
Next week end month sessions and beer festival in Hertford and a pilgrimage to Reading should produce the result.
Last edited by Bucking Fastard; 28-07-2026 at 20:10.
"Good people drink good beer" Hunter S Thompson
Locals, Dorchester and Winchester.
Cask
Algebrew Base Ten
Wilde Child Thunder Struck
Exmoor Gold
Apex Backmarker
Hattie Browns Moonlite*
Red Willow Wreckless*
North Riding Butterscotch Porter*
Bass
Glastonbury Liquid Hoptimisum*
Queen Inn Simply The Zest
Hop Back Crop Circle*
Timothy Taylor Landlord
Steam Town Stoke
Oakham JHB
Electric Bear Scouting For Gulls
Wantsum Heart Of Darkness*
Keg
Low Key Barrel Project From Here To Ever*
Ten Tun 400,000 Meter Hurdles*
Holy Goat Damnation*
Very light on keg this past week but keg wins the day, Low Key Barrel Project From Here To Forever a sublime and decadent 11% Imperial Stout, £8.00 a third but what the heck, taken in
The Borough Beer House .
This coming week joining BF in The Nags Head Friday evening for a couple or so, so some variety assured.
Last edited by Mobyduck; 28-07-2026 at 16:25.
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
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