[Wanderer]

Re: O/T Another Round - More tales of Real Ale : Wed May 09, 2012 11:26 am  

Bank Holiday Monday ...

Old Angel ... Oakleaf Brewery May Bee Mild 4.6% ... very nice

Cask Corner ... Welbeck Abbey Brewery ELIS Sweet Dark Mild 3.8% & Marlpool Brewing Company Otters Pocket 4.0% ... both nice but not as nice as the May Bee Mild.

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Re: O/T Another Round - More tales of Real Ale : Sun May 20, 2012 10:54 am  

Nearly forgot ... Last Monday in Leeds ...

Mr Foleys ... Tyne Bank Monument Bitter 4.1%
Victoria Hotel ... Brains Milkwood 4.3% and Thornbridge Frank As Apollo 4.6%
Becketts Bank ... Jennings Sneck Lifter 5.1%
Prince of Wales ... Wychwood Hobgoblin 4.5%
Leeds Brewery Tap ... Midnight Bell 4.8%

Milkwood, Sneck Lifter & Midnight Bell are particular favourites and the Monument was also very nice.

Frank As Apollo was a little too fruity for my taste (but If you don't try you won't know).

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Re: O/T Another Round - More tales of Real Ale : Sun May 20, 2012 10:56 am  

The Tut n Shive currently have a 'house' ale ... Greene King Tut n Shive 3.9% ... very nice.

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Re: O/T Another Round - More tales of Real Ale : Sun Jun 03, 2012 10:19 am  

York yesterday ...

Pivni WBF ... Highland Brewing Company (Orkney) St Magnus 5.2%
Last Drop Inn ... Dowbridge Gladiator 4.5%
Golden Ball ... Maxim Maximus 6.0%
Maltings ... Nottingham Brewery Centurion ND 4.9%
York Tap ... Thornbridge Lord Marples 4.0%

The latter pair I've had before with Lord Marples being a particular favourite. Of the other three, marginal preference was for the Dowbridge ale ... not a bad drink all day though.

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Re: O/T Another Round - More tales of Real Ale : Mon Jun 04, 2012 9:00 am  

Brown Cow Captain Oates 4.5% in the George & Dragon (West Haddersley) yesterday ... very nice

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Re: O/T Another Round - More tales of Real Ale : Fri Jun 08, 2012 7:52 pm  

Black Sheep Bitter on good form in the Barnsley Oak at South Elmsall earlier this week as was the Old Mill Traditional Bitter in the Bay Horse at Heck.

Re: O/T Another Round - More tales of Real Ale : Sun Jun 10, 2012 5:22 pm  

Night round Newcastle last night.
Blaydon Belle
Blaydon Races
Jackie Broon
and a couple of others,

All Crap.

Re: O/T Another Round - More tales of Real Ale : Sun Jun 10, 2012 10:37 pm  

DonnyPlumber wrote:

Night round Newcastle last night.
Blaydon Belle
Blaydon Races
Jackie Broon
and a couple of others,

All Crap.

Re: O/T Another Round - More tales of Real Ale : Wed Jun 13, 2012 9:19 pm  

If I go to the Bluecoat in Rotherham, I simply cannot resist Acorn Gorlovka if it's on and today was no exception. At 6.5% it is a deceptive, therefore dangerously drinkable porter.

Re: O/T Another Round - More tales of Real Ale : Sun Jun 24, 2012 11:50 am  

Consumed a lot of great ales last night down Cottingham Road and Newland Ave in Hull. One which stood out was called Doom, very nice. Didn't get to keep a record of the ones I tried, but did the following places (which I recommend to anyone who comes to Hull at some point):

Gardeners Arms
Koo Bar
Xanders
Toffs
Larkin