[Wanderer]

O/T Who's round next? - Yet More Tales of Real Ale : Fri May 29, 2015 3:44 pm  

Warwick recently for a birthday break ... Of course there had to be real ale ...

Came across the excellent Purity UBU 4.5% in the Tilted Wig (always have that if I see it). Also enjoyed Church Farm Harry's Heifer, a bitter at 4.2% in the Rose and Crown. Church Farm being a brewery at Budbrooke on the outskirts of Warwick and one I don't believe I had previously heard of.

[Wanderer]

Re: O/T Who's round next? - Yet More Tales of Real Ale : Fri May 29, 2015 3:57 pm  

Also managed to extended the celebrations to an afternoon out in York (never a bad thing in real ale terms).

Pivni offered Dark Star Partridge, a best bitter at 4.0% - I have a soft spot for Dark Star having visited the pub (Evening Star, Brighton) a few years ago where the brewery was born in 1994.

Best beer of the day was a close call between Dorset Brew Co's Portland Porter 4.7% in the Cross Keys and Gadd's Ramsgate Brewery Seasider 4.3% in the York Tap, with the latter, an amber coloured bitter just edging it.

Re: O/T Who's round next? - Yet More Tales of Real Ale : Fri May 29, 2015 4:10 pm  

Glad you have re-opened

[Wanderer]

Re: O/T Who's round next? - Yet More Tales of Real Ale : Fri May 29, 2015 4:12 pm  

Finally visited the re-opened Red Lion in Doncaster earlier this week. Now a very modern-looking Wetherspoons. Two pints consumed there, firstly Marston's Single Hop Belma (an Amber Ale at 4.0%) and secondly, Geeves Rococo (a Chocolate Mild at 3.6%). Both were likeable enough.

Cask Corner had the always enjoyable Stancill Barnsley Bitter and the Gatehouse had possibly the only Jennings Ale that I can admit to looking out for , Sneck Lifter.

[Wanderer]

Re: O/T Who's round next? - Yet More Tales of Real Ale : Fri May 29, 2015 4:14 pm  

Moonlight wrote:

Glad you have re-opened

Cheers! Are you still 'cider-ing'?

Re: O/T Who's round next? - Yet More Tales of Real Ale : Fri May 29, 2015 9:50 pm  

Oh no 84 pages of drooling over pints of sludge! im beginning to think this is therapy for you posting on here lol only joking fella knock yourself out

[Wanderer]

Re: O/T Who's round next? - Yet More Tales of Real Ale : Fri May 29, 2015 10:05 pm  

It's 9 months since we won a game ... that's enough to drive anyone to drink

Re: O/T Who's round next? - Yet More Tales of Real Ale : Fri May 29, 2015 10:18 pm  

Wanderer wrote:

It's 9 months since we won a game ... that's enough to drive anyone to drink

Thats a poor excuse to start drinking, ive gone straight onto crack cocaine! ha

Re: O/T Who's round next? - Yet More Tales of Real Ale : Sat May 30, 2015 9:34 am  

Wanderer wrote:

Cheers! Are you still 'cider-ing'?

Yes just started the Cider season as I call it (warmer weather - allegedly) Must admit on a personal basis, that its not an ideal drink in the cooler periods, and I found myself turning to the 'Dark Side' on more than one occasion(to hell with the the gout). Brewery Tap has more than enough choice for the Cider drinker and I can't praise them enough.

[Wanderer]

Re: O/T Who's round next? - Yet More Tales of Real Ale : Sat May 30, 2015 9:49 am  

Moonlight wrote:

Yes just started the Cider season as I call it (warmer weather - allegedly) Must admit on a personal basis, that its not an ideal drink in the cooler periods, and I found myself turning to the 'Dark Side' on more than one occasion(to hell with the the gout). Brewery Tap has more than enough choice for the Cider drinker and I can't praise them enough.

Pleased that you still manage the odd tipple of RA from time-to-time.

As for the Brewery Tap, I confess I don't give them my patronage as much as they deserve. Something I will definitely start to rectify.