UK Weekend Beerage

Finished my long shifts,
signed up for Movember
open sideboard ... very little beer
Bath Ales Dark Side
oh well, better than nowt

 

A good forty minutes early for my Evening lecture made me wander down Oxford road
and sadly my first choice to rest for half an hour with a swift one
The Phoenix, shown it had gone up in flames without rising from the ashes
just up and over proved an all time crap name for an inn
"Pub/Zoo" literally including the slash
a quick pint of Robinson's Trooper
much maltier & less hoppier than the bottle version
or was it their lines needed clearing

Finished the lecture and early for the bus back
& really needing a pit stop,
stopped into The Salisbury Ale House
where Moorehouse's White Witch was a big improvement
though a very quick half Everards Pumpkin Ale
was a little dull though

 

It's taken me nearly an hour to get up from the computer chair and get myself a beer I've been that shattered

Bottle of Beavertown's Black Betty (Bam-a-lan), though to be honest I was after Smog Rocket,
which foamed and foamed and foamed on opening
Smells black jacks and nicely balances the monster hops with the dark art of roastiness
with the tastes

 

All Hallows eve and us dyslexics are Whorsipping Santa

Even my fair lady Julie has a beer, well a Floris Mango
Since I'm eating pizza and watching Halloween II I will Kill Your Darlings
er....... I mean opening a bottle of Thornbridge's Kill Your Darlings

 

No work tomorrow
was half tempted by Brewdog's #Mashtag but SN's Tumbler was half the price so
here we are then

Now are my tastebuds faulty or is this yet another fairly bland brown ale?

 

M&S Greenwich Black IPA
Competing with Tesco Finest Double IPA for biggest taste hit for a supermarket beer
and in serious danger of taking that acclaim

 

Hello My Name Is Sonja
-ok my names Bevis, let's get your top off then

 

Funnily enough like Ingrid this is a beer that very easily justifies the extra price tariff
big flavours and a lot of fruit(though the blueberry is struggling to make itself known)
if you miss how Hardcore IPA used to buzz on the tongue
either one of the "My name is" will remind
and the "Evil Twin" does show as more than just a gimmick

I did plan to end the night on
Cuvée Van De Keizer Blauw by Brouwerij Het Anker but
with it being a full 750ml bomber bottle and a whopping 11% and me being on my own
I may take the easier option of a wee dram

 

It's gone cold all of a sudden
trying to work out wether or not to have a beer with working tomorrow


Have a hankering to try an ale
Cannot for the life of me find Rogue Brewery's Voodoo
for sale here in the UK

I WANT BACON BEER & I WANT IT NOW!

 

I do need to visit Newcastle
sadly I can't manage it so quick
have located it in Macclesfield which is a bit nearer since I have to us public transport