Saltaire Hazelnut Coffee Porter 4.6% on in the Red Lion this evening. Delicious.

I went to Doncasters NEWEST REAL ALE bar on Sunday evening. Extremely impressed. TWELVE CASK ALES to choose from. then fridges full of real ales in bottles from all around the world.

think this place could become legendary. i also got to try the new donny brewerys (damn whats it called, its opposite keepmoat) got to their dark version. georgous.

anyway the new pub is called CASK CORNER and is located next to the bodrum and next to tonik.

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Toad Mature, is what i had. a dark ale, very nice. u been in CASK CORNER yet wanderer?

Not yet, but I note that CAMRA are reporting that card-carrying members get a 25% discount on the 12 cask ales.

blimey, my membership has run out, might need to rejoin

Been to Bakewell and a lot of ales on by Peak Ales. Had a Chatsworth Gold very nice!

That will teach me not read this section on time.

The Sal had both Black Sheep Ale and Midnight Bell available last night.



Ventured down to the aforementioned Cask Corner afterwards ... a very pleasant couple of hours. Sampled Mature Toad (Toad Brewery) 4.5%, Worcester Sorcerer (Sadlers) 4.3% & Great Heck Dave 3.8% ... all very enjoyable.

Also sampled Timmermans Lambic Strawberry Beer (Belgian).

Enjoyed a few scoops in Sheffield yesterday ...

Fox Brewery Best Bitter 4.2% in the Hillsborough Hotel was very nice.

Black Country Special Bitter 5.1% and Thorne Best Bitter were both sampled in the Bankers Draft whilst watching the Leeds / Saints game. I thought the former was a little disappointing considering its strength.

A couple of familiar brews in the Dove and Rainbow in the shape of Acorn Old Moor Porter and Hobgoblin.

went back in last night to cask corner, and half of the beers had changed which were on on friday night when i saw wanderer in there.

mature toad had gone! but there was another dark toad beer which was extremely good. gonna have to start writing em down arent i.

Indeed.

Sampled Dunstons Ships (4.1%) the latest offering from the Thorne Brewery in the Gatehouse earlier this week. Very nice indeed

for those of us who prefer the slightly darker malty ales. Also sampled whilst there, Thornbridge Seaforth, an IPA which unsurprisingly for that brewery was a decent strength at 5.9%.

Brew Dog Alpha Dog (Tut) & Cotleigh Tawny Owl (Old Angel) as well as Toad Tadpole 3.8% (Cask Corner) also enjoyed.

Another enjoyable evening in Cask Corner yesterday after popping into the Gatehouse in the way up.

Tried Phoenix Black Bee 4.5% (for the first time) in the Gatehouse. A very enjoyable honey porter.

The interestingly named Fugelestou Pride of Fulstow 4.5% was a very pleasant surprise in Cask Corner (dark brown and malty). Tried the Sadlers JPA 3.8% and for a Pale Ale it was more appealing to my taste than I expected.

Of the Toad brews, Tadpole and Mature Toad were once again enjoyed.

York today.

The wonderful Thornbridge Lord Marples in the Pivni WF.
Adnams Extra 4.3% (not seen this one before) in Ye Olde Starre Inn.
York Constantine in the Yorkshire Terrier.
Rudgate Battle Axe 4.2% in Judges Cellar Bar.
Amber Chocolate Stout 4.0% in the Maltings.

What about the other 360 pubs?



Had a corking pint of Lupus Lupus from the Wolf Brewery, Norfolk at the George and Dragon, Wentworth yesterday, a very fruity IPA and the best pint of Acorn Barnsley Bitter I have ever tasted away from the brewery itself. A very nutty ale with a liquorice aftertaste. Superb! Am not usually a fan of Barnsley Bitter but that one knocked my socks off. Must have a helluva cellarman at the George.

It's always been a good pub as that one, with good ales.

Oh yes! Had my first pint of Old Peculier there in 1981 and well remember the selection of beers they had on from the Linfit brewery at Linthwaite and several Tim Taylor's beers that you rarely see around here ( Ram Tam Porter being one ). Heady days. Much more upmarket nowadays, though they still have the flagstones in the lounge area.

I used to get in there about once a month at one time (an old school friend lives a couple of miles away) but sadly that hasn't been the case of late ... something I will have to rectify.

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Had a couple of days in Worcester last week for the Ale and Cider festival. Brilliant two nights and sampled amongst others the 2010 Champion Beer of Britain, Castle Rocks Harvest Pale 3.8% blonde beer that was really nice and easy to see why it won in London. My favourite though was the same breweries Screech Owl a 5.5% IPA of exceptional quality. I never thought I would say this but it was better than the Gold standard of IPA's that is Jaipur. I have never seen the Cider half of a marquee so busy and Mrs C can vouch for the quality of some of those beautiful crafted drinks. Her favourite was Hecks - Dunkertons Late Sweet

Oh dear. Paid a visit to the Hare and Hounds at Fishlake yesterday, only to be told that all three real ales had to be tapped, so I was reduced to drinking Mansfield Dark Ale Smooth. Tasteless, insipid, bland and that's being kind. The fact that it was freezing cold and set my teeth on edge was a minor distraction.

Was so hacked off I drove to Sykehouse for a pint of Milestone Lionheart at the Old George, which was much more appealing.

Went in town yesterday afternoon, leaving do from work ... not mine I add. Spent 7 hours between the Trades and Manana Manana. No Cask Corner, no Yorkshire Grey, not even a JDW's. I'll have to make up for it tonight.

Cask Corner had the interestingly named Mrs Simpsons Thriller in Vanilla 5.1% (from the Brown Cow Brewery) available last night. One of two very nice Porters on offer, the other being Milestones Black Pearl 4.3%.

Toad Tadpole and Mature Toad again imbibed.

Also gave a couple of the 100 available World Bottled Beers a try ... Brooklyn Brown Ale 5.6% (USA) and Mongozo Banana 3.6% (Belgium). The former could have been Newcastle Brown Ale but the latter was very distinctive and very nice.

Had a second beer from the Fulstow Brewery on Thursday evening, again badged as a Fugelestou Ale, this time it was Fulstow Common 3.8%. It's only since the emergence of Cask Corner that I have been introduced to this brewery from Louth but both beers sampled to date have been very good.

I look forward to the rest of the range as they do a Ruby Ale, a Mild and two Stouts (one at 8.0%) as well as an IPA.

Also on the same evening sampled Nutbrook Brewery's Bitlyke 4.2% (another brewery who's ales are new to me).