I used to work with a few blokes who were very goods friends of the Thorne Brewery

Yes I will take you up on that offer.

If anyone made it to the Hub tonight, I would appreciate an update.
(would normally have been there on the Friday evening).

Group of us went and we decided on a one to three tick marking system for the ales. The top marks went to Beerworks of Sheffield Dr Morton's Ancient Grease. 4.4%. Bobs of Osset- Cahrdonayle (excellent) The Dark beer award went to Brown Cows Indulgence 4.6% (particularly well liked by the group) closely followed by Dark Tribes Dr Griffins Mermaid 4.5%. My favourite (but I am a massive fan) Thornbridge's Jaipur 5.9%(spent most of my tokens on that one until it sold out)

The other outstanding ale for the group was Yorkshire Dales (Askrigg) Muker Silver 4.1% a blonde lager style produced with Hallertau, Northern Brewer and Stryrian hops. Stunning stuff and would be a right winner if cooled (not too much) and in Summer. Very well attended event and was bumping when we left at 8.30pm.

Thanks mate. One or two to look out for in future. Pleased it was well attended and that you enjoyed it.

Did manage a couple of hours out last night and sampled the following;

Black Hole Supa Nova
A flowery pale ale brewed with lager malts 4.8%.

Milestone Olde Home Wrecker
Chestnut in both colour and flavour -described by the brewer as a winter warmer 4.9%.

Orkney Red MacGregor
A particular favourite of mine. A ruby red ale which has hints of cherries, toffee, caramel and chocolate and has a biscuity malt palate 4.0%.

Surprised not see any Dons fans in the 3 pigeons today ?

Had originally planned to go by train but circumstances changed and ended up having to drive.

If I had gone by train it would have been first port of call after getting off the train.

Sampled today;

Joseph Holt Fifth Sense
A powerful tasting warm premium brown bitter 5.0%.

Sampled today;

Derby Brewing Company Maltiferous
A mid-brown malty bitter 4.5%.

Bells Brewery Arapaho
Described by the brewery as a light amber ale but certainly seemed on the dark side to me 5.3%.

Gorged myself on Thursday night downing in this order White Rose's Darker Shade Of Ale, Durham White Gold, Funfair Brandy Snap, A N Other ( the name escapes me), Shardlow's Six Nations England Ale, Cairngorm Howler and Greene King's Gosnold's Glory, the first five of which were at CAMRA's National Pub of the Year. Still feeling the effects at lunchtime today, so restricted myself to a pint of Bush Berry Australian Porter. Life's a b!tch!

A few new ones sampled over the weekend;

Old Mill Willows Wood
A golden hoppy pale ale 4.2%.

Moorhouse's Old Boss
A straw coloured bitter with citrus flavours 4.3%.

Hook Norton Jackpot
A golden bitter with fruit hints and a malty palate 3.8%.

St Georgen Brau Keller Bier
A powerful dark golden pale ale. Nicely hopped with hints of vanilla and pepper 4.9%. Would have been the best drink of the weekend but for ...

Springhead Another Bite of the Cherry
A rich ruby red bitter with a lasting creamy white head and subtle cherry undertones 4.5%.

A couple of pints of Adnams wonderful Broadside this evening. A favourite of mine - a rich tasting fruity bitter 4.7%.

I wonder how that compares with the info in the Festival booklet?


I think I may check it tomorrow....I have got one somewhere.
And if you have been cheating..................

Ah, looking to call me a plagiarist.

I look forward to your back-tracking.
(and don't be calling me a cheat simply because I can tell the colour of a drink or pick up on some of the flavours)!

With you on this one, Brother. One of my all-time favourites. Been supping that on-and-off for the past 25 years. Nectar!

Keep your froth on.....I just wondered.



Well here goes then...
WANDERER wrote: A few new ones sampled over the weekend;

Old Mill Willows Wood
A golden hoppy pale ale 4.2%.

Moorhouse's Old Boss
A straw coloured bitter with citrus flavours 4.3%.
The book....Straw coloured ale with citrus hop aroma.....icon_lol.gif

Hook Norton Jackpot
A golden bitter with fruit hints and a malty palate 3.8%.
The book.....Golden bitter with fruitiness with rounded maltiness...icon_lol.gif
St Georgen Brau Keller Bier
A powerful dark golden pale ale. Nicely hopped with hints of vanilla and pepper 4.9%. Would have been the best drink of the weekend but for ...

Springhead Another Bite of the Cherry
A rich ruby red bitter with a lasting creamy white head and subtle cherry undertones 4.5%. Very Happy
The book....Ruby coloured with a subtle cherry flavour...


No backtracking there...


It's you that writes the book...isn't it?

To be fair you have created your own versions of what the book says editing the content to nearly fit what I have written.



I also take it that I have a different view to the book where you haven't posted anything (the German brew for example).

So you have the book?



The coincidences are spooky aren't they?
I didn't find Willows Wood.
I found the Keller Bier....it didn't say much about taste....so you could invent that.
Vanilla and pepper eh?
I was thinking more of a crisp and and fresh character, very heavily hopped with Hallertau and Select hops and truly unique.






Don't worry....your secret is safe with me.

It's on the JDW website, I checked on reading your 'selective' comments.




Ah, you assumed that I drank that in JDW's.




Invent it ... why?


I see, you wrote the 'book'.

They weren't selective...I matched like for like.



I didn't....a look at the book showed otherwise.



You had nothing to go on.





I didn't write the book.
Are you taking this seriously?


I am in two minds.
Is your reputation as our beer correspondent in doubt I wonder?

Old Mill Willows Wood
Wanderer
A golden hoppy pale ale 4.2%.
Official Site
Thirst quenching, golden coloured with a light hoppy, fruity balance ending with a gentle hoppy sweetness.

Another person's view:-

He couldn't detect vanilla and pepper....but he had probably not been eating ice-cream and interacting with riot police.
This German beer has saved you for now.
But I will be watching from now on.







Right that's enough back to normal service............

Reference the Old Mill brew, I didn't drink it in JDW's but they have had beers on during each of their festivals that weren't on the list.

And no mate, I'm not taking it seriously.

Funny you should mention normal service. You will see I posted nothing afer about 8 o'clock last night - power cut! Supply not back on when I left for work this morning!

I'm intuitive.



It's usually us up at the top end of Cusworth that get power cuts when the rest of the area escapes.........we didn't have one here.

Turned out to be the cabelling. They've dug up the path outside next door!

Anyway normal service resumed. I could murder a decent pint.