Being me, I did both

Been on the 'Spoons website and given some 'feedback'.

looked at axholme brewery website.
looks like they do a decent selection of beers and are moving to a new
brewery site at 7 lakes in Crowle.

anyone ever had a drink in there?

Hi Gary,

Any decent alehouses close to Salford City Stadium? Nipping over for the England match tomorrow.

Cheers.

Sorry, only just spotted this ... I wouldn't have been much help though as It's not an area I am familiar with (although I was only a few miles away at the Reebok Stadium in the afternoon and Bolton in the evening).

Da word on da street man is dat I am in The Bankers Draft in Sheffield supping Abbot Confession at 8.5% abv innit bro?
It's dat sick bro dat it only come in halves innit?
It am working pretty damn fast on me system.
lol

Finally got to sample this at The Glass House, St Helens on Saturday evening

Incidentally, my brother in law was in the Brigantes pub near Ackbars Indian restaurant the other day and they had, along with lots of real ales, bottled beer from all over the place.
Anyway they had one called Brewdog Tactical Nuclear Penguin at 32% abv (which is the World record).
It came in a 25ml bottle at £5.95.
So if you do your maths, and assuming I did it correctly, if that was a session ale at 4% abv, it would cost £17 a pint!
Your round .....

I once bought a bottle (330ml) of their Tokyo 18.2% for £15 in Cask Corner



The Tactical Nuclear Penguin has subsequently been outdone twice in the abv stakes ... Brewdog Sink the Bismark 41% and Brewdog The End of History 55% - they like pushing boundaries.

What must it taste like?
I thought there was a limit to beer strength short of distillation.

Some of my personal favourites from the recent Wetherspoons festival;

Everards Pumpkin Ale 3.8%
Tring Waimea 4.0%
Jennings Worlds Biggest Liar 4.3%
Exmoor Wildcat 4.4%
21st Amendment American Bitter Red 4.4% (US ale brewed at Wychwood for the festival)
Brewsters Aromatic Porter 4.5%
Freeminer YYZ 4.5%
Maxim Ruby Max 4.5%
Shepherd Neame Spooks Ale 4.7%
Stone Supremely Self-Conscious Black Ale 5.0% (US ale brewed at Adnams for the festival)

and in moderation of course



Greene King The Abbots Confession 8.5%

One's I missed which I would have liked to try;

Caledonian Poltergeist Porter 4.0%
Oakleaf Cream of the Crop 4.2%
St Peters Extra 4.4%
Backyard Premium 4.5%
Mordue Oatmeal Stout 4.5%
Adnams Barley Mow 5.0%
Wadworth What The Fuggles 5.0%
Batemans Hazelnut Brownie 6.3%

The Oakleaf, St Peters, Adnams & Wadworth ales were brewed exclusively for the festival but hopefully some of the others will be available and get sampled in time.

Have you been on the wagon for the last month Gary ?

Fair question, but no.

Been disappointed by the number of Festive Ales / Winter Warmers I've seen but perhaps I've just not been in the right place at the right time.

I am surprised no one has mentioned the new Ale House in the Market Place next to the Masons.It,s full of bottles of Real Ale.

Not visited yet, but plan to.

It gets a favourable write-up in Donny Drinker (Doncaster & District CAMRA magazine) and majors on locally sourced Ales & Ciders as well as continental bottles.

According to the report they also offer Cask Ales for takeout.

I bet Wanderer will be sampling a few after what happened to Bolton today.

WOW your'e not kidding!
might have a bad head this morning.

I finally got to try Elland 1872 porter, champion beer of Britain, yesterday at the wonderful new brew pub, the Flying Duck, in Ilkley. Magnificent brew.

Gary not a regular contributor on here anymore, shame .

Doom Bar in the Bay Horse (Bentley) ... Nice but was never going to take away the pain of the worst hiding in 30-odd years!



Don't suffer in the mornings fortunately

I think that's as a result of spending more and more time locally ... Switched to the Bay Horse after the demise of the Drum and whilst they have a real ale they tend to stick to the same one (Doom Bar) where the Drum were at least rotating theirs.

I'll still contribute when I come across something or somewhere worth reporting.

That's good to hear mate.

I tend not to chronicle my drinking habits in case my doctor is looking in and knows who I am.
lol

For all you discerning real ale fans I would ask you to try and give some of your patronage to Doncaster Brewery and their new premises on Young Street in the Town Centre . It’s not yet the finished article but the beer is very good. The couple who are running it have put their heart and soul into their business and it deserves to be a success. Opening times are Friday 3 -9pm and Saturday 12 noon – 9pm. Sampled most and boy does he keep a good pint. Especially the Town Fields brew at 7%, its gorgeous.