Quite looking forward to sampling;

Traditional Scottish Ales Red Torpedo
St Austell George's Tipple
Butcombe Old Vic
Coach House Old Wharf Bitter
Leeds Gathering Storm
Woodfordes Dragon Hall Bitter
Oldleaf Old Navy Custom
O'Hanlons Red Ale
Thwaites Liberation Ale *
Titanic Another Pint In The Wall
Wells Banana Bread Beer *
Caledonian Double Dark
Mordue Newcastle Coffee Porter
Moorhouses Black Panther
Purkmistr Bohemian Schwarzbier
White Horse Volunds Hammer
Daleside Morocco Ale

*had before but only in bottles.

The Namyslow Original Plum Beer is also very nice in moderation.

Good job it's on for two and a half weeks!

Hope to pay a visit next weekend.

That's the spirit.

Sampled a pint or three of Thorne's Chairman's Stout at the Bluecoat. Do I not like it? Porter par excellence, ably abetted by Old Moor Porter, an Acorn fave and the less ubiquitous, Ashover Coffin Lane Stout. My former John Smith's Smooth drinking colleague is a true real-ale convert. Not bad for someone who drank Carling or Fosters for ten years!

I must say i'm positively drooling already at the sound of Newcastle Coffee Porter. Mine's a firkin!

Ah, there you are.

Nottingham Brewery Supreme Bitter (5.2%) in the Bell, Nottingham and the very nice Fullers Red Fox (4.3%)

in the Lincolnshire Poacher, Nottingham this afternoon .... more this evening.

Had Black Hole Hubble Bubble, a bit of a sweet 6.5% for me. Acorn Bloomfield, a nice blonde beauty at 4.5% and the deliciously fruity Derventio Cleopatra at my usual haunt yesterday. I noted that Thorne Best was on again, which is very encouraging.

I'm never far away, Gary. Have to fight with the kids for access to the PC

Spent yesterday evening in Nottingham ...

best pints were Brains Bitter in the Canalhouse, Olde Trip in Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem and O'Hanlons Red Ale in the Joseph Else (first pint of the JDW Real Ale festival

also visited the interestingly named Fellow, Morton & Clayton Ltd (next to the Canalhouse) and the Salutation which was gearing up for it's Halloween Beer Festival.

Discovered a very nice drink this afternoon ...

Olde Lion Ale 3.9% (from the Maypole Brewery, Eakring) tasted in the Olde Red Lion, Wellow, Notts.

Also visited the Queens Hotel, East Markham which would certainly be my local if I lived anywhere near. Half a dozen real ales and a quality jukebox. The girl behind the bar was quite a looker too!

Know what you mean



Went there earlier this year after another frustrating trip to Sincil Bank. Thankfully, the beer and the fine spring weather made up for it, as well as the scenery

Have today tasted Moorhouses Black Panther, a delectable rarely brewed stout ( allegedly) and the Burkmistr Bohemian Schwarzbier courtesy of the Wetherspoon's festival. Difficult to pick an outright winner there due to their excellent quality. If pushed i'd have to say the panther shaded it by a whisker ( pardon the pun

Bumped into a couple of familiar faces (rugbyman and weighman) whilst doing the rounds of Wetherspoons pubs last night.

Have to confess that I expected more festival ales to be available (especially in the Gatehouse who only had four).

The following were however sampled ...

Cotleigh Long-Eared Owl and O'Hanlons Red Ale (Gatehouse).
Namyslow Original Plum Beer, Moorhouse's Black Panther and JW Lees Supernova (Old Angel).
Cains Fine Raisin Beer (Red Lion).

Not a bad one amongst them. The plum beer is really nice in moderation (wouldn't want more than one) but the best couple were the Red Ale (sampled earlier in the week in Nottingham) and the Black Panther.

Returning for November and December only ....

Greene King Abbot Reserve (6.5%)

go seek it out!

Found it in B & M in Rotherham at £1.39 a bottle. Remember, you read it here first )along with a fair few Wentworth beers at £1.19)

Good call.

To be fair though I think I'll wait till I can find it in a pub.

If you do Gary , let us know sharpish. Just been reading up on it and would'nt want to miss it

I will ... it really is a damn fine ale!

Took my parents out for lunch today . Bought my Dad a pint of Timothy Taylors Landlord, he asked what was wrong with John Smiths Smooth ?

Thought it was ok.

Had several pints of Blonde Ale in The Vic in Leeds last night, it's one of the beers produced by Neil Morrissey & Richard Fox. A very enjoyable light session ale.

Having watched the TV series, I always meant to go to [url=http://forums.beerintheevening.com/index.php?showtopic=1708their pub cum brewery[/url...but haven't yet.
I keep forgetting.
Have you been yet WANDERER?

The Punch Bowl, can't say I have - I'm sure I will at some point.

The nearest I've got is sampling the very nice Morrissey Fox Spooky (specially brewed for Halloween) at the Tut.

Watch out for Morrissey Fox Mulled in December.

Thorne Brewery are launching their second guest beer soon "Darley's Ghost". It is a lightly spiced red winter ale", with an ABV of 4.5%.