Beer of the Week

[redman41]

Colley's Dog (5.2%) from Tring Brewery,Hertfordshire.
Dark ruby in colour but not over rich. Strong yet very drinkable, this premium ale has a long dry finish with overtones of malt and walnuts.
Maybe not a session Beer as it is fairly strong.
A close second was Guerilla (4.9%) from Blue Monkey Brewery, Notts.
Both these Beers were available last Friday @ 'The Wellington', Bennett's Hill,Brum,which is a specialist Real Ale Pub.

The Link below is for sunny-dave's Birmingham Beer Festival Thread.
The Festival runs from Thursday 25th Oct-Saturday 27th Oct.


http://www.theanswerb.../Question1178372.html

[Booldawg]

hmmm the Colleys dog sounds very much like Hobgoblin. Just the right time of year for this style.

Had a lovely Porter at the Basingstoke Octoberfest at the weekend. Cant remember the brewery but the roast coffee aroma and chocolately overtones were superb.

[murraymints]

real ale makes me poo !!

[redman41]

We like the Porters as well Booldawg.
One of the best ones we had last Winter was 'Grendel's Winter Ale' (5.8%) from Beowulf Brewery.
If it appears again this Year we will put it up as Beer of the Week !

[redman41]

Beats Prunes any day murraymints ! lol lol

[Booldawg]

The Grendels one sounds like meal in a glass!

Really kicking myself I cant make it up to Brum this year. We do the London one every year and a few more local ones. Reading is supposed to have a good one.

You're from up that way? One of the best pints I ever had was a Banks Mild in a pub just outside Dudley - are Banks still going?

[redman41]

Bank's Brewery is still brewing in Wolverhampton, Booldawg.
Rowan enjoyed their 'Sunbeam' @ 4.2% when we went to a Pub in Worcester during the Summer

[redman41]

With the Birmingham Beer Festival coming up next week, it will be difficult to choose one single Beer as a weekly favourite as there will be around 220 Cask Ales to sample !! :-))
An up to date Beer List should be available early next week once all Beers are on site as they need about 48hrs to settle before being ready to serve. Hopefully all Cask Ales will be on site by Monday.
Beer list is available on sunny-dave's Birmingham Beer Festival Post.....see link.
Looking forward to sampling some new Beer

[Booldawg]

you've gotta post photos of the festival for those who arent there! I'll trade my GBBF pics from 2008/2009!