Round Seventeen

19/9/16

66. The Golden Fleece, Queen Street.

Pork scratching breadstick special bonus round!!
Eat all these and you're a true hero. Really good pub with a central bar which is always good when busy given the extra room.

Beers: 

The Golden Fleece Fleec'd - darker red, semi clear, citrusy smell, tasty, mellow finish, sweetness that ebbs away, sweet shop sweetness.

Sambrook's Pumphouse Pale Ale - slightly cloudy amber, smooth, sweet finish, medium body, stale ale.

65. Williamson's Tavern, Groveland Court.

Slightly tucked away but a proper ale drinker will sniff it out. Can't argue with the pie selection and the interesting beers that you'll need to wash them down. Nice looking pub with glass lanterns and a nice bi ol' rug in the main room.

Beers:

Wild Weather Ales Keyboard Warrior - clear, 80's brown curtains, generally very mild, empty and uninteresting.

Williams Bros. Fraoch Heather Ale - clear, dark amber, quite fizzy at the beginning, mild, like wandering gayly through a meadow.

64. The Pavilion End, Watling Street.

Reliably stocked by Fuller's with new ales. Fairly ordinary inside. More of a lunch pub than a after work pub.

Beers: 

Butcombe Brewery Adam Henson's Rarebreed Pale Ale - brown like a 70's bathroom suite, bit of fizz, stale aroma, touch of bitterness, watery and dull.

Beavertown Quelle - very heady, fizzy, cloudy yellow, little bit of citrus, grapefruity, slightly powdery.

Round Sixteen

4/9/16

Special Guests Beth and Pierre's incurable ale-ment parade.

63. Ye Olde Watling, Watling Street.

Good old Tudor pub, heavy oak beamed with golden writing espousing the virtues of beer and drinking. A pub for the wise old pint connoisseur who also loves an occasional pork scratching.

Beers: 

Long Man Brewery American Pale Ale Seriously Hopped APA - fizzy, amber, cloudy, fizzy start, bitter finish, would make a good paint stripper

Robinson's Trooper Red and Black Porter - dark red, like a half pint of thin blood, heady, stoutish in appearance, smooth, tastes like Christmas pudding with a whisky edge.




62. The Sugarloaf, Cannon Street.

A satisfying pub with the typical traditions of a central London establishment. Not huge except for the standing space outside which in summer is well used. Had to resort to bottles here, one of which ended up on our laps but who wouldn't want to smell of hops?

Beers: 

Ennis and Gunn Original - Caramel colour, quite clear, sweet and interesting with mild vanilla notes, warming flavour while not groundbreaking.

Brouwerij Van Steenberge St Stefanus - fizzy, cloudy and light yellow, main interest comes from the fizz, sweetish but fairly bland underneath, edging slightly on a lager mouthfeel.

Top bottle!!

61. John The Unicorn, Rye Lane.

Unicorns delight! Here is a pub you can drink in to refuel after a long hard day of pooping rainbows. Situated in a rather conspicuous town called Peckham, this is a little nugget with a fresh craft outlook without abandoning the traditions of a proper pub.

Beers: 

Volden Pale - peculiar, yellow, very clear, like a mild fruittella, not much nose, mellow beginning, non descript ending, sharpish sweetness.

Siren Craft Brew Under Current Oatmeal Pale Ale - amber turning on orange, mild but tails off to a bittery end, subtle flavour.

Canopy Beer Co. Sunray Pale Ale - blonde, cloudy, slight head, medium fizz, lemony, bitter, rich in taste, strong.