Round Forty Seven

11/10/18

194. The Castle Farringdon, Cowcross Street.

A pub long on the list but until now unvisited. And very much worthwhile too! Quite dark and moody with a high ceiling and long bar. Continually busy as it serves as an ideal tipple trip post or pre train ride. 10/10 would go again.

Beers:

Camden Versus Wicked Weed Brewing IPA - Quite clear, amber, bitter aroma, a medium bitterness that lingers.

London Brewing Co. Chuckaboo Extra Pale Ale - fairly cloudy and a little yellow, sourness on the nose, cold, like pop rocks on the back of your tongue. Lovely.

193. The Dovetail, Jerusalem Passage.

This was a hidden bit of a gem on a narrow walkway celebrating the more European of ales as the several white beers on offer would attest to. A nice arrangement and a nice enough atmosphere.


Beers:

Vedett Extra Ordinary IPA - lighter amber, citrus aroma, lot of bitter hoppy flavours up front, doesn't linger but feels heavy sheet a few sips.

Vedett Extra White - cloudy, quite white, frothy, smooth, classic white beer aroma, not special but nice.

192. Sutton Arms, Great Sutton Street.

Our second Sutton Arms of the night was no second best. A wonderful 'specials board' of beer tingled our tastebuds enough to have a third. Potentially a place for the aficionado, as similarly beer enthused folks stood both sides of the bar. A warm inviting place and not one to be forgotten. 


Beers:

Big Smoke Brew co. Solaris Session Pale - dark amber colour, not much to the nose, translucent, mild amber, peppery on the tip of the tongue, pleasant.

Hammerton Rubus Rain Milkshake IPA - Jaffa orange appearance, creamy, close to opaque, bitterness up front, fruity behind, fizz up front.

Gipsy Hill Moxie Fruit Salad Sour - harder to see through than the Irish border issue, pink, so sour, a bit like a liquid drumstick sweet, it's the wrong colour, a bit oversweet but nicely sour.

191. The Slaughtered Lamb, Great Sutton Street.

Clear and wide windows beckon in the weary drinker to a fine selection of taps at a broad 3-sided bar. Spacious and decorative and an all over enjoyable drinking den.


Beers:

Tiny Rebel Brewery Cwtch - reddish amber, as red as a left wing welsh dragon, spicy notes on the nose, very flavoursome, complex, wheaty, full and frothy like a bow wave.

Tyne Bank Brewery Monument - dark amber, smooth head, like running gaily through an orchard, light, bitter up front, leaves a ripple on the lip, melon textures at the end.

190. The Sutton Arms, Carthusian Street.

Noted on Google as a pub that would give you the chills. No chills for us but plenty of spills of beer into our faces. Lovely attractive frontage, modern interior but with plenty of nods to tradition. A buzzing pub.

Beers:  (in excellent half pint tankards)

Fullers American Fall - amber, hoppiness that lingers, low fizz, smooth, grassy, light.

Fullers Red Fox - maroon, smokey peppery aroma, smooth and mealy, wholesome and filling, one of your five (pints) a day, lovely sweetness, fruity whisky notes, like Strauss and Cook opening the batting.