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A Shropshire Selection:-

Hobson's Town Crier 4.5% ABV, Bronze Medal Winner GBBF 2011, yum yum from both my partner and I, plus Holden's Golden Glory 4.4%, not quite as delicious but very palatable - both beautifully kept, at the Ship Inn, Highley.

A powerful Bewdley Station Porter 6.0% ABV, a bit sweet but went down too well, at the Railwayman's Arms on Bridgnorth station on the Severn Valley Railway ( a real ale drinker's mecca ). Had it not been 10 mins to the last train I would have been tempted to partake of several others.

On to Thursday and a rather reserved Three Tuns Clerics' Cure, a stonking good IPA, which also went down well with the other half and a Three Tuns' Stout, rich,creamy and smooth, at the Three Tuns ( where else? ), adjacent to the brewery at Bishops' Castle.

I'll be back...especially when I missed the Six Bells, a reputedly better, brewpub on the edge of the village.

Lowton yesterday after Haydock Races ...

Lowton Village Toby Carvery ... Greene King IPA
Red Lion ... Sharps Doom Bar
Travellers Rest ... JW Lees John Willies 4.5% & Theakston Best Bitter

The Travellers Rest was a little gem and the JW Lees brew very nice ... a second one was required

Had a couple of pints in the Beverley Inn, Edenthorpe this evening;

Mitchells & Butlers Brew X1 Best Bitter 3.6%
Brains Milkwood 4.3%

Leeds (Tuesday) ...

Scarbrough Hotel ...Rudgate York Chocolate Stout 5.0%
Whitelocks ... Moorhouses Ambler Rambler
Hop ... Goose Eye Bronte Bitter 4.0%
Wentworth Chocolate and Chilli Stout 4.8%
Cross Keys ... Black Rock Dart Arts 6.0%
Midnight Bell ... Leeds Vienna 4.0% & Midnight Bell x 2

Called in at Wakefield (Wednesday) on the way back from Leeds and had a pint of Clarks Westgate Gold in Henry Boons. They only had pales and goldens but I was pleasantly surprised with my choice.

Back in Doncaster later ...

Red Lion ... Elland First Light 3.7%
Angel ... Titanic Nautical Mild 4.8% x 2
Gatehouse ... Pheasantry DA (Dark Ale) 4.2% & Pheasantry Ringneck Amber Ale 4.1%

The 2 Pheasantry brews were excellent ... The Brewery (one I don't recall hearing of previously) is at Newark.

Thursday (Doncaster again) ...

Yorkshire Grey ... Old Speckled Hen
Goose ... Cottage Waterloo 4.1% ... very pleasant
Angel ... Wychwood Battleaxe 4.2% ... also very nice
Tut n Shive ... Okells Bitter 3.7% ... ditto

Just to put you right on the Pheasantry front. The brewery is actually a fair bit closer to Donny. It's just off the A57 at East Markham on the road to Lincoln...you are bang on about the quality of the beers though

Easily found, signposted at the side of the road..bit of a dirt track to get to it, but worth the effort.

They're on frequently at the Black Lion in Todwick. First tasted them at York Beer Festival last year.

Tonight I have tasted two brews new to me, one from the fledgling Harthill Brewery, Hart Stopper - a citrusy, thirst-quencher and Whim Black Christmas, a dangerously-drinkable 6.3%, chocolatey and very moreish, at the Arkwright Arms, Sutton-cum-Duckmanton

I'd read ... The Pheasantry Brewery, High Brecks Farm, Lincoln Rd, East Markham, Newark, Notts ... and typed Newark ... but I take your point.

Yesterday (Doncaster) ...

Cask Corner ...Wold Top Tenner 4.1% ... not one of their better ones IMHO
Angel ... Wychwood Battleaxe (again)
Gatehouse ... Pheasantry Best Bitter 3.8 & Saltaire Dark Matter 3.8%
Tut n Shive ... Hydes Finest 4.5% x 2 ... very nice.

Last Sunday on the way back from York;

The Greyhound, Riccall ... Treboom Baron Saturday ... a very nice porter at 5.2%

Just back from 2 nights at the Croxdale Inn just 4 miles south of Durham ... one real ale, but a very nice one in Hadrian Border Brewery's Secret Kingdom 4.3%