Real Ale Report from The Lakes (2) ...

Tuesday ...

Ravenglass
Darkest Ennerdale 4.2% (Whitehaven Brewing Co) at the Ratty Arms.

Boot
Final Frontier 5.1% (Hardknott Brewery) at the Woolpack Inn (also the home of the Hardknott Brewery).
Bitter 3.7% (Hawkshead Brewery) at the Brook House Inn.

Seathwaite
Dickie Doodle Bitter 3.9% (Cumbrian Legendary Ales) at the Newfield Inn.

Out in Coniston tonight in search of good beer at less than £3 per pint.

Real Ale Report from The Lakes (3) ...

Wednesday ...

Bowness
Bluebird Bitter 3.6% (Coniston Brewing Co) at the Royal Oak.

Ings
A Bit'er Ruff 4.1% (Watermill Brewery) at the Watermill Inn.

Coniston
XB 4.0% (Hartleys) at the Crown Inn.
Old Yewdale 3.9% (Hawkshead Brewery) at the Yewdale Hotel.
Old Man Ale 4.2% and Blacksmiths Ale 5.0% (both Coniston Brewing Co) at the Black Bull (again) plus the same Brewery's Special Oatmeal Stout 4.5%.

Spent over 7 hours meandering home from the Lakes yesterday but did manage a drink or two en-route ...

Kirkby Lonsdale ... Thwaites Original 3.6% in the Sun Inn.
Guiseley ... Abbeydale Smoked Porter 4.8% in Coopers.
Liversedge ... Ossett Black Bull Bitter 4.0% in the Black Bull.

Playing catch up on this thread after a busy weekend with the Trust ...

Ventured to Lincolnshire last Friday;
Tom Woods Bomber County 4.8% at the Sloop Inn, Barton on Humber.
Tom Woods Lincolnshire Longwool 4.4% at the Yarbrough Hunt, Brigg.
Jennings Fish King 4.3% at the White Hart, Brigg.
Batemans Salem Porter 4.7% at the Black Bull, Brigg.

back nearer home;
Greene King LBW 4.3% at the Beverley Court Inn, Edenthorpe.

Saturday after plying one of our Mascots with Acorn Old Moor Porter 4.4% (outside the Gatehouse), it was a couple of new ones to me ...
Saltaire Texas Brown 4.7% in the Old Angel
White Horse Scourers Brew 4.8% in the Gatehouse and
a familiar pint of Abbot Ale in the Tut.

The cost of the beer in the Mallard has been mentioned on here in recent weeks (£2.55 for Magnet) ... Miles cheaper than the Boat Inn at Sprotborough (£2.80 for Adnams Broadside). A particular favourite of mine but very expensive.

Wakefield last night, visited a couple of Pubs not previously visited.

The Redoubt (at the start of the Westgate Run) and the White Hart (also on Westgate).

A new beer sampled was Clarks Wakey Wakey in Henry Boons.

Had a couple of pints of Thorne Bitter in the Red Lion , very acceptable & cheap.

I take it you went to Harry Ramsden's then, Gary?

Dronfield, Whiston & Rotherham yesterday.

Thornbridge Lord Marples, Coach & Horses (Dronfield).
JS Magnet, Jolly Farmer (Dronfield Woodhouse).
Beartown Bearskinful, Chequers (Whiston).
Elland Night Porter, Bluecoat (Rotherham).

All very nice, don't believe I've had the Thornbridge brew before and the Beartown was definitely a new one.

Recently got back from Boston (the American one) where it was almost all Samuel Adams and almost all lager.

They did however have a couple of good beers, including one called Brick Red and the other called Octoberfest. Both of which were very nice, with the former being my favourite

If you're ever over there you have to go to the brewery tour, free to get in and 5 samples at the end (made all the better if the wife doesn't drink)

The Chequers is back in the 2010 GBG and is joined by the Sitwell Arms.
(Golden Ball and Hind also still in).

Recently sampled ...

Brentwood Brewing Company Hope and Glory 4.5%
Ringwood Fortyniner 4.9%

... looking forward to a few real ales this evening. Musn't forget the Wetherspoons vouchers.