Faultless!

Had a few Winter Ales courtesy of Saltaire, a bottle of Abbott Reserve, Owd Rodger and Ventnor Sandrock ( courtesy of B & M ) and three good pints of Landlord at the Homestead. Unfortunately, my girth is expanding rapidly due to over-indulgence

Bottles last night, with three out of four being from the Barnsley Beer Company (the exception being Batemans excellent seasonal brew Rosey Nosey).

The three Barnsley ales were ...

Barnsley Blonde 5.0% ... A blonde lightly fruited ale - too gassy for my taste.
Bee by Gum 4.3% ... Not dis-similar to the Blonde but slightly sweeter (the honey no doubt).
Coil Oil 3.9% ... The most interesting of the three. A porter with cinnamon and lime flavours amongst others.

Darley's Ghost by Thorne Brewery is a very nice drink, and a warming 4.5%. It's currently on in the Red Lion.

Looking forward to it.

Darley's Ghost should be on any time now at the Bluecoat and the Pale Ale will be following. I've had some Barnsley bottles, Gary, the best being Owd Tyke and Nutty Stack. Owd Tyke reminds me of XXXB. which is no bad thing.

Visited the Church Inn at Uppermill in the Saddleworth district and what a pub! No wonder it's the Good Pub Guide's Own Brew Pub of 2010. It's the brewery tap of the Saddleworth brewery and I sampled just two of the eight that were all available at £1.50, including a porter, which runs Saltaire's Hazelnut and Coffee Porter very close, the chocolate malt sensation of Shaftbender at 5.4 % The George's Ale wasn't bad either. Had a glorious steak and ale pie to go with it. With log fires and stone walls, it's the archetypal country pub. The scenery btw, is fantastic too.

Had it in the Old Angel in Doncaster yesterday - absolutely wonderful - enjoyed it so much I had another.

had a couple of darleys ghost myself last night in the Old Angel.

Had the Darley's on Friday afternoon. Certainly worth waiting for

Tut n Shive tonight.

Forgot to mention that they had the very nice Ossett Big Red Ale 4.0% on last Sunday (plus H&H's Rocking Rudolph again).

Used to be Yates's

It's now a Lloyds Bar

Blooming heck. There want even a Yates' either.

Its about on the site where Raynes motorcycles used to be - bought out by Carnell motorcycles. The Wilberforts clothing shop was in the same block. Remember any of them.