A few recent highlights ...

Dec 23 ...
Tut ... Partners Christmas Devil 4.0%
Tap ... Doncaster Brewery Stirling Single Coffee Stout 4.5%

Dec 24 ...
Tut ... Cottage Christmas Cracker 4.5%
Gatehouse ... Milestone Prancer the Dancer 4.9%
Cask Corner ... Arran Fireside 4.7%

Dec 25 ...
Tap ... Doncaster Brewery Angel & Royal Vintage Spiced Winter Ale 6.5%

Bury Last night ...

Trackside ... Dunscar Bridge Mayflower Lancashire Stout 4.0%
The Robert Peel ... Lymestone Pudding Stone 4.8%
The Knowsley ... Hardy & Hanson Rocking Rudolph 4.2%
Art Picture House ... Naylors Santa's Darkside 4.4%

The Lancashire Stout was a very welcome find.

A few interesting ones in Town yesterday ...

Tut ... Okell's Aile (Porter) 4.7%
Gatehouse ... Pheasantry Ringneck Amber Ale 4.1%
Angel ... Elland Ell's Bells 4.6%
Cask Corner ... Dukeries Gunsmoke 5.5%

The Pheasantry & Dukeries brews are tried and tested. The other two were new and enjoyable with slight preference being for the Elland seasonal ale.

Warrington last night ...

9 Gallon ... Pied Bull Black Bull 5.2%
Barley Mow ... Brains SA 4.2%
Blue Bell ... Wells Bombardier 4.1%
Lower Angel ... Stancill Barnsley Bitter 3.8% (x3)

Chorley last night ...

Imperial ... Thwaites Wainwright 4.1%
Shepherds Hall Ale House ... ISCA Dawlish Ale 3.8%
Crown ... Allgates All Black 3.6%
Prince of Wales ... GK IPA 3.6%
Sir Henry Tate (W'spoons) ... Coach House Gunpowder 3.8%

Enjoyed a couple a nice Porters last night in town;
Greene King Suffolk Porter 5.4% in the Tut and Elland Padang Coffee Porter 5.0% in the Gatehouse.

Also sampled Elland Angel Witch in the Angel before heading to Cask Corner for a couple of Rudgate brews, the ever-reliable Ruby Mild 4.4% and the very pleasant York Chocolate Stout 5.0%.

A few recent highlights ...

21 Jan ...
Manifesto Strong Stout 6.0% (Red Deer, Sheffield)
Cross Bay Winter Moon 4.3% (Dove & Rainbow, Sheffield)

25 Jan ...
Doncaster Stirling Single Coffee Stout 4.5% (Doncaster Brewery Tap)

Stockport last night ...

Old Rectory ... Greene King IPA
Cocked Hat ... Hornbeam Top Hat Best Bitter 4.2%
Bakers Vaults ... Titanic Chocolate & Vanilla Stout 4.5%
The Calverts Court (W'spoons)... Coach House Coachmans Winter Ale 3.9% & Cheshire Brew Brothers Roodee Dark 4.0%

Cask Corner had the very nice Imperial Darkness 4.0% on last night.

Also spotted and sampled a pint of Old Mill Red Goose 4.2% in the Tut n Shive.

Ventured into Chantry Brewery's Flying Scotsman Tap on Silver Street, Doncaster last night and had Welbeck Abbey Ernest George 4.2%, a lovely ruby red ale and Chantry's own Flying Scotsman Bitter 4.0% which was also pleasant enough.

I'll definitely be back but not on a Friday or Saturday night

The Arran ales are back at Cask Corner. Sampled both Fireside 4.7% & Dark 4.3% last night.

The Tut n Shive had the very nice Empire Stout 5.0%.

JW Lees Archer Stout 4.6% (Barristers) was the pick of the beers sampled in Bolton last night although the 2 Bank Top brews Dark Mild 4.0% (Barristers) & Flat Cap 4.0% (Man & Scythe) are far from shabby.

Had a couple of pints of Partners Shoddy Porter 4.5% in the Salutation last night. In truth it was far from shoddy and very enjoyable.

Warrington last Friday ...

Lower Angel ... Beartown Brown Bear 4.1% & Big Hand Kings Bane Bitter 3.9%
Looking Glass ... Frodsham Devils Garden 3.9%

Three very enjoyable pints.

Nottingham on Saturday ...

Canalhouse ... Castle Rock Red Riding Hood 4.3% (very enjoyable)
Vat & Fiddle ... Castle Rock Black Gold 3.8%

Sheffield Tap en-route back ...

The marvellous Thornbridge Lord Marples (never tire of this wonderful beer)

Leopard (on return) ...

The first time I've been in since it re-opened ... Pint of Doom Bar.