Star & Garter (Free House)
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10 Apr 2024 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until close. Just saved an old work colleague from leaving early!
Good Chemistry - Storms Pass | 4.30 | | Drank it without really noticing. Seemed tired to me |
New Bristol - My Citra Romance | 4.50 | | Little life in this, disappointing |
Dark Revolution - Good Stuff | 4.20 | | No pre-warning of haze. Best of a poor lot tried here tonight |
Siren Craft - Broken Dream Breakfast Stout | 6.50 | Not Tried | |
Verdant - Future You | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
Good Chemistry - Inspire Inclusion | 4.70 | Not Tried | |
Cloudwater - The Pleasure of Finding Things Out | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
30 Mar 2024 (Philip Pirrip)
Late evening visit until close.
Brew York - Mini Keggs | 4.00 | | Raw bitterness in a Chocolate Egg Stout |
Five Points - Brick Field Brown | 5.40 | | Powerful brown ale. Full bodied |
Signature Brew - Roadie - All-Night IPA | 4.30 | Not Tried | |
Arbor Ales - Shangri-la | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
Buxton - Hatchet | 3.40 | Not Tried | |
23 Mar 2024 (Philip Pirrip)
Late evening visit. Oddly nothing dark and strong on, often the pub's USP.
North Riding Brewery - Citra Pale | 4.50 | | Classic Citra hop style - a complex flavour hit |
Track - Sonoma | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
Siren Craft - Memento | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
UnBarred (brewed at Two Tribes then later at Missing Link) - Joosy | 5.10 | Not Tried | |
Tempest - Modern Helles | 4.10 | Not Tried | |
09 Mar 2024 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit.
Liquid Light - Wizard of Finance | 4.20 | | Called itself a best bitter and it was just that, a very basic tasting one |
Track - Sonoma | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
Siren Craft - Broken Dream Breakfast Stout | 6.50 | Not Tried | |
Five Points - XPA | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Cloudwater - Happy | 3.40 | Not Tried | |
Tiny Rebel - Chocoholic | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
Tempest - Pale Armadillo | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
05 Mar 2024 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until close. Last one in at closing time - nothing I said I hope.
Kernel (The Kernel) - Export India Porter | 5.80 | | Glorious Kernel magic |
Brew York - Buck | 4.90 | | First rate American brown ale style |
Siren Craft - Broken Dream Breakfast Stout | 6.50 | Not Tried | |
Left Handed Giant - Dark Mild | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Northern Monk - Sup | 3.40 | Not Tried | |
Liquid Light - Between Tides | 3.90 | Not Tried | |
UnBarred (brewed at Two Tribes then later at Missing Link) - Pale Ale – Chinook & Mosaic | 4.80 | Not Tried | |
02 Mar 2024 (Philip Pirrip)
Late evening visit until close.
Left Handed Giant - Dark Mild | 4.00 | | Excellent condition but tasted rather thin for 4% |
Kernel (The Kernel) - Export India Porter | 5.80 | | A three course meal in a glass |
Siren Craft - Broken Dream Breakfast Stout | 6.50 | Not Tried | On the defective handpump |
Siren Craft - Suspended in Mosaic | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Northern Monk - Sup | 3.40 | Not Tried | One of a plethora of 3.4% duty saving ales emerging of late |
Liquid Light - Between Tides | 3.90 | Not Tried | |
UnBarred (brewed at Two Tribes then later at Missing Link) - Chinook & Mosaic | 4.80 | Not Tried | |
24 Feb 2024 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit.
Burning Sky - Nourishing Stout | 4.20 | | Poured from the obviously defective 6th pump from the left that pours so slowly and every pint is flat as a pancake. Needs fixing. 2* mark is for as presented to me. Once given a second pint glass and multiple fast decanting between the two glasses the beer came alive and would be a 3* but must mark as presented |
Rooster's - Cream | 4.70 | Not Tried | |
Thornbridge / Thornbridge Hall - Jaipur | 5.90 | Not Tried | |
North Riding Brewery - Mosaic Pale | 4.30 | Not Tried | |
Kirkstall - Bitter | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
Thornbridge / Thornbridge Hall - Coco Cocoa | 5.50 | Not Tried | |
Elusive - Cat to the Future | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
17 Feb 2024 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit until close.
Kernel (The Kernel) - Export India Porter | 5.80 | | Straight-up piece of brewing excellence in cask form. A second one was thus mandated! |
Buxton - Featherbed | 4.70 | | Not the lemon juice job I expected when I saw it poured as a milk shake murk. Tasty and balanced |
Brew York - Maris the Otter | 3.90 | Not Tried | |
Wiper and True - Kaleidoscope | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
Siren Craft - Memento | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
Brew York - Calmer Chameleon (was 3.7%) | 3.40 | Not Tried | |
North Riding Brewery - Coffee & Irish Cream Stout | 5.50 | Not Tried | |
10 Feb 2024 (Philip Pirrip)
Late return visit until close.
Burnt Mill - Citra Sands | 4.30 | | Fresh cask on tonight, very zingy with slight un-warned of haze |
Nightjar (formerly Slightly Foxed) - Groove is in the Heart | 6.80 | | A milkshake resembling 7 hop beer that poured and remained flat in the glass. Mellower than I expected but was obvious it was high ABV |
Track - Sonoma | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
Gun - Project Babylon Pale Ale | 4.60 | Not Tried | |
Bristol Beer Factory - 12 Apostles | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
Orbit - Dead Wax | 5.50 | Not Tried | |
Thornbridge / Thornbridge Hall - Carpathia | 5.30 | Not Tried | |
10 Feb 2024 (Philip Pirrip)
First of two evening visits.
Thornbridge / Thornbridge Hall - Carpathia | 5.30 | | Great name for a Titanic ale. Labelled as an ESB. Very wet dog, earthy. An acquired taste or not. Not, in my case |
Track - Sonoma | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
Gun - Project Babylon Pale Ale | 4.60 | Not Tried | |
Bristol Beer Factory - 12 Apostles | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
Orbit - Dead Wax | 5.50 | Not Tried | |
Nightjar (formerly Slightly Foxed) - Groove is in the Heart | 6.80 | Not Tried | |
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