Royal Blenheim (Everards/White Horse)
Visits Details
08 Nov 2014 (ChrisE)
Saturday morning soon after 11am, this was the first pub on a tour of eight for the day, we were the only customers at first but others gradually began to trickle in and they expected to be very busy later in the day. One of the chaps behind the bar produced a handful of blank side up pump clips and asked me to pick a card to decide which beer was coming on next. The Rudgate Ruby Mild won and was on sale soon afterwards.
White Horse - Brewery Bitter | 3.70 | | Delicious and a very good start to the day. |
Rudgate - Ruby Mild | 4.40 | Not Tried | |
Everards (see entries against Joule's & Robinsons whilst its new brewery was being built) - Sunchaser | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
White Horse - Wayland Smithy | 4.40 | Not Tried | |
White Horse - Village Idiot | 4.10 | Not Tried | |
West Berkshire - Good Old Boy | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Robin Hood - Robin Hood | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
26 Jan 2013 (Martin the Mildman)
Fairly busy late lunchtime on a Saturday.
Elgood's - Black Dog Mild | 3.60 | | Black mild on top form here with a really deep sweet malt flavour with hints of chocolate and liquorice. Low hop rate and some berry fruit in the finish. A much improved mild. My score 17/20. |
Ramsbury - That Old Chestnut | 4.30 | | Reddish brown nut brown ale with a smooth well rounded flavour with hints of nuts, toffee and berry fruits. My score 16/20. |
13 Dec 2012 (Martin the Mildman)
Quite busy late afternoon on a Thursday.
Colchester - Double Drop Mild Ale | 4.50 | | Strong black mild with sweet caramel and chocolate malt notes and some fruity hop in the finish. My score 16/20. |
16 Dec 2011 (Martin the Mildman)
A quiet lull late afternoon on a Friday before Christmas before the office parties hit.
Wadworth - Dray Bells | 4.10 | | Reddish colour but lacking any real flavour, a vague sweetish maltiness but little hop character. My score 13/20. |
29 Oct 2011 (Martin the Mildman)
Quite a few diners in Mid Saturday afternoon.
Thwaites - Crafty Devil | 4.30 | | Ruby coloured bitter with a spicy kick. My score 14/20. |
29 Oct 2011 (Andrew)
Big pub with the feel of a public bath (may be I got that impression from the tiled floor or something).
White Horse - Brewery Bitter | 3.70 | | It was good as I recall |
Dark Star - American Pale Ale (some has also been brewed by Fuller's) | 4.70 | Not Tried | |
Everards (see entries against Joule's & Robinsons whilst its new brewery was being built) - Sunchaser | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
White Horse - Wayland Smithy | 4.40 | Not Tried | |
White Horse - Village Idiot | 4.10 | Not Tried | |
White Horse - Black Horse Porter | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
Dark Star - Partridge Best Bitter | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Thwaites - Dan's IPA | 4.60 | Not Tried | |
Thwaites - Crafty Devil | 4.30 | Not Tried | |
11 Jun 2011 (Martin the Mildman)
A few diners in on a Saturday lunchtime.
Thwaites - Nutty Black | 3.30 | | Excellent condition here with a superb malty mix of sweet toffee and chocolate flavours. Some berry fruity in the finish. My score 16/20. |
01 Jan 2011 (Martin the Mildman)
Fairly quiet here on New Year's afternoon.
WharfeBank - Wispa IPA | 5.10 | | Golden amber strong bitter with good balance of hop and malt. My score 15/20. |
ABC (Aston Brewing Company) - Heartlands Bitter | 4.20 | | Amber bitter with a dryish hop character. My score 14/20. |
06 Mar 2010 (Martin the Mildman)
Fairly busy on a Saturday lunchtime with quite a few diners.
Vale - Special | 4.50 | | Bitter to start with then maltiness kicks in towards the finish. My score 15/20. |
08 Apr 2009 (Mick Northants)
pub is oxfords latest as brwery owned but offers a freehouse style of choice of beers
Titanic - Iron Curtain | 6.00 | | |
Box Steam - Piston Broke (superseded by 4.5% version) | 5.00 | | |
Box Steam - Best Bitter | 4.00 | | |