Exmoor (now brewed by Hogs Back) - Stag (superseded by 4.8% version)
5.20
Tired
09 Apr 2013 (oz11)
Early afternoon.
Beer
ABV
Score
Notes
Elgood's - Spring Gold
3.80
Banks's - Cereal Thriller
4.00
Everards (see entries against Joule's & Robinsons whilst its new brewery was being built) - Corfu Ionian Coffee Porter
4.50
Wolf - Tasmanian Wolf
5.00
Didn't seem as hoppy as the sample tried at the "Sov." in Petts Wood.
Wadworth - 6X 90th Anniversary Ale
6.00
Caledonian - Brewer's Passion
4.60
Not Tried
18 Jan 2013 (Pedro)
Evening
Beer
ABV
Score
Notes
Caledonian - Auld Lang Syne
4.50
Greene King - Abbot
5.00
Not Tried
Ringwood - Old Thumper (now superseded by 5.1% version - separate entry)
5.60
Not Tried
Marston's - Wychwood Hobgoblin IPA (was Ruby Beer, was Hobgoblin)
4.50
Not Tried
Greene King - Ruddles Best (was 3.7%)
3.40
Not Tried
Flack's (a.k.a. Flack Manor) - Flack Catcher
4.40
Not Tried
12 Jan 2013 (Pedro)
Evening
Beer
ABV
Score
Notes
Adnams - Shingle Shells
3.90
Adnams - Broadside
4.70
Not Tried
Greene King - Abbot
5.00
Not Tried
Phoenix - Pale Moonlight
4.20
Not Tried
Green Jack - Trawlerboys Best Bitter
4.60
Not Tried
Adnams - Lighthouse
3.40
Not Tried
Box Steam - Piston Broke
4.50
Not Tried
06 Jan 2013 (Pedro)
Lunchtime
Beer
ABV
Score
Notes
Batemans - XXXB (now superseded by 4.8% version)
4.50
Adnams - Broadside
4.70
Not Tried
Greene King - Abbot
5.00
Not Tried
Greene King - Ruddles Best (was 3.7%)
3.40
Not Tried
Salopian - Oracle
4.00
Not Tried
27 Dec 2012 (Alenomore)
22:15 after work visit. Rammo' with students and a tired real ale selction noted.
Beer
ABV
Score
Notes
Adnams - Yuletide
4.50
Not Tried
Adnams - Gunhill
4.00
Not Tried
Exmoor (now brewed by Hogs Back) - Exmas
5.00
Not Tried
Rudgate - Brewdolf
4.40
Not Tried
Adnams - Shingle Shells
3.90
Not Tried
24 Dec 2012 (Alenomore)
18:30 visit. I finished work at 18:00 and got dropped off nearby to meet the chaps here. All is ominously quiet at this time, we stayed until 22:00 but it did get busy/noisy by 21:00. Merry Xmas to One & All....
Beer
ABV
Score
Notes
Kelham Island (probably brewed by Thornbridge now) - Pale Rider
5.20
Very nice. Good to sample this one down south.
Adnams - Yuletide
4.50
Agian, top condition/taste.
Rudgate - Brewdolf
4.40
A nice tasting ale in top condition.
Adnams - Gunhill
4.00
Not Tried
Exmoor (now brewed by Hogs Back) - Exmas
5.00
Not Tried
Adnams - Shingle Shells
3.90
Not Tried
22 Dec 2012 (Pedro)
Evening
Beer
ABV
Score
Notes
Adnams - Shingle Shells
3.90
Greene King - Abbot
5.00
Not Tried
Moorhouse's - Blond Witch
4.40
Not Tried
Greene King - Ruddles Best (was 3.7%)
3.40
Not Tried
Greene King - Abbot Reserve
6.50
Not Tried
Adnams - Ghost Ship (was 4.5%)
4.10
Not Tried
Rudgate - Brewdolf
4.40
Not Tried
15 Dec 2012 (Alenomore)
18:30 visit. Even worse than our second JD tonite. No ales at all bar a GK offering! I drank Stout and the other two had Smiths...
Beer
ABV
Score
Notes
12 Dec 2012 (Alenomore)
22:15 visit. Couple of new ales on.
Beer
ABV
Score
Notes
Banks & Taylor's (B&T) - Santa's Slayer
4.00
Much better. Good spiced notes.
Lymestone - Pudding Stone (superseded by 4.4%)
4.80
Still in good condition.
Greene King - Hardys & Hansons Rocking Rudolph
4.20
The one with the flashing pumpclip? Nothing special.
Skinner's (now brewed by Goodh) - Jingle Knocker
5.50
Not Tried
Wychwood (now brewed at Marston's and Banks's before that) - Bah Humbug! (superseded by 4.3% version)
A former insurance office that is now a large two-storey pub badged as a Lloyds No 1. Quieter upstairs but may not be open at all times. Closed late 2023 for a refurbishment re-opening Sunday 12th December 2023.
We have visited this pub 143 times, seen 378 different beers and tried 206 of them.
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