Ohhh... My Head...

These are the beers sampled by myself alone on the tour I made along with my girlfriend across Britain. The road we travelled took us to Edinburgh, Inverness, Isle of Skye and Glasgow in Scotland. Then down to Penrtih amd all around Cumbria, spending one day in Manchester with Josh, and also down to the Great British Beer Festival in London.

We visite dmany outstanding pubs but there are some the stood out above the others:
The Crown Inn, Hesket Newmarket, Cumbria. Home of the Hesket Newmarket beers, and a very relaxed atmosphere with friendly people. And the beers were outstanding!
Prince of Wales, Foxfield (Broughton-in-Furness), Cumbria. Home of the extraordinary Foxfield beers and the most mixed population I've seen on a pub.
Moulin Inn, Moulin (near Pitlochry). A small highland brewpub with excellent ales and good Scottish food. The Royal Hotel, Portree, Isle of Skye. Perhaps touristy, and by no means a traditional pub. But great beer, good music anbd a mixed crowd.

The highest scores both went to the immensly flavourful Foxfield beers. The brewery that came the closest was the Eccleshall Brewery in Staffordshire with two beers with very hihg scores, followed by the Scottish breweries Isle of Skye and Moulin.

Unfortunately I had only time to visit GBBF for one night. I could easily have stayed for ten nights...

Beers rated August 2002

POS

BEER

COUNTRY

SCORE

PS

ABV

STYLE

44

Foxfield Pacific Wave, cask

England

4,43

5

4,8%

Ale, British style

44

Foxfield Kinghorn, cask

England

4,43

5

5,0%

Ale, British style

135

Moulin Old Remedial, cask

Scotland

4,18

5-

5,2%

Ale, British style

135

Ridley Old Bob, cask

England

4,18

5-

5,1%

Ale, British style

135

Crown HPA, cask

England

4,18

5-

3,9%

Ale, British style

135

Wentworth Black Zac, cask

England

4,18

5-

4,0%

Porter/Stout

135

Eccleshall Slater's Supreme, cask

England

4,18

5-

4,7%

Ale, British style

135

Eccleshall Slater's Bitter, cask

England

4,18

5-

3,6%

Ale, British style

135

Hesket Newmarket Doris 90th Birthday Ale, cask

England

4,18

5-

4,3%

Ale, British style

345

Moulin Ale of Atholl, cask

Scotland

3,94

4+

4,5%

Ale, British style

345

Bank Top Flat Cap, cask

England

3,94

4+

4,0%

Ale, British style

345

Caledonian Murray's Summer Ale, cask

Scotland

3,94

4+

3,6%

Ale, British style

345

Clockwork Thunder & Lightning, draught

Scotland

3,94

4+

6,0%

Ale, German style

345

Isle of Skye Young Pretender, cask

Scotland

3,94

4+

4,0%

Ale, British style

345

Isle of Skye Black Cuillin, cask

Scotland

3,94

4+

4,5%

Ale, British style

345

Dent Ram Raider, cask

England

3,94

4+

4,5%

Ale, British style

345

The Big Lamp Prince Bishop Ale, cask

England

3,94

4+

4,8%

Ale, British style

345

Yates XB, cask

England

3,94

4+

4,5%

Ale, British style

345

Holt's Bitter, cask

England

3,94

4+

4,0%

Ale, British style

345

Sarah's Hop House Two Harleys, cask

England

3,94

4+

4,7%

Ale, British style

345

Tomos Watkin OSB, cask

Wales

3,94

4+

4,5%

Ale, British style

345

Tower Brewery Malty Towers, cask

England

3,94

4+

4,4%

Ale, British style

345

Anglo Dutch Mild Rubarber, cask

England

3,94

4+

4,0%

Ale, British style

345

Bullmastiff Welsh Gold, cask

Wales

3,94

4+

3,8%

Ale, British style

345

Hesket Newmarket Helvellyn Gold, cask

England

3,94

4+

3,9%

Ale, British style

345

Hesket Newmarket Old Carrock's Strong Ale, cask

England

3,94

4+

5,6%

Ale, British style

345

Hesket Newmarket Blencathra Bitter, cask

England

3,94

4+

3,4%

Ale, British style

726

Moulin Braveheart, cask

Scotland

3,70

4

4,0%

Ale, British style

726

Burton Bridge Battle Brew, cask

England

3,70

4

5,0%

Ale, British style

726

Marble Brewery Manchester Bitter, cask

England

3,70

4

4,2%

Ale, British style

726

Robinson's Hatters Dark Mild, cask

England

3,70

4

3,3%

Ale, British style

726

Isle of Skye The Isles Inn 1745 Ale, cask

Scotland

3,70

4

4,5%

Ale, British style

726

Isle of Skye The Reeling Deck, cask

Scotland

3,70

4

4,3%

Ale, British style

726

Houston Texas, cask

Scotland

3,70

4

4,5%

Ale, British style

726

Aviemore Sheepshagger's Gold, cask

Scotland

3,70

4

4,3%

Ale, British style

726

Jennings Cumberland Ale, cask

England

3,70

4

4,0%

Ale, British style

726

Hampshire Porky & Best, cask

England

3,70

4

4,5%

Ale, British style

726

Holt's Sixex Strong Ale

England

3,70

4

6,0%

Ale, British style

726

Dark Tribe Guness Stout, cask

England

3,70

4

4,1%

Porter/Stout

726

Bushy's Ruby Mild, cask

Isle of Man

3,70

4

3,4%

Ale, British style

726

Hesket Newmarket Great Cockup Porter, cask

England

3,70

4

3,3%

Porter/Stout

726

Rooster Yankee Gold, cask

England

3,70

4

4,2%

Ale, British style

1139

Usher's Summer Madness, cask

England

3,46

4-

4,0%

Ale, British style

1139

Burton Bridge Spot On Gold Medal Ale, cask

England

3,46

4-

4,5%

Ale, British style

1139

Titanic Mild, cask

England

3,46

4-

3,5%

Ale, British style

1139

Humpty Dumpty Railway Sleeper, cask

England

3,46

4-

5,0%

Ale, British style

1139

Isle of Skye Golden Eagle, cask

Scotland

3,46

4-

4,8%

Ale, British style

1139

Coachhouse Gunpowder Mild, cask

England

3,46

4-

3,8%

Ale, British style

1139

Holt's Mild, cask

England

3,46

4-

3,2%

Ale, British style

1139

Fyfe Rope of Sand, cask

Scotland

3,46

4-

3,7%

Ale, British style

1139

Wolf Brewery Coyote, cask

England

3,46

4-

4,3%

Ale, British style

1139

Bridge of Allan Glencoe Organic Wild Oat Stout, cask

Scotland

3,46

4-

4,5%

Porter/Stout

1139

Hesket Newmarket Skiddaw Special Bitter, cask

England

3,46

4-

3,7%

Ale, British style

1139

Oakham Bishop's Farewell, cask

England

3,46

4-

4,6%

Ale, British style

1139

Mssrs. Magure Plain, cask

Ireland

3,46

4-

4,3%

Porter/Stout

1698

Timothy Taylor's Landlord, cask

England

3,21

3+

3,9%

Ale, British style

1698

Brunswick Down the Hatch, cask

England

3,21

3+

3,7%

Ale, British style

1698

Exe Valley Devon Summer, cask

England

3,21

3+

3,9%

Ale, British style

1698

Clockwork Amber IPA, draught

Scotland

3,21

3+

3,8%

Ale, British style

1698

Isle of Skye MacNab's, cask

Scotland

3,21

3+

4,0%

Ale, British style

1698

De La Soif Klo'cher Chocolate Ale, draught

France

3,21

3+

5,1%

Special

1698

Isle of Skye Red Cuillin, cask

Scotland

3,21

3+

4,2%

Ale, British style

1698

Castle Eden Nimmo's XXXX, cask

England

3,21

3+

3,6%

Ale, British style

1698

Hadrian Legion Ale, cask

England

3,21

3+

4,2%

Ale, British style

1698

Wyre Piddle Brewery Piddle in the Hole, cask

England

3,21

3+

3,9%

Ale, British style

1698

Hartley's Cumbria Way, cask

England

3,21

3+

 

Ale, British style

1698

Hyde's Bitter, cask

England

3,21

3+

3,8%

Ale, British style

1698

Everard's Lazy Daze, cask

England

3,21

3+

4,0%

Ale, British style

1698

Lass O'Gowrie Lass Ale, cask

England

3,21

3+

4,1%

Ale, British style

1698

Holt's 1849 Sesquicentennial Celebration Ale

England

3,21

3+

4,5%

Ale, British style

1698

Holt's Brown Stout

England

3,21

3+

3,6%

Porter/Stout

1698

Brain's Reverend James Original Ale, cask

Wales

3,21

3+

4,5%

Ale, British style

1698

Pitfield Shoreditch Stout, cask

England

3,21

3+

4,0%

Porter/Stout

1698

Eccleshall Slater's Monkey Magic, cask

England

3,21

3+

3,4%

Ale, British style

2279

Fyne Ales Highlander, cask

Scotland

2,97

3

4,6%

Ale, British style

2279

Calder's 70/-, draught

England

2,97

3

3,6%

Ale, British style

2279

Marble Brewery Cloudy Marble, cask

England

2,97

3

4,0%

Ale, British style

2279

Marble Brewery N/4, cask

England

2,97

3

3,8%

Ale, British style

2279

Marble Brewery The Old Lag, cask

England

2,97

3

5,0%

Ale, British style

2279

Young's AAA, cask

England

2,97

3

4,0%

Ale, British style

2279

Clockwork Original Lager, draught

Scotland

2,97

3

3,0%

Lager, Light

2279

Heather Ales Craigmill Summer Wheat,cask

Scotland

2,97

3

4,3%

Wheat beer

2279

Houston Crystal, cask

Scotland

2,97

3

3,9%

Ale, British style

2279

Morland Old Speckled Hen, cask

England

2,97

3

5,2%

Ale, British style

2279

Porter House Oyster Stout, draught

Ireland

2,97

3

4,8%

Ale, British style

2279

Mordue Al Wheat Pet, cask

England

2,97

3

4,1%

Ale, British style

2279

Gale's Summer Hog, cask

England

2,97

3

3,8%

Ale, British style

2279

Hawkshead Bitter, cask

England

2,97

3

3,7%

Ale, British style

2279

Robinson's Snowdon, cask

England

2,97

3

 

Ale, British style

2279

Robinson's Best Bitter, cask

England

2,97

3

4,2%

Ale, British style

2279

Verulam IPA, cask

England

2,97

3

4,0%

Ale, British style

2279

Boat Brewery Man in the Boat, cask

England

2,97

3

3,5%

Ale, British style

2279

Plassey Bitter, cask

Wales

2,97

3

4,0%

Ale, British style

2279

West Berkshire Good Old Boy, cask

England

2,97

3

4,0%

Ale, British style

2279

Jennings Sneck Lifter, cask

England

2,97

3

5,1%

Ale, British style

2279

Hesket Newmarket Catbell's Pale Ale, cask

England

2,97

3

5,1%

Ale, British style

2758

Moulin Light Ale, cask

Scotland

2,73

3-

3,7%

Ale, British style

2758

Calder's Creamy Ale, draught

England

2,73

3-

4,5%

Ale, British style

2758

Tennent Ember 80/-, draught

Scotland

2,73

3-

 

Ale, British style

2758

Mssrs. Maguire Carysfort, cask

Ireland

2,73

3-

4,3%

Lager, Light

2758

Clockwork Summer Ale, draught

Scotland

2,73

3-

4,1%

Ale, British style

2758

Clockwork Red Alt Beer, draught

Scotland

2,73

3-

4,4%

Ale, German style

2758

Mssrs. Maguires DDA, cask

Ireland

2,73

3-

4,3%

Ale, British style

2758

Younger's Monk Ale, cask

Scotland

2,73

3-

4,5%

Ale, British style

2758

JW Lee's Bitter, cask

England

2,73

3-

4,0%

Ale, British style

2758

JW Lee's GB Mild, cask

England

2,73

3-

3,5%

Ale, British style

2758

Jenning's Bitter, cask

England

2,73

3-

3,5%

Ale, British style

2758

Okell's Autumn Dawn, cask

Isle of Man

2,73

3-

4,2%

Ale, British style

2758

Jennings Crag Rat,cask

England

2,73

3-

4,5%

Ale, British style

3189

Greene King IPA, cask

England

2,49

2+

3,6%

Ale, British style

3189

Dunn Plowman Sting Honey Beer, cask

England

2,49

2+

4,2%

Ale, British style

3189

Tirril Brougham Hall Ale, cask

England

2,49

2+

3,9%

Ale, British style

3189

Black Sheep Best Bitter, cask

England

2,49

2+

3,8%

Ale, British style

3189

Robinson's Old Stockport Bitter, cask

England

2,49

2+

 

Ale, British style

3189

Robinson's Frederics Premium Beer, cask

England

2,49

2+

5,0%

Ale, British style

3189

Hyde's Pick of the Hops, cask

England

2,49

2+

4,0%

Ale, British style

3189

Wye Valley Dorothy Goodbod's Golden Ale, cask

England

2,49

2+

4,2%

Ale, British style

3189

Redruth Steambrewed Bitter, cask

England

2,49

2+

5,0%

Ale, British style

3189

Old Laxey Bosun Bitter, cask

Isle of Man

2,49

2+

3,8%

Ale, British style

3189

Jennings Dark Mild, cask

England

2,49

2+

3,1%

Ale, British style

3189

Schönram Pils, draught

Germany

2,49

2+

 

Lager, Light

3533

Marble Brewery The Ginger Marble, cask

England

2,24

2

4,5%

Special

3533

Clockwork Raspberry Weisse, draught

Scotland

2,24

2

5,0%

Special

3533

Goacher's Gold Star, cask

England

2,24

2

5,1%

Ale, British style

3533

McMullen Original AK, cask

England

2,24

2

3,7%

Ale, British style

3533

Nethergate's Umbel Magna, cask

England

2,24

2

5,0%

Special

3533

Bullmastiff Brindle, cask

Wales

2,24

2

5,0%

Ale, British style

3533

Blackawton West Country Gold, cask

England

2,24

2

4,2%

Ale, British style

3793

Tennent Velvet, draught

Scotland

2,00

2-

 

Ale, British style

3793

Tennent Special 70/-, draught

Scotland

2,00

2-

 

Ale, British style

3793

Tirril John Bewsher's Best Bitter, cask

England

2,00

2-

3,8%

Ale, British style

3793

Holt's Diamond Premium Lager, draught

England

2,00

2-

5,0%

Lager, Light

3972

Coach House Commonwealth Gold, cask

England

1,76

1+

4,3%

Ale, British style

3972

Clockwork Weisse Bier, draught

Scotland

1,76

1+

5,0%

Wheat beer

3972

Devon Ales Thick Black, cask

Scotland

1,76

1+

4,1%

Porter/Stout

3972

Heather Ales Craigmill Swallow IPA

Scotland

1,76

1+

4,0%

Ale, British style

3972

St. Austell's HSD, cask

England

1,76

1+

5,0%

Ale, British style

4112

Clockwork Hazy Daze Strawberry, draught

Scotland

1,52

1

5,0%

Special

4196

Iceni Raspberry Wheat, cask

England

1,27

1-

5,0%

Ale, British style

Rated by: Per Samuelsson

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Updated 2002-10-24 Per Samuelsson