Round 12 and most likely our last sees us trying out the Oldershaw and Oakham ales. We have for this round the Golden Ales of Oldershaw Byards Leap at 4.3% and Oldershaw Caskade at 4.2%. Also we have Oakhams Citra, another Golden ale at 4.2% Thanks for following us today.

Round 10 and we are trying some bitters. We can’t help but think that we’ve done pretty well already. Although there has been no ‘Wow’ ales, there have been plenty that we would happily drink all day every day. The ales we are trying this time are trying Belhaven 70/- at 3.5%, Hydes Bitter at [...]

4pm and the place is as full as it was at opening time. The office staff clearly haven’t arrived yet. This time last year it was a struggle to get to the barrels. Themes are out the window bow and we are starting to fill the gaps of the ales we haven’t had yet. For [...]

Not a good show in the Speciality ales. Oh well. There’s still lots to choose from. Very impressed so far that everyone we’ve wanted has been there! We are trying the Stouts and Porters now. We have Hopback Entire Stout at 4.5%, Hopshackle historic Porter at 4.8% and Oakham Black Hole Porter at 5.5% This [...]

Round 7 already and it’s only 3 o’clock. We are trying some Speciality Beers this time. We have Bartrams Bees Knees 4.2%, Green Jack Orange Wheat Beer 4.2% and Tipples Ginger 4.8%. Our picnic is getting eyeballed ! This is much better than last year. A very nice selection and a much better turnout. Reviews [...]

We are doing well today. 17 out of 18 ales have been available. We’ve decided that we’d the three strong bitters on offer. The ales are Green Jack Gone Fishing ESB, Hook Norton Old Hooky and Milton Augustus. Their strengths are 5.5, 4.6 and 5.8 respectively. We got this round for free courtesy of the [...]

The old ales had mixed views. Brad was keen but Mark and I weren’t so keen We are trying some Best Bitter for round 5. Our ales of choice are Spectrum Spring Promise, Robinsons Unicorn and Cambridge Moonshine Barton Bitter. Might need to eat some food soon. Reviews to follow.

We’re moving away from Golden Ales for a while as they are all drifting into sameyness. Next round we’ve plumper for some Old Ales. The three we’ve chosen are Hopshackle Hibernator, Kelburn Dark Moor and Vale Grumpling Premium Ale. Initial opinions are encouraging. So we’re 12 ales in. Not bad for 90 minutes.

Our next three Golden ales are Digfields Fools Nook, Full Mash Seance, and Fynes Ales Jarl. These are all pretty much 3.8% Ales. Any photo taken now would make us look like shandy drinkers. The event is very full already. Very different from two years ago. I hate to think what this place will be [...]

This is our third year in St Neots and we’ve learned that a pad and paper get soggy and illegible and that bringing your own food is a smart move. This year we’ve gone tech crazy. We’re using an iPad to write reviews and iPhones to tweet. We’ve also brought a massive food hamper with [...]