Quite looking forward to sampling;

Traditional Scottish Ales Red Torpedo
St Austell George's Tipple
Butcombe Old Vic
Coach House Old Wharf Bitter
Leeds Gathering Storm
Woodfordes Dragon Hall Bitter
Oldleaf Old Navy Custom
O'Hanlons Red Ale
Thwaites Liberation Ale *
Titanic Another Pint In The Wall
Wells Banana Bread Beer *
Caledonian Double Dark
Mordue Newcastle Coffee Porter
Moorhouses Black Panther
Purkmistr Bohemian Schwarzbier
White Horse Volunds Hammer
Daleside Morocco Ale

*had before but only in bottles.

The Namyslow Original Plum Beer is also very nice in moderation.

Good job it's on for two and a half weeks!

Hope to pay a visit next weekend.

That's the spirit.

Sampled a pint or three of Thorne's Chairman's Stout at the Bluecoat. Do I not like it? Porter par excellence, ably abetted by Old Moor Porter, an Acorn fave and the less ubiquitous, Ashover Coffin Lane Stout. My former John Smith's Smooth drinking colleague is a true real-ale convert. Not bad for someone who drank Carling or Fosters for ten years!

I must say i'm positively drooling already at the sound of Newcastle Coffee Porter. Mine's a firkin!

Ah, there you are.

Nottingham Brewery Supreme Bitter (5.2%) in the Bell, Nottingham and the very nice Fullers Red Fox (4.3%) in the Lincolnshire Poacher, Nottingham this afternoon .... more this evening.

Had Black Hole Hubble Bubble, a bit of a sweet 6.5% for me. Acorn Bloomfield, a nice blonde beauty at 4.5% and the deliciously fruity Derventio Cleopatra at my usual haunt yesterday. I noted that Thorne Best was on again, which is very encouraging.

I'm never far away, Gary. Have to fight with the kids for access to the PC

Spent yesterday evening in Nottingham ...

best pints were Brains Bitter in the Canalhouse, Olde Trip in Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem and O'Hanlons Red Ale in the Joseph Else (first pint of the JDW Real Ale festival

also visited the interestingly named Fellow, Morton & Clayton Ltd (next to the Canalhouse) and the Salutation which was gearing up for it's Halloween Beer Festival.

Discovered a very nice drink this afternoon ...

Olde Lion Ale 3.9% (from the Maypole Brewery, Eakring) tasted in the Olde Red Lion, Wellow, Notts.

Also visited the Queens Hotel, East Markham which would certainly be my local if I lived anywhere near. Half a dozen real ales and a quality jukebox. The girl behind the bar was quite a looker too!