RTW 2016

Date: 17 December 2016 Round the World

Sampled by:

PV, ROC, KOC, RN, PC, TM, TC, JA, SH & MF

The suggestion had been for Oxford but the general feeling was this would take too long so in the end we headed back to London. Mind you it is a big place and provides many different places to try and we had never done the Westminster area before. This year we were joined by SH, who had been RtW before, and MF, who had not. The ‘hometown’ group headed for Lambeth and the Jolly Gardeners where TC and JA joined us waiting patiently for the pub to open at midday.

Pub				Location			Post Code
Zeitgeist at The Jolly Gardeners				49-51 Black Prince Rd			SE11 6AB
Comment
The interior of the pub was as remembered but the beer offerings were now exclusively German – real ale had disappeared along with the handpumps. This did however provide for a much larger German selection. Unfortunately the first two choices (both Dunkel Weisse) were off (problems with dispense) so we opted for a dark lager. Food looked good.
Beer	Country	%	PV		D/B	Comment
Kostritzer Swartzbier	Germany	4.8	X		Keg	Excellent black beer
Flensburger Dunkel	Germany	4.8	X		Bottle	Nice dark beer
Thurn & Taxis Roggen	Germany	4.3			Bottle	Slightly sweet

Then it was over Lambeth Bridge to Westminster.

Pub				Location			Post Code
Marquis of Granby				41 Romney Street			SW1P 3RF
Comment
This comfortable boozer is one of the Nicholson’s chain of pubs and offered an excellent choice of real ales – 6 on hand pump and up to four on a stillage. Most opted to try the real ales but PC remained true to RtW and had something Mexican, something with chili in it. The landlady’s partner was propping up the bar and warned us off the Barley Mow – he considered the beer selection was rather esoteric and he had had a poor couple of pints there
Brewer	Beer	%	PV		D/B	Comment
Brain’s Craft	Café Phoenix	4.4	X		Cask	Chocolate
Thornbridge	Wild Honey	4.8	X		Cask	Winter Ale

Pub				Location			Post Code
Loose Box				51 Horseferry Road			SW1P 2AA
Comment
This spacious modern brasserie offers a large selection of British, Continental & American beers on keg and in bottles. There were also two handpumps to cater for the real ale drinkers. The only real downside was they let children in and, as bad luck would have it; the only other group in attendance contained a number of the annoying little persons. Not sure what everyone had here but SH tried the keg Camden Brewery Ink – a poor variety of Guinness.
Brewer	Beer	%	PV		D/B	Comment
Wimbledon	Common Pale Ale	3.7	X		Cask	Very ‘light’ in taste as well
Truman’s	Runner	4	X		Cask	Fuller flavour

Pub							Location				Post Code
Barley Mow							104 Horseferry Road				SW1P 2EE
Comment
Of course, after being warned off we just had to try it. This large corner pub had lost all of its separate bars and with it a lot of its charm. Still the Eastern European staff were welcoming and the beer quality perfectly good. There were a few foreign bottled beers available but unfortunately no note made of the choices made.
Brewery	Beer		%		PV			D/B		Comment
Sambrook’s	Pumphouse Pale Ale		4.2		X			Cask		Good session beer
Three Sods	Session IPA		4.4		X			Cask		Very citrus
Pub							Location				Post Code
Munich Cricket Club							61-71 Victoria Street				SW1H 0HW
Comment
Well it was in a cellar. And it had pine tables and benches. And it had waitresses dressed in Bavarian costume. But was it like a Munich Keller? Well, not really. However, the saving grace was it had German beer. But overall with the VERY loud music it was not very comfortable and we only stayed for one.
Beer		Country		%		PV			D/B	Comment
PaulAner Munchener Dunkel		Germany		4.8		X			Keg	As good as in Munich? Who cares, it was very nice

Then it was a very interesting walk weaving through the foreign tourists as they took in the sights of Westminster Abbey and The Houses of Parliament before crossing Westminster Bridge and finding sanctuary in:-

Pub				Location			Post Code
Waterloo Tap				Sutton Walk			SE1 7ND
Comment
This modern craft beer emporium is located in a railway arch on the Waterloo East to Charing Cross line near the Festival Hall. Offering 20 keg, 6 cask and numerous bottled beers from all over the world, there was an over abundance of choice. It is no wonder ROC ensured it was on the day’s itinerary. It also provided PV with his beer of the day – the Pentonville Oyster Stout was exceptionally good. Next time we should just head here!
Brewery	Country	%	PV		D/B	Comment
Hammerton	Pentonville Oyster Stout	5.3	X		Cask	Exceptional
Weird Beard	Black Pearl	3.8	X		Keg	Could taste it after above

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