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Thursday, February 4, 2010

Better late than never

Like the header says its better late than never, i'm refering to the fact that this blog should've been written up last night.
Anyway after a fairly early finish last night 9:00pm i decided to venture down to town sample some of the wares on offer. First stop was The Hole In The Wall, near Torquays harbourside, this CAMRA registered pub is one of the oldest pubs in Torquay and is well known for it's good variety of ales on offer. Tonight was no exception with 7 diferent ales on offer, Butcombe Traditional Bitter, Bays Brewery's Devon Dumpling and Best, Otter Bitter, Shepherd Neame's Spitfire, Doom Bar, Hunters Crackshot. Crackshot was choice for tonight as i haven't tried it before, and was pleasantly surprised by its malty texture and dry, tangy bitter taste. A friend was supposed to meet my there but ended up in the wrong pub and so i adjourned to the nearby Clocktower where Steve had a pint of London Pride waiting for me. After enjoying this favourate of mine we returned to the Hole in the Wall for a pint of Doom.
Next stop was Wetherspoons London Inn where the offerings were Pedigree, Cottage Brewery's Plunge Bitter and Western Glory, Green King Abott Ale,Harrier, Teignworthy Spring Tide, and Ruddles Best. Sadly the Western Glory and Ruddles were not available so i opted for the Plunge which went down very nicely.
Finally we ended up at The Green Ginger, another Wetherspoons pub, ales available were White Horses Wayward Smithy, Holdens Golden Glow, Bays Devon Dumpling, Tring Brewery's Side Pocket for a Toad, Abott Ale, Ruddles Best.Loving the quirkyness of its name i chose the Side Pocket and wasn't disapointed by this straw coloured ale with it's floral aroma and crisp dry finish.
And so home to bed via the takeaway and taxi office.

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