Wednesday - A Fun Day With Pete

I made my way down to the Farmers Market. Simon the Pie Man was there with his pies. I bought two. One for Thursday's lunch and one for the freezer. On then to the Commercial Rooms and a pint of Rhymey Export 5%.  A dark brown bitter with an initially sweet and malty taste with a strong hoppy and bitter aftertaste. It was a bit gassy in the mouth but a pleasant and refreshing beer. We decided over our pint to visit the Portwall Tavern which has been refurbished since this photo. We ordered a Potholer 4.3% from Cheddar Ales. However, this was served cloudy and bitty obviously from the bottom of the barrel. We swapped this for Bellringer 4.2%. However, this also was slightly cloudy but tasted OK. Pete and I liked the Portwall Tavern and will return in the future but if the beer is still served in the same condition the Portwall will be struck off our list. After a slight disappointment with the beer we struck out for one of our favourite pubs. The Severn Stars. They always have a good selection of real ales. We started with a Wychert 3.9%. A amber beer with a med head and good lacing. I enjoyed that one. Next we tried a pint of Mad March Hare 4.6%. This is a very hoppy beer with a medium head and medium lacing. Enjoyable to say the least. We didn't have too many rants and all of those were very mild affairs and not worth reporting. So it was homeward bound. I caught a number 42 bus which somewhere along the line managed to turn itself into the number 43. This meant that I had to walk from Kingswood. Not too bad but annoying nonetheless.