TEH Ale Train 2024 – To Skipton ‘n’ back again a drinkers tale

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Station stop one – Skipton – The Narrowboat

Our first stop in Skipton is the newly owned Kirkstall Brewery Pub, The Narrowboat. It is a very popular watering hole in Skipton and sports quite a number of tipples available, we could have quite easily of spent the whole day there but alas were on a train so it was just a swift pint each before moving on.

Review by Stuart

  1. Name : Black Band Porter (5.0% ABV)
  2. Brewery: Kirkstall Brewery
  3. Appearance : Dark cloudy beer, with a slightly mocha coloured head
  4. Aroma: Mild Coffee, with light tones of hops
  5. Body : Medium to full bodied with good head retention.
  6. Taste : Pleasant beer with a real toffee & Coffee base, but it starts off bitter and gets more full of flavour as you go, could easily sink a few of these.

Stuart’s overall rating: 4.4/ 5.0

Review by John

  1. Name : Kreik Cherry Beer (3.4 ABV)
  2. Brewery: Kirkstall Brewery
  3. Appearance : Clear red in colour with a slight open head when poured
  4. Aroma: Cheery through and through, mouth-watering so.
  5. Body :  light in body, well carbonated no head retention.
  6. Taste : Cherries without the stones, incredibly morish and refreshing but after a pint a little overpowering.

John’s overall rating: 4.0/ 5.0

Review by Sam

  1. Name : EPA
  2. Brewery: Craven
  3. Appearance : Clear golden colour with a finger thick white head when poured.
  4. Aroma: mild hop with a wheaty backing, smells very traditional
  5. Body : Medium bodied, well carbonated with good head retention.
  6. Taste : Quite thirst quenching, definite strong hop taste that coats the tongue, but a very good traditional tipple.

Sam’s overall rating: 3.0/ 5.0

review by Kayla

  1. Name : Plum Sour
  2. Brewery: Kirkstall Brewery
  3. Appearance : A clear cheery red, with a frothy cream head when poured
  4. Aroma: Very sour plum fragrance with a touch of citrus
  5. Body :Thin, mild carbonation with an ok head retention.
  6. Taste : There is an initial astringency, but it quickly moves from sour fruits to a sweet almost plum cider like mouthful.

John’s overall rating: 3.0/ 5.0

So we are already four beers down in The Narrowboat, but we have another venue to go in Skipton, so we supped up and moved onto the Skipton Sound Bar!

Station stop one – Skipton – The Skipton Sound Bar

This was a very different vibe to The Narrowboat, it was a lot more chill and the musical instruments and paraphernalia made interesting features, we even found a live recording of a Simple Plan album, that non of us had heard of before!

Review by : Coddy

  1. Name : Saltaire South Island
  2. Brewery: Saltaire Brewery
  3. Appearance : Clear golden ale with a good frothy head when poured
  4. Aroma: Strong hoppy aroma
  5. Body : Medium bodied, coats the tongue, but has a zesty finish.
  6. Taste : Up front citrus flavour with a pleasant crisp aftertaste, its quite clean actually

very easy going session ale, cracking on a warm day if you don’t like lager (like me)

John’s overall rating: 3.0/ 5.0

Time to drink up, we’ve got to move this train along! second stop Cononley on Page Three! [Below VV]

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