Official West Hartlepool RFC

And...

37 Otley 09 Blonde 4.8%
38 Greenwich Boadicea Golden ale 4.4%

from our youngest donor Baby Abe Dent-Allen, his 2nd year and he has given up his savings as his parents no longer have to purchase loadsa nappies (allegedly)

his auntie, Nic, has promised further bottles in due course

The naughty forties are here:

37 Guinness 1944 Antwerpen Stout 8.0%
38 Westmalle Trappist Dubbel 7.0%
39 Chimay Peres Trappistes 9.0%
40 Innis & Gunn Original 6.6%
41 Innis & Gunn Rum Finish 6.8%

Top abv beers from Gary & Amanda Powell who contrary to popular belief do not holiday for 52 weeks of the year - only 51 weeks. Thanks Pow Wows

Whoop whoop thanks to Lorraine and Keith Parkinson for bottles

42 Hook Norton Old Hookey 4.6%
43 Double Maxim Premium Brown Ale 4.7%
44 Black Sheep Brewery Riggwelter 5.7%
45 & 46 Hopshackle Dead Legs 5.8% and Historic Porter 4.8%

Quality Labels from quality people - thanks very much.

Whoop de whoop our elder statesman Fred Corbett has not whitewashed his hair this week and with Elaine has donated bottles

47, 48, 49 from Sadler's; Peaky Blinder 4.4%, Worcester Sorcerer 4.3%, Hop Bomb american pale ale 4.6% and

ta da 50 Wooden Hand Brewery Cornish Buccaneer 4.3%

Abs Fab on 50th bottle. Cheers Fred and Elaine - bottle of Tippex at club if you need to patch up dark hairs on FC bonce!

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I've hit a nerve

Bottles
51 Fullers Imperial Stout Limited Edition 10.7% yes Ten point seven abv

52 Bradfield Brewery Belgian Blue 4.9%
53 Favershsm Steam Brewery Whitstable Bay Rrd IPA 4.5%

Many thanks to Dave Bennett who is at present on for a piece of bbq steak at Beerfest for FREE. His good wifey Janis will be cooking the steak!

A good friend of my wife and I, Margaret Norman, donates each year and for a moment was highest abv until Dave B's beaut above.

54 Durham Brewery Imperious Oak Aged Imperial Stout @ 10.2 %
55 and 56 Alt Brew Gluten Free No1 Bavarian Style Pilsner and No2 (not that number 2) English Pale Ale 4.5 and 4.6 %

Cheers Margaret

Bottles 57 and 58 Durham Brewery

Magus 3.8%
White Stout 7.2%

via Elmo. I am away for a few days folks so leave bottles with scott, marg or joy thanks

59 and 60 Great British Brewing Company
Land of Liberty american style IPA 5% and Red Rye IPA 4.7%
61 to 65 Harper's Brewing Company
North Bridge Brown Ale 4.7%, Wild Bill's IPA 5%, Amber Stone 4.4%, Medusa Ruby Red 5%, Golden Crown 4.1%

66 Church's GINGER Beer 4%
67 Heineken Brewery (Tadcaster) Newcastle Brown Ale 4.7%
68 Theakston's XB 4.5%
69Wainwright The Golden Beer 4.1%
70 Bank's Amber Bitter 3.8%
71 Jennings Cocker Hoop Golden Pale Ale 4.2%

Many thanks to The Lury's from Ilkley - Di was an attender at the club back in the day we held discos and Charlie was doorman.

As far as I can recall we have hit 72 different bottles in the last couple of years with 78 the 'top' year. Looks like we will go into the 80s ...... eeee remember T'Pau (hmm Carol Decker), Chesney Hawkes (Corra St), Altered Images happy birthday happy birthday!

I take it you didn't get out much back in the day......

I don't get out that much these days either

We have overcome the first hurdle - highest number for bottles of beer for raffle prize - now stands at 85 (though 1 is a lager so will call it 84) and most are still within best before date ;-)

A full list so far to help avoid duplication of bottles already received – update as requested

1 Cameron’s, A-hop-alypse Now Golden Ale 4.3% abv
2 Harpers Brewing Co. Wild Bill's IPA 5.0% abv
3 Guinness, West Indies Porter 6.0% abv
4 Harviestoun, Old Engine Oil Black Ale 6% abv
5 Efes Draft 5% abv
6 Brakspear Bitter 3.4% abv
7 Wychwood Brewery Gold Hobgoblin 4.5% abv
8 Wychwood Brewery Hobgoblin 5.2% abv
9 Robinsons Brewery Trooper 4.7% abv
10 Coniston Brewing Company Bluebird Bitter 4.2% abv and
11 Adnams Ghost Ship Pale Ale 4.5% abv
12 McEwan’s Champion No.1 abv 7.3%!
13 Theakston Old Peculiar 5.6% abv
14 Marston’s Old Empire IPA 5.7% abv
15 Cameron’s Strongarm 4.3%
16 Wells Banana Bread Beer 5.2% abv
17 Mordue Radgie Gadgie 4.8% abv
18 S A Brain & Co. The Rev James Rye 4.3%
19 Caledonian Brewery Edinburgh Castle 4.1%
Six Brew Dog as follows
20 Jet Black Heart 4.7%
21 Punk IPA 5.6%
22 AM Saint 5.0% American Red Ale
23 Kingpin 4.7% - drat, a lager has snuck in!
24 Elvis Juice 6.5% grapefruit infused IPA
25 Dead Pony Club 3.8%
26 Meantime Yakima Red 4.1%
27 Meantime London Pale Ale 4.3%
28 Nogne Pale Ale 6.0%
29 Nogne Saison 6.5%
30 Thornbridge (all) Chiron American Pale Ale 5%
31 Tart Bakewell Sour 6%
32 Jaipur IPA 5.9%
33 Westerham Brewery 9 Hop Kent Pale Ale 4.0%
34 Wold Top Brewery Yorkshire Bitter 3.8%
35 St Austell Brewery Cornish Pale Ale 4.4%
36 St Austell Brewery Cornish IPA 5.0%
37 Otley 09 Blonde 4.8%
38 Greenwich Boadicea Golden ale 4.4%
39 Guinness 1944 Antwerpen Stout 8.0%
40 Westmalle Trappist Dubbel 7.0%
41 Chimay Peres Trappistes 9.0%
42 Innis & Gunn Original 6.6%
43 Innis & Gunn Rum Finish 6.8%
44 Hook Norton Old Hookey 4.6%
45 Double Maxim Premium Brown Ale 4.7%
46 Black Sheep Brewery Riggwelter 5.7%
47 & 48 Hopshackle Dead Legs 5.8% and Historic Porter 4.8%
49, 50 & 51 from Sadler's; Peaky Blinder 4.4%, Worcester Sorcerer 4.3%, Hop Bomb American pale ale 4.6% and
52 Wooden Hand Brewery Cornish Buccaneer 4.3%
53 Fullers Imperial Stout Limited Edition 10.7% yes Ten point seven abv
54 Bradfield Brewery Belgian Blue 4.9%
55 Faversham Steam Brewery Whitstable Bay Red IPA 4.5%
56 Durham Brewery Imperious Oak Aged Imperial Stout @ 10.2 %
57 and 58 Alt Brew Gluten Free No1 Bavarian Style Pilsner and No2 English Pale Ale 4.5 and 4.6 %
Bottles 59 and 60 Durham Brewery Magus 3.8% and White Stout 7.2%
61 and 62 Great British Brewing Company, Land of Liberty American style IPA 5% and Red Rye IPA 4.7%
63 to 67 Harper's Brewing Company
North Bridge Brown Ale 4.7%, Wild Bill's IPA 5%, Amber Stone 4.4%, Medusa Ruby Red 5%, Golden Crown 4.1%
68 Church's GINGER Beer 4%
69 Heineken Brewery (Tadcaster) Newcastle Brown Ale 4.7%
70 Theakston's XB 4.5%
71 Wainwright The Golden Beer 4.1%
72 Bank's Amber Bitter 3.8%
73 Jennings Cocker Hoop Golden Pale Ale 4.2%
74 Wychwood Brewery Dry Neck 4%
75 Elgoods Cambridge IPA 4.7%
76 Wells Waggle Dance 5%
77 Steam Box Brewery Golden Bolt Pale Ale 3.8%
78 Shepherd Neame Canterbury Jack 4%
79 Arundel Brewery Wild Heaven American Pale Ale 5.2%
80 Badger England’s Own 4.6%
81 Cotleigh IPA 4%
82 Hepworth & Co. Brewers Sussex Pale Ale 3.5%
83 Butcombe Brewing Co. Rare Breed Pale Ale 4.2%
84 Moorhouse’s Pride of Pendle 4.1%
85 Oakham Ales Inferno 4.4%

Fantastic - thank to those donors to date. Looks likely that if you pay £1 to have a go and win one will have paid 1p per bottle!

I've left four bottles in the kitchen for you from us lot 😬

Great stuff Elmo - well done. I was actually in Oakham on business last week (very up market I must say) and can therefore vouch for No 85 - very nice, as is No 71 too.

Absolutely Magic thanks to The Orley family for the 3 bottles from The Great Yorkshire Brewery
86 Classic 4%
87 Golden 4.2%
88 Blackout 5% and

to The Waites family (Kathryn and Tom) who have donated 2 new brews plus 2 spare (not ten pin bowling spare)

89 Shepherd Neame Bishops Finger 5.4%
90 Ringwood Brewery Razor Back 3.6%

Thanks and more thanks folks

Bap da da da ba baaaa No.91 in the bank from James Hall, nephew of Pam and Jamie Connolly, has donated from his own cellar a bottle of

91 Blue Moon Brewing Co. Blue Moon Belgian White Wheat Ale 5.4% (and as one wag has described it - "American pish", though I am ignoring that as the person concerned has still not brought in a donation)!

Cheers Jimbo

No.92 Camerons Road Crew 5% thanks to Ray from LWC. Champion

A momentous effort by our very own Kathryn Waites (again) has given us bottles numbers

93 Kona Brewing Co. (Hawaii) Big Wave Golden Ale 4.4% plus a lager from the island (call it a supplement)

94 via M & S (brewery origin unknown - it might be that the letters on label are that small I've missed it) Belgian Cherry - wheat beer and cherry juice 3.5%, so basically a cocktail that one

95 Maritime Salted Caramel Porter 5.5%

Thanks KW

The finishing line is in sight peeps

We set a realistic target for numbers of bottles this year at 85 and an aspirational one of 100.

Peter Wilkinson or as I call him Wilkinson Senior as I am his Junior has gone 'quackers' finding us 2 ales from way down South, Warwickshire Beer Company brews:

96 Duck Soup 4.2% hatched at the University of Warwick Students' Union
97 Kingmaker Premium Ale 5.5%