The Bar Towel

ATTENTION Hop Heads, get yourself to C'est What and have a pint of this... My goodness, this is pure HOP HEAVEN... Mr. Ken Woods, and Adrian, you're geniuses... I was fortunate enough to be at C'est What on both Monday and Tuesday before going to see Oasis and Prodigy respectively, and both nights enjoyed a few pints, and had a pint of this both nights... Super hoppy, amazing hop aroma, TONS of hop flavor and a fair amount of bitterness, but not over the top bitterness... Amazing stuff, not sure how long they'll have it, if this will be a regular or what, but deee-lish!

If it shows up at any other establishment, I'll be all over it...Ken rarely disappoints!

I've been to C'est What a couple of times in the last few months and every time I go they have been out of the Black Oak Pale cask. I am a huge fan of the Hop Bomb, so I assume this must also be great pint. I might stop by tonight, so maybe I will have better luck this time.

I've been unlucky with tracking down the cask Black Oak pale - I've had it once or twice, but considering the frequency with which I go to Volo and C'est What, that doesn't seem often enough. I've not had the Hop Bomb yet! When it shows, please post it so I can get my ass down there pronto!

Steve Spong wrote:I've been unlucky with tracking down the cask Black Oak pale - I've had it once or twice, but considering the frequency with which I go to Volo and C'est What, that doesn't seem often enough. I've not had the Hop Bomb yet! When it shows, please post it so I can get my ass down there pronto!

Is there some place you go more often? You could always put in a request at your local

I've only been to C'est What twice recently. They were out of the Black Oak Cask the first time, but they had it last Friday.

Oh. Oh my. Oh dear lord, was that good.

I usually sample a range of beers whenever I'm at C'est What - but this one demanded repeated orderings.

I was back at C'est What again last night and tried this beer again.

Oh. Oh my! (again!)

This beer is an absolute delight!

It sounds like it must be doing well, because it has been sold out on occasion when I've been in the past, and apparently it was gone on Thursday night as well.

Hi Everyone
Thanks for the kind words about our Hop Bomb Kasks.
I really like cask beer and Adrian does a great job with ours.
I'm hoping to get into C'est What and actually try a pint myself and see what its like. (Trivia note I wrote half the business plan for Black Oak in C'est What and the numbers looked really good after a lot of pints)
We only have 4 casks and thus the supply is very limited, plus we've been able to scrounge bungs from Ron at the Granite (who's beers i highly recommend) and use some of Ralphs casks when he's not using them.
We are planning something unique for Ralph's situation at the end of the month, possibly having vegan-cannibal influences with undertones of turnip & bacon & broccoli, we'll see how it turns out.
As for bottling the stuff as mentioned in another post, i'm doing some research and may get a small single filler like Ron has at the Granite. I'm not sure what type of bottle to get, possibly a swing top 1 litre or a growler.
Right now we've got to maintain our existing brands Nut Brown Ale & Pale Ale. Thats taking a lot of time and we don't yet have the cash flow to work on the unique projects i'd like to.
We'll keep the Hop Bomb flowing but in limited amounts.
Adrian and I thank you for the kind words.
Look forward to seeing you at various pubs and events
Cheers
Ken

Oh, are all the cask versions of Black Oak Pale Ale considered to be of the "Hop Bomb" variety?

I thought that was one on my "still have to try" list.

Keep up the great work, and please try to keep C'est What well stocked with the Pale Ale Cask!!