Bricklayers

The magnificent Bricklayer's Arms, tucked away just off the river in Putney, south-west London, describes itself as "London's permanent beer festival", and with its continual rotation of quality guest ales you can see why.

On a delightful spring evening I was joined by fellow beer aficionado Gary Andrews to run the rule over a number of real ales on tap.

For the third pub-cast running we encountered a couple of ales from the seemingly omnipresent Dark Star Brewery of Sussex. This time we took a look at its pleasant Partridge best and the cheeky and characterful Old Chestnut before moving inside to check out Gary's fellow Devonians in O'Hanlon's Dragon.

We also checked out the "toast-like" Gravesend Shrimpers Bitter by Loddon, the wonderfully cheeky Rudgate Ruby Mild, Robinson's Ginger Tom Ale -- a seasonal ale for the spring - before finishing off with Hyde's Jeckyll's Gold.

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