Shepherd Neame's "Spitfire"

Popular for a reason. Bitter with a hint of spice.

Wells' "Banana Bread Beer"

Tasty like banana bread.

Wye Valley Brewery's "Dorothy Goodbody's Blissful Brown Ale"

Lovely roasted flavour to this tasty ale.

The Albion, W14

Good live music and four ale badges, only one of which was on.  'Tis the season for Autumn Reds and Caledonian's was a fine example of the type.

Wenlock Arms, N1

This is a pub full of character and great ales. I've heard and read stuff that suggests it may not be there that much longer. On this lunchtime visit there were only a handful of customers. I had an Aylesbury Boggling Fertle and a Tring Sapper.

William Bros Brewing's "Prodigal Sun"

Fruity golden ale from Alloa.

Black Sheep Brewery's "Black Sheep"

Not so common to have this on tap. Nice.

Aylesbury "Mojo Workin"

 Spicy summer ale from Bucks.

Truman's "Belt and Braces"

Light and hoppy.

Harviestoun's "Wild Hop Gold"

Light, hoppy ale with the barest hint of spice.

Ye Grapes, W1J

 A nice pub on a pedestrianised part of a nice part of town. There was no seating space when I came in with Tim after marching against austerity so we stood outside. There were three ales and I tried.

Junction Tavern Beer Festival, NW5

I stumbled upon this event in 2010 and was delighted to get back their tonight with me Julie. Had 7 halves of lovely ales, the descriptions for which are in the photos.

The Crown, N1

This Fuller's pub tucked away between Barnsbury Park and Liverpool Road has a nice seating area outside (though suitable for better weather than a wet October's) and a relaxed ambience. They had the usual Fullers' options and Seafarer. I had a lovely ESB.

Ridgeway Brewing's "Bad King John"

Lovely full-bodied dark ale.

Ridgeway Brewing's "Ivanhoe"

For a pale ale, this was dark and tasty.

Ringwood's "Old Thumper"

Not a bad pint.

Exmoor's "Gold Stag"

A tasty golden ale that I'd try again, which is rare for a golden.

Dorset's "Durdle Door"

A lovely red served at my favourite pub.

Red Lion and Pineapple, W3

A fairly standard Wetherspoons, there were lots of older men here when we arrived at 6pm but a few younger people turned up later. Good ales, as usual. Marston's Single Hop was slightly spicy and extremely tasty. Oakham's JHB was light and hoppy but my fave was the Black Gold.

Canterbury Brewers' "Foundry Topedo" and "Haka"

Just a year old, the Canterbury Brewers have a lovely range of ales though I was upset with myself not to get to the stout today. The Foundry Torpedo was tasty enough but the Haka had that extra bit of body that I like. Oh, and there was 10% off for CAMRA members.

Sunny Republic "Huna Red"

 The Huna Red was my favourite of the three thirds I had in a Canterbury Nicholsons. Spicy. Leeds Brewery's Hell Fire was hoppy and light, not so much my type. Hopdaemon's Incubus was not dissimilar to the Huna Red and I enjoyed it.

Sambrook's "Pumphouse Pale Ale"

Hoppy with citrusy notes.

Brains' "Willy Nilly"

A tasty red.

The Albion, KT8

 We went down to Hampton Court and had lunch at the Good Beer Guide-recommended Albion, which was at the beginning of a beer festival (unfortunately there were no new beers for me). I had the Kelham Island Pale Rider and a lovely butternut squash pie. The landlady - mentioned in the guide - was as welcoming as they said. Definitely a place to visit if you're down there.