just jumping on the bandwaggon!
Budwiser
Kestrel
Skol
Were all good when I were a lad.
Boddingtons
John Smiths
Tetleys
Stones
Worthingtons
Budweiser was never good.
Unless you mean the Czech version, that's still pretty good.
Or unless you mean it was good when you were 18 and didn't know any better
Interestingly 50% of all beer sold in the US is made by Annhauser Busch, which just show Americans have shit taste in beer.
But did they change or just go out of fashion?
Boddingtons
Mmmmm Boddys
[i]But did they change or just go out of fashion?[/i]
The one's I listed changed, i.e. went to that smoothflow abomination.
Proper Boddies was, just, lovely.
Caffreys.
It seemed to disappear off the market for a while and then was re-introduced as a weaker version.
Guinness before they pasteurised it, different drink , not as good-- keeps lots longer.....( bottled beer in case you didn't twig)
^^^ +1 for Caffreys - used to be the one i looked for when i went into a pub but sadly now a shadow of its former self ...
Beers or lagers?
I'll go with lager and say:
Stella Artois
Skona lager was ace
How could I forget Newquay steam beer or lager
given a choice of boring lager to choose between (stella, kroneburg, heineken etc etc) I would go for an american budweiser every time though
When served cold out of a bottle, its fizzy blandness can be very refreshing.
Whereas stella etc just taste rank to me now
I'm officially an old man now though as I tend to limit my drinking to pubs with decent ale on tap
Redstripe..
[quote=mrlebowski ]Redstripe..
I like red stripe still! It isn't always the beer changing, as you age your taste buds do die etc...
Everything that Greene King have bought over the years has gone pretty badly (the list is pretty long) and the beers that Marstons have bought have not fared much better (the list is also pretty long).
Elephant beer. 🙄
Penrhos Porter
Abbot.
Old Speckled Hen.
For some reason, unbeknown to me, it's lost a lot of its flavour and for some reason gotten a lot stronger..
Double Diamond.
Mackesons...
Guiness Enigma
Every beer is good.
Beer is great.
The end.
Badger Beers
Ind Coop Burton Ale
Caffreys
Ruddles County
K + B Festiver
Gales pre Fullers t/o
was having a chat with a mate a few weeks back over beer strengths, and he pointed out that a lot of beers these days are weaker (abv wise) on draught than they are in cans/bottles etc.
I was talking about how strongbow was to strong a session drink for me and had to resort to woodpecker (at this point I should mention I cant really stand cider but due to gluten issues can no longer drink real beer 😥 ) he said that it might be 5% in a can but in the pub its 4.5%, same for stella and John Smiths (which for me was always p!$$ in a glass or can) and many others.
EDIT: if ciderinsport should pop in, no offence mate!
bokonon - Member
Everything that Greene King have bought over the years has gone pretty badly (the list is pretty long) and the beers that Marstons have bought have not fared much better (the list is also pretty long).
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bikebouy - Member
Old Speckled Hen.
For some reason, unbeknown to me, it's lost a lot of its flavour and for some reason gotten a lot stronger..
Hen is one of the beers now made by Greene King. I grew up in moorland country, but can't really comment on the changing character of old speckled hen as I was too busy making myself vomit drinking Stella at the time
It is normal for beers to be stronger in bottles/cans than on draught, this is due to the time it takes to mature stronger beers - in order to keep them running as quickly as possible between the brewer and the drinker, they need to mature ASAP, with the off trade, the supply lines are longer, and as such there is more time to mature, hence the same (or something like it) taste is attained with a higher ABV.
Breaker - started selling it in my local off licence. Haven't seen it for years
Ansells Mild. Not drunk ti for years but a good, well cared for barrel of that used to be like nectar.
Anyone else used to drink Colt 45? As soon as I hear that name mentioned I always get the ad jingle going round my head.
Every Tom, Jack or Walt,
who likes the taste of malt
Will like the malt in a Colt 45!
Schlitz.
Might be controversial, mines Hobgoblin. Used to love it years ago. But find it a bit meh now.
Another vote for Ind Coope DBA and Bass bitter on draught used to be much better.
I like red stripe still! It isn't always the beer changing, as you age your taste buds do die etc...
Nah it tastes like pish nowadays..
Gillespies Stout
Watneys Red Barrel
Getting away from real ale which will always be ace, a lot of the lagers listed are now brewed under licence in the UK,which kind of makes them generic. Red Stripe being a good example of that,and Stella for that matter.
Old Peculier is no longer what it used to be. Still, I have the recipe...
IRC, cask Old Speckled Hen was reduced in strength (5.2 down to 4.2) to appeal to the younger drinker. FFS how to screw up a ale, should have been branded Old Speckled Hen [i]Light[/i]
Is there also a connection between the old days when a lot of real ale was only to be found on tap (where properly served and stored it would be great), and now where a lot are to be found in the supermarket in bottles?
And it is true about UK-brewed lager. The generic ones are generally pale imitations of their continental versions.
A lot of drinks have reduced their alcohol levels. Strongbow cans used to be 5.3% and are now 5%, the diffference in taste is so noticeable I no longer drink it. Stella and Carlsberg Export have also been reduced recently. Scrumpy Jack is my tipple of choice, 6.3% of angry apples.
Can you still get Newcastle Exhibition? Cos that was proper nice if kept right.
Coors lager. Used to be lovely. Especially with green Pringles which are also not as nice
Is there also a connection between the old days when a lot of real ale was only to be found on tap (where properly served and stored it would be great), and now where a lot are to be found in the supermarket in bottles?
This is still the case with most *varieties* of real ale (not by volume sold) you can only find them in decent pub, where they are looked after, because bottling requires a lot more money and investment.
There are now more breweries in the UK than there have been for 70 years or so, more than 1000, they supply small amounts on a very local basis, and you need to keep your eyes peeled.
Good Beer in the UK (despite punch taverns, despite, green king, despite Shepherds Neame, despite Marstons) is in a better state now than it has been in decades, and it's something we should be thankful for.
There is stacks of crap, stacks of dull, but passable beer, but there is also stacks of excellent beer as well.
Carling Premier if anyone remembers that? Dont think you can get it now?
went down really well and it felt like someone had put an axe through your skull in the morning 😀
wrexham lager,
no hang on - it was shit,
can't believe it's been resurected.