Okay ... the UK Brewed Asahi tasted errmmm ... average to poor.
Stella will beat it hand down.
Thatchers Cheddar Valley at Ye Olde Cider Bar, Newton Abbot
Thatchers Traditional at The Old Barrel, Exmouth
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Capt'n the majority of Asahi is [s]ruined[/s] brewed in the EU.
For a great pint you need:
- 1 x hot summer evening
- 1 x room at the Turf Cutters Arms in East Boldre
- 2 hour blast round the New Forest on buff, sandy trails
- Nice pint of Ringwood Forty Niner
Heaven in a glass.
Honourable mention to Ye Olde Elm Tree in Durham
that used to be my local too! I lived on Allergate.
Some of my favourites are:-
Atlas Latitude
sharp's Doom Bar
Franziskaner Wheat Beer
Any beer from the brewery at Traquair
Egham Show Bitter. I think it is produced in a brewery in Windsor
Some nice beers on tap in the pub in the village of Melmerby in the Eden valley.
Pint of vodka is where it's at.
*hic*
Adnams Broadside at the Blue Bell Inn, Gringley-On-The-Hill
that used to be my local
How long ago? Martin and Lisa years, 2001-2005ish?
You should publish a guidebook!Nicko, more people coming to my manor and drinking at the wrong pub!
The Shakespeare in Durham was the first pub I went to where everything went utterly silent as I walked in with my then gf. An intriguing experience...
Leeds Pale......session beer awesomeness
Anything in the Kirkstyle Inn,
Anything in the Bitter End Cockermouth
Perfectly Poured Jennings Sneck Lifter or Fish King
Now I'm missing home....
When at MrsBouys Farm in Harrogate this:
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When at Home (Hampshire) any of these: (The Flower Pots, Cheriton)
[url= http://www.flowerpots.f2s.com/beers.html ]Flower Pots Micro Brewery Ales list...[/url]
When in That London here :
[url= http://www.masonandtaylor.co.uk/gallery-2 ]Mason and Taylor (top of Brick Lane)[/url]
Or here:
[url= http://thecraftbeerco.com/ ]Craft (Clerkenwell)[/url]
A few of these in the Stanton Arms, Stanton on Hine Heath, goes down well, still only £2.50 a pint too.
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Best pint of beer I've ever had was a pint of Tim Taylor Landlord in the Crown Posada in Newcastle, I was about to have a second and the crowd I was with decided to go for a curry 🙁
The Salopian is very nice, if you like that then Bishop's Farewell from Oakham Ales would tickle your fancy too.
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Almost anything from The Cask Pub & Kitchen in Brighton (raises virtual glass at CFH)
or
Pint of Fullers Bengal Lancer in the Thomas A Beckett, Worthing after a spring Tuesday night ride 8)
Nice pint of Black Sheep at New Inn Appletreewick
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A pint of Tennants Extra in the Brook Tavern, Selly Oak circa 1990.
A pint of Lamp Light at the Beamish Mary Inn, No Place, County Durham.
First pint of Old Peculier at the Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel in Great Langdale after a hot day cragging at Gimmer. It's all about context.
Best pint.
A Guinness when I discovered a pub in the basement during a sightseeing trip to Harrods with my wife.
Mmmmmm, I made my first trip to Cask in Brighton last night (formerly the spotted dog, formerly the hop poles, formerly the spotted dog again before that)
Lovely.
How long ago? Martin and Lisa years, 2001-2005ish?
at various times between 2000 and 2008. My parents lived there and I lived with them for a year and at other times here and there. Didn't go in that much.
As a lager drinker what would be a good bitter to try?
So a lagerish bitter please not a pint of Olde Badgers Bollocks!
Biased , but a pint of Sarah Hughes Dark Ruby Mild at the Red Lion , Godalming 1999ish , when Ian ran it properly .
Was just amazing , but when I returned the next day it was all gone.
My own Treacle Stout in The Jolly Farmers Bramley ,maybe 2001 - 2002 . Sublime .
A pint of Theakstons XB back before they were S&N owned in the Bay in Masham. Eee it were grand.
As a lager drinker what would be a good bitter to try?
Give Hop Back Summer Lightning a shot. Also worth a go are some of the lovely things from Wye Valley, such as their excellent HPA.
Location - The Flower pots, Cheriton, Hampshire.
Beer - Anything they brew on the premises, never had a duff one 8)
A pint of flat cap, by the Bolton brewer bank top brewery
It's the champagne of the north
Delicious
Loweswater gold anywhere is amazing, but at the tower bank arms in sawrey, on the way home from a ride around claife, or grizedale, is very special indeed.
While the London Pride I have in the glass next to me is excellent, it hardly compares to the liquid nectar that was snakebite+black served at Jesters in '90.
Rev James in a nice little pub near Brechfa after a horrible cold, wet ride a couple of years ago.
More up to date. Salopian Breweries Lemon Dream, The Sabrina (River Severn cruise boat in Shrewsbury) last night at a good mates retirement do. And he'd paid for the barrel!
Cheers
Either;
Summer- a pint of Dr Hexter's Healer outside The Bell at Aldworth.
Winter- a pint of Good Old Boy inside The Bell at Aldworth.
Mogrim, Jesters?
Gosh. 🙂
Are we really 3 pages in with no mention of a pint of Coniston Bluebird somewhere in the Lake District? King's Arms in Hawkshead after a ride around Claife and Grizedale perhaps.
Although as a Lancastrian it pains me to admit it, as mentioned above a pint of Timothy Taylor's Landlord somewhere in Yorkshire is usually pretty hard to beat.
(lol at the southerners thinking they have proper beer 😛 )
A pint of Theakstons XB back before they were S&N owned in the Bay in Masham. Eee it were grand.
First pint I ever bought, Cross Keys in Milnthorpe, June '85.
Followed closely by my first (and last) stack into a blackthorn hedge, after a 'head down sprint' on a 10 speed racer. Happy day.
Mogrim, Jesters?
Only the finest for me 🙂
A pint or two of Old Tyler made by West Berkshire Brewery at the Bell Inn Aldworth, Berkshire. Cannot be beaten.
Went to see friends in Lewes last night and yet again Harveys beer ruled the evening..
[url= http://www.harveys.org.uk/ourbeers.php ]Harveys Brewery, Lewes[/url]
CaptainFlashheart - MemberAs a lager drinker what would be a good bitter to try?
Give Hop Back Summer Lightning a shot. Also worth a go are some of the lovely things from Wye Valley, such as their excellent HPA.
Or a pint of Thronbridge Wild Swan which is a Gold Pale Ale & only 3.5%. It's a lovely drip when chilled correctly from the fridge, sat in the garden, doing a bbq or bit of bike fettling 8)
