[Closed] Real Ale help needed

Its a pretty long list so just have a scan through when you get a chance 🙂

You jammy git I now hate you 🙂

Heres my reccomendations
Black Sheep Riggwelter
Hydes Traditional
Kelham Island Pale Rider
Oakham JHB
Slaters Owzat
Woodfords Wherry

May your liver go peacefully into the night

Adnams Broadside
Black Sheep Ale
Deuchars IPA (my fav)
Wadworth 6x
Oakhams JHB

I've heard the Brewdog Punk IPA is good too but have yet to try it!

Crouch Vale beers are v.nice.

Darkstar Hop Head

Hopback (I prefer Crop Circle to Summer lightning)

Salopian Hop Twister

Woodfordes

But it's a massive list so I'd be trying as many beers I'd never had before.

Dark Star of Ansty is good and would be a definate on my list 😀

I would also avoid any 'IPA' with a alc % of less than 5.5%, cos it ain't an IPA and the brewer is therefore an idiot (Greene King, take note), although at beer festivals I normally go for low gravity beers anyway, 3.4-3.8 is perfect, for obvious reasons!

Hop Back - Ace stuff, especially the Lightning!
Oakham JHB, lovely light beer.

Great stuff guys, keep it coming.

JHB is a great beer but will give it a miss as it's a local beer Brewed in Peterborough so readily available all year round 🙂

Hop Back Summer lightning is the first pint we have every year, it's been that way for about15 years or so !! sells out very quickly

I've got tonight, Weds night, all-dayer on Thurs and fri night to try them out so should get to try quite a few.

Shame the Enville ginger beer isn't on!

They also have a good selection of Ciders

[url= http://www.peterborough-camra.org.uk/index.php?module=pbfcider&func=main ]ciders mmmm[/url]

And a good selection of bottled beers

[url= http://www.peterborough-camra.org.uk/index.php?module=pbfbottles&func=main ]Bottled beers[/url]

Roosters of Knaresborough, N Yorks
Yankee 4.3% abv
Straw coloured beer with a delicate fruit aroma

I tried a new one at the weekend too - Thwaites Bomber. Pity it isn't at the festival because it is strongly recommended by me!

THORNBRIDGE JAIPUR 🙂

If you like that try Abbeydale Absolution, Blue Monkey ("Amber"?), Oakham White Dwarf, Castle Rock Harvest Pale and Nottingham EPA, Leeds Funfair

If you like something darker then you might struggle with that list, but there's plenty to go at!

Mmmm beer...

Also, no idea if it is just me, but I find that Theakston's always gives me a bad head.

But they HAVE just moved production back to Masham (its original home) so maybe it will be improved on the previous version, which was made elsewhere in a big sterile factory, rather than in a field with cows and sticks and sheep turds n stuff as it should be made ;-).

I'm a big fan of light-coloured, aromatic, citrusy, hoppy, bitter ales at the moment, and from this list I recommend:

Brewdog - Punk IPA
Loch Fyne - Avalanche

I'd say pretty much anything. Unless you're spitting the stuff out immediately, your palette is going to be tainted by the last drink, so you're going to get a pretty skewed idea of it's taste anyway. Just try the stuff you like the name of really 🙂

I've been so messy on Sumer Lightning - be careful, it's very quaffable!

if you like any of these:
Woodforde's of Woodbastwick, Norfolk
Headcracker 7% abv
Pale but strong & full-bodied. Plums, damsons and lots of hops.
Nelson's Revenge 4.5% abv
Rich floral aromas, sweet malts & a burst of citrus hops.
Norfolk Nog 4.6% abv
Smooth rich old ale. Hints of chocolate, treacle & liquorice.
Sundew 4.1% abv
Subtle pale golden beer. Light on the palate with distinctive hoppy finish.
Wherry Best Bitter 3.8% abv
Fresh and zesty with crisp floral flavours. Numerous Champion Beer of Britain awards.

then they do home brew kits - which are very very good. (cept for headcracker which is available only in bottles)

I like to try ale's that I can't readily get my hands on, so I wouldn't bother with Hopback, wadworths and several others.
Art brew are making some cracking ales and would have featured at the BBB but there flat out and to supply us would have meant ordering a long way in advance.

I've been very impressed with Oakham, always good, never had a bad one.

Thornbridge Jaipur (you can't go wrong with anything from Thornbridge) or Kelham Island Pale Rider if you like pale ales, if you prefer darker beers try Abbeydale Brimstone.

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Thornbridge Jaipur (you can't go wrong with anything from Thornbridge) or Kelham Island Pale Rider if you like pale ales, if you prefer darker beers try Abbeydale Brimstone.

Crumbs, looking at that selection is really peeing me off!!

They're having one at Malvern Rugby Club and the Chase Inn at the weekend!!

I do like Adnams myself, Broadside esp. Riggwelter too. Try a couple of Brewdogs. I had a bottle last night, one of the IPAs at 7.1%. VERY bitter. Very Chimay nose so the taste was a surprise.

A lot of new breweries to me so I'd be trying some new beers personally.

That is one hell of a list!

I have vague memories of getting merry on Broadside when it was a guest beer at the local.

Not sure I've this brew before, but I'm a big fan of the brewery
(it's a shame "Dark Side of the Moose" isn't available):

Purple Moose of Porthmadog - Glaslyn Ale 4.2% abv

Likewise the brews from Salopian of Shrewsbury. The [url= http://www.bhurtpore.co.uk/ ]Bhurt Pore[/url] quite often has something from them on.

Would be rude not to try one of the perrys as well, given it'll be proper stuff and not the trendy pish that has appeared in bars these days.

Bowman is a great brewery - their Swift One is lovely
Crouch Vale - Brewers Gold
Dark Star - Hophead - LOVELY!
Thornbridge - Jairpur - proper IPA, taste the hops!

Beer! lots of beer! Drink it all.

Leeds Pale Fantastic or start at the top of the list and work your way down!

Double Diamond
Watneys Red Barrel

Box Steam Vanilla Porter is pretty much the nicest pint I've had this year.

Quick scan of that list, and I'd recommend these for starters...
AllendaleBrewery
Black Grouse Bitter 4% abv
[i]Hints of coffee & chocolate with an oak aged aroma[/i]
Tar Bar'l 4.5% abv
[i]Smooth dark stout with a creamy brown head[/i]

Kingston Black cider gets my vote...Beautiful flavoured stuff, but damn strong.....

Dark Star Hophead . Its alight golden bitter , when i had it aat Woking BF was the best by a mile. Clean citrus hop flavours and a lot of alpha acid. Not everyones cup of tea, and definatly not one to start with. Then I would try a Mighty Oak Maulldons Gold. They brew really nice beer , and at this ABV band you can sup a fair few. If you wanna try lots try it on and ask for tasters, or get halfs and share them, that way you get to taste enough ( 1/4 pint ) without getting spannered. Be aware tho, hop alapha acid will de sensitive your taste buds, so more bitter beers will not taste as bitter after 3/4 pint. If you really wanna do it properly try to get some soda water or lemonade and some plain crisps to have between tastings. Find one you really like and then get right on one!
if you see Rudeboy make sure hes accompanied by an adult.

>when i had it aat Woking BF was the best by a mile.

I was there - seconded! Booked tickets today for this years festival also 🙂

Crouch Vale Brewers Gold
Mauldons Black Adder and Suffolk Pride
Skinners Cornish Knocker
would be my choices

I dont have to buy tickets for beer festivals , they get delivered to work for free. Hurrah .

take a printout of the list to your local supermarket(s) and/or beer sellers. Cross off anything that is readily available at these fine establishments.

then fill yer boots

Harveys Best Bitter

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There has been a TV series about Belgian beers here in Holland recently and they went to the Brooklyn brewery in New York, (its in the bottled beer list). The Belgians visiting thought some of the US beers were very good. If you fancy something different I'd give those a go. The US micro breweries make some good beers these days. Might make an interesting diversion for an afternoon away from UK brews (not for one moment that I'm suggesting that there is anything wrong with UK brews).

Enjoy your time there, lucky you!

I read somewhere recently that there is more 'traditional' Belgian ale being brewed in the US than in Belgium. It's certainly true that the Shermans are extremely enthusiastic about what they call craft beer and there are some extremely interesting/extreme examples from brewerys such as Dogfish and Stone Brewing, although not exactly session ales and therefore not much good at a beer fest!

a bit of skinners Cornish Knocker would go down well