Newcastle Brown has not been the same since they moved it to Tadcaster. FiL gave me four bottles at Christmas, still got 2 of them.
some of my favourites:
Thornbridge Jaipur
Theakston's Old Peculier
Theakston's Lightfoot
Wychwood Hobgoblin
Wychwood Wychcraft
Thwaites Tavern Porter
Fullers London Porter
Saltaire Raspberry Blonde
Saltaire Triple Chocoholic Stout
Saltaire Cascade Pale Ale (well they are my local brewery!)
Fullers Black Cab London Stout
Blackout (NYMoors brewery?) Porter
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
Thwaites Wainwright
Moorhouses Pendle Witches Brew
Old Speckled Hen (but I have the recipe so I brew my own version! Same for Old Peculier & Hobgoblin)
when in France: Pelforth Brune
when in Ireland - well there's not really much choice TBH (where I go): Guinness or, er, can't remember the name, but it's a bit like John Smiths and no, it's not Caffreys
+1 for Williams Bros
Prefer Schiehallion to B&T myself, but its my local brewer, so buy either 🙂
The Orkney stuff is nice.
Sierra Nevada and Goose Island IPA are both lovely
+1 for Wainwright
Didn't see anyone mention my favourite beer of the moment though...
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Fosters Gold 😛
ossett yorkshire blonde, £1.80 asda, if you like landlord you'll love this
can't remember the name, but it's a bit like John Smiths and no, it's not Caffreys
You'd be meaning Smithwicks
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It's a bit pish compared to what we have here in terms of ales, but it's not as bad as Caffreys (I don't think anyway). I always have a few when I go back. It's bizarre really, for a country that spends so much of its time on the piss, you'd think they'd have a better selection of beers. It's a bit better than it used to be, but I can remember pubs outside town with only Guinness, Smithwicks and Harp, maybe Carlsberg/Heineken on draft, and bottles of Bulmers (AKA Magners) for the summer. Shite selection.
aye, that's the one 🙂
I'm often up in Co Leitrim, where it literally is Smithwicks, Guinness, cider or lager. Might pop into Tesco when I'm there next (week after next) & see what bottles they have
Been enjoying purity ales this weekend namely Ubu and mad goose. Very very nice 🙂
That Mikkeller had me drooling, have had two other versions of it but not the calvados. I think 'To, From, Via' is my favourite of his to date
Currently very much enjoying bottles from Brewdog, Brewfist, Mikkeller and Flying Dog. Got some Two Ol to dig into at some point but trying to cut back on the beer a bit as part of a fitness drive
On the real ale side Ilkleys 'Siberia' Rhubard Saison is currently working for me, and some 6.7% Smoked Porter with Chipotle I homebrewed 🙂
Just got back from a 3 week cycle tour in Denmark.
Was expecting Carlsberg and Tuborg. But WOW was I wrong. Some of the best ales (ipa and dark) that I have ever tasted
Yessss... Mikkeller's Bar is about 10 minutes cycle ride from me. And a little bit longer to get back home 🙂
Got one of these in the fridge chilling
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Waitrose have 20% off Sierra Nevada beers, Torpedo and SNPA included 🙂
Torpedo has a kick, another vote for Thornbridge Jaipur or Kipling, if you like the US type IPAs then try and track down racer 5 or rogue brutal ipa, sublime. Not cheap though rogue is nearly £10 a pint bottle. Utobeer in borough mkt have a fine selection at the mo.
Mikkeler, Racer 5, Thornbridge, Rogue, Flying Dog?
All available at my local! 🙂
I think 'To, From, Via' is my favourite of his to date
You must have missed the Monk's Elixir with Cranberries. Words fail me.
BTW, who was it wearing a t-shirt from 18 Bikes outside Cask the other day, eh? Must have been someone from here!
So much beer, so little money and time to drink it. 🙁
Currently loving triple IPAs, Imperial Porters and Barley Wine style beers. Very strong but so flavoursome that one or two is all I ever have.
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a light spicy-banana nose, with perhaps some hints of spongecake or light fruitcake. A banana sponge cake, perhaps? It was juicy and distinctive in the mouth, with the characteristic banana hints, with a mildly spicy but not at all dry finish.
20x500ml bottles for 15.50 Euros [woman not included]. Winner!
Just opened a bottle of Infinity IPA from Coniston Brewery...proper lovely beer. It's just gone into my top 5 and you can get 3 bottles for £6 direct from Coniston which isn't too bad in my book.
Just having some Marston's Pedigree - had forgotten how good it is!
A touch on the pale side for you I think, but a perfectly balanced post ride refreshment and new to me, Piston Broke by Box Steam Brewery.
Had a couple of new ones at the weekend, Brewfist Spaceman & Bureaucracy IPA which was very good (Italians can make beer), a smoked ale from De Molen which was not to my taste, in fact it was hideous. A summer wine brewery diablo, which was very good too but we ended the evening with a big bottle of Punk IPA, nothing came close, such a great session beer.
There's always Deuchars IPA. Or Ossian from the Inveralmond Brewery, Yellowhammer from the Black Isle Brewery... I'm a big fan also of Cantillon Gueuze, which is a spontaneously fermented beer with a very unique, quite acidic taste.
Brew Doggers and IPA fans might like something from Yorkshire that's definitely not Yorkshire...
http://www.magicrockbrewing.com/
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The owners ride and are mates of mine so this is a shameless plug.
@ scutter - that looks interesting, any discounts for STW-ers 😉
Just go out and buy some you like the sound of. If its good you know to have it again, if its bad, dont have it again. Personal tastes are so different when it comes to ale that it would be impossible to recommend any, as what i like you might not like.
Just venture forth and experiment!
I am (or rather was) a big fan of the Bitter End brewery's Lakeland IPA, however I just heard that they close down at the end of last year, gutted!
I normally drink Deuchars IPA on draught but had some bottled Williams Scottish Joker IPA at a pal's two weeks ago and would recommend it. I prefer bottled to canned beer any day.
I am (or rather was) a big fan of the Bitter End brewery's Lakeland IPA, however I just heard that they close down at the end of last year, gutted!
That's a damn shame! Enjoyed drinking a bit too much of that last time I was up in Cumbria.
It's bizarre really, for a country that spends so much of its time on the piss, you'd think they'd have a better selection of beers
DD and John Drummer check out the selection from Hilden Brewery when in Ireland. Some lovely selections
http://www.taproomhilden.com/Taproom/Brewery.html
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Bathams Best, a wonderful pint but a bit difficult to get outside of the Black Country.
I think I have the recipe for that ^
Bathams +10000
Mmmm Beer.
Special mention to Adnams Sole Star - remarkably good for a 2.7% which makes it very lunchtime friendly
Otherwise I've mostly been enjoying:
Adnams Lighthouse and Ghost Ship
Woodfordes Wherry and Nelsons Revenge
Marstons Double Drop and Single Malt
Sharpes Doom Bar
Badger Blandford Fly
Thwaites Wainwright
