[Closed] Your favourite beers - session, seasonal, specials - and beershops.....

off the top of my head.
Hobart Brewings Smoked Apple Bok - a proper winter beer with some apple flavours (not listed but http://www.hobartbrewingco.com.au/our-beer/)
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Colorado IPA gets a good vote too as does their Octoberfest
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Winstons Whysky barrel aged IPA https://www.facebook.com/thewinstonbrewingco/
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Capt Blighs Wee Heavy http://captainblighs.com.au/?page_id=17
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Moo Brews Barrel Aged Stouts (again whysky casks)
The Single Hop from Moo Brew is a great session beer http://moobrew.com.au/the-beers/seasonals/
Just a few to start with 🙂 Probably not available up north though but all made withing a few KM's of home

And from slightly further afield
Stone's Arrogant Bastard http://www.arrogantbrewing.com/beer/year-round-releases/arrogant-bastard-ale
Crouchers Patriot
8 Wired Imperial Stout
Yin and Yang from Evil Twin http://eviltwin.dk/Yin-Yang

Didn't recognise any of those Mike as they're from down under; will look out for them.
Have had some Tautara from NZ - can't recall which it was; an ipa i think; pleasant but nothing out of the ordinary.

Yeah Tautara is not that special, the only one you might see up north is some Moo Brew as they are the biggest of the small's down here. Just happy to have a vibrant pub and brew scene going on.

I'm gonna have to track down some of this Tassie stuff, tend to get a little focused on the WA beers and forget there's some amazing stuff from the rest of Oz.
I'm currently enjoying Gage Roads Little Dove and Eagle Bays Vienna Lager and ESB.

Harvieston bitter and twisted in my fave right now. Suits me 😉

Other tipples I enjoy - Arran blond, Summer lightning, Trade windss

@wildhunter best way is to fly 😉
http://tasbeertrail.com/maps/
http://craftypint.com/news/1057/The_Tassie_Beer_Trail
http://www.drinktasmania.com.au/project/beer-tours/

My western australian gf is a bit dubious about my love of tasmania already.... need to work on that i think.

Come on down Wildhunter, you'll never leave.
As for the beer, Moo brew single hop cans are great and better value than the stubbies.

was going off beer a bit until i tried one from lidl called plum porter by titanic brewery. bluddy lovely, and i meant to bulk buy next time i saw it but never seen it since :-/

Acorn brewery Old Moor Porter is lovely

Borsalinos bottle shop opened a mile from my gaff which is pretty good given I live miles from anywhere 🙂 and it's run by a couple of landy enthusiasts.

My go to is still punk IPA I've not found anything as pleasantly drinkable.

I also quite like their gluten free beer which is nice as coeliac is my inherritance apparently as it was my father and his father before him etc.

Long white cloud from tempest comes close.

Lagaunitas is good too.

If you can't tell I quite like bitter beers

Loweswater Gold, or Bluebird XB for me. Easy IPA is easier to get hold of and I really enjoy it.

+1 for Brew Dog -Punk Ipa , & Loweswater gold.
Camden pale ale , Jennings cocker hoop , Old Dairy gold top ,Hop back -Summer Lightning are all favourites of mine.

Cheap and surprisingly good - Brains "Spill the Beans" coffee porter at Aldi

Ludlow Gold, Hopback Summer Lightning, Hobgoblin Gold and proper Cornish Doom Bar are all delicious light beers.

Long Man Brewery - Long Blonde
Dark Star - Hophead and American Pale Ale.

In the pub my "go to" session beer is either Enville White or Bathams. Either will do nicely. If it's just 1 or 2 then it'll be Sadlers Mud Stout but at 6.5% it's not a session beer.

I rarely drink from the the bottle but I have enjoyed a couple of Modelo's recently and that's bloody lovely.

My local in Hampshire has just done a special, Porters Old at 6%..

Phew..

Top of my list are Purple Moose Glaslyn,it's brewed in Porthmadoc but we get it in Liverpool.They also serve it in the Cafe at Coed Y Brennin,it's the ideal way to finish of a day on the trail!
The other beer I'm partial to is Salopian Shropshire Gold,Salopian Oracle.

On Tuatara, their beers are good but if you wind the clock back to 1999 they were around and exceptional.
There's so many good beers around but equally so many ungood beers around.

Really enjoying Oskar Blues stuff at the moment: https://www.oskarblues.com/

Tempest continue to create outstanding stuff: http://www.tempestbrewco.com/our-beer

Draught Oakham Citra,so nice my first mouthful makes me sigh.

That Citra stuff is amazing, tastes like a damp, lemony hedgerow.

Have a look at Caffle brewery. My local micro and they make brilliant beer!

I love me a bit of Hopback Summer Lightning also...but not readily available since I moved to Aberdeenshire, so I've been brewing it for the last couple of years instead.

trail_rat
Borsalinos bottle shop opened a mile from my gaff which is pretty good given I live miles from anywhere and it's run by a couple of landy enthusiasts.

I've been meaning to drop by here for a while - it's on my ride in to work and apparently they sell Windswept Wolf, which is also gorgeous!

I love my local bottle shop also, the Deeside Drinks Emporium. Nothing too cheap there, but a good selection of local and worldy beers. It's great for a treat now and then and they're good for giving samples of nice whisky etc if they've got a bottle open.

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The Little Leeds shop is well worth a trip - lovely selection and a nice spot away from the maddening crowds.

I'm off to the Magic Rock Tap in Huddersfield Sunday for a birthday beer or two - love their Salty Kiss, High Wire and Grapefruit High Wire.Snap was good last time I was there too.

trail_rat - Member
Borsalinos bottle shop opened a mile from my gaff which is pretty good given I live miles from anywhere and it's run by a couple of landy enthusiasts.

My go to is still punk IPA I've not found anything as pleasantly drinkable.

I also quite like their gluten free beer which is nice as coeliac is my inherritance apparently as it was my father and his father before him etc.

Long white cloud from tempest comes close.

Lagaunitas is good too.

If you can't tell I quite like bitter beers

Worth being on the Brewdog facebook page, put up a post a few days ago where they were selling crates of a few of their beers for 83p a pop, plys Tesco seems to be clearing all of their Brewdog milk stout stock at 90p a bottle.

Big fan of the Brewdog "Elvis Juice" too.

But favourite beers this year have been from http://madhatterbrewing.co.uk/ especially the Penny Lane Pale, Toxteth IPA, Nightmare on Bold Street (porter with coffee, lovely!) and Salted Caramel Quadruple (13%)

But beer of the year has to be Northern Monk - Smokin’ Bees Imperial Whisky Smoked Honey Porter 10.0%, amazing beer.

As a lover of Golden Ales I'd agree Ludlow Gold a good shout. Don't get on with Doom Bar though. Having lived in both Shropshire and Cornwall I have to admit breathing a sigh of relief when back drinking in Shropshire! Apart from Skinners 'Betty Stoggs'. Betty Stoggs via draught is not bad at all. Bottled is palatable also.

Favourites:

1. Salopian 'Oracle'. After 36 years of drinking bitter this became my Holy Grail. The Champion of champions.
2. Enville Brewery 'Enville Ale'
3. Bathams Bitter

I'm not a massive fan of heavier brews. These are my go-to beers when I can get them.

St Austell Proper Job
St Austell Tribute
Timothy Taylor Landlord
Fullers Olivers Island

Otherwise, most of what Meantime do...

The www.realale.com shop is on my way home - which could be a problem if it was open when ever I pass by!

I'm not refined enough to be a beer snob (read that as I'll drink anything with alcohol in it) but the local Phipps IPA is rather drinkable http://www.phipps-nbc.co.uk/

If I'm in Tesco then Sharp's Atlantic always finds its way into my basket.

I'm a big fan of Sulwath Breweries Criffel, my weekend local, The Anchor in Kippford, has it on draft but supply from the brewery, which is only 10 miles from the pub is a bit hit and miss. Plus the barrel takes about 4 days to settle so the chances of getting a pint when I'm there are slim. It's pure joy when I walk in and it's on tap though.

Bitter & Twisted is always on though which is passable as a replacement.

Several beers from West brewery are also very nice, Munich Red and GPA in particular.

Rat Brewery's White Rat. Exceptional!

There is no finer pint than a good pint of Timmy Taylor's Landlord

Mostly preferring red and amber ales, we became huge fans of Mac's when we were in NZ
I have no idea how on trend it is but they offered a number of refreshing brews for pennies that were perfect for cooling down after hot days in the scorching sun..

Powder Keg Brewery [url= http://www.powderkegbeer.co.uk/ ]http://www.powderkegbeer.co.uk/[/url] local to us back here in the UK were offering a superb Citra type fizzy cold beer when we got home, superior in every way to Oakham's Citra brew and boosted with a load of NZ hops giving a beautiful grapefruit taste and aroma that transported us straight back to Northland..
Unfortunately it was a limited edition brew and the fact that it was around £2.50 a pint meant that it was soon gone from our local

Elvis Juice from Brewdog comes close I guess but that's got actual grapefruits in

That Hitachino nest beer from Wagamamma is one of my favourites. not at all keen on Wagamamma but will always be up for it just for a few of those!!!

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seasonal beer you say?

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extremely good stuff.

Became quite partial to Taylor Walker's 1730 this year.

****tingtons Old Cockstrop. Well, that is until they moved the brewery.

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Anything from Bollington Brewery.

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High Wire - Magic Rock

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Or their Salty Kiss on a hot day

Eagle Bays Vienna Lager and ESB

Used to be my local brewery that, ESB was my favourite.

Gage Roads Single Fin is far too easy to drink on a warm summers evening.

sadexpunk - Member

was going off beer a bit until i tried one from lidl called plum porter by titanic brewery. bluddy lovely, and i meant to bulk buy next time i saw it but never seen it since :-/

Probably my favourite pint as well, I've served it a few times. 🙂
It's even better on cask.
I don't tend to drink bottled or keg beers; you just can't beat a properly conditioned cask ale, although they are a rarity.

All except the half sugar ones eh Binners 😉

Loving American IPA/APA style beer currently - Sly Fox Phoenix, Beavertown Gamma Ray, Brooklyn East IPA, Anchor Steam........

Thirsty now 😉

Mostly preferring red and amber ales, we became huge fans of Mac's when we were in NZ
I have no idea how on trend it is but they offered a number of refreshing brews for pennies that were perfect for cooling down after hot days in the scorching sun..

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I think Binners is having a party.... shall i bring the snacks?

What was it about Babycham though that meant it was fine to give to a 7-8 year old child? Or was that just my family? for some reason my folks didn't seem to consider it alcohol

Just getting reaquainted with the Punk IPA, elvis juice is a bit of fun too.

That Farmers Belgian Blue is an odd beer, cant make my mind up about it.
Another shout for Magic Rock brews, all of them as they seem to be variations on an excellent theme.
Vocation are also great, especially Life & Death

****tingtons Old Cockstrop. Well, that is until they moved the brewery.

🙂

Oh and the 7/8 of our World Beer Degaustation from a couple of months back
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http://www.traquair.co.uk/our-ales

cheese@4p - you'll be having a few today no doubt, Happy Birthday old chap! 🙂

Jason

Another shout for Magic Rock brews, all of them as they seem to be variations on an excellent theme.
Vocation are also great, especially Life & Death

Yes!

I still love Pint from Manchester Marble though, If it was on as a regular i'd have it every time.

It's midday on a Thursday, I'd better keep off this thread!

brewdogs milk stouts lovely(jet black heart) too but its a long drink not quick drinker.

dont often see it.

Interesting cellar you've got there Binners; any more gems knocking about?
Harvey's bristol cream?
Getting back to the subject....Ridgeway Brewery have a range of christmas beers a - black elf, bad elf, very bad elf, seriously bad, criminally bad, insanely bad.
Can't imagine what the two ultra strong brews from brewdog would taste like - tactical nuclear penguin at 32% and sink the bismarck at 41%; both still available at beer ritz in leeds at big discount.

Whenever we ride in the lakes, always pop into Hawkshead brewery for a case of http://www.hawksheadbrewery.co.uk/beers/149/lakeland-gold--.aspx

I drink far too much Punk IPA nowadays especially having been a proper beer drinker in my youth. Otherwise it's Wye Valley HPA in the summer and Wye Valley Butty Bach in the winter.

trail_rat - Member
brewdogs milk stouts lovely(jet black heart) too but its a long drink not quick drinker.

dont often see it.

May be worth checking your local Tesco, mine was selling this off at 90p a bottle last night, so bought 11 last night ready for xmas

Uh oh, a beer snobbery thread. I see Binners is already on the case!

Anyway, currently I'm mostly drinking gose (Magic Rock Salty Kiss et al), and weird IPAs like Wild Beer Trendy Juice. A while back I was drinking a lot of vinegar-ey sours but haven't come across many of those in the usual Manc craft ale haunts.

And just for Binners, if you mix White Lightning and Special Brew you get something much better than either of them on their own.

cheers for heads up scud. ill head that direction once the posties been !

pick up some mothers pride while im there too (from the other thread about sandwich cutting)

Our (newest) local brewery: [url= http://www.electricbearbrewing.com ]http://www.electricbearbrewing.com[/url]

Not a million miles away from what brewdog do (alcohop in small bottles) but it's local and make some nice ones (the lager and the Heisenberg being my faves).

If you come across it then buy it.

Beer snobbery? The range of beers is so much better than when i started drinking and quality is, generally, so much better.
I wouldn't want to return to the days when the only bottles in the pub were newcastle brown, newcastle amber, barley wine, mackeson & guinness export; and on the pump tartan, scotch (beer, not whisky), exhibition, fed special in the working men's clubs.
I like where we are in the beer world.

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Loving American IPA/APA style beer currently - Sly Fox Phoenix, Beavertown Gamma Ray, Brooklyn East IPA, Anchor Steam........

Oh yes, The Brooklyn IPA is immense!!!

Birmingham / West Midlands drinkers - I can highly recommend this place located in the Jewellery Quarter, superb beers direct from the brewery, tap room open on Saturdays (1-8) :

https://mobile.twitter.com/BurningSoulBrew

www.burningsoulbrewing.com

dazh - Member

if you mix White Lightning and Special Brew you get something much better than either of them on their own.

You should try the three for £10 rose they sell in my local post office shandied with WKD blue. 8)

frankconway - Member
Beer snobbery? The range of beers is so much better than when i started drinking and quality is, generally, so much better.
I wouldn't want to return to the days when the only bottles in the pub were newcastle brown, newcastle amber, barley wine, mackeson & guinness export; and on the pump tartan, scotch (beer, not whisky), exhibition, fed special in the working men's clubs.
I like where we are in the beer world.

I agree here, there is a lot of pretentious twaddle in the marketing of it, but underneath all that there is some great (and unusual) beer being made.

As a lad on South Coast there was no hand pull beer at all, you drank lager, gassy John Smiths or Guinness, a treat was going in a pub to find they had Newcastle Brown! Moved to York for my student years and was amazed at all the different real ales or as i think they should be called...beer.

Any other Beerbods members on here? I know Greg May and a few others partake?

It's not even binners posting, there's no words, it's just a binners bot to keep us all amused.

While there is little wrong with liking what you like I find it hard to see why anyone would like fosters, but people drinking 24 packs of these leaves good beer on the shelves for me.

Thornbridge AM:PM for me at the moment either that or Fourpure Session IPA, but I'm a hipster **** as far as beer is concerned.

As for buying I use eebreia a fair bit, or direct from the breweries these days too.

As so many of the beers in our excellent local shop (The Inn at Home, Newbury) are limited run I tend to look for certain breweries.

Tiny Rebel (loved Clwb Tropicana)
Siren
Wiper and True
Wild Weather
Red Cat

Then I just avoid sours and smoked beers and I'm generally happy.

bah no cheap jet black heart here for me at tesco (i live in brewdog land - its my local drinkable brewery.....deeside brewery has rohypnol in it i swear.... couple bottles of that and i pass out,

How ever who ever said elvis juice .... id always looked at it and went naaah.

Well i bought some tonight ..... and its 17:07 and the first ones gone , thats so light and drinkable for an IPA..... possibly a new staple to replace punk - all the undertones of punk with a citrus overtaste. I like.

also if you like strange beers try "fierce brewing co" its a couple of engineers that used to work with us going it alone having been brewing strange shit for about 10 years. Some interesting shit from them . Thai green curry beer ! (and it actually tastes good)

Anything by vibrant forest. My very favouritest brewery this year.

Frosty Jacks for breakfast and to tide you over until lunch then it's Tennents Super all the way baby.