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This one, underneath the pub I often go to.

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The porter is excellent.

Not a million miles away are Black Sheep and Theakston’s.

Closer to home we have http://rockettownbrewing.com/ and http://steammachinebrew.com/ and a local pub http://www.villagebrewer.co.uk/our-pubs/number%20twenty%202/ have just started brewing their own on site as well as getting stuff made down the road in Northallerton.

Maldon in Essex
http://www.mightyoakbrewing.co.uk

Also have this near by
http://billericaybrewing.co.uk/

They have a pretty epic micropub 8)

While the beer drinkers are here I should plug BeerBods[/url] – One beer and the story behind it, delivered for £3 a week.

miketually – Member

While the beer drinkers are here I should plug BeerBods – One beer and the story behind it, delivered for £3 a week.

Cheeky?
**** piss take!

Less than a pint in our neck of the woods.

So is a 330ml bottle.
For three quid.

Do you wear hi-viz?

While the beer drinkers are here I should plug BeerBods – One beer and the story behind it, delivered for £3 a week.

You’re going to be disappointed in 2 weeks when the reliably mediocre Curious Brew drops through your door! Will be interesting to see what nonsense they come up with story-wise… on their website they claim “We wanted better tasting beer and cider that had balance, taste, style and originality. We made it using our winemaking skills” which is just bollocks because it’s all contract-brewed in the next county!

Oh, and reported. 😉

I’m a Beerbods member too and it is ace, less than a pint in the pub, delivered to your door and with the story behind it and some banter on a thursday night discussing on Twitter.

My adopted county of Norfolk now has more breweries than any other county and Norwich styles itself as best town for beer in UK, next village to me has Beeston brewery with the ace “Worth the Wait” a lovely golden ale.

scud – Member

I’m a Beerbods member too and it is ace, less than a pint in the pub

No it isn’t.
At three quid for a 33cl bottle, it’s over five quid per pint.

some banter on a thursday night discussing on Twitter

Get thee to a pub, where I assure you there will be banter.

To be fair the price isn’t the issue (you can’t really compare craft beer prices with real ale) although the selection is a bit “meh” (they seem to do a lot of stuff that is pretty common or can even be bought in supermarkets!).

Agree about RL banter being better though, fortunately I have a great bottle shop which is only a 30s diversion from my cycle commute route! Plus I get to pick which bottle I buy!

Dunno what any of this has to do with local brews though!!

zilog6128 – Member

To be fair the price isn’t the issue (you can’t really compare craft beer prices with real ale)

Of course you can they’re the same product, it’s just that one has added marketing.

Oh, and reported.

Oops, didn’t realise that referral codes weren’t allowed. My first mod email in almost two decades of posting here!

lol, it wasn’t actually me that reported you though (hence the winky smiley!!) 🙂

At three quid for a 33cl bottle, it’s over five quid per pint.

it’s a mix of 33/ 500 bottles. beer in my local is over £4.

(they seem to do a lot of stuff that is pretty common or can even be bought in supermarkets!).

not sure thats fair. I’d say the majority you can’t get in the supermarkets, local beer shop maybe. Ocassionly supermarket stuff in there but not loads.

Used to be:

Now it’s:

not sure thats fair. I’d say the majority you can’t get in the supermarkets, local beer shop maybe. Ocassionly supermarket stuff in there but not loads.

Yes, to be fair I meant that you’d see them commonly in bars/bottle shops and the odd few you’d find in the supermarket.

thomthumb – Member

it’s a mix of 33/ 500 bottles

I was just going off the three bottles showing on the front page which are all 33cl.
They’re the bottles shown below the picture of the middle aged man, sat on the floor alone except for his wood burner and apple product.
Maybe he’s browsing STW, maybe he’s enjoying the story behind his one solitary ale, for which he has paid in excess of £5 per pint for.
It’s hard to tell which as you are distracted by his slightly dishevelled appearance and the sadness that is so obviously hiding behind his eyes.
An Orange Five could so easily be just out of frame, the colour of which matters not.

The boxes are more 330ml than 500ml, but they’re also often stronger beers that would be more expensive in a pub anyway. Last week was a 330, but the two before that were 500.

The good news is, nobody is being forced to buy the product/service so everybody doing so is happy with the price. As I understand it, they’re currently gaining subscribers at a decent rate, so they’re doing something right.

From that beerbods site, next weeks Fyne Ales, Sanda Black IPA were in my Tesco for a bargain £1 a bottle at the weekend along with their Sanda Blonde. Very nice, I bought some of each. This was probably only in Scottish stores.

I’m perfectly happy for people to spend in excess of FIVE WHOLE POUNDS PER PINT if that’s what they want. In fact if people are prepared to pay in excess of FIVE WHOLE POUNDS PER PINT to sit at home with a single bottle of beer for company then they’re even more likely to want to enjoy a pint (or more) of lovingly looked after cask conditioned ale in the beautifully social setting of their local public house for considerably less than FIVE WHOLE POUNDS PER PINT.
🙂

distracted by his slightly dishevelled appearance and the sadness that is so obviously hiding behind his eyes.

Bit of a Mulligan & O’Hare going on in that t-shirt, which I found very distracting.

I thought it unfair to comment on his thinning pate.

Perhaps people aghast at paying these rates should start a new thread on the issue, leaving this one for discussing local breweries?

miketually – Member

Perhaps people aghast at paying these rates should start a new thread on the issue, leaving this one for discussing local breweries?

Perhaps people aghast at the thread going off topic shouldn’t post off-topic posts? 😉

http://www.oakhamales.com/home.html aren’t far from me, though I’m not a huge fan.
http://www.tyddsteam.co.uk/tydd.htm have proved hugely popular. I very much enjoyed their Armageddon.
http://www.miltonbrewery.co.uk/ are also local to me though again I’m not that keen.
ETA: http://www.nenevalleybrewery.com/NVB/Home.html

Fortunately beers not travelling well is a complete myth, and I get to enjoy excellent pints from all over the shop. 😀

Perhaps people aghast at the thread going off topic shouldn’t post off-topic posts?

Touché.

My local is Skinners (http://www.skinnersbrewery.com): I can see the brewery out of my window and when they’re brewing you can smell it. Excellent beers and I recommend a mixed case!

I guess proper local would be concrete cow brewery which is ok but not amazing. Best nearest would be Leighton buzzard brewing which are decent.

less than a mile, Wadworth brewery.
Been told there is a few smaller ones about as well.

Some of which I posted up a couple of pages back. Driving through Melksham yesterday I noticed a brewery tap tucked into some offices opposite Asda, for the Kennet and Avon Brewery Co, which I didn’t even know existed, so there’s another local one to me.
http://www.kennetandavonbrewery.co.uk

I’ve walked home from Camden Town brewery a few times. 🙂

Fyne ales for me..

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