Any fans of Real Ale out there?
Realale
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Not talking about me, but as you can tell from my username I am a fan of good old British bitter. None of this John Smiths smooth malarkey though, I am talking about your Marstons Pedigree, Speckled Hen or Wadsworth 6X etc.
Don't get to frequent the pubs as much as in my formative years but still look forward to a good pint with a proper head. Anyone else?
Don't get to frequent the pubs as much as in my formative years but still look forward to a good pint with a proper head. Anyone else?
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I pass one of the St. Austell Brewery depots on my way to work actually.
You also get the guest beers such as Cripple Dick that are mighty strong but not a fan of the ones that have supposed 'flavours' such as chocolate.
Favourites though
Old Speckled Hen
Jennings Cumberland
Black Sheep
Theakston's XB
Wentworth WPA
Timmy Taylor Landlord
oh far too many to mention!
I love the names they come up with.
Oh yes. Brewed in Masham, which is up the road from me when I'm up North. Lovely ales, lovely brewery too which you can have tours of.
You really cannot beat a hand pulled pint of Riggwelter.
Also like Theakstons Old Peculier, most beers from York Brewery and one of local brewery's - Beowulf - produces exceptionally fine ales.
Days out and weekends away are all decided via the CAMRA good beer guide - and yes we've had several weekends in Masham.
Love Abbots and most chewy beers
I was up in Masham for a few days in November.
The Black Sheep brewery is excellent, not only for beer, but the food is great, seeing as the is the food thread!
Loads of good pubs around about that do great food too.
my o/h drinks real ale but doesnt seem to like any of the badger ones.
Have yet to find a Badger Beer that I like much prefer one of the Fuller range or my favourite at the moment is Hobgoblin.
The Rhubarb and Banana beer didn't go down very well.
Tried Gateshead Gold, Fursty Ferret, Courage Directors and another one, Bees something.
I liked the first three, the last one tasted like deodorant.
We do that a lot and were in Cardiff last weekend for the CAMRA AGM. Had a great time there. Meeting up with other folk we tend to run into at various festivals round the country and at the GBBF in London. And drinking lots of lovely beer, of course.
If I had to pick my favourite beer, it would have to be the Sarah Hughes' Dark Ruby Mild. Though Beijing Black is another one I'm mighty partial to.
I'm a mild child.
You often can't get mild though, so if I'm somewhere where there's none, it's Timothy Taylor's Landlord or Hobgoblin for me; they're pretty widely available, for proper beers.
where abouts do you live to drink Doom?
I love Doombar...even holidayed in Padstow to be surrounded by it!
My fave ale is Otter (hence my name) then Doom, then Bombardier.