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Old 12-10-2008, 14:31
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Adnams is brewed down the road from my home town ... draught Adnams from a good country pub is the best drink in the would. Mmmmmm.
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Old 12-10-2008, 15:43
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I'm a real ale fan although I do drink lager sometimes depending on my mood. My favourites in no particular order:

Hopback Summer Lighning
Fullers London Pride
Marston's Pedigree
Crouch Vale-Brewers Gold ( When I get hold of it )
Fullers Organic Honeydew

I'll think of others no doubt.
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Old 13-10-2008, 12:42
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I loveeeeeeeeeeee Bishops finger and Black sheep the best. My hubby thinks I am weird!! I love it when they are on offer at sainsbury's. I'll try pretty much any real ale once.

I was in a pub in North Yokshire a few years back and my Dad and I had a really nice white ale, so fruity and refreshing, never found anything in a bottle that matches it!
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Old 13-10-2008, 13:20
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wye valley brewery

HPA dorothy goodbodies. the best ever
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Old 15-10-2008, 18:16
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Just tried Badger pumpkin ale... oh my this is one of their best.

Does anyone know where this can be bought in bulk? Sainsburys seems pricey at 1.69 a bottle if drunk regularly... seems to be excluded from their current badger multibuy
I agree lovely stuff - Poachers choice is also good but probably not easy to find .

You can get it in bulk from the Badger Brewery shop but thats not a lot of use to you being so far away !
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Old 13-12-2008, 13:25
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Only recently started drinking Real Ales but I've already found some fantastic beers, so much better than that John Smiths shite I used drink.

Favourites so far are Hobgoglin, Blacksheep, Riggwelter, and Old Raby ale.
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Old 13-12-2008, 13:39
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Wychwood's Fiddlers Elbow is my current favourite (4 x 500ml bottles for £5 at Bargain Booze), loads of flavour and very easy to drink.

...followed by Jennings' Sneck Lifter (3 x 500ml bottles for £5 at Asda).
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Old 20-12-2008, 14:17
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I've got 2 x Marston's Double Drop and 2 x Well's Bombardier today.

£5 at Bargain Booze and all very decent ales.

These days the only alcohol I like is Real Ale or Real Cider.
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Old 22-12-2008, 17:00
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Nottingham Brewerys' Supreme, v. nice.

Went into another pub near me and asked the scrubber behind he bar if they had any real ales on and she said yeah...'Fosters'
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Old 22-12-2008, 17:26
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Tried so many can't remember them all! Best on tap is Adnams second London Pride, Third, Bombardier. Going to have a pint of porter later, not guinness though thanks to my local pub.
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Old 23-12-2008, 11:09
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I had a bottle of the Adnams carbon neutral beer its like drinking water.
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Old 23-12-2008, 11:17
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Doom Bar rocks.
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Old 23-12-2008, 14:47
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What are your favourite's at home? I find that of course real ale is best from the tap but what are your favourite canned or bottle beers?
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Old 23-12-2008, 14:49
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I've got a polypin of Woods Shropshire Lad to plough my way through for Crimbo
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Old 23-12-2008, 15:21
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For me..... any Fullers Ale, especially 1845, Pride and the London Porter. Also Black Sheep is lovely, plus honourable mentions to Summer Lightning and Conniston Bluebird.

Not to mention my own homebrew beer too! Brewed properly from Malted Barley and Whole hops(not from a kit i have to add)........ and not bad at the equivalent of 50p a pint

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Old 23-12-2008, 15:37
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Bottled :-

Batemans XXXB
Belhaven 80/
Belhaven St. Andrews Ale
Belhaven Twisted Thistle
Caledonian Deuchars IPA
Caledonian 80/
Fullers London Pride
Fullers ESB
Jennings Cumberland Ale
Timothy Taylor Landlord

Canned :-

Banks's Mild
Brains Dark
Tetley Bitter Original
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Old 23-12-2008, 15:53
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Bathams but if you don't live in the Black Country there's very little chance of getting hold of some and before someone says "I can get it and I live in..." so can I, however I wouldn't want to divulge my source
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Old 23-12-2008, 16:07
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In my list above, i made one HUGE ommision.....

Woodforde's Norfolk Ales, especially Norfolk Wherry and Nelson's Revenge!!


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Old 24-12-2008, 14:19
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I had a bottle of the Adnams carbon neutral beer its like drinking water.
The East Green? Its not THAT bad, but I wouldn't choose it over anything else. Bitter or Broadside are the best varieties.
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Old 05-01-2009, 23:34
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I'm having a few pints of Riggwelter tonight. Lovely stuff with a slight aroma of burnt chocolate and lots of malty hoppy taste. 5.7% vol but very easy to drink.

RIGGWELTER

Black Sheep Riggwelter

Riggwelter: from the Old Norse words "rigg", meaning back or shoulder and "velte", to overturn. If a sheep rolls over onto its back and can't get up without help, local Dales dialect says it is rigged or riggwelted.

Riggwelter is a full flavoured strong Yorkshire ale brewed using our unusual Yorkshire Square fermentation system. The result is a well balanced, deep chestnut coloured ale.

With its distinctive roast malt, Golding hops and banana fruit aromas, Riggwelter has the strongest and most complex flavour of all the Black Sheep beers.

* ABV 5.7%
* 500 ml bottle


http://www.blacksheepbrewery.co.uk/B...iggwelter.aspx

3 bottles for £4 at Asda
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Old 06-01-2009, 12:11
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I tried a new beer over Christmas, I've not heard of it before. It is called Braksphere. Brewed in Oxford. I really enjoyed it.
Yep our local is a Brakspear's pub, pronounced Breakspear. Their brewery used to be in Henley but Wychwood now brew their beers for them in Witney, they also brew amongst others Hobgoblin.
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Old 23-01-2009, 21:29
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Tonight I've got:

1 x 500ml bottle of Thwaite's Lancaster Bomber (4.4% and very easy drinking)

3 x 500ml bottles of Well's Bombardier (5.2% vol and a very tasty ale indeed, probably my favourite that Bargain Booze stock)

Unfortunately Bargain Booze have put their prices up so the offer is now 3 bottles for £4.50 instead on 4 bottles for £5.
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Old 23-01-2009, 23:52
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Summer Lighening, Wetherspoons used to have it on draft, it now appears to be confined to Waitrose!
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Old 24-01-2009, 00:08
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Give me anything from the Harvey's range and I'm happy. Brewed just along the road in Lewes, yum!!
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Old 24-01-2009, 00:57
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Another vote for Black Sheep from me...

Also locally Gales HSB
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