Beer - suggestions

[sherman]

We had banana beer in the pub I work in a couple of years ago. I was a light ale with actual bananas put in during the brewing process. It was interesting.

[Racingdude009]

Bitburger Pilsner well worth a try.

[neilsfishing]

Racingdude009 said:

Bitburger Pilsner well worth a try.

Ive had that its good

[turbotongue]

Had many a pint of Blue Point Toasted Lager in New York. It was stunning. Definitely the best drink I have every tasted. Not sure if they sell it in the UK?

[mat13]

Farmers Blonde by the bradfield brewery in sheffield, the most refreshing real ale i have drank so far.

[Forthright MC]

sherman said:

We had banana beer in the pub I work in a couple of years ago. I was a light ale with actual bananas put in during the brewing process. It was interesting.

Wells Banana Bread Beer -



A seasonal cask beer, but more commonly available in bottles at a higher strength.
An interesting sounding brew, i've never had it, but i have heard from a few landlords that have served it on draught in their pubs that the flavour of the beer clings to the pipes for ages after the beer has finished and is impossible to shift!

Have had Waggledance from W&Y once or twice and that can be quite quaffable indeed!

OP, try a few summery pale ales, similar looking to lagers, but they have soooo much more taste!
Adnams Explorer, Hopback Summer Lightning and Oakham JHB are good bets (esp the formers other beers too, fantastic brewery)

[sherman]

Forthright MC said:

sherman said:

We had banana beer in the pub I work in a couple of years ago. I was a light ale with actual bananas put in during the brewing process. It was interesting.

Wells Banana Bread Beer -



A seasonal cask beer, but more commonly available in bottles at a higher strength.
An interesting sounding brew, i've never had it, but i have heard from a few landlords that have served it on draught in their pubs that the flavour of the beer clings to the pipes for ages after the beer has finished and is impossible to shift!

Have had Waggledance from W&Y once or twice and that can be quite quaffable indeed!

OP, try a few summery pale ales, similar looking to lagers, but they have soooo much more taste!
Adnams Explorer, Hopback Summer Lightning and Oakham JHB are good bets (esp the formers other beers too, fantastic brewery)

It was this stuff from Caledonian (makers of Deuchars) that we had

[beefbeef]

sherman said:

Forthright MC said:

sherman said:

We had banana beer in the pub I work in a couple of years ago. I was a light ale with actual bananas put in during the brewing process. It was interesting.

Wells Banana Bread Beer -



A seasonal cask beer, but more commonly available in bottles at a higher strength.
An interesting sounding brew, i've never had it, but i have heard from a few landlords that have served it on draught in their pubs that the flavour of the beer clings to the pipes for ages after the beer has finished and is impossible to shift!

Have had Waggledance from W&Y once or twice and that can be quite quaffable indeed!

OP, try a few summery pale ales, similar looking to lagers, but they have soooo much more taste!
Adnams Explorer, Hopback Summer Lightning and Oakham JHB are good bets (esp the formers other beers too, fantastic brewery)

It was this stuff from Caledonian (makers of Deuchars) that we had

Want to try either of these, sounds good! Would never have thought of bananas in beer... wonder if you could get other flavours...

[sherman]

beefbeef said:

sherman said:

Forthright MC said:

sherman said:

We had banana beer in the pub I work in a couple of years ago. I was a light ale with actual bananas put in during the brewing process. It was interesting.

Wells Banana Bread Beer -



A seasonal cask beer, but more commonly available in bottles at a higher strength.
An interesting sounding brew, i've never had it, but i have heard from a few landlords that have served it on draught in their pubs that the flavour of the beer clings to the pipes for ages after the beer has finished and is impossible to shift!

Have had Waggledance from W&Y once or twice and that can be quite quaffable indeed!

OP, try a few summery pale ales, similar looking to lagers, but they have soooo much more taste!
Adnams Explorer, Hopback Summer Lightning and Oakham JHB are good bets (esp the formers other beers too, fantastic brewery)

It was this stuff from Caledonian (makers of Deuchars) that we had

Want to try either of these, sounds good! Would never have thought of bananas in beer... wonder if you could get other flavours...

There are a few cherry beers about and chocolate as said above.

[Bodo]

Your beer has arrived. Rothaus Tannenzäpfle

http://www.plateoftheday.com/556/

Not sure it is exported to the UK.

Oh yes, they do: http://www.veesand.com/where%20to%20buy.html

Edited by Bodo on Monday 14th June 23:07

[Forthright MC]

sherman said:

beefbeef said:

sherman said:

Forthright MC said:

sherman said:

We had banana beer in the pub I work in a couple of years ago. I was a light ale with actual bananas put in during the brewing process. It was interesting.

Wells Banana Bread Beer -



A seasonal cask beer, but more commonly available in bottles at a higher strength.
An interesting sounding brew, i've never had it, but i have heard from a few landlords that have served it on draught in their pubs that the flavour of the beer clings to the pipes for ages after the beer has finished and is impossible to shift!

Have had Waggledance from W&Y once or twice and that can be quite quaffable indeed!

OP, try a few summery pale ales, similar looking to lagers, but they have soooo much more taste!
Adnams Explorer, Hopback Summer Lightning and Oakham JHB are good bets (esp the formers other beers too, fantastic brewery)

It was this stuff from Caledonian (makers of Deuchars) that we had

Want to try either of these, sounds good! Would never have thought of bananas in beer... wonder if you could get other flavours...

There are a few cherry beers about and chocolate as said above.

Ah right, interesting. I know Cally beers, but not that one! I wouldn't mind having a bash at that either.

Fruit/unusual beers are much more common on the continent, but there are a good few craft brewers over here who are dabblling more with those styles now too... I've had a Raspberry Wheat beer (Framboise) from a nearby local micro at a beer fest once not long ago and that was interesting. Very sweet, quite lactic sort of taste that can take your breath away on the first sip, you really have to like that sort of taste/flavour to really appreciate it, but a sterling effort none the less i thought.
I've had a chocolate beer too, Castle Rock Elder Ale (4.7%) also unusual and not bad.

Dark Star and Salopian are two breweries that spring to my mind mind for interesting beers, well worth googling and checking out their websites for info...

Edited by Forthright MC on Monday 14th June 23:11

[sherman]

Forthright MC said:

sherman said:

beefbeef said:

sherman said:

Forthright MC said:

sherman said:

We had banana beer in the pub I work in a couple of years ago. I was a light ale with actual bananas put in during the brewing process. It was interesting.

Wells Banana Bread Beer -



A seasonal cask beer, but more commonly available in bottles at a higher strength.
An interesting sounding brew, i've never had it, but i have heard from a few landlords that have served it on draught in their pubs that the flavour of the beer clings to the pipes for ages after the beer has finished and is impossible to shift!

Have had Waggledance from W&Y once or twice and that can be quite quaffable indeed!

OP, try a few summery pale ales, similar looking to lagers, but they have soooo much more taste!
Adnams Explorer, Hopback Summer Lightning and Oakham JHB are good bets (esp the formers other beers too, fantastic brewery)

It was this stuff from Caledonian (makers of Deuchars) that we had

Want to try either of these, sounds good! Would never have thought of bananas in beer... wonder if you could get other flavours...

There are a few cherry beers about and chocolate as said above.

Ah right, interesting. I know Cally beers, but not that one! I wouldn't mind having a bash at that either.

Fruit/unusual beers are much more common on the continent, but there are a good few craft brewers over here who are dabblling more with those styles now too... I've had a Raspberry Wheat beer (Framboise) from a nearby local micro at a beer fest once not long ago and that was interesting. Very sweet, quite lactic sort of taste that can take your breath away on the first sip, you really have to like that sort of taste/flavour to really appreciate it, but a sterling effort none the less i thought.
I've had a chocolate beer too, Castle Rock Elder Ale (4.7%) also unusual and not bad.

Dark Star and Salopian are two breweries that spring to my mind mind for interesting beers, well worth googling and checking out their websites for info...

Edited by Forthright MC on Monday 14th June 23:11

It was their beer of the month a while ago and has never surfaced again. Must of been popular. Not.

[Forthright MC]

sherman said:

Forthright MC said:

sherman said:

beefbeef said:

sherman said:

Forthright MC said:

sherman said:

We had banana beer in the pub I work in a couple of years ago. I was a light ale with actual bananas put in during the brewing process. It was interesting.

Wells Banana Bread Beer -



A seasonal cask beer, but more commonly available in bottles at a higher strength.
An interesting sounding brew, i've never had it, but i have heard from a few landlords that have served it on draught in their pubs that the flavour of the beer clings to the pipes for ages after the beer has finished and is impossible to shift!

Have had Waggledance from W&Y once or twice and that can be quite quaffable indeed!

OP, try a few summery pale ales, similar looking to lagers, but they have soooo much more taste!
Adnams Explorer, Hopback Summer Lightning and Oakham JHB are good bets (esp the formers other beers too, fantastic brewery)

It was this stuff from Caledonian (makers of Deuchars) that we had

Want to try either of these, sounds good! Would never have thought of bananas in beer... wonder if you could get other flavours...

There are a few cherry beers about and chocolate as said above.

Ah right, interesting. I know Cally beers, but not that one! I wouldn't mind having a bash at that either.

Fruit/unusual beers are much more common on the continent, but there are a good few craft brewers over here who are dabblling more with those styles now too... I've had a Raspberry Wheat beer (Framboise) from a nearby local micro at a beer fest once not long ago and that was interesting. Very sweet, quite lactic sort of taste that can take your breath away on the first sip, you really have to like that sort of taste/flavour to really appreciate it, but a sterling effort none the less i thought.
I've had a chocolate beer too, Castle Rock Elder Ale (4.7%) also unusual and not bad.

Dark Star and Salopian are two breweries that spring to my mind mind for interesting beers, well worth googling and checking out their websites for info...

Edited by Forthright MC on Monday 14th June 23:11

It was their beer of the month a while ago and has never surfaced again. Must of been popular. Not.

Could have been a one off i guess, quite a few breweries trial future seasonal brews that way

[big_treacle]

Kristall Weissbier is where it's at. Sometimes you can get this stuff in Asda...

http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/weihenstephaner-krist...

Chuck a bit of lemon in it.

[dougc]

They serve Fruhli at my local which is a true fruit beer - tastes like strong lager with Strawberry Nesquik added.

If you like proper ale with fruity tones, try Badger Golden Glory which tastes of Peach.

Another Badger which is an acquired taste is Blandford Fly which is made with ginger.

[pphillpot]

Waitrose have got this on offer at the moment:

http://www.skinnersbrewery.com/shop/cornish-knocke...

very tasty it is too.

[A911DOM]

Waitrose also have an offer on this -

http://www.waitrosedeliver.com/wdeliver/servlet/JS...

No idea what its like, but looked quite interesting!

[JayBM]

Silent1 said:

Little Creatures Pale Ale
Or
Little Creatures Bright Ale

No clue if they do it over here though, it's brewed in perth.

LC Pale Ale is available here....

http://www.beersofeurope.co.uk/acatalog/Beers_of_E...

A thing of wonder and beauty; which reminds me I'm running low so must order some more

Edited by JayBM on Tuesday 15th June 15:52

[Cheese Mechanic]

I can recomend the Well's Banana bread beer, lovely stuff. For me though a couple is enough, because of its sweetness. Waggledance is another beaut, gorgeous stuff.

There was another I used to grab when I saw it, Marston's Firestoker , not seen it for some while now though, so may not be brewed anymore.

Can recomend Oakham ales , their brewery is in Peterborough , and their pub The Brewery Tap, is a must if you ever have the bad luck to be in Peterborough.

[Wadeski]

if you or the OH like lager-like beers, but are looking for a bit more flavour i recommend trying Discovery from Fullers. Also, their Honey Dew Ale is extremely nice in the summer.