The Real Ale thread
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Had an enjoyable lunchtime at the Festival. My wife drove, so I was able to enjoy many of the brews.
Mill Green's: White Horse Bitter, Mad Old John, and Governor John Winthrop's Colonial IPA
Brewdog's: 5am Saint
Sarah Hughes': Dark Ruby Mild
Harviestoun's: Old Engine Oil
Green Jack's: Excelsior
Adnam's: Tally Ho.
The Old Engine Oil and 5am Saint were my favourites I think...
Mill Green's: White Horse Bitter, Mad Old John, and Governor John Winthrop's Colonial IPA
Brewdog's: 5am Saint
Sarah Hughes': Dark Ruby Mild
Harviestoun's: Old Engine Oil
Green Jack's: Excelsior
Adnam's: Tally Ho.
The Old Engine Oil and 5am Saint were my favourites I think...
I had a few of those, I must confess 
CooperD said:
Tried four of these last night. I'd never had any of the Kelham Island range before but this was very tasty with a slightly citrussy aftertaste.
Good choice. They are very good beers! I recommend trying some cask Pale Rider next, a slightly stronger, paler brew with similar tastes to Easy Rider, but with the intenisty turned up to 11! I've been very impressed by this surprisingly tasty session bitter in the last day or two it has been available at one my local pubs -
Edited by Forthright MC on Sunday 27th February 14:07
Attended a few sessions at the 40th anniversary edition of the St Neots Booze On The Ouse fest from Thursday night to yesterday evening, 62 beers in total, a great mix of national (beers that were avalable in 1971 when CAMRA was founded) and local microbrewers produce. -
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Of the local beers, Bartrams Valentines Daze took some beating. Truly luscious stuff, a rich and tasty 4.5% dark beer. I got to meet Mr Bartram himself on the final night and a top bloke he was too!
Brains SA was my fave from the natonals, good ol' Skull Attack always hits the spot here. Landlord and Ram Tam from Timmy Taylors were in consitently good form throughout also
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Of the local beers, Bartrams Valentines Daze took some beating. Truly luscious stuff, a rich and tasty 4.5% dark beer. I got to meet Mr Bartram himself on the final night and a top bloke he was too!
Brains SA was my fave from the natonals, good ol' Skull Attack always hits the spot here. Landlord and Ram Tam from Timmy Taylors were in consitently good form throughout also
Edited by Forthright MC on Sunday 13th March 21:21
CooperD said:
If you like your beer with a real hoppy taste you won't go far wrong with this offering. Very pleasant flavours from a brewery that never makes a bad beer.
I visited the Hook Norton brewery a couple of weekends ago, and i would recommend the trip to anyone who is interested in beer and engineering, that place is filled with history and we where given plenty of free beer lol MonkeyMatt said:
I know that technically this is not real ale as it is in a bottle but it is definately worth trying!
I have just bought a case and its great! It is a black IPA (never heard of one either) and is lovely and hoppy with a little hint of coffee at the end!
Thornbridge did a 6.6% Black IPA last year (not 100% sure if it is an occaisional or seasonal brew tho') can't remember the name of it, but it was a lovely drop of stuff. Jet black with a very pronounced hoppy/citrus taste to it as you'd expect from a traditional pale ale (like the breweries own and divine Jaipur) but with the twist of a coffee/vanilla flavour at the finish, a nice fusion of styles. I have just bought a case and its great! It is a black IPA (never heard of one either) and is lovely and hoppy with a little hint of coffee at the end!
I've been impressed (and slightly hammered! :hic: ) by a couple of mighty cask conditioned Imperial/export stouts just recently. Tried an aged drop of Buntingfords new 7% Imperial Soviet at a local pubs beer festival last week and very much liked its range of vanilla and dark chocolate tastes...
However as good as that was i got to try two halves (a few days apart) of a new brew of Green Jack Baltic Trader which weighs in at a mighty 11% which is quite remarkable! Lethal stuff as it is far too drinkable IMO!... See here for further info on the brewery and its interesting range of beers - http://www.green-jack.com/our-real-ales
Forthright MC said:
Thornbridge did a 6.6% Black IPA last year (not 100% sure if it is an occaisional or seasonal brew tho') can't remember the name of it, but it was a lovely drop of stuff. Jet black with a very pronounced hoppy/citrus taste to it as you'd expect from a traditional pale ale (like the breweries own and divine Jaipur) but with the twist of a coffee/vanilla flavour at the finish, a nice fusion of styles.
Raven. 
Gold said:
Forthright MC said:
Thornbridge did a 6.6% Black IPA last year (not 100% sure if it is an occaisional or seasonal brew tho') can't remember the name of it, but it was a lovely drop of stuff. Jet black with a very pronounced hoppy/citrus taste to it as you'd expect from a traditional pale ale (like the breweries own and divine Jaipur) but with the twist of a coffee/vanilla flavour at the finish, a nice fusion of styles.
Raven. Hope they brew it again this year.
My local has just put on a new (to me, but not sure if its an all new brew) Thornbridge brew called Brant IIRC, a 5% strong pale ale, looking forward to sampling that on Friday...
Forthright MC said:
Hope they brew it again this year.
My local has just put on a new (to me, but not sure if its an all new brew) Thornbridge brew called Brant IIRC, a 5% strong pale ale, looking forward to sampling that on Friday...
http://www.mybrewerytap.com/thornbridge-raven-blac...
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