Beers, standard or craft, what are your favourites?

[User33678888]

SlowMoped said:

Beavertown - Gammaray (Favourite IPA)
Beavertown - Bloody Notorious (a blood orange IPA)
Northern Monk - Eternal (a good IPA)

If I could find these easily I'd buy them. I'm in north London but struggle to find the Beavertowns. Sometimes see the Neck Oil for £2.50+
Any clues?

[Speckle]

I really like Leffe Rituel but, at 9% it is definitely not a session beer and is reserved for special occasions. It is also quite pricey to get hold of over here. Leffe blonde is my weekend staple to have in the fridge, or occasionally Old Crafty Hen. If I go out, I'll generally drink ale such as Old Speckled Hen, 6X or Directors if there are no Belgian beers available (which there often aren't).

Not a fan of generic mass produced lagers, I prefer beers with flavour.

[SpunkyGlory]

My favourite at the moment is anything by the Isle of Skye Brewing Company.

Punk IPA is nice one, and Blue Moon. Also partial to a pint of Moretti.

[LordGrover]

I'm pretty easy-going on the beer front - so long as it isn't horrible I'll drink it.
Much prefer lower ABV though - so many are north of 4.5% these days. Sub 4% for me please - a nice session beer that you can scoop down for hours without getting stupid drunk.

[PotatoSalad]

One of my favourites, hard to find these days (I think it's discontinued now) and they changed the recipe quite recently, but my god it's smooth..

[Raddors]

Surely the correct answer is this (although not actually a lager fan):







Sharp's Atlantic IPA as the supermarket choice
Greene King's Yardbird
Only Lager I will have out of choice is Curious Brew

[4Q]

Absolution from the Abbeydale Brewery, preferably served in here
https://whatpub.com/pubs/SHF/107/three-stags-heads...

[MoggieMinor]

Has to be Real Ale for me. Too many favourites to mention but Joules Pale Ale is always welcome!

[lufbramatt]

Brewdog Jack Hammer IPA is my current favourite, like Punk IPA but drier.

Big fan of Gadds stuff, try to get a minipin for Christmas every year as they are not far from where I work.

[WinstonWolf]

Hopback Summer Lightning

[Robbo 27]

Black Sheep

Its worth a trip to the brewery too if you are in North Yorkshire

[C0ffin D0dger]

There's so much choice these days and my tastes changes with the season's, dark beers in the Winter, light hoppy IPAs and APAs in the summer. Now getting into sours and DIPAs. I also make my own beer which I drink most of the time. Partial to the odd Artois as nothing really beats a lager on a hot day. Enjoy cider too (proper stuff mind you!).

One of my absolute favs is Rochefort 10, not for the faint hearted though at around 11% ABV:



Chimay also really nice.

Had a drop of this last Christmas, pretty special: https://harviestoun.com/our-beers/ola-dubh-18

[SteellFJ]

R1gtr said:

SteellFJ said:

R1gtr said:

Happy Chappy is lovely, nice and light with good flavour, had it quite a bit recently, thankfully I am only a few miles from Cromarty!
Lager wise I like crisp light premium stuff like Peroni or Menabrea and will usually stick to these on a night out as I don't seem to get too bad a hangover, however my guts don't seem to approve as much as my head and the pan can take a bit of a beating in the morning, window open all day!

Where abouts are you? My OH's gran stays about 7 miles down the road at Ardivalle (sp?) she's about half mile from the brewery as the crow flys across some fields. Heading up for the annual family festival this weekend

Just across the firth in Dingwall, if you have not been before get yourself in to Cromarty itself and go to Sutor Creek for Pizza, best I have ever had!
Have a great weekend

www.sutorcreek.co.uk

I've heard that but never ventured over might give it bash this weekend, would be better than the trek over to Avoch for a curry

I'll have a great weekend, you enjoy yours

[PotatoSalad]

C0ffin D0dger said:

There's so much choice these days and my tastes changes with the season's, dark beers in the Winter, light hoppy IPAs and APAs in the summer. Now getting into sours and DIPAs. I also make my own beer which I drink most of the time. Partial to the odd Artois as nothing really beats a lager on a hot day. Enjoy cider too (proper stuff mind you!).

One of my absolute favs is Rochefort 10, not for the faint hearted though at around 11% ABV:

I'd love to try that, is it available in any of the supermarkets or online only?

[RizzoTheRat]

C0ffin D0dger said:

There's so much choice these days and my tastes changes with the season's, dark beers in the Winter, light hoppy IPAs and APAs in the summer. Now getting into sours and DIPAs. I also make my own beer which I drink most of the time. Partial to the odd Artois as nothing really beats a lager on a hot day. Enjoy cider too (proper stuff mind you!).

One of my absolute favs is Rochefort 10, not for the faint hearted though at around 11% ABV:



Chimay also really nice.

Had a drop of this last Christmas, pretty special: https://harviestoun.com/our-beers/ola-dubh-18

Had some of the Ola Dubh at a beer festival a while back. Very nice.

Working in the Netherlands a fair bit I love the fact that trappist style beers are so cheap and widely available compared to the UK. If you like the Rochefort keep an eye out for Kasteel Donker, St Bernadus 12, and Le Trappe Quadruple. All available from my local supermarket over there.

This is the beer menu at one of my local bars over there

Edited by RizzoTheRat on Thursday 20th July 13:47

[CAPP0]

Got wide-ranging tastes so I'll drink lots of different beers. Proper Job is a current favourite.

I honestly can't understand how or why anyone drinks Budweiser though. It's properly nasty.

[Uncle John]

Adnams Ghost Ship IPA

and

Duchy Organic IPA are my current favourites.

Mention to St Austell Proper Job as well.

I've areal thing for IPA's at the moment, will probably migrate like the birds to a maltier chewier ale as we move into autumn/winter seasons.

[Chebble]

I tend to have a few favourites on rotation:

Brew dog IPA
Brooklyn Lager
Asahi
Sapporo
Samuel Adams
Guinness Hop House 13
Shipyard American IPA
Birra Morretti

I'm not particularly fussy, but I absolutely refuse to drink Carling, Fosters or Carlsberg. To my tastes, it is watery, chemical tasting, ste. Of course, I'm sure that any hardened beer drink who prefers brown ale will think the same about my choices, but why anyone drinks those three is beyond me, especially when you consider that there are countless beers at around the same price point that are far superior.

Beer also tastes different depending on how it is poured. Draught is best, followed by bottles, with cans firmly in third place. This is fact, and isn't up for discussion

[Gtom]

Blue monkey funky gibbon
Old crafty hen
Sharps doombar
Timothy Taylor landlord & boltmaker

I have gone off IPA's a bit now, I much prefer a golden/copper ale. Or Guinness. I do like Guinness.

[oddball1313]

Everards Tiger is a pretty fine beer
http://www.everards.co.uk/beers/core-ales/tiger-co...

Rutland Grainstore Osprey for a lighter summer ale
http://www.grainstorebrewery.com/drink/rutland-osp...