Beers, standard or craft, what are your favourites?
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Bottled London Pride or Bass take a lot of beating, and when kept and presented well are excellent draft ales.
My local Sainsbury store has started stocking regional varieties of Birra Moretti. I like this stuff in the summer months as it is (the only beer in the world designed to be drunk with your hat on!) but the regional ones are very nice, the Tuscan one especially.
My local Sainsbury store has started stocking regional varieties of Birra Moretti. I like this stuff in the summer months as it is (the only beer in the world designed to be drunk with your hat on!) but the regional ones are very nice, the Tuscan one especially.
User33678888 said:
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+Beavertown - Bloody Notorious (a blood orange IPA)
Northern Monk - Eternal (a good IPA)
Any clues?
Lupuloid is 6.something of a great IPA and is one of the Beavertown core beers.
Edited by James P on Thursday 20th July 14:42
PotatoSalad said:
I'd love to try that, is it available in any of the supermarkets or online only?
Never seen Rochefort 10 in any UK supermarket so either mail order or a decent specialist beer shop would be your best bet. I did buy a case of it a few years back from here: https://www.belgianbeerfactory.com/en/ but it seems like they've stopped shipping to the UK for whatever reason R1gtr said:
We have this in the fridges at work for the 3pm bar opening on Friday afternoons..........rather nice it is too Also have a craft beer pub about 5o yards from the office that changes it's suppliers regularly so am getting to try quite a few............just don't seem to be able to remember what they are the morning after
James P said:
User33678888 said:
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+Beavertown - Bloody Notorious (a blood orange IPA)
Northern Monk - Eternal (a good IPA)
Any clues?
Lupuloid is 6.something of a great IPA and is one of the Beavertown core beers.
Edited by James P on Thursday 20th July 14:42
The Beavertown brewery is not that far from you I think. I've been to their tap-room in Haggerston (near the train station), it is called Dukes Brew & Que so I think you can probably get cans or a growler fill from there.
The Northern Monk brewery and tap room is very close to me so I go there often, but you should be able to get Northern Monk tins in Marks & Spencer. I went in M&S on Fenchurch Street last month and they had it on the shelf in there, definitely worth trying a few if you spot them.
As above, Magicrock stuff is great (Huddersfield), as is Cloudwater (Manchester).
Edited by SlowMoped on Thursday 20th July 15:40
Yex 450 said:
R1gtr said:
We have this in the fridges at work for the 3pm bar opening on Friday afternoons..........rather nice it is too Also have a craft beer pub about 5o yards from the office that changes it's suppliers regularly so am getting to try quite a few............just don't seem to be able to remember what they are the morning after
I've been trying Tesco's range of IPAs.
Sharp's Atlantic is probably top though Ringwood Circadian is very similar, but more citrus. Marston's Shipyard is like a stronger, more bitter version of Atlantic.
At 90p a 500ml bottle, Banks's Amber Bitter is good value - light, bitter and drinkable.
There's a pub in town selling Powder Monkey, which I like - keg though. http://www.nelsonbrewery.co.uk/flagship-ales/
Sharp's Atlantic is probably top though Ringwood Circadian is very similar, but more citrus. Marston's Shipyard is like a stronger, more bitter version of Atlantic.
At 90p a 500ml bottle, Banks's Amber Bitter is good value - light, bitter and drinkable.
There's a pub in town selling Powder Monkey, which I like - keg though. http://www.nelsonbrewery.co.uk/flagship-ales/
I do tend to prefer lighter coloured beers, I can drink anything and enjoy it, a lot of about context, even cooking lager, for example is best with a curry where a stronger or more highly flavoured brew may clash.
So there is cooking lager, Carling, Fosters Heineken etc, then stronger cooking lager, Stella, Becks, Peroni, Budweiser, Moretti, it all tastes the same to me, a lot of it is branding and snobbery, Stella has an image problem but I would say it tastes broadly the same as any of the others.
Punk IPA is a favourite, that is a lovely beer, most of BrewDogs stuff I have had has been nice, Elvis Juice was nice but more alcoholic Grapefruit juice than beer.
Holts MPA if I must have a bitter is pretty good, but I am mainly a lager drinker, dont really get the bitter thing, but dont feel the need to slag it off though I find a lot of it pretty insipid, some of the horrors I have endured at Beer festivals I cant comprehend, not sure why they make beers that taste of treacle infused brackish pond, but some seem to like them, all have different tastes.
Quite like White beers, someone mentioned, Blue Moon, done US style with a slice of Orange, not really like Beer, but a lovely drink, and surprisingly strong.
So there is cooking lager, Carling, Fosters Heineken etc, then stronger cooking lager, Stella, Becks, Peroni, Budweiser, Moretti, it all tastes the same to me, a lot of it is branding and snobbery, Stella has an image problem but I would say it tastes broadly the same as any of the others.
Punk IPA is a favourite, that is a lovely beer, most of BrewDogs stuff I have had has been nice, Elvis Juice was nice but more alcoholic Grapefruit juice than beer.
Holts MPA if I must have a bitter is pretty good, but I am mainly a lager drinker, dont really get the bitter thing, but dont feel the need to slag it off though I find a lot of it pretty insipid, some of the horrors I have endured at Beer festivals I cant comprehend, not sure why they make beers that taste of treacle infused brackish pond, but some seem to like them, all have different tastes.
Quite like White beers, someone mentioned, Blue Moon, done US style with a slice of Orange, not really like Beer, but a lovely drink, and surprisingly strong.
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
There are loads of really good beers I go back to. The Rochefort is definitely up there. Great stuff. I have 4 bottles of Samichlaus which is lovely but at 14%, one is enough before switching to something weaker. http://www.beersofeurope.co.uk/samichlaus-bierOne 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
My absolute favourite is Bourbon County from Goose Island. http://www.beersofeurope.co.uk/goose-island-bourbo... It's even stronger at 15% but a lovely stout. I used it instead of Champagne when I bought my last property to celebrate!
My normal weekend beers are things like Duvel, Leffe, La Trappe or Straffe Hendrick although you can pick up a nice bottle of Robinsons Old Tom from Asda these days.
Never you mind said:
Can I just point out one small thing. Southerners don't know how to pull a pint!
I had been drinking real ale for 20 years (whilst living in both The North, midlands and The South) before realising there was a difference to how northern and southern beer was served.Finger on the Pulse as always....
J4CKO said:
Punk IPA is a favourite, that is a lovely beer, most of BrewDogs stuff I have had has been nice, Elvis Juice was nice but more alcoholic Grapefruit juice than beer.
My wife loves most of Brewdog's stuff, but I'm not in to hoppy beers and haven't found a single one of theirs that I'd drink. Have you tried their Tactical Thermonuclear Penguin? 32% and tastes bloody horrible. They've since produced Sink The Bismark at 40% but I've not tried that one.Gassing Station | Food, Drink & Restaurants | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff