Beer/Ale Recommendations

[nsherin]

Here's an idea! Feel free to add to the thread any recommendations you have for beers/ale that you enjoy. Have just been over the pub and can definately recommend Exmoor Beast. A superb ale, with a nice malty taste. The only problem is that it slips down too smoothly . It's 6.6%, BTW!

Also recommend:

Old Speckled Hen
Bass
London Pride
Cornish Rebellion

 

[themadhippy]

mmm exmoor beast yum,if you like dark beers highgates old growler is very nice,also old peculiar.other favorites include anything from st peters brewery, there porter is rather nice.not sure if there still going but the kitchen brewery made some intresting,and very nice beers, there funky figgy pudden is luvvly, chrismas pudding flavered beer

 

[auric]

glug . . . glug . . . glug

Just the thing for those dark, cold winter afternoons.

Auric

 

[nsherin]

Looks superb, mate! Will have to try that one and the ones hippy suggested!

 

[Sgt Rock]

old peculiar

fullers esb

£5 for 4 at my local Tesco's

 

[I-S]

A few favourites:

Ruddles County
Black Sheep Ale (Breakaway from Theakston's)
Hoegaarden
Hoegaarden Grand Cru
Firecrest (brewed by wychwood, sold through sainsbury's)
Timothy Taylor
Hen's Tooth (brewed by Morland, who also do Old Speckled Hen)
Theakston's Old Peculiar
1698 (Sheapard Neame's 300th anniversary beer. Now discontinued )
Marston's Double Drop

 

[julian2002]

back when i used to drink:
hoegaarden
chimay (blue, red and black)
dogbolter
that stuff you get in the frog and parrot in sheffield.

not really much of a beer man myself... now jack daniels there's the drink of the gods. especially when it's topped up with jack daniels and coke!
cheers


julian

 

[lAmBoY]

Hoegarden Grand Cru - Rocks

Ive missed a flight today due to a big nasty on the M6 at Stoke - so Im imbibing in my fave brew right now!

Duvel is also a sweet strong fave too.

If ever you are in the lower reaches of Wells you should deffo visit my fave pub south of Telford.....http://www.wookeyholeinn.com/ ...here you will find some great beer, great food and great rooms - bestest business nights away Ive ever had.

mucho respecto (hic, gluurg, hic)

 

[lAmBoY]

and here you go for a taste of whats on offer (pasted from the web site.......)

"Beer at the Wookey Hole Inn

8 Belgium beers on draught, including Liefman's Frambois, la Chouffe, Leffe, de Koninck and Hoegaarden, plus many more in bottles. We have at least 4 guest ales on at any one time, with the famous Wook Ale always available. There's Amstel from Belgium plus Red Stripe and Kirin, plus all your normal suspects. Cider heads are catered for with the award-winning Old Rosie and Stowford Press. We also have some unusual wines from Canada and Argentina and a range of chilled sherries by the glass and half bottle ââ'¬â€œ all served with our special brand of humour and sunshine...."

do yourself a favour - give it a go and enjoy.

 

[I-S]

Another Belgian to look out for is Bush. At 13.5%, it's not one for drinking large amounts of (at least not if you wish to be capable of movement the next day), but a very fine beer.

 

[michaelab]

Hoegaarden Grand Cru ?? I've never seen that how's that different to regular Hoegaarden?

Of course Hoegaarden is next to impossible to find here in Portugal, esp. on tap but on my regular trips to London I've noticed that fewer and fewers pubs have it aswell - WTF? And it's not just Hoegaarden either, hardly any pubs in London seem to have any kind of wheat beer anymore

It's by far my favourite kind of beer so it's rather annoying.

Michael.

 

[themadhippy]

seems like belgium beer is very popular in lowestoft,whilst up there last week i found 1 pub stocks around 30 diffrent bottled belguim beers plus 2 or 3 on draft,another with around 10- diffrent bottled types and a cafe which claims to stock 85 diffrent belguim beers,will find out how true this claim is when i permantly move there (tommorow ) suprisingly the local brew, admans, is pretty scarce

 

[bottleneck]

if youre after an every day beer (literally in my case! hic!) tescos own brand 'draught' beer has a widget, and is a nice pint. Tastes as good as a pint of ale from the pub to me.

Especially good because you get 12 cans for £6.49!

 

[themadhippy]

sorry bottleneck but beer in a can is not beer,its fizzy alcholic water thats had all the life pasterised out of it,same now for a lot of bottled beers,gone are the days when i could use the yeast from a bottled beer for my own brews

 

[julian2002]

michael,
if you haven't already, check out belgo centraal in earlham st, covent garden. the food there is good and they've got a massive selection of belgian beers to buy in a little shop next door.
i believe there are also a couple of belgian beer bars run by the same company knocking about london too, never been to one though.
cheers

julian

 

[I-S]

Grand Cru is sweeter, less floury and rather stronger (8.7%) than regular Hoegaarden. It isn't common (majestic wine merchants had some, but sold out now. I picked up one case, but it wasn't cheap at £30!)

 

[michaelab]

Julian - I know Belgo Centraal but haven't been there for ages. Thanks for the reminder - must go again next time I'm in London. Is Belgo Nord up in Camden still around aswell?

Michael.

 

[nsherin]

Sounds like I've got some serious drinking to do Indoors tonight though with a few tins of Carlsberg, so that will do for now, with a few tunes.

 

[Graham C]

"Bishops Farewell (OG 1046 ABV 4.6%). It was originally produced for the 1995 Peterborough Beer Festival in honour of Bill Westwood, Bishop of Peterborough, who was about to retire when he opened the festival. A light golden beer that is decidedly refreshing. Now a permanent fixture of the Oakham Ales Portfolio.

Overall Winner, Rugby Beer Festival, 1998
Best Bitter, Peterborough Beer Festival, 1995"

{from http://www.pcamra.demon.co.uk/oakham/}

or Co-ops "Freeminer" bottled beer at home

 

[Phill77]

After tonight I must recommend a decent pint of Abbot Ale, preferably straight out of the barrel.

Else Black Sheep, Hobgoblin and Waggledance get my vote.

Hoegarden?
Bah foreign shite!