| Beer help ! 21:41 - May 31 with 24499 views | actonman |
I have noted quite a few posters on here have a good taste for some proper real ale and beer. Now my normal tipple would be the usual fosters / Stella commercial stuff (mainly down to getting it cheap) but am getting a bit bored of the same old same old.
Went in to Asda today to have a look at what they do and I must say I dont know where to start ?
Hobgoblins , speckled hens , ipa .... Don't know where to start.
Any experts with some recommendations please ( no light ale p!sswater though )
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| Beer help ! on 11:09 - Jun 1 with 3932 views | Discodroids |
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| Beer help ! on 11:40 - Jun 1 with 3900 views | batmanhoop |
not being an expert but if you have only ever drunk lager I'd leave the strong bitters alone for awhile. Try a session beer in the 3.5% range. There are so many great bitters out there, I'm on Otter Ale, locally brewed and a great pint |  | | |
| Beer help ! on 12:38 - Jun 1 with 3858 views | YorkRanger |
So much to choose from. I aways enjoy trying Guest Ales when in a pub and the York Tap on York Station is the Daddy of Pubs when it comes to Real Ale. Anyway in no particular order I enjoy all of the following
London Pride
Green King IPA
Timothy Taylor's Landlord
Banks Bitter
Cumberland Ale (Jennings)
Thwaites Lancaster Bomber
Marstons Pedigree
Youngs Bitter
Wold Top (all varieties really)
Tetleys - hand pulled preferably |  | | |
| Beer help ! on 13:10 - Jun 1 with 3837 views | losethedrum |
Best thing about this thread is that i am on holiday this week and so off to Norwich Queen of iceni this afternoon , appetite well and truly whetted by all this drinks discussion , cheers everyone ! | | | |
| Beer help ! on 13:20 - Jun 1 with 3828 views | Konk |
| Beer help ! on 10:34 - Jun 1 by robith |
I love Beavertown - Gamma Ray is the absolute nuts. Bloody Ell, their blood organe IPA is pretty tidy too.
Siren brewery out in Berkshire do some absolutely delicious drops.
Redemption brewery in Tottenham make some corking light and pale ales |
Gamma Ray is a cracking beer — have you been up to their Tap room at Tottenham Hale? Well worth a visit. I love Redemption and the bloke who founded them is a really lovely bloke too. Big Chief and Hopspur are great beers, and Trinity is a cracking session ale at 3%. If you’re the sort of bloke who likes to spend a day on the pop before returning home to operate heavy machinery, then I think Trinity might be the way to go. Remarkable amount of flavour considering you’re drinking something so light on the alcohol front. Not sure if you’ve tried the Wild card beers, but their Queen of Hearts IPA is a gorgeous pint and justifies a visit to their brewery. |  |
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| Beer help ! on 13:28 - Jun 1 with 3808 views | Metallica_Hoop |
One shall be found here on the Wednesday 8th July as tradition demands along with probably Orthodox_Hoop.
Anyone else going?
http://www.ealingbeerfestival.org.uk/ |  |
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| Beer help ! on 13:46 - Jun 1 with 3792 views | robith |
| Beer help ! on 13:20 - Jun 1 by Konk |
Gamma Ray is a cracking beer — have you been up to their Tap room at Tottenham Hale? Well worth a visit. I love Redemption and the bloke who founded them is a really lovely bloke too. Big Chief and Hopspur are great beers, and Trinity is a cracking session ale at 3%. If you’re the sort of bloke who likes to spend a day on the pop before returning home to operate heavy machinery, then I think Trinity might be the way to go. Remarkable amount of flavour considering you’re drinking something so light on the alcohol front. Not sure if you’ve tried the Wild card beers, but their Queen of Hearts IPA is a gorgeous pint and justifies a visit to their brewery. |
Yeah I have, it's great mostly because it's £2.50 for 2/3s a pint when a pint of Neck Oil in the pub round the corner from me office if £5.60
Big Chief is THE ONE
I had queen of hearts literally 2 days ago - missus bought me a bottle as a present. Lovely drop |  | | |
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| Beer help ! on 13:53 - Jun 1 with 3787 views | Konk |
| Beer help ! on 13:46 - Jun 1 by robith |
Yeah I have, it's great mostly because it's £2.50 for 2/3s a pint when a pint of Neck Oil in the pub round the corner from me office if £5.60
Big Chief is THE ONE
I had queen of hearts literally 2 days ago - missus bought me a bottle as a present. Lovely drop |
Big Chief — Big Trouble. I’m banned from drinking more than 2 pints of that in a single session after a few all-dayers that went a bit wrong. I’ve fallen asleep on the toilet, twice now, after a day on that.
Wild Card - sat out in the sunshine listening to the Stone Roses first album, drinking pints of that at £3.60 a few yards from where it was brewed...a cracking day and there's a couple of decent pubs up in Walthamstow now too.
Ooh, and another couple of really nice North London beers are Hammerton's N1 and N7, although the N7 has a Big Chief like effect on me if I stick at it all day. [Post edited 1 Jun 2015 14:00]
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| Beer help ! on 14:01 - Jun 1 with 3779 views | w7r |
Oh man there are so many. I pretty much gave up lager a few years back - I actually tried to stop drinking but have since given up trying.
Thornbridge do some cracking beers, my two favorites at the moment are
Wild Swan & Chiron.
The Twickenham brewery "Naked Ladies" , they also do a delicious Red Ale, called Red Head funnily enough.
For something a bit different you can try Weird Beards range (brewed in Hanwell, W7)
There's the Meantime Brewery, Sambrook Brewery, Camden, Brew Dogs & Chappledowns fantastic Curious Brew & IPA - never been such a shit time to try and give up drinking.
I could go on the choice of quality ales staggering , but once tasted you'll never go back.
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| Beer help ! on 14:56 - Jun 1 with 3759 views | batmanhoop |
| Beer help ! on 12:38 - Jun 1 by YorkRanger |
So much to choose from. I aways enjoy trying Guest Ales when in a pub and the York Tap on York Station is the Daddy of Pubs when it comes to Real Ale. Anyway in no particular order I enjoy all of the following
London Pride
Green King IPA
Timothy Taylor's Landlord
Banks Bitter
Cumberland Ale (Jennings)
Thwaites Lancaster Bomber
Marstons Pedigree
Youngs Bitter
Wold Top (all varieties really)
Tetleys - hand pulled preferably |
I've never been but they tell me York is a fantastic place for pubs. Arkels Best Bitter from Swindon is one of my favourites. There was a pub off Sutherland Ave. (Truscott Arms) that had 10 hand pumps on. They had a 10 up club where even some women managed to drink all 10 in a session, 7.00-11.00  | | | |
| Beer help ! on 15:13 - Jun 1 with 3746 views | peejaybee |
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| Beer help ! on 15:29 - Jun 1 with 3731 views | Discodroids |
I bought a few bottles 'real' ale at the weekend, to try them out as I was feeling a bit adventurous in Sainsbury's. One of them was called Badger's Hole and the other Sheila's Quim. Or something like that.
Anyway, I opened up one of the bottles at dinner and my princess says: "Have you farted?" She was right. It smelt like farts and tasted like somebody had farted into some water.
my nose crinkling with distaste, i reached for a bottle of Asahi, reassuringly over priced , and quite crucially , doesnt smell of a hipsters eggy farts
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| Beer help ! on 16:16 - Jun 1 with 3699 views | johncharles |
IPA every time. Some great American IPA's around. Goose Island is my favourite. The Weld used to do Lagunitas Californian IPA at 6.2 %. Not strong enough ? Try a British Great Eastern at 7.4 %.
If you're still an Acton lad get down to Weird beard at Hanwell. Off sales and draught on open days.
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| Beer help ! on 17:23 - Jun 1 with 3665 views | robith |
| Beer help ! on 13:53 - Jun 1 by Konk |
Big Chief — Big Trouble. I’m banned from drinking more than 2 pints of that in a single session after a few all-dayers that went a bit wrong. I’ve fallen asleep on the toilet, twice now, after a day on that.
Wild Card - sat out in the sunshine listening to the Stone Roses first album, drinking pints of that at £3.60 a few yards from where it was brewed...a cracking day and there's a couple of decent pubs up in Walthamstow now too.
Ooh, and another couple of really nice North London beers are Hammerton's N1 and N7, although the N7 has a Big Chief like effect on me if I stick at it all day. [Post edited 1 Jun 2015 14:00]
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Bosko by Pressure Drop is similar for me. Absolutely gorgeous, but I'm asleep with 30 minutes of finishing the bottle.
I used to love London Fields stuff until I found out the owner is a coke dealer who is using the profits of the brewery to pay off his restitution following his conviction.
Forepure is a nice go to.
Crate IPA is gorgeous, and their brewery pub on the river lea is so nice. Great pizzas too | | | |
| Beer help ! on 17:37 - Jun 1 with 3565 views | actonman |
Well I must say, there are some great suggestions from the "experts" on here !
Think I will have my own beer festival in the garden this weekend and see what I can get hold of down the local supermarket.
Going to get messy with no FCKING football to spoil things ! | | | |
| Beer help ! on 18:35 - Jun 1 with 3547 views | johncharles |
| Beer help ! on 17:37 - Jun 1 by actonman |
Well I must say, there are some great suggestions from the "experts" on here !
Think I will have my own beer festival in the garden this weekend and see what I can get hold of down the local supermarket.
Going to get messy with no FCKING football to spoil things ! |
EALING BEER FESTIVAL !!!!!!!!!!
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| Beer help ! on 18:41 - Jun 1 with 3541 views | johncharles |
| Beer help ! on 10:34 - Jun 1 by robith |
I love Beavertown - Gamma Ray is the absolute nuts. Bloody Ell, their blood organe IPA is pretty tidy too.
Siren brewery out in Berkshire do some absolutely delicious drops.
Redemption brewery in Tottenham make some corking light and pale ales |
Just had a Bloody Ell at the old Pack Horse in Chiswick.
7. something % and Bloody gorgeous. | |
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| Beer help ! on 18:53 - Jun 1 with 3534 views | NW5Hoop |
If you've generally been drinking lagers, it's worth trying some American-style pale ales, which have the same clean, sharp refreshing taste, but are more rounded and tasty than lagers. Camden Brewery Pale Ale is very good, and often on tap (not keg) in London pubs now. I had an N7 pale ale last night which was good, and a Hackney Brewery American pale ale. | | | |
| Beer help ! on 19:08 - Jun 1 with 3519 views | SimonJames |
I mainly drink Jim Beam
...but when I do have girly drinks it's usually Cobra for lager
or Cheddar Valley for cider.
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| Beer help ! on 19:09 - Jun 1 with 3516 views | paulparker |
| Beer help ! on 15:29 - Jun 1 by Discodroids |
I bought a few bottles 'real' ale at the weekend, to try them out as I was feeling a bit adventurous in Sainsbury's. One of them was called Badger's Hole and the other Sheila's Quim. Or something like that.
Anyway, I opened up one of the bottles at dinner and my princess says: "Have you farted?" She was right. It smelt like farts and tasted like somebody had farted into some water.
my nose crinkling with distaste, i reached for a bottle of Asahi, reassuringly over priced , and quite crucially , doesnt smell of a hipsters eggy farts
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If your going on the Ale Disco start off on the light stuff first I would recommend
Dizzy Blonde
Deuchars IPA ( great lunch time drink for a session)
Summer lightning ( fcuking nector )
Inferno ( from the Oakham brewery
Also Chiswick bitter from Fullers ( kin beautiful
All of these I would recommend problem is your guts in the morning are lethal , the missus does her nut
Also if you get the chance get on the Grimbergen blonde it's the best of the Belgium beers it's not to strong and doesn't give you a pounding head the next day , it's as smooth as Richard gere in American Gigolo |  |
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| Beer help ! on 19:24 - Jun 1 with 3512 views | Hoop_Du_Jour |
| Beer help ! on 15:29 - Jun 1 by Discodroids |
I bought a few bottles 'real' ale at the weekend, to try them out as I was feeling a bit adventurous in Sainsbury's. One of them was called Badger's Hole and the other Sheila's Quim. Or something like that.
Anyway, I opened up one of the bottles at dinner and my princess says: "Have you farted?" She was right. It smelt like farts and tasted like somebody had farted into some water.
my nose crinkling with distaste, i reached for a bottle of Asahi, reassuringly over priced , and quite crucially , doesnt smell of a hipsters eggy farts
#beerbantz [Post edited 1 Jun 2015 15:32]
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Used colonic irrigation water, dreadful way to imbibe alcohol. |  | | |
| Beer help ! on 19:43 - Jun 1 with 3494 views | robith |
| Beer help ! on 18:53 - Jun 1 by NW5Hoop |
If you've generally been drinking lagers, it's worth trying some American-style pale ales, which have the same clean, sharp refreshing taste, but are more rounded and tasty than lagers. Camden Brewery Pale Ale is very good, and often on tap (not keg) in London pubs now. I had an N7 pale ale last night which was good, and a Hackney Brewery American pale ale. |
I had the hackney brewery american pale you speak of on cask at my wedding at my request :) great drop | | | |
| Beer help ! on 20:32 - Jun 1 with 3471 views | WatfordR |
As a few have said, Fursty Ferret is lovely. Marlow's Rebellion Red is flavour of the moment here tho. |  | | |
| Beer help ! on 22:05 - Jun 1 with 3448 views | CiderwithRsie |
I have to say, this thread does bring up the old conundrum of why the feck have we never got Fullers as our sponsors, if only so we could have "London Pride' across the front of the shirts, pretty much where "Guinness" used to go.
"Extra Special Brew" for the Menace kit. Job's a good 'un. | | | |
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