SCR beer and ale

DonDaddyD

OK due to Monkey Monster insisting that I sup upon his fine pint of beer/ale I am now fascinated by the stuff.

On Saturday I had some. Sunday I some more, Wandle something. Yesterday I had four/five pints of Abbot and today with my girlfriend gone with mates to some 'secret restaurant in my kitchen'. I might have a jar or two.

It's lovely. My favourite so far is banana bread. Followed by Abbot as I like its smooth delivery of alcohol wonders...

Any recommendations on beers would be much appreciated... or just post your appreciate/disgust for the stuff.

MonkeyMonster

Timothy Taylors
London Pride
Fullers Discovery

Rich158

Adnams - any of their beers are superb, heartily recomended. They are especially good if you can get up to their home town of Southwold, a ride along the Suffolk coast followed by a cold pint of Broadside makes for a fantastic Sunday

bigmat

London Shame! In theory a nice pint, but I've had some rotten examples over the years. I grew up on Sam Smiths, they have a few pubs in London, worth checking out for the prices alone. Also, not exactly ale but Belgian trappist beers open up a whole new world of drinking pleasure - I'm thinking Westmalle, Grimberg, De Koninck, Palm, Chimay, Leffe etc. I could go on, in fact I went through the entire beer menu on a couple of occasions - happy days!

prawny

Mmmm Landlord!

I like waggle dance and adnams carbon neutal too

MonkeyMonster

Rich158 wrote:

a cold pint of Broadside makes for a fantastic Sunday

Its the morning after when I find broadside makes its presence felt... Combined with curry can make a potent brew!

Porgy

Hobgoblin is proving to be a favourite of mine these days.

prawny

Porgy wrote:

Hobgoblin is proving to be a favourite of mine these days.

Bit strong for me but nice.

Doombar is good and Tribute id fcuking awesome!

DonDaddyD

It sounds cheesy but I love the whole image of sitting in a pub, in my suitm, legs crossed reading a paper while clutching at a beer as it rests on the table.

I also like going to the weatherspoons in Wimbledon and sitting with the locals outside and rolling rollies while I drink my pint like a hobo.

As my girlfriend rushed to give me my pint and I didn't drink it immediately she asked if there was something wrong. I told her 'knowingly' that it needs to rest - it was still settling - an old lady, a pub regular, looked at me and smiled. I felt special... :oops:

iain_j

I wasn't going to, but you lot have got it on my mind now.

Mmmmm.

Adnams Broadside
Fullers London Pride
Newcastle Brown
Coniston Bluebird
Black Sheep Ale
Theakston's Old Peculier

and our very own local

Cains Finest Bitter (my commute takes me past the brewery twice a day )

Mmmmmmm. Beeeeer.

MonkeyMonster

Newcastle brown... still not entirely sure what that is classed as Tis nice when I last had it - at uni
Blacksheep, woo hoo!
Theakstons old is for getting mashed beer - its deadly.

Oh - badger golden champion ftw!

il_principe

DDD there's a newish pub in Pimlico called the Cask. The landlord is nuts about proper brtitish beer and the selection changes every week. I was in their last night and tried 3 different beers, non of which I'd ever had before. It's well worth a visit.

So last night's beers:

Crouch Vale - Wild Hop

Greene King Fireside

Dark Star Hophead

Sadly there aren't that many Lonodn pubs that have a good selection of Ale.

Current favourites that are quite easy to find are:

Deuchars - IPA
Sharp's - Doombar
St Austell - Tribute
Gales - Seafarers Ale

And rather aptly Surrey Hills Brewery - Shere Drop.

Mmmmmmmmmm BEER.

DonDaddyD

Thanks Jash,

It's have to be a pretty special beer to get me off banana bread... mmmmmmm

Ok slightly controversial, but I find that when choosing beer I always go for british ones... don't know why, feels like honoring a tradition/culture thing.

MonkeyMonster

Deuchars IPA - mmmmmmm creamy goodness!

londonlivvy

I'm rather partial to a pint of Spitfire or Late Red - lots available in fabulous pubs in the Kent Hills. Amazingly motivating for getting to the pub. Just rather less motivating for the getting home bit.

Clever Pun

prawny wrote:

Porgy wrote:

Hobgoblin is proving to be a favourite of mine these days.

Bit strong for me but nice.

Doombar is good and Tribute id fcuking awesome!

yes yes and yes

Also
Honey Dew (Fullers)
Innis & Gunn (bottled)
Tim Taylor (as mentioned previously)
Hopsback Summer lightning & tea
Exmoor Gold (cotleigh brewery)

Edited to add
St Peters Ales (Go the the Jerusalem Tavern near farringdon)
Whitstable Bay Ale

But Doom Bar (made from Rock!!!) and Tribute are my go to ales

il_principe

londonlivvy wrote:

I'm rather partial to a pint of Spitfire or Late Red - lots available in fabulous pubs in the Kent Hills. Amazingly motivating for getting to the pub. Just rather less motivating for the getting home bit.

My old man is good mates with one of the Neame family so there's often a decent about of their stuff round his palce. Spitfire is lovely stuff, although I'm rather partial to a snifter of Bishop's Finger...

Clever Pun

Harveys is pretty good brewery too (there's a harveys pub near borough)

shame about harveys though is the next day you suffer from harvey's @rse...

DonDaddyD

Hang on is Doombar a drink or a place?

Both are equally awesome.

Clever Pun

DonDaddyD wrote:

Hang on is Doombar a drink or a place?

Both... it's in Cornwall

il_principe

Clever Pun wrote:

But Doom Bar (made from Rock!!!) and Tribute are my go to ales

A man after my own heart. I wish the Morpeth would get tribute back on, their guest beer have been poor lately.

Clever Pun

DonDaddyD wrote:

Ok slightly controversial, but I find that when choosing beer I always go for british ones... don't know why, feels like honoring a tradition/culture thing.

Most ales on tap are but don't let that discourage you from trying some
Flying Dog Ales spring to mind

MonkeyMonster

Il Principe wrote:

, although I'm rather partial to a sniff of a Bishop's Finger...

Calling Greg!

il_principe

The yanks actually make some very good IPA's these days. But I tend to go British, purely because there are so many breweries in the UK these days you can never get bored. That's one of the great things about bitter/ale - walk into any pub in the UK and the chances are you'll see Fosters/Stella/Carling but you might well find a bitter you've never tried...

il_principe

MonkeyMonster wrote:

Il Principe wrote:

, although I'm rather partial to a sniff of a Bishop's Finger...

Calling Greg!

Dude you didn't need to edit that one to alert him, it was already carefully worded. :roll:

MonkeyMonster

He's been ignoring most shouts - I hoped to make it so obvious he'd have no choice but to return. Shave and haircut esque from "Who framed Roger Rabbit..."

lost_in_thought

Ahhhhhhhh Innis and Gunn... I'd forgotten that existed...

I tried some fab ones at the ale festival, a favourite was called Amarillo, and Smiley Moose, oh and a spiced christmas cider. I can't remember their names though...

I also like spitfire, but prefer it out of bottles. Mmmm fizzy :P

cjcp

Why would you go to a pub to order a warm beverage?

Some ales after they've been in a cold fridge for two days? Fine, provided they're drunk quickly and not given the opportunity to warm up. Otherwise, ale is rancid stuff. Yack!

gert_lush

Il Principe wrote:

Clever Pun wrote:

But Doom Bar (made from Rock!!!) and Tribute are my go to ales

A man after my own heart. I wish the Morpeth would get tribute back on, their guest beer have been poor lately.

Its not the best beer in the world, just a tribute

Tribute of yes
Doom bar oh yes
Timmy taylors oh yes
Black sheep oh yes
Clifton ale oh yes
london pride oh yes
Cheddar ales oh yes
anything with a funny name or pun oh yes

iain_j

Jenning's Sneck Lifter too. Rocket fuel :shock:

TommyEss

cjcp wrote:

Why would you go to a pub to order a warm beverage?

Some ales after they've been in a cold fridge for two days? Fine, provided they're drunk quickly and not given the opportunity to warm up. Otherwise, ale is rancid stuff. Yack!

Because the real ales are undergoing a second fermentation in the bottle/cask and as such need to be at a suitable temperature to let the yeast grow. Too cold and they don't do much.