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| Thread ID: 112522 | 2010-09-10 00:01:00 | English Beer | KarameaDave (15222) | PC World Chat |
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| 1135905 | 2010-09-12 01:12:00 | Avoid anything from the Shepard and Neame brewery in Kent (my local) it tastes crap mostly. Do try Black sheep, Old peculiar. Try looking up a group called the campaign for real ale they are everywhere and can give you the low down on just about any beer. Good beer guide link from them here (www.camra.org.uk) :drool:drool I wonder how a campaign for real ale would go down in Saudi Arabia? |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 1135906 | 2010-09-12 01:53:00 | Went to The British beer festival in Crystal Palace back in 78/79. 366 different real ales make a lovely experience but a little dangerous. | mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1135907 | 2010-09-12 07:19:00 | Fot those who have not had the great pleasure of drinking quality British Beer in an English Country Pub, there is still, as far as I know, a European Beer Experience simulator in Auckland - The London bar of the Civic Hotel - They used to sport over 80 quality imported European Brews. A short anecdote on a dedicated beer drinking colleague in the RAF - Sqn Ldr Gus Gillies - He was posted to RAF Leuchars in Fifeshire, a comportable 2 + hours drive North of Edinburgh. Scottish and Newcastle Breweries had a brewery in Edinburgh, with a shareholders bar ( free beer for visiting shareholders), so Gus bought 100 Scottish and Newcastle shares. Every other week Gus would head off to Edinburh shopping with his wife - they split the driving - Gus outbound Mrs Homebound - while Gus' wife shopped in Edinburgh Gus exercises his shareholders privilege in the Brewery Bar - his shares went up in value, he received a dividend on them, and got to drink all day free on them each time he went to Edinburgh - jus another example of a canny Scott. |
KenESmith (6287) | ||
| 1135908 | 2010-09-12 07:34:00 | The London Bar may well have a good selection of beers, and some may even be on tap, but I don't think there are any that are hand-drawn . . . Nor is there the ambience one would get sitting in a country pub in the UK that has been there for two hundred years plus . . . . In fact the best beer bar in Auckland to rent your beer from at the moment would have to be Brew On Quay (http://www . brewonquay . co . nz/) . |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 1135909 | 2010-09-12 07:40:00 | No mention about the Moa Brewing Company. It is a locally brewed ale, made at Scott's Winery in Blenheim. Not a bad brew at all! | BobM (1138) | ||
| 1135910 | 2010-09-12 08:01:00 | Nor is there the ambience one would get sitting in a country pub in the UK that has been there for two hundred years plus.... I went into one over there that was reputed to be the oldest pub in England at 900 years old and that is where I came across the brew Ode Rodger. I'm a short arse and had to duck going under the beams which were as black as pitch. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1135911 | 2010-09-12 08:34:00 | Billy, you may have great taste in jokes, but NEVER joke about Real Ale. :D It's a very serious matter, and one which I really enjoyed (and miss terribly) - seems every village in the UK has their own specialist brewery, and I killed many a brain cell trying as many different flavours as I could many years ago now. Heaven. Not many that weren't worth a second taste if the landlord was a good one.... There's a wee shop in Birkenhead ("Ashore") that stocks a reasonable variety of specialist beers, but it's not the same out of a bottle... Much better if they're hand-drawn (and fresh!). EDIT: Just read KenESmith's post - in addition to 'anywhere-but-London', Cornwall has some deliciously strong ales... x2 I worked in a small pub in West Yorkshire for quite a while and got a taste for the brew - English Ale is awesome! But believe it or not... a friend over there worked for a local booze importer, and he told me that Steinlager was the best lager he'd ever tasted. |
Greg (193) | ||
| 1135912 | 2010-09-12 08:42:00 | If your into Lager then yes it is pretty good, but of course Lager isn't real beer | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1135913 | 2010-09-12 22:14:00 | I went into one over there that was reputed to be the oldest pub in England at 900 years old and that is where I came across the brew Ode Rodger. I'm a short arse and had to duck going under the beams which were as black as pitch. Mike, would that be 'The Trip' in Nottingham. It was from here that the Crusaders reputedly had their beer before setting out to join Richard I on his Crusades in the Middle East. The pub is built in caves underneath Nottingham Castle, and is certainly really old. Can't remember what beer I drank here as I was fascinated by the premises. |
Richard (739) | ||
| 1135914 | 2010-09-12 22:42:00 | If your into Lager then yes it is pretty good, but of course Lager isn't real beer Whilst I agree in general Gary, especially in relation to NZ lagers, it depends upon how they are made. We went into a Czech restaurant in Inverness of all places, and I drank Pilsener (forget the brand now) from the tap rather than a bottle. It was absolutely delicious and made NZ lagers look sick. Generally though I drank ales on my trips to Britain. Not all real ales are good though, are they? I drank something horridible in Scotland - Belhaven. Whereas Fullers was a pint to forget (no flavour) Belhaven tasted actively ghastly. Don't know if it was a bad batch, or whether that is what the Scots like... |
John H (8) | ||
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