MyQul
Chairman of the Bored
I've had a lamentable (beer wise) evening in the pub, where I've drank four different bitters which were all rather average and indistinguishable from each other.
They were:
Youngs ordinary
Youngs London gold
Sam brooks wandle
Something else I forget what it was but it was a youngs beer billed as 'intensely spicy', but was about as spicy as my ****.
Frankly they were all a bit forgettable. I'd have had a pint of any of my own beers over these, any day.
Yet they were all nearly ���ã4 a pint.
We're being had
They've got to be a bit bland as they've got to flog hectolitres of the stuff. If it was in anyway intersesting and exciting it wouldn't have mass appeal (probably why beer like budweiser sell so well too). This is where I think microbreweries have the advantage. As they're make far less in quantity so can make interesting and diverse beers.
Plus you've been spoiled now by your own HB now. WE all know it's relatively easy to make beers that blow your average pub pint out of the water