Your all time favourite beer

[31bb3]

Im suprised nobody has said Big Kenny i must admit its a damn fine drink shame ive run out :cry:

 

[doyley]

I was going to say Boddingtons from about 1970, which was completely unlike today's gnat's pee. Very light straw coloured and hoppy, and very, very moreish. Then I remembered the pint of Fullers London Porter I had in Ipswich last week :wha:

 

[Baz Chaz]

There were a few ales I quite enjoyed but little to beat a pint of Guiness in summer in a bar on the Connamara Coast in Ireland

Except maybe a pint (or several) of Murphy's ? :drink:

It doesn't travel though, the rubbish we get in the UK doesn't come anywhere even close to what's served in Ireland.

Have to agree, certainly is a different beast 'across the water' :drink:

Do they have Summers over there? :wha:

Oh yes

but since I've started AG brewing I've found I'm more than happy with my own brews :thumb: and won't be bothering rushing off to the pub :whistle:

I prefer the prices too :

One of our neighbours gets half a dozen bottles of beer every week from Asda, I get the empties and refill some for him, the last lot he preferred my brew to the ones he was buying :thumb: then I told him how much it cost me to brew 5 gallons his face was to say the least, a picture :!:

Back to the topic ....... Hartleys Brewery @ Ulverston used to be a regular stop off on nights, call in and see Fred the night watchman in the early hours when getting towards the end of the shift :whistle: Their bitter was excellent :clap:

I remember Camra ran a train trip from 'dahn saaf' to Ulverston one Thursday, (market day, all day opening even in those days :thumb: ) the place was buzzing, some pubs ran out of ale :!:

 

[markp]

Elephant IPA - Brown Cow Brewery.

 

[wildbrew]

Draught Bass if you can still get it :thumb:
and any dark bitter/ale that is over 6% vol. :
best cider is Henry westons vintage reserve :drunk: :
Note: i did not add any none english beers :hmm: the list would be
to long

 

[micmacmoc]

Its hard to pick one out, sometimes it'll be Tim Taylor depending on how well kept....and I'm sure it changes to and fro anyhow. Draught wherry is excellent on a hot summer's day. I'd have been shocked three years ago to think I thought an American beer to be worthy but Sierra Nevada Pale is excellent. Ditto my thoughts on St Austell Ales but 'Admirals', 'Proper Job' and 'Tribute' are all superb now.
Without blowing my own trumpet (too hard) my choice would be my 'Golden Troy' which is a golden cascade ale.


BUT!

I'm really tempted to brew a Big Kenny, I've become a bit of a one trick pony with my golden ales and fancy something no-one down here knows but is a proper English ale, it seems to fit the bill nicely. Yeah, big Kenny!

 

[graysalchemy]

McEwans 90/- in bottles from the early 1990's. I used to go to the pub for lunch in the highlands have mince and tatties and two pints of Guinness then drive six miles to my caravan and indulge in 4 bottles of the above. I was asleep by 6pm :rofl: :rofl:

 

[jamesb]

I was going to say Boddingtons from about 1970, which was completely unlike today's gnat's pee. Very light straw coloured and hoppy, and very, very moreish.

Try the cask version now Hydes are brewing it. Not easy to find, but it's back to being a good beer again. Unlike the smoothflow version.

 

[jamesb]

I'm trying to decide between SNPA, Punk IPA and Jaipur.

 

[Ceejay]

I'm trying to decide between SNPA, Punk IPA and Jaipur.

Punk IPA is a cracking brew, and the malt comes from Tucker's Maltings, a stone's throw from my house :party:

 

[paulpj26]

That's like asking me which one do I want to go to bed with, Scarlett Johansson or Jessica Alba! :shock: :wha: :lol:

 

[graysalchemy]

That's like asking me which one do I want to go to bed with, Scarlett Johansson or Jessica Alba! :shock: :wha: :lol:

Both or is that greedy :rofl: :rofl:

 

[rickthebrew]

Proper Job on cask is amazing -(not so good bottled) another local favourite is yellowhammer and doombar ..............to many good beers to choose a definite favourite, but I find I prefer a hoppy strong homebrew to most real ale bottled brews...... Really into the brewdog ethos of actually using loads of hops rather than many bland real ales that promise hop hits but sadly don`t deliver Punk IPA and hardcore IPA very good :thumb:

:drink:

 

[Ceejay]

Proper Job on cask is amazing -(not so good bottled) another local favourite is yellowhammer and doombar .............. :drink:

Have you tried any of the Bays or Teignworthy beers yet? Bays Devon Dumpling would be one to try if you like 'em properly hoppy

Good to see a fellow Devonian on here. Don't seem to be many of us about in the forum...

 

[micmacmoc]

Those bays beers are certainly very good, the only p[lace you can get them I know of down here in East Cornwall is the Rashleigh at Polkerris, they also have TT Landlord as a permanent feature, great pub, lovely beach too.

 

[rickthebrew]

Proper Job on cask is amazing -(not so good bottled) another local favourite is yellowhammer and doombar .............. :drink:

Have you tried any of the Bays or Teignworthy beers yet? Bays Devon Dumpling would be one to try if you like 'em properly hoppy

Good to see a fellow Devonian on here. Don't seem to be many of us about in the forum...

Very good to see another local :thumb: I`ve had bays breaker on tap a few times in the bay, I even did a clone which turned out very nice
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I`ve seen devon dumpling in bottles in newton`s asda so will get some next time i`m there - also had many of the teignworthy brews on tap in and around exeter

:drink:

 

[Good Ed]

Excluding the Guinness in The Lobster Pot, Goleen, West Cork, Ireland; then it has to be Courage Directors in a pub in Woolwich some time in the early 70's, it was cloudy as well, never had anything like it.

 

[Vossy1]

Great thread Ceejay :thumb:
To quote Baz Chaz

brewing my own AG has really put the proverbial cat amongst the old pigeons

and it's also hard for me to just say one class of beer. On the whole I'm a hop head, but I like a decent amount of body with the hops, so good SNPA on draught is hard to beat, as you can smell it being poured across the bar and then savour on the malt.
Brew dogs Hard core is also very good and a worthy adversary to SNPA for me, and you can chew on the malt. Brew Dogs Double American IPA, as being sold at Tesco's right now, as in their finest range, and as I'm drinking it right now, has to be my present fav

However, as a session beer I really like Youngs Special London always have and always will, the malt and hop balance is very...err...special :drink:

 

[leedsbrew]

If I could only ever have one commercial beer ever again, or it was to be my last pint of commercial beer then it would be a pint of Theakstons Black Bull from the White Bear in Masham! I was practically weaned on the stuff!

 

[Sean_Mc]

I'm trying to decide between SNPA, Punk IPA and Jaipur.

Total noob to SNPA and was very impressed when Aldi had it on sale, where do you get Punk IPA and Jaipur in Wrexham James