The Terminator
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Can you pick just one beer as your all time favourite? Is that actually possible?
Maybe a top three...
Maybe a top three...
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Favourite beer and why?
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Uh_huh_him
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- Sep 28, 2011
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Impossible to pick one.
At home: Warka strong. Double malt Polish lager. Very tasty indeed.
Pub: in winter, Guiness. Reliable and comforting on a cold evening. In summer, Peroni. Light, refreshing and perfect on a warm summers evening.
Nostalgia beer: King and Barnes festive. First ale I ever tried, used to serve it in the villager in Findon. I haven't see it for years. Is it still available?
At home: Warka strong. Double malt Polish lager. Very tasty indeed.
Pub: in winter, Guiness. Reliable and comforting on a cold evening. In summer, Peroni. Light, refreshing and perfect on a warm summers evening.
Nostalgia beer: King and Barnes festive. First ale I ever tried, used to serve it in the villager in Findon. I haven't see it for years. Is it still available?
scooter1
How soon is now?
Bottled Cruzcampo
Mr Bridger
Sound of the suburbs
Alice Beer.
Always had I thing about her.
Always had I thing about her.
GolfingGull
Active member
Beer goggles.
daveinprague
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Lately...
Kozel cerny (bit like mild that you used to get in UK)
Kozel cerny (bit like mild that you used to get in UK)
Barry Izbak
U.T.A.
I found Adnam's Ghost Ship in the pub before the Norwich game.
Fabulous stuff.
Visited Adnams in Southwold on the way home with a dozen bottles of the stuff for Christmas
Fabulous stuff.
Visited Adnams in Southwold on the way home with a dozen bottles of the stuff for Christmas
Spun Cuppa
Thanks Greens :(
Lager: Budvar, purity law guarantee makes it lovely
Bitter: Fullers ESB, 5.3% out of the jumps, and a bit more out of the bottle
Came unstuck with it at three consicutive Hove Town Hall beer festivals
Bitter: Fullers ESB, 5.3% out of the jumps, and a bit more out of the bottle
Came unstuck with it at three consicutive Hove Town Hall beer festivals
jakarta
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When Hall and Woodhouse closed down the Horsham Brewery they tried (and failed) to replicate the Sussex Bitter and Old over at Blandford, don't think they even bother trying these days but I have boycotted their beers and pubs since the takeover so not certain.
Andy Hepworth was K&B head brewer and has set up a micro in Horsham. I would guess that the Iron Horse at 4.8% is closest to the old Festive, personally I am a big fan of the Hepworth Old which is very, very similar to the K&B version
Beer range can be seen at : http://hepworthbrewery.co.uk/draught-range/
I don't think I could ever get my favourite beers down to just 3, my top dozen would be a hard task!
No1 Old Speckled Hen, wonderful in a bottle, heaven in a cask
No2 Old Empire, A great light ale
No3 Guiness Export, very nice, and very strong
No2 Old Empire, A great light ale
No3 Guiness Export, very nice, and very strong
brakespear
Doctor Worm
1. Kirin Ichiban
2. Duvel
3. London Pride
2. Duvel
3. London Pride
Uh_huh_him
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When Hall and Woodhouse closed down the Horsham Brewery they tried (and failed) to replicate the Sussex Bitter and Old over at Blandford, don't think they even bother trying these days but I have boycotted their beers and pubs since the takeover so not certain.
Andy Hepworth was K&B head brewer and has set up a micro in Horsham. I would guess that the Iron Horse at 4.8% is closest to the old Festive, personally I am a big fan of the Hepworth Old which is very, very similar to the K&B version
Shame that Festive has gone for good. Thanks for the tip about Hepworth. I'll look out for them in future.
Cheers
countryman
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- Jun 28, 2011
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Long man - Sussex Pride.
Dark Star - Hophead.
Harveys - Old Ale.
I will probably change my mind after I post this.
Dark Star - Hophead.
Harveys - Old Ale.
I will probably change my mind after I post this.
Mackenzie
Old Brightonian
Robinsons Best (Unicorn)
Not trendy, fancy or foreign, just a decent pint. I like it.
Not trendy, fancy or foreign, just a decent pint. I like it.
Billy Seagull
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- Jul 5, 2003
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Dark Star Hophead is my number one by a long way. APA from Dark Star & Long Man are 2&3. In the winter Harvey's Old Ale & Long Man Old Man are great too.
atfc village
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Augistinier brau ,Austria ,Zoffman a dark beer from Serbia and any German Smoked beer .Uk Boggarts Rum Porter.
theboybilly
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Bottled: Shep Neame Spitfire
Local out of a tap: Dark Star Hophead
Regional favourite (at the moment): Castle Rock Harvest Pale (Nottingham)
Local out of a tap: Dark Star Hophead
Regional favourite (at the moment): Castle Rock Harvest Pale (Nottingham)
Dick Knights Mumm
Take me Home Falmer Road
Harveys. I think they've got the hang of brewing it now.
Raleigh Chopper
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I really like Doom Bar but recently I have found it hit and miss.
I was recently working in a pub in Cornwall and had this conversation with the landlord he told me that it is now so popular and sold uk wide that a lot of the barrels are stored outside at the small Rock brewery and it can affect the taste.
So my number one is Jail Ale brewed by the small Dartmoor Brewery it is really popular down here and for me its bang on.
I was recently working in a pub in Cornwall and had this conversation with the landlord he told me that it is now so popular and sold uk wide that a lot of the barrels are stored outside at the small Rock brewery and it can affect the taste.
So my number one is Jail Ale brewed by the small Dartmoor Brewery it is really popular down here and for me its bang on.