Name your top five favourite beers.

[Gary Gurr]

In no particular order

Samuel Smith's Old Brewery Bitter
Fullers Chiswick
Timothy Taylor Landlord
Darkstar Hophead
Harveys Old

 

[Notters]

I'm surprised how many people like Doombar. It tastes like liqourice. Why do you want a beer that tastes of liquorice?

 

[albion534]

I have never got the snobbery with beer, I just enjoy some more than others.

Same. Either like it or not, but some on here feel if you don't like ale, you're a freak etc

 

[Mackenzie]

Tough one...

Harveys Best Bitter
Jennings Cumberland
Robinson's Best
Otter Ale
Butcombe

Good choice, especially when in/near Manchester.

 

[Mackenzie]

Same. Either like it or not, but some on here feel if you don't like ale, you're a freak etc

I wouldn't worry about that too much, and you are quite correct some real ale experts can be quite difficult to rub along with when talking about their specialist subject.

 

[BN9 BHA]

Tough one...

Harveys Best Bitter
Jennings Cumberland
Robinson's Best
Otter Ale
Butcombe

Otter Ale is nice, I went on holiday to North Somerset 2 years ago and the local pub did a decent pint of that.

 

[Lankyseagull]

Difficult to get to a list of five, but currently:

1. Dark Star APA
2. Hogs Back TEA
3. Thornbridge Jaipur
4. Burning Sky Aurora
5. Harveys IPA

 

[Clive Walker]

1.Rubert
2.Yogi
3.Paddington
4.Grylis
5.Ben

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

No there isn't, but whenever there is a debate about ales etc, there is a lot of snobbery when people prefer a pint of say, Heineken or Guinness, as it isn't 'real beer'

I admit I don't understand why people prefer, say Fosters, to a decent alternative but this is different to snobbery. Same with Guinness.

 

[Notters]

Good choice, especially when in/near Manchester.

I discovered it when we played Stockport a long time ago. Delicious.

 

[Jesus Gul]

Dark Star Hophead
Pelforth Brune
Hacker
Blue Ribbon
Staroprarem

thirsty now

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Goose Island Bourborn County Whiskey barrell aged stout
Burning Sky Arise
Hastings Porter
Beavertown Gamma Ray
Magic Rock Cannonball


This list is subject to frequent and instinctive change.

This.

Of course, Magic Rock make some excellent beers; I love their Rapture. I went to the Beavertown pub a few months back and sampled all of their core ales; it was great.

 

[Prince Monolulu]

 

[See-Goals]

Harvey's Armada
Hepworth Sussex Best
Long Man Sussex Best
Timothy Taylor
Fullers ESB

 

[spring hall convert]

This.

Of course, Magic Rock make some excellent beers; I love their Rapture. I went to the Beavertown pub a few months back and sampled all of their core ales; it was great.

I'm going to make a journey up there at some point, they are one of my favourite breweries at the minute.

Have you sampled the Burning Sky Arise yet Herr T? For me it is the perfect hot summers day session keg-IPA. Only 4.2%, mountains of flavour. I love the stuff.

 

[Soulman]

Old Bob
Timothy Taylor
Abbot Ale
Cripple
Harveys

 

[OurPrice]

In no particular order:
Sam Smith Organic Lager
Sharps Cornish Pilsner
Heineken
Asahi
Tusker

 

[banjo]

Guinness
Sussex Harvey's
Doom bar
London Pride
Peroni

 

[Wrong-Direction]

Krusovice
Estrella
Birri moretti
San Miguel
Kronenbourg

 

[jakarta]

Good choice, especially when in/near Manchester.

Robinson's Best has gone off dreadfully since its glory days, even the colour has changed from when it was a pale straw coloured masterpiece.

Robbies Old Tom (8.5% Barley Wine) is still pretty wonderful, I well remember it being on draught in the winter in Cheshire Pubs and necking pints of mixed Best and Old Tom....