[Misc] The best beer there is....

[jakarta]

Do not exist any more but when King & Barnes were still brewing in Horsham I loved their Summer Ale (obviously brewed June through August) and also their Old Ale (October to February from memory). Very different styles but both superb. The King family should hang their heads in shame given what Hall & Woodhouse have done to the Sussex pub scene since they sold out.

 

[vegster]

Do not exist any more but when King & Barnes were still brewing in Horsham I loved their Summer Ale (obviously brewed June through August) and also their Old Ale (October to February from memory). Very different styles but both superb. The King family should hang their heads in shame given what Hall & Woodhouse have done to the Sussex pub scene since they sold out.

I would say that King and Barnes Festive was their ultimate beer... Got well ratted on that a few times. At a time of Worthington E, Double Diamond and Red Barrel this was like nectar.

 

[NS Herald]

I would say that King and Barnes Festive was their ultimate beer... Got well ratted on that a few times. At a time of Worthington E, Double Diamond and Red Barrel this was like nectar.

I think you can still get festive at the Firebird brewery in Rudgwick ....great place to visit next to Charmers Cheese

 

[Lethargic]

Do not exist any more but when King & Barnes were still brewing in Horsham I loved their Summer Ale (obviously brewed June through August) and also their Old Ale (October to February from memory). Very different styles but both superb. The King family should hang their heads in shame given what Hall & Woodhouse have done to the Sussex pub scene since they sold out.

Much as I agree Hall & Woodhouse have been awful it is a little unfair to blame King and Barnes for H&W. King and Barnes were in a dire financial position with the big brewers circling to buy them out they felt H&W was the better option to maintain some local integrity. The alternative would have been someone like Greene King or complete shutdown.
As someone said Bill now runs Firebird and does a Festive along with some other decent brews.

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[Questions]

I would say that King and Barnes Festive was their ultimate beer... Got well ratted on that a few times. At a time of Worthington E, Double Diamond and Red Barrel this was like nectar.

Do you like Dark Stars Festival - brewed as a tribute apparently.

 

[The Maharajah of Sydney]

Little ceatures in Fremantle?

Yes they make very nice beers. I was there last year for a wedding (at their brewery) and sampled a few.

Won't have to travel that far now, they built a brewery and opened a pub in Kings Cross last year ; https://thewest.com.au/business/lit...spreads-wings-around-the-world-ng-b881192511z

 

[vegster]

Much as I agree Hall & Woodhouse have been awful it is a little unfair to blame King and Barnes for H&W. King and Barnes were in a dire financial position with the big brewers circling to buy them out they felt H&W was the better option to maintain some local integrity. The alternative would have been someone like Greene King or complete shutdown.
As someone said Bill now runs Firebird and does a Festive along with some other decent brews.

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I have never liked Hall and Woodhouse beers. When I met Mrs V, her and her pals frequented the Park View which was one of their pubs, it really was difficult to find a decent beer from their range, usually it meant picking the least worst option which was bottles of Golden Champion.

 

[Motogull]

Based upon observing the quantity of cans by the roadside, either Stella Artois is the biggest seller or many of the people that buy it are kunnts.

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

Do not exist any more but when King & Barnes were still brewing in Horsham I loved their Summer Ale (obviously brewed June through August) and also their Old Ale (October to February from memory). Very different styles but both superb. The King family should hang their heads in shame given what Hall & Woodhouse have done to the Sussex pub scene since they sold out.

You should hold your head in shame for blaming the King family. Before blaming someone, know the facts. There was no way Bill King would have sold out, he and the King family didn't have the controlling share of the company and had no option but to follow the "Barnes" financial side. Bill done what he thought best by selling to H & W.

 

[Tom Bombadil]

Do you like Dark Stars Festival - brewed as a tribute apparently.

I do, was going to mention it

 

[jakarta]

You should hold your head in shame for blaming the King family. Before blaming someone, know the facts. There was no way Bill King would have sold out, he and the King family didn't have the controlling share of the company and had no option but to follow the "Barnes" financial side. Bill done what he thought best by selling to H & W.

I'm amazed by this news, thought the Barnes family had long departed, what was their 'financial side'?

It was always my understanding that every member of the King family except Bill had lost interest in having a Brewery and Tied House Estate and were quite keen on getting their hands on the best part of 10 million quid.

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

I'm amazed by this news, thought the Barnes family had long departed, what was their 'financial side'?

It was always my understanding that every member of the King family except Bill had lost interest in having a Brewery and Tied House Estate and were quite keen on getting their hands on the best part of 10 million quid.

The Barnes family (though different name by marriage) were a sleeping partner but holding the key shares. That was how Bill explained it to me, maybe he was economical with the truth. He was never happy in the boardroom and preferred to be out in the brewhouse.

Coincidentally my senior manager now the head of Asahi Draught Technical Services, was in charge of the shutting down of the brewery as he was a director at H & W, he has said on a number of occasions how bad the state of the brewhouse was. I normally stick my fingers in my ears as I like to remember it as my favourite ale.

Sussex Best, better than any old ouse water

 

[jakarta]

The Barnes family (though different name by marriage) were a sleeping partner but holding the key shares. That was how Bill explained it to me, maybe he was economical with the truth. He was never happy in the boardroom and preferred to be out in the brewhouse.

Coincidentally my senior manager now the head of Asahi Draught Technical Services, was in charge of the shutting down of the brewery as he was a director at H & W, he has said on a number of occasions how bad the state of the brewhouse was. I normally stick my fingers in my ears as I like to remember it as my favourite ale.

Sussex Best, better than any old ouse water

Will bow to your superior knowledge, not how it was explained to me back in the day. Hope we can both agree Hall and Woodhouse have been absolute ******** in the way they have treated the King & Barnes Brewery and Tied Estate (or building land portfolio as they would have it).

 

[Ludensian Gull]

To answer the question it's the one you're currently drinking

 

[Questions]

To answer the question it's the one you're currently drinking

I’m drinking a Mann’s brown ale at 2-8 abv

 

[Norman Potting]

Oddly enough, just opened an ice cold bottle of St Austell's Proper Job...… really hitting the mark..... and this thread just got bounced !

Picked up a bottle at my local Waitrose yesterday, enjoying it now. Really rather nice.

 

[Cesar Chavez]

Russian River, Pliny The Elder.


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[vegster]

I’m drinking a Mann’s brown ale at 2-8 abv

Shureley that's a Boy's Brown Ale at 2.8 abv ?

 

[Milano]

Longman Best is my current favourite.

 

[Questions]

Shureley that's a Boy's Brown Ale at 2.8 abv ?

I of course was joking and replying to someone...

I think you know me well enough to know that a beer that weak would never pass my lips,