There are too many good Australian beers to drink, I'm losing count.Silly Hats said:Noooooooo!!MercurySteam said:
All Hail The Ale.
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Badger Ales are pretty good, of those I'm most partial to Fursty Ferret and Tangle Foot.
I personally choose at random what ales I have, there are so many that it would be a shame to limit yourself to only a couple. (Even if those couple are really nice)
I personally choose at random what ales I have, there are so many that it would be a shame to limit yourself to only a couple. (Even if those couple are really nice)
Dark Lager Heinikin is amazing... Like Arrogant BASTARD HERE IN CALIFORNIA..Dark, dark beer, but sweeter 
Since you said you're in Essex, it might be worth checking out some of the many great ale pubs in London. The Market Porter (right next to Borough Market) and The Harp (Covent Garden) are CAMRA award-winners for very good reason - they have a varied and ever-changing range of real ales and ciders. There's hundreds of other good pubs to choose from but they're two of my favourites. They get very busy but they're usually pretty good for giving tasters if you don't know what you want.
As for what I like: Meantime Brewing Company do some excellent beers - I particularly like their London Pale Ale, IPA and London Stout; last I checked you can get their stuff in Sainsburys, but they have a couple of really nice (but quite expensive) pubs in Greenwich that are worth checking out if you're ever in the area. Timothy Taylor Brewery have some good stuff - their Landlord is widely available and always a winner. If I can find St Edmunds from Greene King, that's always good for a pint. Someone already mentioned the Badger range, Golden Champion is my favourite of that lot.
As for what I like: Meantime Brewing Company do some excellent beers - I particularly like their London Pale Ale, IPA and London Stout; last I checked you can get their stuff in Sainsburys, but they have a couple of really nice (but quite expensive) pubs in Greenwich that are worth checking out if you're ever in the area. Timothy Taylor Brewery have some good stuff - their Landlord is widely available and always a winner. If I can find St Edmunds from Greene King, that's always good for a pint. Someone already mentioned the Badger range, Golden Champion is my favourite of that lot.
I was made for this thread (see username)Blunderboy said:
Well I've recently converted from Lager to 'proper' beer, and I was looking for some recommendations.
I've tried 'Doom Bar' and it was tasty.
I don't care if it makes me an old man (I've already got a flat cap so sod it).
EDIT - Just to clarify, I'm British so local ales would be better.
Also, general booze discussion.
Doom bar is pretty nice, I last had some on a trip to Brighton. I also tried an ale called "dark star" which was quite good.
I do quite like grolsch at the moment though.
That brimstone one you guys have is pretty nice too, it's a shame USA gets a bad rap for its beer because it's actually not true!!Vandenberg1 said:Dark Lager Heinikin is amazing... Like Arrogant BASTARD HERE IN CALIFORNIA..Dark, dark beer, but sweeter
Blue moon is pretty big out there, that's nice too.
YAY! Glad somebody posted some Alestorm! Have some more:piinyouri said:
I tend to drink my beers refrigerated, I really want to drink a good English Ale at a warmer temperature. Never really gotten around to doing it and I want to rectify this.
Sidenote:
Imperial Stouts are omnom.
Sidenote:
Imperial Stouts are omnom.
FTFYshootthebandit said:
j/k
I prefer a good American lager/craft beer *heresy* but Black Sheep Ale is pretty damn good.
Indian pale ale is, I think, just a name of a certain brand of ales/beers.Guffe said:There are several??carlsberg export said:
I always asked if they have IPA after I drank it, no one has ever asked me about a certain kind...
although named Indian pale ale it was first brewed in England in the 19th century.
speaking of Indian, in the local Indian resturaunt where I live they have kingfisher on tap, now that's a good beer!
No idea about that brand thingy.carlsberg export said:Indian pale ale is, I think, just a name of a certain brand of ales/beers.Guffe said:There are several??carlsberg export said:
I always asked if they have IPA after I drank it, no one has ever asked me about a certain kind...
although named Indian pale ale it was first brewed in England in the 19th century.
I heard from the person who introduced me to IPA that they tested it in a few pubs back in England, it was meant to be sent to India (hence the name) to the troops in war there. They needed to have a beer that would last the trip but they couldn't just send some shit so they needed to try it.
Well in the end the English liked it so much that they never sent it but just made more to sell in the pubs. I don't know if this is true but entertaining story to say the least
yeah basically.according to wikipedo ( yeah that's right wiki pedo!) it was exported via the east India company.Guffe said:No idea about that brand thingy.carlsberg export said:Indian pale ale is, I think, just a name of a certain brand of ales/beers.Guffe said:There are several??carlsberg export said:
I always asked if they have IPA after I drank it, no one has ever asked me about a certain kind...
although named Indian pale ale it was first brewed in England in the 19th century.
I heard from the person who introduced me to IPA that they tested it in a few pubs back in England, it was meant to be sent to India (hence the name) to the troops in war there. They needed to have a beer that would last the trip but they couldn't just send some shit so they needed to try it.
Well in the end the English liked it so much that they never sent it but just made more to sell in the pubs. I don't know if this is true but entertaining story to say the least
you should be promoting Finland ales guffe!!
Hmm, I'm Canadian, so I'm not too sure what help I'd be. We're not too well stocked with actual English brews over here although a couple of years ago, I seem to recall that there was a beer called Spitfire. It had a nice flavour to it and I'd really like to get some more but it seems to be discontinued. Can you guys confirm/deny this?
I wish that there was a bigger Craft Beer scene like America in other countries.MammothBlade said:
American craft seems to be overlooked in my opinion - yes, there is an abundance of IPAs, presumably because they're easier to brew but im glad that there are so many small companies making what they love. AFAIK, in country's like Germany/England where there is a massive Beer Culture, there seems to be much more of an emphasis on Traditional and Historic breweries rather than small Micro Breweries. That's the impression I have at least.
Most of my all time favourite beers come from America and Japan Micros.
Well the thing is... we have maybe 3 different kinds and the rest is importedcarlsberg export said:yeah basically.according to wikipedo ( yeah that's right wiki pedo!) it was exported via the east India company.Guffe said:No idea about that brand thingy.carlsberg export said:Indian pale ale is, I think, just a name of a certain brand of ales/beers.Guffe said:There are several??carlsberg export said:
I always asked if they have IPA after I drank it, no one has ever asked me about a certain kind...
although named Indian pale ale it was first brewed in England in the 19th century.
I heard from the person who introduced me to IPA that they tested it in a few pubs back in England, it was meant to be sent to India (hence the name) to the troops in war there. They needed to have a beer that would last the trip but they couldn't just send some shit so they needed to try it.
Well in the end the English liked it so much that they never sent it but just made more to sell in the pubs. I don't know if this is true but entertaining story to say the least
you should be promoting Finland ales guffe!!
Our own ales are basically: Reindeer piss, Bear piss and water with some nasty shit taste in it.
If there's one thing we Finns do wrong it's making beer! Well we have one named "Sandels" which some seem to think is quite OK but compared to good beer and ale we, quite frankly, suck!
Then if we go to 30% alc or more, spirits so to say, well then we're talking