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over a year ago
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Two local ales for me .
Ysgawen(Welsh for elderflower), light and slightly hoppy.
Mwnci nel(Welsh for nels monkey .Though that's not how it got the name). Dark, burnt caramel taste. |
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"Two local ales for me .
Ysgawen(Welsh for elderflower), light and slightly hoppy.
Mwnci nel(Welsh for nels monkey .Though that's not how it got the name). Dark, burnt caramel taste. "
Will have to try them they both sound nice I like a lighter ale to be fair |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Two local ales for me .
Ysgawen(Welsh for elderflower), light and slightly hoppy.
Mwnci nel(Welsh for nels monkey .Though that's not how it got the name). Dark, burnt caramel taste.
Will have to try them they both sound nice I like a lighter ale to be fair "
Purple moose brewery for light ales .Ysgawen, glaslyn .Both really nice . |
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"Two local ales for me .
Ysgawen(Welsh for elderflower), light and slightly hoppy.
Mwnci nel(Welsh for nels monkey .Though that's not how it got the name). Dark, burnt caramel taste. "
Brady mws piws ?
Purple Moose Brewery ? 
Or Castell Conwy ?
Mine is Deuchars IPA 
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By *odareyouMan
over a year ago
not far from iceland,,,,,, tescos is nearer though :-) (near leeds) |
Old ale.. from naylors brewery crosshills nr Keighley.
Leeds pale.. from Leeds brewery.
Daleside export.. from daleside in starbeck harrogate.. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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For regular quaffing....butty bach.....but if out and about I like to experiment. Boondoggle is another regular one for me. And Doombar......this list could get very long so I will stop now! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Porter or dark ales; Praetorian Porter, Purity's Saddleblack; Old Peculiar; as long as they are 4.5 or more.
Try dark side of the moose .  "
I did once, when I was in Canada
Sorry we're supposed to be talking about beer  |
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1!
I cant say...
However when I enter a temple to the Ale my preference is for the following (in no order) from the major producers...
Thiggys Old Pec
Abbot Ale
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Marsdens Merry Monk (a really rare tipple).
However if I am in the neighbourhood of a micro-brewery then I have to go with the local water! |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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I went to school right next to the St Austell Brewery. The smell of hops every couple of days drifting across the school playground I will never forget it. |
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"I went to school right next to the St Austell Brewery. The smell of hops every couple of days drifting across the school playground I will never forget it. "
I tried a cider For the first time this weekend the first one I had was on special offer, Koppaberg, lime & strawberry it was non Alcoholic and only cost £1 a bottle, after that I had some in cans which was Alcoholic in pear premium cider which is made in sweden, it also comes in mixed fruit, I think its very nice, makes a change from the norm, thou I still love IPA, GOLDEN HEN, SPECKLED HEN, more light beers than dark ones.
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Has to Doombar for me."
But which one ? 
They're so over demanded that all of the production of the bottled beer is in Burton upon trent.
Only the cask version, and therfore real, is brewed in St Austell |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Has to Doombar for me.
But which one ?
They're so over demanded that all of the production of the bottled beer is in Burton upon trent.
Only the cask version, and therfore real, is brewed in St Austell "
Not brewed in St Austell it's brewed at Rock the other side of Cornwall but close same county.
Your right about the bottled stuff. The joys of a buy out and a bigger brewery cashing in on a decent beer  |
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Wetherspoons has done a great job stocking all sorts of ales but to be frank most pf the m are just a name to me. But I do like Shepherd Neame - if you go to Faversham you can smell the brewery all over the town.
But my favourite has always been Youngs Special... but it has to be kept in good condition. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Wetherspoons has done a great job stocking all sorts of ales but to be frank most pf the m are just a name to me. But I do like Shepherd Neame - if you go to Faversham you can smell the brewery all over the town.
But my favourite has always been Youngs Special... but it has to be kept in good condition."
I definately agree there, if the otter has been left a week it tastes tinny, when you get the ale fresh its a lot different and better |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Has to be Danish dynamite! Or pigswill (stonehenge ales) or summer lightening (hopback) or "middle" from the blue anchor Helston. "
Can't beat a bit of Bunce's |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Ran a pub in the late nineties early noughties, Camra Welsh pub of the year a couple of times, and we had over 1500 different beers across the bar over the years 
I still have all of the pump clips in the shed
There are so many out there it's difficult to choose a favourite, but I do have a top forty
It's always a delight to find something new and tasty to quaff |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Ran a pub in the late nineties early noughties, Camra Welsh pub of the year a couple of times, and we had over 1500 different beers across the bar over the years
I still have all of the pump clips in the shed
There are so many out there it's difficult to choose a favourite, but I do have a top forty
It's always a delight to find something new and tasty to quaff "
there are a couple of watering holes in Reading that have quite a selection of real ales on all the time.
I have only recently got into real ales craft ales was a lager drinker until the past 4 years |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Ran a pub in the late nineties early noughties, Camra Welsh pub of the year a couple of times, and we had over 1500 different beers across the bar over the years
I still have all of the pump clips in the shed
There are so many out there it's difficult to choose a favourite, but I do have a top forty
It's always a delight to find something new and tasty to quaff there are a couple of watering holes in Reading that have quite a selection of real ales on all the time.
I have only recently got into real ales craft ales was a lager drinker until the past 4 years "
What's the pie shop in reading called ?
Can't beat a pie and a pint |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Enville beer West midlands honey nut flavoured yum
Has it made it up that far? "
No sadly it hasn't got to taste it at the Eagle and serpent and had it at a pub at bewdley love it.... yum lol |
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By (user no longer on site)
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The worst pint ive ever had for sure was when I lived in Manchester. J.W Lees brewery. Their lager tastes like something else, not recommended. There's a picture of prince Charles on the wall sipping a pint and i know exactly how he's feeling( Dirty Gear) |
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"The worst pint ive ever had for sure was when I lived in Manchester. J.W Lees brewery. Their lager tastes like something else, not recommended. There's a picture of prince Charles on the wall sipping a pint and i know exactly how he's feeling( Dirty Gear)"
It tastes like off Stella |
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"My fave is Moreland's Old Speckled Hen but I also like Abbott ale and Doombar.
There are one I really don't have a taste for."
I think Abbott Ale is One of the best ales certainly in the top 10 for me. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Hsb readily available Esb if you can get it and as a rare winter treat if you can find it Wadsworths Old Timer dark nutty like a Sunday roast in a pint glass |
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"The worst pint ive ever had for sure was when I lived in Manchester. J.W Lees brewery. Their lager tastes like something else, not recommended. There's a picture of prince Charles on the wall sipping a pint and i know exactly how he's feeling( Dirty Gear)"
I take it you dont remember greenall shitly local bitter... |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"The worst pint ive ever had for sure was when I lived in Manchester. J.W Lees brewery. Their lager tastes like something else, not recommended. There's a picture of prince Charles on the wall sipping a pint and i know exactly how he's feeling( Dirty Gear)
I take it you dont remember greenall shitly local bitter... "
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I do remember it but i never tasted it. It must be similar to john willies. Even tho someone said tiger or cobra one of them is brewed in the same factory |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Really enjoying Badger Hopping Hare at the moment, wonderful taste and cheap as chips in Aldi.
Also loving some of the craft ales, UK and U.S. Some really great tasting beers. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Ok, a quick definition
A real ale goes through a secondary fermentation process, usually in the cask, in a beer cellar, and is "live".
Therefore a lot of the quality of the beer depends in the cellar man.
Sometimes you will get a live beer in a bottle, with yeast sediment.
99% of all bottled beers are not "real" as they do not go through a second ferment. They might as well be in a can
However, the variety of bottled beers is good and encourages us to try them dowh the pub
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Theakston's old peculiar, Spitfire, Hobgoblin are three I always enjoy.
But not on a meet. Ladies often do not like a real ale kiss."
very true beer breath is not good lol |
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