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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

...what's the best you've tried and what was the worst?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

hard to say really because it's a "moment in time" thing for me, and my current mood has a massive bearing on it.

I'm not a fan of the super strong lagers though. I rarely touch anything over 5%

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By *ucsparkMan
over a year ago

dudley

Sarah Hughes ruby red is rather nice brewed in sedgley west midlands

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Sarah Hughes ruby red is rather nice brewed in sedgley west midlands

Is Ma Pardoh's still running...?? That was a great pint....

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By *B9 QueenWoman
over a year ago

Over the rainbow, under the bridge

Best I had was in Prague many years ago! Cannot remember what it was called. Bloody lethal though. Not seen it over here.

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By *ucsparkMan
over a year ago

dudley

"Sarah Hughes ruby red is rather nice brewed in sedgley west midlands

Is Ma Pardoh's still running...?? That was a great pint....

It is still going as are quite a few small breweries around Black Country

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By *Ryan-Man
over a year ago

In Your Bush

Not keen on it myself

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

My favourites were, in no particular order.

Guinness draught and original, also the export.

Bass, good consistant beer.

Shepherds Neame did some beauties.

Tinners and St Austel Breweries made some very drinkable beers.

Stella and Oranjeboom were nice lagers.

Perroni and Bierre Morretti were nice tipples.

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By *icked kittyCouple
over a year ago

Uttoxeter

Hmm. Let me see as a girl from the home of beer number one for me would Halcyon Daze by the cottage micro brewery they do a gorgeous stout .Marstons Pedigree was my favourite but its just so inconsistent.Recently tried Titanic Wreckage it was double yum and rather wicked like me

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By *arkstaffsMan
over a year ago

Rugeley

Bathams,

Holdens,

Joules

Bass

Taylors

Doombar

Spitfire

Wadworth

Theakstons

All excellent real ales.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Don't like tasteless gassy lagers, like Carling and Fosters.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Yukka! they're all horrid

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Wadworth's 6X (so long as it's on tap - doesn't 'translate' to a bottle or can very well IMHO)

Green King IPA

and where Perky lives they have a nice one called Wibblers Apprentice - which reminds me a little of Courage Directors which has seemingly died out in NW Kent... unless anyone can tell me otherwise..

Pork

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"My favourites were, in no particular order.

Guinness draught and original, also the export.

Bass, good consistant beer.

Shepherds Neame did some beauties.

Tinners and St Austel Breweries made some very drinkable beers.

Stella and Oranjeboom were nice lagers.

Perroni and Bierre Morretti were nice tipples.

Can't get on with Tinners myself, there's not enough taste in it for me. I prefer Tribute.

If you get the chance try some Betty Stoggs, it's a from Skinners in Truro.

Skinners is quite a new brewery but they do a huge range of beers. They do a nice wheat beer called, Cornish Blonde that is very drinkable and when they put it through a cooler they call it Iced Blonde. I prefer my beer at room temperature myself, but Iced Blonde is quite popular in the summer down here.

There's a little micro brewery on the Roseland Peninsula, that's between St Austell and Truro based at a pub in Philiegh and they make Cornish Shag.

Newbies to the pub are welcomed with the line "Hi boys, would you like a Shag?"

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By *odareyouMan
over a year ago

not far from iceland,,,,,, tescos is nearer though :-) (near leeds)

For a session beer

I like leeds pale from leeds brewery, if thats not about tether blond from wharfe bank , theres lots of good beers these days, some of the micro brewers are producing lager as well..

For a treat

Old ale from naylors 6.2%, doesnt taste that strong its very drinkable, daleside export really well balanced beer really hard to find though..

Worst beer i had was a homemade brew when i was about 15, i m still wretching now...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It all depends on a lot of things for me.

On a Sunday afternoon it always has to be a draught Guiness.

If I'm just popping out for a couple in the evening in the summer it'll be either draught Stella , Peroni or Heineken.

If I'm out out it would be a weaker larger as I can't handle more than 4 of the strong ones.

On a summers afternoon a nice cider goes down well.

Never drink larger in the winter as its too cold so mainly Guiness.

Can't drink bitter as it gives me terrible wind.

If I'm at home bottled Stella or Peroni as tins taste horrible.

Having said that I don't drink that much.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

St Austell Brewery make a lager called Korev, it's not widely distributed around all it's pubs yet, but it's a good bodied, not gassy brew.

Our local has just had it put in

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Wadworth 6X

Young's Winter Warmer or their Special

Old Peculiar

Fuller's Honey Dew is current favourite at home

Also like Belgian beers such as:

Leffe

Duvel

Chimay (all of them)

etc...

I prefer beer to wine when drinking on its own.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"My favourites were, in no particular order.

Guinness draught and original, also the export.

Bass, good consistant beer.

Shepherds Neame did some beauties.

Tinners and St Austel Breweries made some very drinkable beers.

Stella and Oranjeboom were nice lagers.

Perroni and Bierre Morretti were nice tipples.

Can't get on with Tinners myself, there's not enough taste in it for me. I prefer Tribute.

If you get the chance try some Betty Stoggs, it's a from Skinners in Truro.

There's a little micro brewery on the Roseland Peninsula, that's between St Austell and Truro based at a pub in Philiegh and they make Cornish Shag.

Newbies to the pub are welcomed with the line "Hi boys, would you like a Shag?"

Had my fair share of Tribute, lovely drink.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I don’t drink alcohol anymore….

But an ice cold glass of Newcastle Brown Ale would be my tipple of choice….

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Can't abide the stuff, yuk yuk yuk

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I don’t drink alcohol anymore….

But an ice cold glass of Newcastle Brown Ale would be my tipple of choice….

Nice full flavour, but for me, needs to be drank at room temperature and swigged from the bottle. It's lovely with a ploughman's lunch

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I don’t drink alcohol anymore….

But an ice cold glass of Newcastle Brown Ale would be my tipple of choice….

Nice full flavour, but for me, needs to be drank at room temperature and swigged from the bottle. It's lovely with a ploughman's lunch

I understand your preference,,,,, but I was brought up drinking it from a schooner glass, quaffing a gob-full at time through a foamy head and topping the glass-up each time a drink was taken from it….

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I don’t drink alcohol anymore….

But an ice cold glass of Newcastle Brown Ale would be my tipple of choice….

Nice full flavour, but for me, needs to be drank at room temperature and swigged from the bottle. It's lovely with a ploughman's lunch

ooo a classy mackem

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I don’t drink alcohol anymore….

But an ice cold glass of Newcastle Brown Ale would be my tipple of choice….

Nice full flavour, but for me, needs to be drank at room temperature and swigged from the bottle. It's lovely with a ploughman's lunch

ooo a classy mackem

Ahh Mackem beer …… yep Vaux Double Maxim…. Now that was a nice beer too …..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Brown Ale has always been my favourite beer but I did like a double maxim now and again. Was a shame when they stopped making it.

As for brown ale I like it room temperature most of the time, but sometimes prefer it chilled... But always straight out of the bottle

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I don’t drink alcohol anymore….

But an ice cold glass of Newcastle Brown Ale would be my tipple of choice….

Nice full flavour, but for me, needs to be drank at room temperature and swigged from the bottle. It's lovely with a ploughman's lunch

It was my drink of choice when I was at uni on Friday nights down at the Junior Common Room, swigging it from the bottle at room temperature.

Happy days!

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By *ts artMan
over a year ago

Londonderry

To name a few

banks

courage directors

marston pedigree if its a good batch

old peculiar

oh and in the past younger tartan bitter

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I don’t drink alcohol anymore….

But an ice cold glass of Newcastle Brown Ale would be my tipple of choice….

Nice full flavour, but for me, needs to be drank at room temperature and swigged from the bottle. It's lovely with a ploughman's lunch

It was my drink of choice when I was at uni on Friday nights down at the Junior Common Room, swigging it from the bottle at room temperature.

Happy days!

Yeah it was the thing to do ..lol,,,,

But its kind of a myth that its a realy strong beer even though it was treated with a certain reverence around these parts ,,,,

When I was younger and used to pub crawling down the dockside bars…. Quite often you’d hear old guys ask the barstaff to make sure their Brown ale bottle was white ring marked where it had been through the brewery process a few time because they reckoned the glass was impregnated with the taste…….mental init…. haha

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I much prefer vodka

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I don’t drink alcohol anymore….

But an ice cold glass of Newcastle Brown Ale would be my tipple of choice….

Haven't touched any in 2 years.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Hello LaceyJo,

I don't know what beers you have tried, but these days there are a huge variety of different so called 'real ales' with a vast range of flavours. When you're feeling adventurous, try a taster of some of the pale beers, any decent pub with a range of real ales will let you have a sample.

Really there is no comparison between micro brewery brewed beers and the commercial brewers who use cheaper ingredients and brew very quickly, served cold to mask any flavour they may have had.

Alec

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Best: Tripel Karmeliet by miles (strangely addictive)

Worst: Skol or that lager Youngs used to do

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By *r ManxMan
over a year ago

NeverWhere

The best Puntigamer and the worst has tobe cans of breaker I use to drink it by the case as a teenager but tried one at Easter and spat the first mouthful out

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Hello LaceyJo,

Really there is no comparison between micro brewery brewed beers and the commercial brewers who use cheaper ingredients and brew very quickly, served cold to mask any flavour they may have had.

Alec"

Or attend an organised beer festival, and try as many different beers as possible.

That's how I got my taste for beer, being taken to a beer festival by my then boyfriend a couple of weeks after meeting him.

The only times I would drink halves would be at beer festivals, so that I could try as many as I could.

I tend to start with the strong ones, then ease off as the time went.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I don’t drink alcohol anymore….

But an ice cold glass of Newcastle Brown Ale would be my tipple of choice….

Haven't touched any in 2 years.

Not that I’d drink one now, but I can’t ever remember tasting a good none alcoholic beer….

I’m sure there must be some, but the ones I’ve tasted where just unpalatable… ...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I love real ale, and I am lucky to live in the west country where there seems to be a good variety of local brews. Skinners do a good couple. Agree with Jack about Tribute.

I never drink draft lager in a pub, but like a bottle at home

Still think I prefer a good red wine though

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I don't drink enough wine to buy full bottles, hence I get only the small bottles and have one with a meal at weekends.

Love a glass of beer at the end of a day from time to time, and I usually have a few in the house.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I don’t drink alcohol anymore….

But an ice cold glass of Newcastle Brown Ale would be my tipple of choice….

Haven't touched any in 2 years.

Not that I’d drink one now, but I can’t ever remember tasting a good none alcoholic beer….

I’m sure there must be some, but the ones I’ve tasted where just unpalatable… ...

Don't see the point in non alcoholic beer/drinks.

It's like meat free sausages, what's the point?

Sooner have a nice decaff.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I don’t drink alcohol anymore….

But an ice cold glass of Newcastle Brown Ale would be my tipple of choice….

Haven't touched any in 2 years.

Not that I’d drink one now, but I can’t ever remember tasting a good none alcoholic beer….

I’m sure there must be some, but the ones I’ve tasted where just unpalatable… ...

I went through a stage when I always drank non-alcoholic beer on a night out as I was always the driver. I must have tried them all and, while some were better than others, none were nice.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Don't touch non-alcoholic beer either, as there are plenty of non-alcoholic alternatives to choose from.

Don't see the point in drinking decaff coffee except late at night.

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By *r ManxMan
over a year ago

NeverWhere

I get a hangover on no alcoholic beers So I stick to lemon and lime when duty driver

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Best: Golden Promise organic ale

Worst: Labatts Blue..

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By *ucsparkMan
over a year ago

dudley

Beer from a bottle and most the ardnam from southwold are rather nice

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By *isscheekychopsWoman
over a year ago

The land of grey peas and bacon

I hate beer... I hate the taste the only way I can drink it is with loads of lime...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I hate beer... I hate the taste the only way I can drink it is with loads of lime..."

I think you'd just drink anything alcoholic that's put infront of you

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By *isscheekychopsWoman
over a year ago

The land of grey peas and bacon

"I hate beer... I hate the taste the only way I can drink it is with loads of lime...

I think you'd just drink anything alcoholic that's put infront of you

What are you implying that I am an alcoholic??

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By *nnyMan
over a year ago

Glasgow

Deuchars India Pale Ale from the Caledonian Brewery in Edinburgh is excellent. It's only about 3.8% so you can sit and drink it all evening without feeling the worse for it.

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By *nnyMan
over a year ago

Glasgow

"I hate beer... I hate the taste the only way I can drink it is with loads of lime..."

Get it really cold. The low temperature helps switch the taste buds off and you get the effect without the taste.

That's how lager's been sold for years.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I hate beer... I hate the taste the only way I can drink it is with loads of lime...

I think you'd just drink anything alcoholic that's put infront of you

What are you implying that I am an alcoholic??

Errrrrmmmmmm * dives behind the bar to hide *

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By *iewMan
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over a year ago

Angus & Findhorn

stella..... and only stella

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I like bottled beer such as Asahi, Kirin, Tsingtao, Cobra and Kingfisher too.

Love beer, full stop!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"stella..... and only stella"

Don't mind Stella or 1664, at least they have a bit of a taste.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Their are plenty of excellent ales available in North Yorkshire , Wold Top(wold gold) ,copper dragon (golden pippen) ,York brewery (guzzler) and Rudgate (viking) are my favourites , As for the worst ,I remember when we lived in the Manchester area that Robinsons was awful and like dishwater ,

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I should check out my local brewery and attend one of the their plant tours after living so close to it for so long.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Thought I would 'throw into the mix' the only beer related joke I know...

'What have a hovercraft and a pint of Carling Black Label got in common..?'

They're both close to water....

I thank you....

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