Beautiful Bitters

[madstock]

As part of my ongoing reinvention of myself, not only am I a fan of small furry animals, loved-up, less cynical and indeed a moisturising gayer, but I have also decided to cross ... to the other side.

Nope, I won't be slipping PaddyBerger a quick one up the marmite motorway (even if he begs), but I will however be eschewing my beloved Red Stripe in favour of bitter.

I have just procured an array of said drinks to get me started tonight, namely Black Sheep Ale, Ridleys Old Bob, Combined Harvest and Fursty Ferret Ale, and am looking to the gentlefolk of the GF to point me in the direction of further ales that I should be investigating.

So I ask - which are Britain's beautiful bitters that I should be quaffing?

[PaddyBerger15]

Nevermind such japery and talk of Marmite motorways, get that friendly accepted you ponce.
Abbott Ale isn't a bad drink, neither is Bishops Finger. Waggledance is acceptable but more of an acquired taste, my Dad likes that.

[Elmyn Noos]

I love bitter/ale I does. never touched lager until I moved out to Germany.

Tim Taylors and Theakstons are readily available in many boozers and are a decent mainstream option.

Do not touch - Cains, Vaux, Stones, Trophy - all deeply shit. Boddingtons is OK as is Tetleys.

I don't like bitter out of cans or bottles, so my advice would be to find a proper old style boozer that still gets a decent array of guest beers.

[DJLJ]

Originally Posted by madstock

As part of my ongoing reinvention of myself, not only am I a fan of small furry animals, loved-up, less cynical and indeed a moisturising gayer, but I have also decided to cross ... to the other side.

Nope, I won't be slipping PaddyBerger a quick one up the marmite motorway (even if he begs), but I will however be eschewing my beloved Red Stripe in favour of bitter.

I have just procured an array of said drinks to get me started tonight, namely Black Sheep Ale, Ridleys Old Bob, Combined Harvest and Fursty Ferret Ale, and am looking to the gentlefolk of the GF to point me in the direction of further ales that I should be investigating.

So I ask - which are Britain's beautiful bitters that I should be quaffing?

Where did it all go wrong...

[PaddyBerger15]

Originally Posted by DJLJ

Where did it all go wrong...

French Onion soup, it leads a man to lose all self respect.

[Stouffer]

Black Sheep, Geltsdale or Jennings for me.

[keysaint]

i honestly thought this was a thread about good looking everton fans

[PaddyBerger15]

Indeed...as Noos says, Theakstons is a very nice pint...as is Kilkennys.

[mattyq]

Bitter is so much superior to lager in mostly every way. Possibly the exception being a scorching hot day in a beer garden

[hamstrung]

You cannot beat a good (and I must stress the word good) pint of Tetley's. A good pint of Tetley's is nectar. Many years ago the best one used to be at a pub called Jacobs Well in Bradford. Its probably crap now. Theakston's good too, as is Timothy Taylors.

A bad pint of any bitter, but in particular Tetley's, is foul.

Its a shame really, but as pubs become crapper and part of big chains, its harder and harder to get a decent pint of bitter.

[RJ Fan club]

Sharps, Harveys and the one I had round in the Bell the other night are all Ace. I will get the name of it later if I can.

[Elmyn Noos]

There used to be a boozer in Manchester I frequented called the Lass O'Gowry, which brewed it's own ale in the cellar, which you could see by means of a glass conservatory type thing in the middle of the pub. It's ale was ace, and it's worth a visit if you're ever out that neck o t'woods.

[She Knows It]

Bloody hell Madders, here was me thinking this was a thread about your unwavering love for me.

Edit: Keysaint beat me to it.

[dirty_sanchez]

Originally Posted by keysaint

i honestly thought this was a thread about good looking everton fans

That bird from Atomic Kitten is a bitter I think. That's me done.

[Elmyn Noos]

Originally Posted by hamstrung

You cannot beat a good (and I must stress the word good) pint of Tetley's. A good pint of Tetley's is nectar. Many years ago the best one used to be at a pub called Jacobs Well in Bradford. Its probably crap now. Theakston's good too, as is Timothy Taylors.

A bad pint of any bitter, but in particular Tetley's, is foul.

Its a shame really, but as pubs become crapper and part of big chains, its harder and harder to get a decent pint of bitter.

I think the taste of bitter is heavily dependant on the lines being regularly cleaned in the pub. Failure to regularly flush out the lines will result in a shit pint. I'm not sure lager is as susceptible.

[PaddyBerger15]

Originally Posted by She Knows It

Bloody hell Madders, here was me thinking this was a thread about your unwavering love for me.

You are just his fag hag, he admitted as much yesterday.

[keysaint]

jennifer ellison is an everton fan apparently. think i win

[hamstrung]

Originally Posted by Elmyn Noos

I think the taste of bitter is heavily dependant on the lines being regularly cleaned in the pub. Failure to regularly flush out the lines will result in a shit pint. I'm not sure lager is as susceptible.

Aye - must be something like that.

Bad/watery lager is vile stuff but its dependant on the brand mainly. But bad bitter is near undrinkable. Like spoiled wine.

[dirty_sanchez]

Originally Posted by keysaint

jennifer ellison is an everton fan apparently. think i win

She hates football. She once described it as "a load of men kicking a bag of air into a net".