Real Ale Drinkers

[ZonkoVille77]

Drinking old speckled hen at the min which I never had. Quite good.

And had a Worthingtons red shield earlier which was very easy to drink.

All bottles but, so some gas in them.

[ZonkoVille77]

Cheers bazza I'll give those a go and report back.

[Lurtz]

Yesterday's ales. Was supposed to be an Ale Trail from York to Leeds but we just stayed in York all day. About 20 of us on a good 10 hour sesh. Good times.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This was the worst pint of the day, horrible shit compared with some of the other great beers we had during the day.

 

[Champ]

Where did you go?

 

I went to uni in York. A pub for every day of the year or somesuch

[Lurtz]

Started at the Windmill for breakfast and IPA, then the Punch Bowl, Swan, Kings Arms, Three Tuns, Red Lion and two or three I can't remember. Some brilliant pubs.

[Champ]

Started at the Windmill for breakfast and IPA, then the Punch Bowl, Swan, Kings Arms, Three Tuns, Red Lion and two or three I can't remember. Some brilliant pubs.

 

Oh, I've been in one or two of them!

[Lurtz]

Oh, I've been in one or two of them!

 

There seem to be quite a few of them!

 

Best thing about drinking proper ale all day is the lack of hangover. I'm just a bit groggy and tired after putting away a LOT of beer yesterday. Must have been a good 14 pints or so albeit over about 10 hours. Imagine the hangover after that much lager.

[mattyq]

There is absolutely no doubt that the North does better beer than the South by a country mile

18 years of living down here has taught me that much

[cochyn]

Glad you had a gud un RL. York is sesh heaven: Pivni is something else and south of the river you've got The Ackhorn, The Sloop. All damn fine, proper pubs.

[Bobby Hundreds]

I wanna try that curious brew. Its lager made with champagne yeast or some shit along those lines. Its award winning dontcha know.

[Mike D]

I love real ale, but if Im in a pub where there isnt any(to watch certain sporting events) it doesnt bother me and will just drink lager. I just see it like coffee and tea, dont have to like one or the other.

my arl fella is a keen real ale drinker and his mates are too so ive been in their company and some are the archetypal "beer ticker" type, dont like the arsing about at the bar some do too, just pick one and sit down.

 

been on a few brewery tours with them and had a great time.

 

favourites are Black sheep, cains fa, Timothy taylors landlord.

 

Bottles are not as good.

 

The blood tub in Burscough was my favourite pub, had Black sheep but its gone a bit ponsy restaurant now.

in town, got a few favourites but I really like the Ship and Mitre or the Lion tavern

[Elite]

Gotta be honest I aint a big fan.

[PestiRed]

Gotta be honest I aint a big fan.

But it's nice that you at least thought about it for 18 months before deciding that

[RedKnight]

Borderline negging offence there.

[King Emlyn]

It's the gas, preservatives, crap in mass produced lager that gives you the hangover. There's plenty of decent craft beer real ale around now

Nope, definitely the alcohol.

[Elite]

But it's nice that you at least thought about it for 18 months before deciding that

Its been a long journey.

[Raymond Duck]

A few beauties worth trying...

 

Sarah Hughes Dark Ruby mild. Brewed in Coseley, Birmingham. The best real ale I've ever had. You can usually get it at ale festivals though.

 

Titanic Plum Porter, you can get this in The Dispensary.

 

Adnams Broadside. Weighing in at a whopping 6.3% in the bottle or 4.7% on draft.

 

I also used to love Cains Raisan until they went under. Beautiful stuff.

[Hand Shandy]

That Plum Porter and the Broadside are lovely ales.

[ratcatcher]

Had a couple of Theaks XB's last night. Slept like a fucking log.

 

Never had a Porter before, what's that like, heavy?

[Hand Shandy]

Sort of halfway between an ale and a stout, but they all differ slightly.

[ratcatcher]

Cool. I'll look out for some.

[Bjornebye]

Just stocked up on two hoots. Off the pub with the dog coz her sister in on her way down.

[Creator Supreme]

Landlord is a cracker, haven't had that for a while, that used to get served quite often in The Cloisters and Doctors in Edinburgh when I worked up there, I miss those days.

[stevebaby]

You won't hear many Aussies say this, but I like British beer. Whoever said the further  north you go the better it gets is spot on and I agree. I particularly like Scottish ales. For a while I was buying Orkney Dark Ale by mail order from the Orkneys which is a fucking expensive way to do it but I loved the stuff. If you're a whisky drinker I recommend Highland Park Whisky too. It's the only single malt I can honestly say I enjoy.

[MokTheAfflicted]

Still cant beat Wobbly Bob or Bryncelyn's That'll Be The Sleigh