whats your favourite beer

[spadetownboy]

david_carnell Wrote:

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> spadetownboy Wrote:

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> > i,ve just returned from a long weekend in

> munich

> > and feck me what a wonderful place, spent 3

> days

> > eating meat and drinking from steins, tried as

> > many local brews as possible but i have drank

> > probably the best beer i have ever tasted

> called

> > hacker pschorr. now being an irishman i

> consider

> > my self a bit of an expert on various types of

> > beer and have consumed manys a different brew

> in

> > order to make my mind up but i have to say

> without

> > doubt that hacker pschorr now occupies no 1

> spot

> > in the spadetownboy league of beers. whats your

> > all time no 1 beer ever.

>

> Ah, but that is merely the name of the brewery.

> Which of their beers were you drinking?

>

> My girlfriend used to run an amazing pub in Surrey

> that sold a huge range of imported European and

> worldwide beers as well as micr-brewing it's own

> ales. Fantastic stuff. Due to which I am now

> somewhat of a beer geek and turn my nose up at

> most lagers. The stuff that the large brewery's

> knock-out is, IMHO, piss. German purity laws

> improve matters for their beers but some of the

> best stuff makes Fosters taste like Australian

> sheep dip.

>

> My list would have one or two from each category

> of beer:

>

> Ale - Harveys (from the Sussex brewery) is

> excellent and having gone to uni in Leeds I'm

> rather partial to a pint of Black Sheep. The EDT

> doesn't keep it very well though so i's not always

> a good pint there. Coopers of Australia do a great

> sparkling ale in a bottle (which you can amazingly

> get in Sainsburys) and Progress from the Pilgrim

> brewery in Surrey is par excellence!

>

> Stout - Quintine 'Hercule' stout from Belgium and

> Kilkenny Black.

>

> Lager - Chouffe (made by gnomes!) on draft and

> Triple Karmeliet from bottles

>

> Weiss - Reigle Weiss...let me know if you ever

> find it in this country. I've only seen it in one

> place.

i was actually on the helles most of the time but obviously for purposes of research dipped into the dunkle from time to time

[ChavWivaLawDegree]

Am I the only Leffe fan? Leffe Blond is loverly. I love wheat beers too (or white beers) including hoegaarden.

[Brendan]

I like Leffe a lot but can't drink it in quantity or I fall over too quickly. If it is on tap it HAS to be kept well. If it is just slightly off it tastes horrid.

[Jimmy Mac]

Agree with you David_Carnell, Harveys Sussex Best/Bitter is top notch. They do a good pint at the Royal Oak on Tabard Street 5-10 mins walk from London Bridge. I'm finding it difficult to get a decent pint of bitter in ED. If my memory smc I've had decent pints of Timothy Taylor's Landlord in the Gowlett, Herne Tavern and Magdala fairly recently. Was pleasantly surprised at the range of beers on offer in the revamped Plough. Had some tasty Leffe in the Rye Hotel a while back, too. Cheers.JM

[david_carnell]

Yes, the Gowlett are pretty good for ale. Their policy of only getting one barrell of each and then moving on to another stops stuff getting stale and is great for tasting beers you wouldn't normally see. I wonder if you're allowed to recommend beers to them?

Timothy Taylor Landlord is, and I'm with you on this JimmyMac, an excellent drop. Apparently Madonna had it at her wedding to Guy Ritchie so they must be doing something right.