craft beer

[numbers]

sorry if you hate the term but I don't know what else to call it. I love trying out new beers/ales from the microbreweries that are out there. A cheeky bottle of St. Andrew's Brewing Co Crail ale went down nicely recently. I am not an expert btw just find it fun trying something new.

anyone else got any others worthy of a mention?

[Annette Curtain]

You see the trouble my 'street food' thread got into.

Craft Beer ?

It's just bottle conditioned, like 'Light Ale' used to be daan the al' rub a dub dub.

That said, I do like The Kernel Brewery Ales from Bermondsey. You can even visit them on a Saturday.

http://thekernelbrewery.com/

[DulwichFox]

Craft Beer ??

More about the Label and the Name than what's in the Bottle.

Foxy

[*Bob*]

Have you been to Boss Man? - there must be at least 100 varieties to try there.

[StraferJack]

Bossman may be the single thing that shifts me away from lifelong lager drinking

I'm only on the pale ale type stuff but I know the line has been crossed

['bout now]

Not sure if it's "craft" but I'm a big lummoxing drunken fan of Meantime Pale Ale. I'm really pleased to see the resurgence of decent beer as I remember the crap that was served up in pubs in the late 70's, early 80's.

Worthington E, Double Diamond, Toby bitter and the like.

[Chillaxed]

Kernel Table Beer is great. Full of flavour and relatively low alcohol content so you can drink it all night.

[El Pibe]

That's a bit unfair DF.

Craft Beer is all about experimentation and breaking with accepted traditions.

Like anything some of it works some of it doesn't, but the world's a better place for the trying.

Else we'd all be eating jellied eels and...oh wrong thread ;)

[El Pibe]

Meantime's a very decent brewery, some lovely beers and damn fine pub in greenwich too.

[StraferJack]

Uh oh ? some is dissing the working class beverages of the 70s and 80. Let?s hope Someone doesn?t see that

Has anyone noticed the small Beer House franchises opening in London mainline stations? Obviously they are an attempt by a gloval catering corporation to have some of that craft beer market so they get it a bit wrong (foreign = ?craft? ? Amstel???) and it?s pretty transparent. Plus they ignore ales in favour of what they deem craft beers

But all that said ? compared to average railway station ?pubs? you get some interesting drinks (Brooklyn on draft) , slightly better (darker lit) ambience and no kids allowed. So missing a train isn?t quite as bad an experience

[*Bob*]

StraferJack Wrote:

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> Bossman may be the single thing that shifts me

> away from lifelong lager drinking

Bossman has quietly turned into one of the best local shops we have.

They'll give you a discount if you buy over a certain amount too.

So get down there, buy one of everything that looks interesting - and make your own mind up!

[StraferJack]

"Bossman has quietly turned into one of the best local shops we have. "

Spot on

They have stopped selling tins of any sort and focussed on interesting bottles

If you buy a large enough amount and live within certain area they seem willing to drop it off as well ? not an official service but shows the value of developing a relationship with a local business

[titch juicy]

the best thing that's happened to beer in the states and over here in a long time

[Voyageur]

If any EDFers are ever Crystal Palace bound there is a new pop-up craft beer joint opening later today by @BeerRebbellion in conjunction with Late Knights brewery opposite Gipsy Hill Station. All beers/lagers/ciders ?3.20 per pint apparently:

http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BIn2_kxCAAAHh6T.jpg:large

http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BIuPDyYCIAA1RB_.jpg:large

[maxxi]

'bout now Wrote:

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> Not sure if it's "craft" but I'm a big lummoxing

> drunken fan of Meantime Pale Ale. I'm really

> pleased to see the resurgence of decent beer as I

> remember the crap that was served up in pubs in

> the late 70's, early 80's.

> Worthington E, Double Diamond, Toby bitter and the

> like.

Brew XI (shudders)

Bossman also has some decent 'craft' ciders too - when my West Country rellies came for a visit they were surprised by the choice.

['bout now]

SJ, I'm not dissing working class brews because that was absolutely not what they were. Brewed by accountant led companies to maximise profit and reach through reduced production times and financial muscle.

it was upper class peeps telling working class peeps what was good for them and it was shite.

On another note there is a place in Blackheath 0 degrees, 3.60 a pint for booze made on premises. I can't comment on whether its any good but will attempt a field study soon.

[StraferJack]

'bout now - was just teasing a little bit, given what happened in the street food thread

(although I will say that back then my exclusively working-class world drank nothing but that stuff + Guinness)

[DulwichFox]

Must be someone out there remembers..

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2741/4279884496_b0ab84d477.jpg

Those were the days...

Non of that Real Ale Muck.

Fizzy Fox.

['bout now]

I swapped my six pack for one of them at the age of 24!

SJ, yes i know, just trying to head of the incoming fire. I too drank nothing but the stuff, I spent more time at the urinal than at the bar.

[Jeremy]

Similar to SJ... I've always been a lager drinker, but over the last couple of years have been shifting more to the pale ale type stuff. Particularly the citrusy American style (including the various british breweries now making "APA" style beer).

The "craft" tag is a little silly though, especially when applied to mass produced stuff like Sierra Nevada and Goose Island (even though they taste good).

[StraferJack]

I draw the line at Blue Moon - goddawful stuff

The cost of something like Sierra Nevada doesn?t help either (?5.50 ish in places like EDT)

Stormbird in Camberwell (nee Funky Munky) does a good range of draft beers. Draft House LL has a smaller range than their Tower Bridge one but is also worth seeing what?s on

[*Bob*]

I'm cranking-up the Louisa air-raid warning on this one.

[Jeremy]

Blue Moon - to be honest I find it drinkable enough, but it's basically a poor imitation of a belgian wheat bear, so just seems a little pointless.

[Sue]

Jeremy Wrote:

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> Blue Moon - to be honest I find it drinkable

> enough, but it's basically a poor imitation of a

> belgian wheat bear, so just seems a little

> pointless.

xxxxxx

I don't like Blue Moon at all, and yet there must be sufficient people who drink it for the EDT to continue to sell it.

Yet they had a great dark lager which was really yummy, which they no longer have because apparently I was the only person who drunk it (and only once a week, so it must have taken a long time to finish their stock!)

[steveo]

For the first time in ten years, I tried a Heineken yesterday.

What was piss is now not