real ale (at The Magnolia)

[magnolia]

did you know we have three to four real ales currently on . doom bar ,spitfire,tim taylor landlord, and adnams broadside . reuben our bar manager has plans for a beer festival ......any ideas welcome ? ......

[bon3yard]

You could get some top notch guest ciders in as well.

[PeckhamRose]

I love Shepherd Neame beers, me, and I also adore Brains beers. Since you asked.

[Brendan]

Good form there. Landlord and Spitfire are good stock ales and Doom Bar is a good choice for an interesting guest ale.

For personal preference only I would like to see a honeyed, golden ale as a guest now and then. Both of the main London breweries do one. Fullers do Honey Dew and Youngs do Waggle Dance (although I?m not sure if it is available on draught).

Or why not try something from Badger, I always enjoy their beers and they do cask conditioned ales for those who like that kinda thing. I?m not sophisticated enough to tell the difference though.

[david_carnell]

Ooh if you are free of tie, which it would appear, try some stuff from the Pilgrim Brewery in Reigate. I used to know the guy who runs it and he's a real gent. They have a great special called Progress and an equally good session beer Surrey.

[TJ]

TEA (Traditional English Ale) from the Hogsback brewery and Poachers choice from Badgers pls.

[Cassius]

Why not contact CAMRA and see if they can help/advise. I've been to several real ale festivals with a choice of 40 or 50 real ales from around the country which are brilliant for trying new things.

The key would be variety. Real ales have so much variety, from more straight forward bitters, to pale ales and heavier more malty beers.

[Sue]

YAY, Adnam's Broadside, great :)

If there's a beer festival, can I put in a plea for Theakston's Old Peculier (sic), also if there's cider can we have Addlestone's??

Hooray!

There goes another doubling of my waistline :))

:)-D

[EDOldie]

Ringwood brewery, is my fav by far. Occasionally in other pubs locally but not seen it recently. Get some in and I doubt you'll get me out.

[MitchK]

Not sure it falls into the real ale category but I am a big fan of German Weissbier (e.g. Franziskaner or Erdinger). They serve it in the Crown and Greyhound and The Bishop.

[will dex]

I used to work in Quality Assurance at Shepherd Neame. (useless fact but true non the less!)

[Dodo1]

How about some Belgium Fruit Beers (not usual flavours)?

[Jah Lush]

I second a heads up for Theakston's Old Peculiar. Also Fullers ESB. Love Timmy Taylor though so please keep it going. I might pop in a little later for a snifter or two.

[EDOldie]

I'll be there at 6 tonight. On the Dot!!

[flapjackdavey]

Broadside yum yum

[reds]

A beer festival sounds fantastic. I can't agree though with those who've suggested Youngs, Shepherd Neame and Fullers beers. You can get those anywhere (even in Sainsbury's) and surely the idea of a beer festival is to be able to try unusual beers from smaller independant breweries.

[TheePope]

I second the calls for Badger or Ringwood. Blandford Fly, Badger Best, Tanglefoot and Ringwood 49er all good calls.

I find Theakstons a bit dull.

There's a west country beer called Tribute or Tribune I think (can never remember which, and that's lush).

Or pop in the Vale and see the couple of real ales they've been keeping lately from a Kent Brewery no more than 40 miles away. Think one was called Trafalgar and was very good indeed.

To be honest, as long as the ale's well kept and there's a choice it will keep people like me happy.

[flapjackdavey]

If its going to be a festival , then can we bring sleeping bags and that , give it that proper festival vibe , might as well ay ?

[Sue]

TheePope Wrote:

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> I find Theakstons a bit dull.

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Are you perchance related to the guy on another thread who thought Ganapati was a crap Indian Restaurant?

I would insert a smiley here, but they have totally disappeared off my laptop, how can this be?? Will try the colon and bracket and see what happens :)

:(

Erm, got no smiley menu but seem to be able to produce smileys and frowneys, how can this be ???? Not sure I can do the happy clappy beer clinking smiley without the menu though ... :)

[TheePope]

Err, no Sue I'm not! Or not that I know of, never tried Ganapati but look forward to at some stage.

But seriously Theakstons! Ok, maybe it's alright, but it's one of the more common ales you see in pubs and it's usually pretty bland at least when I've had it in London.

Try some Ringwood 49er - then come back and agree with me!

Anyway far too early to be talking ale.

[Cassius]

The Herne are doing Tribune - it's from Cornwall and very nice too.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

The wonderful Lidl are selling 500ml bottles of beer this week for ?1.00.

Hobgoblin Ruby Beer

Premium Spitfire Kentish Ale

Bishops Finger Kentish Strong Ale.

[Brendan]

Thanks PGC. I need to stock up for Christmas.

[Sue]

TheePope Wrote:

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> But seriously Theakstons! Ok, maybe it's alright,

> but it's one of the more common ales you see in

> pubs and it's usually pretty bland at least when

> I've had it in London.

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I'm not talking yer common or garden Theakston's, I'm talking OLD PECULIER !!!!!!!

BLAND ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

And if you find it commonly in any pubs in ED or nearby, please let me know so that I can get myself down there PDQ :)

PS Has anybody else lost their smiley menu, replaced by an "explorer user prompt" (I don't use IE!) or is it just me??

[Keef]

Yes