*The Real Ale Thread

[Ron Merlin]

I had it in the same pub probably my mate got a Crabbies for over 4 quid!

The Baird? Lovely pub, really well kept ale, but typical N10 prices

 

[Onket]

Marston's Old Empire at the Wetherspoons today. Not the best ale out there but at £2.35 (in my 'spoons) for 5.7% abv it's well worth a couple of pints (at lunchtime).

Ridiculously detailed review of the bottled version here- http://hywelsbiglog.wordpress.com/2...’s-old-empire-original-export-india-pale-ale/

I'd give it more than 3.8 on it's strength alone.

 

[Mapped]

Lunchtime ales? That's a slippery slope

 

[ringo]

Marston's Old Empire at the Wetherspoons today. Not the best ale out there but at £2.35 (in my 'spoons) for 5.7% abv it's well worth a couple of pints (at lunchtime).

Ridiculously detailed review of the bottled version here- http://hywelsbiglog.wordpress.com/2009/04/05/beer-review-marston’s-old-empire-original-export-india-pale-ale/

I'd give it more than 3.8 on it's strength alone.

Getting a poor rep imo, that's a fine IPA, and at that price a bargain.

 

[Onket]

Lunchtime ales? That's a slippery slope

http://www.urban75.net/forums/threads/the-real-ale-at-home-thread.283885/

 

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Alkie

 

[Onket]

I prefer the term 'enthusiast'.

 

[Mapped]

It's not ale, but it's not piss either. Last night I had a few too many Cotswold Lagers (5%) and I didn't have any trace of a hangover this morning. Miracle lager

 

[fredfelt]

It's not ale, but it's not piss either. Last night I had a few too many Cotswold Lagers (5%) and I didn't have any trace of a hangover this morning. Miracle lager

I really like Cotswold Largers. I had a couple on the weekend then moved pubs and had a pint of Kronenburg. After the Cotswold Premium it was horrible - my next pint was an Ale.

There's a splinter organisation of CAMRA that recognises that good beer does not have to be ale. The liberal faction is The Campaign for Really Good Beer - http://camrgb.blogspot.com/

 

[Onket]

There's a splinter organisation of CAMRA that recognises that good beer does not have to be ale. The liberal faction is The Campaign for Really Good Beer - http://camrgb.blogspot.com/

Is it me, or does their link to their new website just link back to the same blog?

 

[Onket]

Ok, it's http://www.camrgb.org/

also- http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/18346

 

[Onket]

Was in the Beehive (Wetherspoons) yesterday, they've got rid of the 5.7% Old Empire so I was drinking a nice Autumn ale whose name I have forgotten cos I ended up having quite a few of them.

 

[Onket]

Did anyone have any of the Youngs Christmas Ale over the 'festive period'?

The Trinity in Brixton are currently selling theirs off for £2 a pint which is a welcome change as Youngs pubs are normally quite dear.

4.8% and not dark like some Christmas Ales. Very similar to Youngs Special but slightly stronger. Lovely.

 

[oryx]

Did anyone have any of the Youngs Christmas Ale over the 'festive period'?

The Trinity in Brixton are currently selling theirs off for £2 a pint which is a welcome change as Youngs pubs are normally quite dear.

4.8% and not dark like some Christmas Ales. Very similar to Youngs Special but slightly stronger. Lovely.

I'm pretty sure I had a few halves of that in the Clockhouse on Peckham Rye. Or maybe it was my partner. (That suggests a long, amnesia-inducing session, which it wasn't, honest).

Partner is now saying he had someone else's real ale in the Dog and Bell in Deptford.

I should unsubscribe from the real ale thread really.

 

[mwgdrwg]

I was in a little pub in Wigan the other week, drinking beer from theAllgates micro-brewery. It was the loveliest beer I've had in donkey's years. Only £1.90 a pint, I would've paid twice that. And there was free chips and cheese & onion sandwiches!

 

[fredfelt]

There's a pub which sells Fullers beer around these parts (the otherwise excellent Harcourt Arms in Jericho). Anyway on their menu the put prices on mixes of ales - such as half a Chiswick and half a London Pride. Never seen that before.

 

[Onket]

Had a few pints of 'Dutchman' last night watching the football. A very nice pint. 4.5%

 

[marty21]

There's a pub which sells Fullers beer around these parts (the otherwise excellent Harcourt Arms in Jericho). Anyway on their menu the put prices on mixes of ales - such as half a Chiswick and half a London Pride. Never seen that before.

For nostagia sake I had a couple of ramrod and special mixes in the Spreadeagle in Camden, it's a Young's pub - ramrod out of the pumps, special in a bottle - usually you get over a pint - used to drink it years ago when I lived near Wimbledon (more Young's pubs that way)

ramrod and spesh

 

[Onket]

You sure it's not Special out of the pump & Ramrod in a bottle?

And got to be more than the cost of a pint cos you're involving the cost of a bottle, hasn't it?

 

[marty21]

You sure it's not Special out of the pump & Ramrod in a bottle?

And got to be more than the cost of a pint cos you're involving the cost of a bottle, hasn't it?

actually I think you're right
and I can't remember how much it cost (it was a few weeks ago) but I don't remember it being excessive

 

[Onket]

My work local is a Youngs pub and I love a pint of Special so I might give this a go sometime.

 

[marty21]

My work local is a Youngs pub and I love a pint of Special so I might give this a go sometime.

went there again the other day - £3.75 for a ramrod and spesh - which I thought reasonable - it's more than a pint!

eta - not your work local - unless you now work in Camden

 

[hash tag]

Best thread for ales?
On the one hand I see Spoons down South West are doing £1.99 per pint for a few days Wetherspoon pubs launch 12-day real ale festival with £1.99 pints

On tother, I see that prices could be rising by about .30 per pint, with pints heading up to £6.00 in London Beer prices to rise by 30p as 80% of pubs have already raised prices

 

[dessiato]

Best thread for ales?
On the one hand I see Spoons down South West are doing £1.99 per pint for a few days Wetherspoon pubs launch 12-day real ale festival with £1.99 pints

On tother, I see that prices could be rising by about .30 per pint, with pints heading up to £6.00 in London Beer prices to rise by 30p as 80% of pubs have already raised prices

These prices are why I don’t go to pubs when I’m in the U.K. Last Sunday we went to a local bar, had 6 glasses of wine, a Coke, and 6 tapas for about 10€. I know that’s not beer, but the local Estrella Galicia is a similar price.

 

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In the cut at Waterloo, a bottle of shit pale ale £5.25

 

[quiet guy]

It's ridiculous the beer duty levy in pubs. No wonder most pubs really struggle. That bottle in a supermarket wouldn't be more than @£2.50

 

[hash tag]

There's the rub. Nothing can beat a pint straight from the cask.preferably gravity fed.

 

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Cheers Numbers. The perfect pint. Wandle by Sambrooks.