What are you drinking tonight?

[Pete C]

Good idea, there are so many good local breweries.
I can recommend Exmoor Gold from a similar part of the country. It helps that my Dad lives beside the brewery !

Websites like beer hawk are also useful.

Pete

 

[cgtmiles]

Has anybody tried flavourly beers? 20 cans of craft ales for ~£25 delivered (depends on offer). Some really strange stuff in their selection packs

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[Sabre]

Spitfire is awesome beer. Almost as good as hobgoblin ruby....

Discuss!

 

[Sabre]

@CAB you have Trooper produced by Robinsons up by you... That should be a happy staple whilst you explore the real beers up north.
Try HobgoblIn Ruby tho. And wadworth 6x. Both awesome beers
Can't wait till we meet for a beer swap around a big f.o. fire.

 

[Sabre]

I got a beer52 token has anyone had a good experience with this? Web reports ain't too glowing.

 

[CAB]

@CAB you have Trooper produced by Robinsons up by you... That should be a happy staple whilst you explore the real beers up north.
Try HobgoblIn Ruby tho. And wadworth 6x. Both awesome beers
Can't wait till we meet for a beer swap around a big f.o. fire.

Whole can of worms there! Will ponder a response overnight

 

[cgtmiles]

I got a beer52 token has anyone had a good experience with this? Web reports ain't too glowing.

This looks like flavourly but themed to a different country each time. Never heard of it before

 

[BoroBoy]

My review of the Spitfire Amber Ale. I enjoyed the ale, a distinct flavour of liquorice throughout. Although a nice ale, it is not an ale I would drink all night. My rating is 7/10.

 

[VanDamMan]

My review of the Spitfire Amber Ale. I enjoyed the ale, a distinct flavour of liquorice throughout. Although a nice ale, it is not an ale I would drink all night. My rating is 7/10.

Good review...Spitfire for me is not a session beer and has over time lost its crown...the beauty of owning a T6 allows travel to some lovely parts of the UK and opens up a whole new world of local beers
one thing though beer is like suspension.......very subjective

 

[BoroBoy]

Tonight I am sampling a full bodied Amber ale called Lancaster Bomber from Marston's Brewers.

 

[Westy78]

Supporting local businesses (maybe a bit too much)

 

[CAB]

Tonight I am sampling a full bodied Amber ale called Lancaster Bomber from Marston's Brewers.

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All the WW2 RAF planes!

 

[CAB]

@CAB you have Trooper produced by Robinsons up by you... That should be a happy staple whilst you explore the real beers up north.
Try HobgoblIn Ruby tho. And wadworth 6x. Both awesome beers
Can't wait till we meet for a beer swap around a big f.o. fire.

@Sabre , yep, can occasionally smell Robbies when the wind is in the right direction. Used to go to a backstreet Robbies from our Uni hall, would only sell Old Tom in halves! Love their mild, when I can find it, Trooper also superb and slightly atypical for them (not a typical Robbies taste).

Most of my drinking these days is supermarket bottles, so yes, HobgoblIn (original Ruby) very good stuff. We decided to get the van in order to get out and about the country a bit, looking forward to finding new beers and reacquainting with old favourites.

Wadworth 6x, love that, not had it for years but went to the Cotswolds in Feb (BC and also BV, Before Corona and Before Van) and enjoyed a few.

As I mentioned earlier, many of my old favourites have been sold/moved brewery. However I am very heartened by the amount of new breweries and beers, just wish they weren't all IPA

Moving to Manchester was a revelation. Holts for 66p/pint! Hydes half-and-half through electric pumps! Then I started hillwalking, and discovered Theakstons, before they sold their souls to the devil (or Scottish & Newcastle, which was basically the same thing). I can still call to mind feeling my heart leap as I trudged off a hill in the rain and saw a Theakstons logo on the side of a pub.

Sorry for the ramble. Simply to say:

• Lots of great beers drunk;
• Lots more to look forward to!

 

[Spaghetti]

A glass or two of Laphroaig Quarter Cask Single Malt Scotch. At 48% ABV it’s very warming.....

 

[CAB]

Having waxed lyrical about beers past and present for half an hour, like @Spaghetti , I am on the single malt tonight! Glenmorangie Lasanta.

 

[Spaghetti]

Having waxed lyrical about beers past and present for half an hour, like @Spaghetti , I am on the single malt tonight! Glenmorangie Lasanta.

I visited the Glenmorangie distillery when I was up in Scotland and they have some lovely whiskies in the shop. Got one that had been aged in Sherry casks. It was absolutely beautiful.

 

[BoroBoy]

All the WW2 RAF planes!

The choices of Spitfire and Lancaster Bomber were coincidental. Both brews were side by side on the shelf at Morrison’s, so I thought, why not.
I thought the Lancaster Bomber brew was an enjoyable drink. I will give it a rating of 7.5/10.

 

[BoroBoy]

My choice tonite is Platform 6.1, an impeccable IPA at 6.1%. Brewed by Wickwar Wessex Brewing Co.

 

[CAB]

My choice tonite is Platform 6.1, an impeccable IPA at 6.1%. Brewed by Wickwar Wessex Brewing Co.

Never seen that. Seems strong for an IPA? Looking forward to the verdict.



Jail Ale again for me, with the Caravan Club mag.

 

[BoroBoy]

I enjoyed the 6.1. Nice taste. Rating 8/10.

Pete.