Craft beer and real ale drinkers

nickjdavis said:
Yes.... I've got the PDF.... just gonna take some time going through them to see what I'd like to brew and trying to fit it into my brewing/golfing schedule!!
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I'd be very interested in hearing about how it goes. I've never done homebrew, but I like a lot of the brewdog brews I've tried so might well give a simple one a try one day.
 
Fyldewhite said:
Me and the Mrs have a joint CAMRA membership which more than pays for itself with the discounts. Lucky to have a couple of top "real ale" pubs in the village centre where we go out. Not a connoisseur by any stretch but really enjoy the choice and take in the odd festival and a few coach trips. Enjoy lager too, but if there's real ale I'll normally be drinking that.
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You have Blackpool as your location? A visit to The Taps in Lytham is a must for good ale.
 
HomerJSimpson said:
As much as they aren't liked by some, you can't knock Wetherspoons for the range they carry in all their pubs and how much work they do for promoting smaller breweries locally
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I would agree with this - but it's hit and miss whether the individual pubs look after their ales or not. Having worked behind and run a bar for much of my life, I am REALLY picky about this. But on the whole most do a good job of producing a good pint and their beer festivals are great for trying loads of good beers at a decent price.

EDIT: I should also mention - if anyone is a real fan of brewery tours, the Hook Norton Brewery tour is just about the best one you can do here in the UK. They one of the only (if not the only) brewery still use original methods for their brewing process (including steam engine driven machinery and using horse drawn carriages to deliver the beer to the local pubs). It's really quite magical!

Plus, their beer is (in my opinion) the best this country has to offer.
 
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That does sound pretty good!
I very much enjoyed the Lancaster Brewery Tour when I did it. You can really get up close and personal with the process, unlike at some of the more commercial breweries where it's all behind glass and so on.
 
Has anyone tried Two Cocks beers? My fav is the cavalier. They were the chaps who were on Grand Designs, they are actually selling up lock stock and barrel so to speak i believe. (well at least the house and land is (Thats where they brew))

https://blog.primelocation.com/2013/11/22/grand-designs-on-the-taste-of-beer/

They have open cellar mornings on a saturday where you can buy direct, and its under a mile from my house! Shame i cant drink it anymore, but its bloomin lovely!
 
jdpjamesp said:
You have Blackpool as your location? A visit to The Taps in Lytham is a must for good ale.
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Yes, would recommend it......they've been known to turf the bar floor when the Open is on at Royal Lytham! Tend to do Poulton though as nearer to where I live. Old Town Hall, Thatched always a good selection. We enjoyed the Lancaster Brewery tour too.
 
Aztecs27 said:
EDIT: I should also mention - if anyone is a real fan of brewery tours, the Hook Norton Brewery tour is just about the best one you can do here in the UK. They one of the only (if not the only) brewery still use original methods for their brewing process (including steam engine driven machinery and using horse drawn carriages to deliver the beer to the local pubs). It's really quite magical!

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Yep... Good afternoon out... In fact, enjoyed it so much done it more than once...
 
Rooter said:
Has anyone tried Two Cocks beers? My fav is the cavalier. They were the chaps who were on Grand Designs, they are actually selling up lock stock and barrel so to speak i believe. (well at least the house and land is (Thats where they brew))

https://blog.primelocation.com/2013/11/22/grand-designs-on-the-taste-of-beer/

They have open cellar mornings on a saturday where you can buy direct, and its under a mile from my house! Shame i cant drink it anymore, but its bloomin lovely!
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Been there done that got the tee shirt!

Great pair of lads.... Sorry to hear they are selling up...
 
Re Weatherspoons... Have to say, with regard my local one, can't say I've ever had a badly served pint in there... Had the same guv'nor since day one [25+ years] and he takes a pride in what he does... Best of all its only a few strides, to the bus stop, for the journey home...
 
Wetherspoons does good accessable beer with some very vaguely craft offerings. Bengali is a decent IPA, Punk is always available if need be and every now and then they'll have a stout on that's worth a go but it's mostly old style ales that are just too bland for my pallet.
 
Aztecs27 said:
IPA lovers, if you've not tried the Thornbridge Jaipur, stop what you're doing and get on it.
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It's not as good as it's made out to be in my opinion, but it's still a nice drop.

Ever tried Jaipur X? Disgusting.

My favourite IPAs are the double IPAs - BrewDog's Born to Die 27-11-15 was special last year and the recent Cloudwater DIPA is very nice, too, as is their current range black IPA.

Thirsty now...
 
Kellfire said:
It's not as good as it's made out to be in my opinion, but it's still a nice drop.

Ever tried Jaipur X? Disgusting.

My favourite IPAs are the double IPAs - BrewDog's Born to Die 27-11-15 was special last year and the recent Cloudwater DIPA is very nice, too, as is their current range black IPA.

Thirsty now...
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I've not tried the X but have never really understood why they would mess with already decent brews?
 
'Back in the day'... Post!


When Youngs was still brewed in London we used to go to The Bridge Hotel next to the Greenford roundabout [now flyover] by the A40... They used to do their own 'home brew' which required a bit of tempering so we used to 'water it down' with some Youngs Ramrod... Now there was pint worth having... Brings a broad grin to my face just thinking about it... Happy, happy days...
 
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