Real Ale, Lager or neither?

Real Ale, Lager or Neither

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Bigfoot said:
Real ale but i do like a good German wheat beer.
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Ooh yes. Forgot these.

Stayed beside Leith Links for 2 years and apart from an excellent supplier of Weissbiers across the road from work, The Pond was 'interesting' place to partake of a variety of these - and the occasional Dunkel that I never got on with.
 
Any thing that comes in pints will do. Not fussed, stout, lager, bitter, wheat, dunkels, ipa, what ever. Not stallion's though, got to be brewed.
 
Real Ale EVERY time, I have a bit of a passion for it. When you start to properly understand the brewing process you appreciate that it's an art to produce a good flavoured ale. I'm loving the resurgence of interest, whilst pubs are still closing the number of independent microbreweries is rising.
 
For all the real ale lovers out there, Wetherspoons are having a US/GB beer fest which runs from 16 - 31 Oct and the beer list look pretty good. They are usually pretty cheap too. I am after the Mordue Oatmeal Stout. 😋

(I have nowt to do with Wetherspoons)
 
Real ale, cider, lager, single malts, shorts, but not really tried pints of mild or many of the mixed drinks (bitter+lager, guiness+bitter etc). Had a great pint of hobgoblin the other week in York, Mmmmm.

The worst drink I have ever had was a german "smoke" beer, made by monks who burn the hops first (I think). It tasted like someone had put 20 woodbines and water in an ash tray and served it. Disgusting stuff.
 
JustOne said:
Tea :angry:
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Another of my favourites - from Hogs Back Brewery (Traditional English Ale)

And the stuff you were talking about was my rehydration/thirst quencher after Tennis back home - followed by a Lager of course (Steinlager or, better still, Rheineck)
 
Doon frae Troon said:
Scotland is slowly coming round to real ale, probably thanks to Tim Weatherspoon.

One of the few things that England do better than Scotland.
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But I would argue Innis and Gunn and BrewDog make some of the finest ale around at the moment. Mass produced lager is disgusting and I never drink that. Properly brewed lager with a bit of flavour is much better, and I am happy to drink that in the summer. For some reason I am also partial to a Desperado, Tequila flavoured lager. Plus a nice German Weissbeer is lovely.

I am more into kind of hybrids now, not bitters but properly brewed ales. So things like Innis and Gunn, BrewDog, Fullers Honey Dew and I am mad for IPAs. Luckily my local microbrewery Bluemonkey is currently producing some of the finest IPAs you can get.
 
Hacker Khan said:
But I would argue Innis and Gunn and BrewDog make some of the finest ale around at the moment. Mass produced lager is disgusting and I never drink that. Properly brewed lager with a bit of flavour is much better, and I am happy to drink that in the summer. For some reason I am also partial to a Desperado, Tequila flavoured lager. Plus a nice German Weissbeer is lovely.

I am more into kind of hybrids now, not bitters but properly brewed ales. So things like Innis and Gunn, BrewDog, Fullers Honey Dew and I am mad for IPAs. Luckily my local microbrewery Bluemonkey is currently producing some of the finest IPAs you can get.
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Not saying that Scotland does not produce good beers.
There seems to be a lager culture but that is changing.

Ten years ago I told my Hotel owning friend to stock real ale, he kept saying there was no demand. I kept saying how do you know if you don't sell it. He now had Deuchers and Abbot and a guest ale and they sell really well.
 
Real ale is great, my local stocks 17 varieties. I am partial to a good cider though and the local Henry Westons hits the spot.
 
I do not like the gassy lagers at all. My tipple are keg bitters such as Tetley, Boddingtons, and the likes, but hate John Smiths.

I’m always very wary of the cask conditioned ales or real ales, as they now call it. There is some crap about. By its very nature it’s inconsistent. Like the emperor’s new cloths, there are a lot of trendies who pretend they like it
 
Shaunmg said:
I do not like the gassy lagers at all. My tipple are keg bitters such as Tetley, Boddingtons, and the likes, but hate John Smiths.

I’m always very wary of the cask conditioned ales or real ales, as they now call it. There is some crap about. By its very nature it’s inconsistent. Like the emperor’s new cloths, there are a lot of trendies who pretend they like it
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Bathams
Doombar
Shropshire Lad
Otter Ale
Timothy Taylor Landlord
Abbot Ale
Fiddlers Elbow
Hob Goblin
Sneck Lifter
Dorothy Goodbody
Bishops Finger
Old Speckled Hen

Just some of the great beers sold in my local. I must be a trendy because I love them :)
 
Shaunmg said:
I do not like the gassy lagers at all. My tipple are keg bitters such as Tetley, Boddingtons, and the likes, but hate John Smiths.

I’m always very wary of the cask conditioned ales or real ales, as they now call it. There is some crap about. By its very nature it’s inconsistent. Like the emperor’s new cloths, there are a lot of trendies who pretend they like it
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So liking real ales is now trendy? Blimey, I must be able to hang out with Alexa Chung now then with all the hand pulled ale I've drank in my time. Just goes to show, if you do something for long enough it will eventually become fashionable.

As for real ales being inconsistent then I agree that you occasionally get a bad pint. But when ever that happens you can change it, and I'd rather try out new flavours than get one mass produced toned down flavour over and over. Trend setter that I am ;)
 
SocketRocket said:
Bathams
Doombar
Shropshire Lad
Otter Ale
Timothy Taylor Landlord
Abbot Ale
Fiddlers Elbow
Hob Goblin
Sneck Lifter
Dorothy Goodbody
Bishops Finger
Old Speckled Hen

Just some of the great beers sold in my local. I must be a trendy because I love them :)
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Good selection there. Sounds like a nice pub, could easily slide in there and try ad work my way across the bar.
 
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