Beer at home

[Cav]

IIRC correctly most Tetleys is now brewed under licence by Marstons in Wolverhampton.

I used to drink at a pub very close to where Tetleys was in Leeds (hunslet?) in the 1980s

If brewed in Wolves that will be Banks's who own Marstons who are based in Burton...

 

[Tigerjones]

I love Thornbridge’s Jaipur. Lovely ale. Often have it on draught in the excellent boozer connected to the railway station in Sheffield.

 

[Tigerjones]

^The Sheffield Tap.

 

[eguth]

Great thread! Since Aldi have started stocking it, I’m mostly drinking ‘Proper Job’. I bloody love it. St Austell are an excellent brewery (they also make Tribute), far better than Sharps who are absolutely rubbish nowadays (Doom Bar).

Lidl have stocked it for a long time.

 

[eguth]

Shepperd Neame SPITFIRE. Finest beer ever brewed.

I'm a 'two bottle'- a - year' man.

 

[MVV]

Anyone know if Worthington White Shield is still brewed? I've been looking all over for some online.

They sell it in Booths.

 

[gintonic]

Thornbridge’s

some excellent barrel aged stouts and fruited beer.

 

[Ponty]

Picked up some of the old favourite Adnams Southwold Bitter in Waitrose yesterday. Fabulous stuff, it’s getting to the time of year to drink slightly darker beers (Broadside in the depths of winter).

 

[gintonic]

getting to the time of year to drink slightly darker beers

I used to think like that, but I realised it was a bit like thinking the only wine to accompany fish is white, and you should never chill a red wine.

Plenty of cask darker beers served chilled. I had a great sour porter over the summer.

If you've never been the brewery tour at Adnams is great.

 

[seagull]

Picked up a few bottles of Betty Stoggs yesterday. Probably the last I'll see as Skinners have folded.

 

[gintonic]

off to 6 Hills brewery and taproom this afternoon.

https://sixhillsbrewing.co.uk/

 

[Ponty]

Picked up a few bottles of Betty Stoggs yesterday. Probably the last I'll see as Skinners have folded.

Yes, a great shame. I hope someone buys them (and doesn’t ruin the great beer by making it in Burton).

 

[Snufkin]

Picked up some of the old favourite Adnams Southwold Bitter in Waitrose yesterday. Fabulous stuff, it’s getting to the time of year to drink slightly darker beers (Broadside in the depths of winter).

Broadly agree with darker beers in colder months but also agree with not being constrained in choice.

I really rate Adnams beer and am lucky enough to have a local that serves a very good pint of Southwold Bitter. According to one beer ‘expert’ I know, one of the best kept draught pints of Adnams outside Southwold.

Shepherd Neame mentioned up thread produce consistently excellent beer; Bishops Finger is one of my favourites.

Saturday lunchtime and it’s a bottle of Hobgoblin, a good standby when the weather turns chilly.

 

[eguth]

Broadly agree with darker beers in colder months but also agree with not being constrained in choice.

I really rate Adams beer and am lucky enough to have a local that serves a very good pint of Southwold Bitter. According to one beer ‘expert’ I know, one of the best kept draught pints of Adnams outside Southwold.

Shepherd Neame mentioned up thread produce consistently excellent beer; Bishops Finger is one of my favourites.

Saturday lunchtime and it’s a bottle of Hobgoblin, a good standby when the weather turns chilly.

Glad to see agreement about Shepherd Neame. I find Bishops Finger not as tasty as Spitfire. I prefer cask...if possible.. otherwise bottle conditioned. Spitfire was bottle conditioned in past.
Bring it back SN! Please please. PLEASE.

 

[foxwelljsly]

They sell it in Booths.

Have since found Revl sell it and I get a crate now and then.

 

[foxwelljsly]

Glad to see agreement about Shepherd Neame. I find Bishops Finger not as tasty as Spitfire. I prefer cask...if possible.. otherwise bottle conditioned. Spitfire was bottle conditioned in past.
Bring it back SN! Please please. PLEASE.

I used to live in Faversham and consequently drank a lot of Shepherd Neame beer. I found their draught beers to universally OK and all very drinkable, but their premium bottled beers (1698, IPA etc) to be excellent. They also brew Samuel Adams under licence, which is a very good pint.

 

[Enfield boy]

Some years ago went on an afternoon brewery tour at Shepherd Name with some work pals on a rest day (railway day off). Some of us met up in London, had a beer then got the train to Faversham where we had lunch and more beer before repairing to the brewery. Arriving early we visited their bar for more beer and about 10 minutes before time the guide arrived at the bar, shouting at us and the barman for drinking/serving beer before the tour. She was beside herself with rage and we struggled not to laugh, if she'd known how many beers had already been drunk she'd probably have called security! She said anyone disappearing for the loo during the tour would be chucked out. Well, only one did and he got away with it, at the end we re-assembled in the bar and I visited the loo, the tour over. Didn't stop her having another rant on my return. Good day out though.

 

[calorgas]

Butcombe Goram is my 'go to' bottled beer at the moment.

 

[gintonic]

The Arc from the Crossover Blendery is one of my fav bottled

 

[Ponty]

Broadly agree with darker beers in colder months but also agree with not being constrained in choice.

I really rate Adnams beer and am lucky enough to have a local that serves a very good pint of Southwold Bitter. According to one beer ‘expert’ I know, one of the best kept draught pints of Adnams outside Southwold.

Shepherd Neame mentioned up thread produce consistently excellent beer; Bishops Finger is one of my favourites.

Saturday lunchtime and it’s a bottle of Hobgoblin, a good standby when the weather turns chilly.

I’m on my second Southwold bitter, delicious. Whenever I see it on draft, it’s a no brainer. Used to have it on in one of my old City haunts (George and Vulture), happy days.