The Hexus good Ale guide
A chance for our ale supping members to rate and recommend good ales to the general membership.
Today I'm drinking Badger 'Poacher's Choice'. Good strength at 5.7%, fuity, a bit heavy but very smooth. A real taste of autumn in this one, slightly earthy, soft fruits, warm and deeply satisfying. Great late evening in front of a roaring fire.
8/10
Last edited by 0iD; 27-09-2008 at 10:31 PM.
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Originally Posted by Blitzen
M0nkeyb0Y (11-10-2008)
just had a bottle of hobgoblin, 5.2%
also a little heavy but full of autumn flavour, its a ruby ale and rather nice
fruity, didn't taste the toffee unless thats the heavy side of it?
http://www.hobgoblinbeer.com/ 7/10
Last edited by GoNz0; 27-09-2008 at 11:08 PM.
Hobgoblin's an old fave
Now onto some St Peter's Ruby Red Ale. At 4.3% a lighter taste, but a good strong deep chocolatey yeasty flavour and a good bitter after taste. Not quite as suppable as Poacher's Choice or Hobgoblin, but would be nice with a BBQ or sunday roast. And it's a good local (to me anyway @ Bungay Suffolk) brew
http://www.stpetersbrewery.co.uk/
6/10
Last edited by 0iD; 27-09-2008 at 10:36 PM.
fek man im pissed now
the wife likes poacher's choice a lot. we both like hobgoblin
been drinking a fair bit of Young's lately.
Hobgoblins great!
I live close to the brewery so you have to support your local ale's!
I had a Brakspeare Oxford gold the other day: 4.2%, golden in colour. Really easy to drink and its great to just sip. hoppy taste.
I'm kind of new to the ale scene, especially given my age too, but i really do enjoy a proper drink
Just found out that i missed an ale festival near uni after moving up too
My local Green King (and my actual local as well) has a rather nice speciality ale on at the moment called Bonker Conkers.
You live close to Wychwood then?
Last edited by Salazaar; 29-09-2008 at 03:58 PM.
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oh, another one she likes is marshmallow, from oxfordshire brewery (bicester)
Had beer of the year last night - Severn Sins I think it was called. Quite flavoursome, 5.2% I think it was.
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Young's is nowhere as good as it used to be when it was made with Wandle water!
Not around too often!
Well since it's the beer festival up that way soon, Nottingham Castle Rock's Harvest Pale is always a welcome pint.
Whitstable Brewery's wheat beer is also quite spectacular (if you can find any).
Both fo these I've only ever had in bottles, but still worth a look...
Harviestoun Bitter and Twisted is one of my favourites at the moment.
The Meantime beers are usually worth a look as well - had a bit of their London Stout at the weekend which was pretty good.
I've only ever spotted either of these in Sainsburys though
Thwaites Lancaster Bomber has to show here. It's stunning, but quite easy drinking.
But Okells MacLir from Tumble's fair isle, the Isle of Man must stand out as one of the worlds finest beers, ever. ever. It's edgy, cunning on your tongue, confusing for a few seconds after you've swallowed, and devilishly needy. it NEEDS to be saved but NEEDS to be drunk. I love it and miss it in equal measure.
for a nice easy to drink pint imo it's hard to beat Deuchars IPA.
menthel (30-09-2008)
Have to agree, I had a few tasty pints of this on Saturday in the Jolly Gardener in Putney to wash away the Fulham losing blues!
Not around too often!
Indeed! I buy all mine from the local farm that specialises in growing the barley. It's all malted 3 mile away from here too.
AND... it's live ale. None of that parsturised supermarket stuff.
http://www.therealaleshop.co.uk/
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