Beer

[teamsaint]

Had some nice Brains bitter whilst in Wales last week.
Just my kind of beer.

[BBMmk2]

If any of you peopole out there frquent Sainsburys, Shepehrd Neame brew a rather nice ale for them. It's in their 'Taste the ?Differnece' range and they call it 'Kentish Ale'. Very smooth beer this, goes down like a trreat! I can assimilate this to SN's 'Spitfire'.

[amateur51]

If any of you peopole out there frquent Sainsburys, Shepehrd Neame brew a rather nice ale for them. It's in their 'Taste the ?Differnece' range and they call it 'Kentish Ale'. Very smooth beer this, goes down like a trreat! I can assimilate this to SN's 'Spitfire'.

Taste it? I can see it!

[Nick Armstrong]

If any of you peopole out there frquent Sainsburys, Shepehrd Neame brew a rather nice ale for them. It's in their 'Taste the ?Differnece' range and they call it 'Kentish Ale'. Very smooth beer this, goes down like a trreat! I can assimilate this to SN's 'Spitfire'.

I'm not a regular patron of Messrs. Sainsbury, but this is interesting news bbm! I'm going in for a forage next time I pass one of their larger emporia

[MrGongGong]

Batemans of Wainfleet (of XXXB fame) also make a brew for Sainsbury's I can't exactly remember which on it is though ?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Batemans of Wainfleet (of XXXB fame) also make a brew for Sainsbury's I can't exactly remember which on it is though ?

Shame: I'll just have to try them all.

[teamsaint]

Shame: I'll just have to try them all.

Yup., Lifes a B***H....stick with it though....I'm sticking with the Breakfast Cantatas BTW....good tip !Cheers.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Yup., Lifes a B***H....stick with it though....I'm sticking with the Breakfast Cantatas BTW....good tip !Cheers.

[arancie33]

Making a seamless transition from the wine thread to this one (maybe I do have a 'problem'), can I recommend the Hopback brewery in Salisbury. Years ago my youngest had student digs next door to their brewery/pub which gave a great deal of pleasure to both of us. Summer Lightning is an especially good lighter ale. They have pubs in Bristol now and sell in Waitrose and suchlike. Nearer home our produce market in Ludlow supports two local breweries - Ludlow and Hobson's from Cleobury. And then up the road is Bishops Castle with at least two more mini breweries. Sometimes I think life is too short to take it all in!

[amateur51]

Making a seamless transition from the wine thread to this one (maybe I do have a 'problem'), can I recommend the Hopback brewery in Salisbury. Years ago my youngest had student digs next door to their brewery/pub which gave a great deal of pleasure to both of us. Summer Lightning is an especially good lighter ale. They have pubs in Bristol now and sell in Waitrose and suchlike. Nearer home our produce market in Ludlow supports two local breweries - Ludlow and Hobson's from Cleobury. And then up the road is Bishops Castle with at least two more mini breweries. Sometimes I think life is too short to take it all in!

And Bishop's Castle is the home of Yarborough House that used to have a great and ever-changing stock of used CDs, LPs, books of all sorts, etc. What a wonderful market town

[french frank]

Those who value quantity won't be interested , but I picked Innis & Gunn's Original from the Coop (and all good supermarkets) which comes in a 330ml bottle. Good with a traditional clochard's meal of bread, cheese and raw onion (as long as the cheese is hard)!

[Anna]

I'll have a look for that Innis & Gunn in our CooP, bread, hard cheese and raw onion cannot be beaten for lunch unless you add a Russet apple of course. I used to like Bath Ales (organic=wholesome=good for you!) but they are not so readily available here now. I had this week, for the first time, a Bavarian Wheat Beer. A very strange brew and extremely sweet, fizzy and frothy, difficult to see what food it could possibly be teamed with. Not an experiece to return to, yet wheat beers do seem to have a devoted following.

[vinteuil]

I had this week, for the first time, a Bavarian Wheat Beer. A very strange brew and extremely sweet, fizzy and frothy, difficult to see what food it could possibly be teamed with..

For me these white beers are a refreshment after a hot day's walking, rather than a beer to go with food.

But I have happily gnawed on some saucisson sec w cornichons, nibbled at some pistachios, while quaffing such beers...

[umslopogaas]

Tonight I have friends visiting, so I have booked us all into the pub for dinner: my chance for a couple of pints of Exmoor Ale, which is a very nice bitter. I'm quite near Exmoor so I presume its a local brew, but I dont know where its made. It comes in wooden barrels, usually a good sign.

[vinteuil]

I'm quite near Exmoor so I presume its a local brew, but I dont know where its made. .

... might be Wiveliscombe - or perhaps Taunton, I think -

https://www.exmoorales.co.uk