This blog is going to outline some of my favourite beers from varying locations, styles, cask, bottles, breweries, countries etc etc. If by the end of it you endeavour to seek out and sample some of these delicious brews then I know I'll have done a good job. I'll try and give a small description of the beer in question also.
Abbeydale Moonshine
This beer comes from Sheffield, as I'm sure you can tell from the picture, and is a reasonably light ale in taste and colour with hints of fruit in its flavour. Some people, such as my Dad, have a bad reaction to it and end up with a headache the next morning so caution may be advisable when drinking this.
Millstone Baby Git
I know the picture isn't actually the clip from Baby Git but Google failed me in my quest to find one. Again, this beer is quite light and mildly fruity. It also has a counterpart called Old Git that carries a similar taste but has a higher ABV percentage. This beer is found mainly in the North of England in the counties of Yorkshire, Lancashire and occassionally in the Midland area.
Kelham Island Pale Rider & Brooklyn Smoked Porter
This beer, that I have drunk in great excess over the past three Christmasses, is a traditional ale with a slightly bitter taste but is extremely drinkable. What's more is, it's available to buy directly from the brewery in kegs of 9 or 18 gallons.
A porter, for those of you who don't know, can best be described as a cross between a stout (Like Guinness) and a dark ale. The result is a very dark coloured liquid with a brown coloured head. This particular porter has a very smoky flavour and is quite filling but still manages to be particularly moreish.
Bottled Beers
Theakston's Old Peculier
This is a beer that I'm sure many of the British proper beer drinkers will have tried as it's readily available in most supermarkets. A reasonably strong, dark ale with a ruby colour and a slight hint of caramel in its flavour.
Badger Golden Glory
A very refreshing ale with a strong fruity, hoppy taste but maintains a very nice bitterness about it. Again, available in most British supermarkets but the bottle will be differently shaped. (Old bottle FTW).
Continental Beers
Chimay
Belgian beer brewed by trappist monks. They have a rather high ABV percentage and can't really be drunk in large amounts without getting completely shitfaced. Very nice flavour nonetheless with colours ranging from very dark (blue), ruby beer (maroon) to blonde beer (white).
Duvel
Another Belgian beer. A strong lager with a particularly large amount of fizz to it. I find it has a slight taste of Ribena in it though no one else seems to think that so you'll have to judge for yourselves.
Faxe
What can I say? It's 10% beer in a litre can, what's not to like about that?
There ends my minimal guide to beers that I find a delight to drink. If anyone has any recommendations, I'd be glad to source them out and have a try of them. But please, Britfags and Eurofags only. American beer tastes like crap and will be impossible to get in my country. Enjoy.
westmalle dubbel or trippel is probably one of the better Trappist beers. Chimay is definitely not as good.
And American belgian beer isn't bad. Sure, Coors and Bud are total shit (drinkability my ass) but Ommegang is amazing (they are now owned by Duvel but not available in many places). And Unibroue (french canadian) makes some pretty damn good beer.
Harveystoun is great shit, as it Olah Dubh.
And Rochefort is amazing too.
Not sure if it's up your street, but you know Innes & Gunn? Think that's how it's spelt. Find it all over Edinburgh, bottled, and it's damn good. Pale.
And if you're a fan of IPAs, there a brand called India's Pale Ale. I only saw it once in an obscure little beer shop. Never seen it again
But it was amazing.
There's a brewery called Marstons that sell a bottle conditioned brew called Firestoker. Kinda copper coloured and a very distinctive flavour that isn't really hoppy or malty but crisp and tasty. Refreshing!
IPA Deuchers is a treat. My kinda colour and a real kick to it.
Anything from the York brewery is onto a winner I reckon.
I like beer!
^ Fuck you. If you have American mass marketed light beer (other than Sam Adams) of course it's going to be shit! But there are a ton of microbreweries in America that make awesome beer. So go spout your uninformed opinions somewhere else and don't defile the sanctity of beer.
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