RMweb Premium CloggyDog Posted April 24, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 24, 2020 Loddon's Hocus Pocus Old Ale. Free delivery within 10 miles of the brewery on orders £20 or over. A 5l cask of the excellent Hocus Pocus was £22 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andytrains Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 On 24/04/2020 at 20:24, steve45 said: How can we have BLACK pale ale? Who knows with beer. That's what it said on the tin and as you can see it is very dark. No runs this morning or a headache. (I obviously did not drink enough. Will try harder). 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
black and decker boy Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 (edited) Today’s tipple, to mark VE75, is brown ale. two very lovely numbers from Alnwick brewery. Delivered by post this week after a story about the brewery appeared on BBC and I decided to look at their online shop. thoughts so far: Tasty Edited May 8, 2020 by black and decker boy Autocorrect AARRGGHH 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Torper Posted May 9, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 9, 2020 Anxious to safeguard supplies during thelimitations imposed by the lockdown, I recently placed an order with an East Anglian company which, IMO, brews one of the best quaffing traditional bitters in the UK. And it arrived this week. 24 500ml bottles of Southwold Bitter and eight of Ghost Ship. Supplemented by some local brews it should keep me going for a few weeks. DT 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
43110andyb Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 2 hours ago, Torper said: Anxious to safeguard supplies during thelimitations imposed by the lockdown, I recently placed an order with an East Anglian company which, IMO, brews one of the best quaffing traditional bitters in the UK. And it arrived this week. 24 500ml bottles of Southwold Bitter and eight of Ghost Ship. Supplemented by some local brews it should keep me going for a few weeks. DT Very nice!!! ........and it’s nearly as good as Mashams finest Yorkshire bitter 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted May 9, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 9, 2020 Suffolk ales can beat Yorkshire ales at any time. Now to retreat to the bunker. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted May 9, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 9, 2020 (edited) 47 minutes ago, PhilJ W said: Suffolk ales can beat Yorkshire ales at any time. Now to retreat to the bunker. Oh yes.......Nelsons Blood, from Maldon (OK so it’s Essex)...lovely.......and Adnams Broadside, my favourite...... Edited May 9, 2020 by boxbrownie 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted May 9, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 9, 2020 Most East Anglian beers are very good as are many Kentish ales. East Anglia produces the malting barley and Kent produces the hops. Also the hard water is ideal for brewing beer. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
43110andyb Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 Return fire!!!! Probably best to not start a war just after VE Day! Ps I do enjoy an Addams Ghost ship! 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Torper Posted May 9, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 9, 2020 Back in the70s and 80s I lived for many happy years in Suffolk, a county I still love. Their beers were excellent - Adnams, Greene King and much lamented (by me at least) Tolly Cobbold. There may have been others, but these were the days before micro breweries and anyway the existing ones were excellent and quite enough for me! The situation across the border in Norfolk was different and dire, with Norwich Brewery having something of a monoploy. It was owned by Watneys, so enough said. Except that i remember going into a Norwich Brewery pub in Norfolk and, as I was driving, asking what soft drinks they had. "Have you tried our bitter?" asked the landlord. DT 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
43110andyb Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 Tonight’s post match (now cycle ride -as footy is becoming a distant memory) drink is ‘Tod’s blonde’ 5% from the Little Valley Brewery in Hebden Bridge. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black 5 Bear Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 (edited) On 09/05/2020 at 15:11, Torper said: Back in the70s and 80s I lived for many happy years in Suffolk, a county I still love. Their beers were excellent - Adnams, Greene King and much lamented (by me at least) Tolly Cobbold. There may have been others, but these were the days before micro breweries and anyway the existing ones were excellent and quite enough for me! The situation across the border in Norfolk was different and dire, with Norwich Brewery having something of a monoploy. It was owned by Watneys, so enough said. Except that i remember going into a Norwich Brewery pub in Norfolk and, as I was driving, asking what soft drinks they had. "Have you tried our bitter?" asked the landlord. DT It used to be said "There's good beer and there's bad beer and of course there's always Watneys" lol .... Edited May 11, 2020 by Black 5 Bear 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted May 12, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 12, 2020 Current estimate (published yesterday) from one of the trade bodies is that 40% of pubs will not reopen post CoViD lockdown unless Govt offers more support to the sector than at present. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Torper Posted May 12, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 12, 2020 In due course my recent order from Adnams will run out and I'll probably place another. With the first order I played it safe and bought Southwold Bitter and Ghost Ship, both of which I know quite well. However, I see that Adnams have a large range of more modern beers, eg the Jack Brand range and a couple of other ales which seem to reflect the modern move towards citrus flavours which I have to say I usually enjoy provided they're not overdone. Has anyone here sampled any of these new beers and if so can you recommend them for inclusion in my next order? DT 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black 5 Bear Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 15 hours ago, Torper said: In due course my recent order from Adnams will run out and I'll probably place another. With the first order I played it safe and bought Southwold Bitter and Ghost Ship, both of which I know quite well. However, I see that Adnams have a large range of more modern beers, eg the Jack Brand range and a couple of other ales which seem to reflect the modern move towards citrus flavours which I have to say I usually enjoy provided they're not overdone. Has anyone here sampled any of these new beers and if so can you recommend them for inclusion in my next order? DT Try the Jack Brand New England IPA, Black shore Stout and Tally Ho Strong. Lagers such as the new Camden on Sea and the Jack Brand Dry Hopped are also ok if you favour this type of beer. All the above are good brews but will never surpass the excellent 6.3 abv Broadside ale. Last night's ale for me was something from Greene King at Bury St Edmunds, the last few bottles being left over from Halloween. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted May 13, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 13, 2020 Do Green King still produce their special Christmas ale? When I lived in Burnham-on-Crouch it was available in my local every Christmas. Due to its AVB the landlord limited it to two pints per customer. I lived only three doors away but that was still a distance on your hands and knees. 2 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black 5 Bear Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, PhilJ W said: Do Green King still produce their special Christmas ale? When I lived in Burnham-on-Crouch it was available in my local every Christmas. Due to its AVB the landlord limited it to two pints per customer. I lived only three doors away but that was still a distance on your hands and knees. I haven't seen that special Christmas ale for ages. The last one I can recollect from memory was an Abbot dark ale with an abv north of 7%. They now seem to market their Rocking Rudolf ale as a seasonal special which is nothing to write home about. Greene King last year brewed Ruby Abbott for Wetherspoon's, this was for the chains Autumn beer festival. A truly cracking pint which I sincerely hope they reintroduce. Edited May 13, 2020 by Black 5 Bear 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 (edited) Pure Gold tonight - it’s been customary for me to have a Purity beer on Wednesday nights as that’s the night of their Pure Pub Quiz. Edited May 13, 2020 by SVRlad 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 96701 Posted May 14, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 14, 2020 This week's tipple. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black 5 Bear Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 This was tonight's tipple, another superb Adnams product. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted May 14, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 14, 2020 I feel lonely, for it will be a cuppamud when it finishes brewing. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted May 15, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 15, 2020 Follow-up warning: never drink eight cups of coffee about an hour before going to bed! 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
88D Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 I’m not sure whether I should buy Sam Smith’s IPA again—-it goes down so quick I haven’t got time to enjoy it! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black 5 Bear Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 16 minutes ago, 88D said: I’m not sure whether I should buy Sam Smith’s IPA again—-it goes down so quick I haven’t got time to enjoy it! Same goes for their Stingo ale which is 8% +. I usually stock up when I'm visiting North Yorkshire. Also try the oatmeal stout, another star of Sam Smith's beer products. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
88D Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 7 hours ago, Black 5 Bear said: Same goes for their Stingo ale which is 8% +. I usually stock up when I'm visiting North Yorkshire. Also try the oatmeal stout, another star of Sam Smith's beer products. I am not a great fan of stouts, but I do like their oatmeal stout. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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