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Title: real ales, shout out for Jarrow Brewery...
Post by: HTH AMPS on October 24, 2011, 07:05:17 PM
I'm sure there are plenty of real ale types on this board; like me. 

My local is also a brewery and I'm lucky enough to have this stuff rather than the soulless bitters like John Smiths.

http://www.jarrowbrewery.co.uk/

(http://www.jarrowbrewery.co.uk/images/logo.jpg)
Title: Re: real ales, shout out for Jarrow Brewery...
Post by: WezV on October 24, 2011, 07:08:07 PM
this is my local
http://www.burtonbridgebrewery.co.uk/

but i currently work for the corporate enemy
http://www.molsoncoors.com/en/Index.aspx
Title: Re: real ales, shout out for Jarrow Brewery...
Post by: shobet on October 24, 2011, 07:44:10 PM
Yep, gotta love real ale, this is our local brewery and they make some fantastic pints. Plus it gets you pissed!
http://www.stormbrewing.co.uk/about.php
Title: Re: real ales, shout out for Jarrow Brewery...
Post by: Andrew W on October 24, 2011, 07:49:47 PM
Ah a topic very close to my heart. So this is my local:

http://thecraftbeerco.com/ (http://thecraftbeerco.com/) so there's a fair bit of choice :)

and my current favourite London brewery is The Kernel Brewery, their IPAs are the absolute business:

http://thekernelbrewery.com/
Title: Re: real ales, shout out for Jarrow Brewery...
Post by: gwEm on October 24, 2011, 09:00:55 PM
Redemption brewery is currently the trendy one in London. Lucky, since they make a very nice drop:

http://www.redemptionbrewing.co.uk/
Title: Re: real ales, shout out for Jarrow Brewery...
Post by: Andrew W on October 24, 2011, 09:25:46 PM
Redemption brewery is currently the trendy one in London. Lucky, since they make a very nice drop:

http://www.redemptionbrewing.co.uk/
Had a pint of their Hophead a wee while back and it was really good.
Title: Re: real ales, shout out for Jarrow Brewery...
Post by: gwEm on October 24, 2011, 09:28:22 PM
Redemption brewery is currently the trendy one in London. Lucky, since they make a very nice drop:

http://www.redemptionbrewing.co.uk/
Had a pint of their Hophead a wee while back and it was really good.
thats my favourite, but i've yet to have a bad one!
Title: Re: real ales, shout out for Jarrow Brewery...
Post by: blue on October 24, 2011, 09:34:02 PM
here in Ireland, micro/local breweries are virtually non existent.  there actually is one about 12 miles from me that does lovely beers, but not one pub within 30 miles stocks it!  basically, the pubs here do Guinness, Bass or Smithwicks, Harp or Tennants, and usually Carlsberg or Budweiser.  that's about it.  the only place i can get any faintly unusual beers is, slightly bizarrely, Tesco or Sainsbury.  even with such a small variety, most of the pubs do absolutely awful pints.  tastes like neat alcohol in dyed water! 

whenever i go over to England i always try as many of the local brews as i can.  always enjoy that :)
Title: Re: real ales, shout out for Jarrow Brewery...
Post by: Philly Q on October 24, 2011, 10:22:30 PM
More of a wine man myself....
Title: Re: real ales, shout out for Jarrow Brewery...
Post by: Roobubba on October 24, 2011, 11:13:06 PM
I'm very partial to a good ale (and a good wine, Philly), and a good sherry (a real man's drink), a good whisky (Deanston's for me), and a good... oh you get the idea.
Not too far from the Wychwood brewery here, I do like my Hobgoblin, though it's getting a bit commercialised nowadays.
Always on the lookout for new and interesting beers (and wines, and... oh you get the idea). :)
Title: Re: real ales, shout out for Jarrow Brewery...
Post by: Afghan Dave on October 24, 2011, 11:34:55 PM
OH YES... my lovely brothers in ALE!  :drink:

Any one else going to the this weekend?

(http://evbdn.eventbrite.com/s3-s3/eventlogos/818392/2179888104-2.png)
http://wandsworthbeerfestival.eventbrite.com/

Specialising in the loves of my life Dark Ales and Porters... Yum, yum.
Title: Re: real ales, shout out for Jarrow Brewery...
Post by: horsehead on October 25, 2011, 10:13:17 AM
Samuel Smiths brewery oop ere int north int 'alf bad!
http://www.samuelsmithsbrewery.co.uk/
Title: Re: real ales, shout out for Jarrow Brewery...
Post by: Philly Q on October 25, 2011, 11:02:25 AM
Samuel Smiths brewery oop ere int north int 'alf bad!
http://www.samuelsmithsbrewery.co.uk/

A name I know well, despite being a southern softy - there's a long-established Sam Smith's pub, The Cittie of Yorke, just down the road from where I've worked the last 25 years.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cittie_of_Yorke (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cittie_of_Yorke)
Title: Re: real ales, shout out for Jarrow Brewery...
Post by: Andrew W on October 25, 2011, 11:09:15 AM
Samuel Smiths brewery oop ere int north int 'alf bad!
http://www.samuelsmithsbrewery.co.uk/

A name I know well, despite being a southern softy - there's a long-established Sam Smith's pub, The Cittie of Yorke, just down the road from where I've worked the last 25 years.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cittie_of_Yorke (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cittie_of_Yorke)
That's about 5 minutes from my flat and you're right,  it's a lovely pub. They have some other amazing pubs in London, especially The Princess Louise on High Holborn.
Title: Re: real ales, shout out for Jarrow Brewery...
Post by: gwEm on October 25, 2011, 11:24:53 AM
Despite Sam Smiths being a chain, which I should despise.. the beer is good, the food is alright, and the price is right!
Title: Re: real ales, shout out for Jarrow Brewery...
Post by: HTH AMPS on October 25, 2011, 11:47:50 AM
aye, I'll conceed that Sam Smiths beer is always nice.
Title: Re: real ales, shout out for Jarrow Brewery...
Post by: Afghan Dave on October 25, 2011, 12:30:29 PM
Sam Smiths Oatmeal Stout is my favourite beer and the last thing I would want to taste if I knew my last breath would follow soon after...

Nectar.

BTW I also like an afternoon sitting in the park with a 2ltr bottle of Ice White cider before urinating in plain sight of the school girls on their way home.... THEY LOVE IT, THE LITTLE SHLAGGGS!!  :lol:
Title: Re: real ales, shout out for Jarrow Brewery...
Post by: horsehead on October 25, 2011, 12:35:58 PM


BTW I also like an afternoon sitting in the park with a 2ltr bottle of Ice White cider before urinating in plain sight of the school girls on their way home.... THEY LOVE IT, THE LITTLE SHLAGGGS!!  :lol:

Yeah but it's the bit were they point, laugh, get their phones out & record it while saying " this will be great on youtube if anyone can see it"
Title: Re: real ales, shout out for Jarrow Brewery...
Post by: Afghan Dave on October 25, 2011, 12:59:32 PM
Yeah, that's the bit I like, it won't be the first time something that came out of my penis went viral!  :?
Title: Re: real ales, shout out for Jarrow Brewery...
Post by: horsehead on October 26, 2011, 06:39:46 AM
Yeah, that's the bit I like, it won't be the first time something that came out of my penis went viral!  :?

Boom, Boom
Title: Re: real ales, shout out for Jarrow Brewery...
Post by: MisterMuncher on October 28, 2011, 02:26:36 PM
here in Ireland, micro/local breweries are virtually non existent.  there actually is one about 12 miles from me that does lovely beers, but not one pub within 30 miles stocks it!  basically, the pubs here do Guinness, Bass or Smithwicks, Harp or Tennants, and usually Carlsberg or Budweiser.  that's about it.  the only place i can get any faintly unusual beers is, slightly bizarrely, Tesco or Sainsbury.  even with such a small variety, most of the pubs do absolutely awful pints.  tastes like neat alcohol in dyed water! 

whenever i go over to England i always try as many of the local brews as i can.  always enjoy that :)

It's getting a little better, but you're pretty much bang on. Have you tried any of the Strangford or Whitewater Beers? Whitewater are actually in the process of making a signature beer for my work, which is nice.
Title: Re: real ales, shout out for Jarrow Brewery...
Post by: blue on October 28, 2011, 03:18:43 PM
Whitewater is the one near me!  :)  you can get their bottled beers in tesco and a couple of other supermarkets.  i love the Clotworthy Dobbin, but it blows my head off if i drink it all night.  the Belfast black is quite good too.  i think there are some pubs up around Lisburn and Belfast that have them on draught, but i've never been to any.  i'm intrigued by this signature beer  8)

haven't tried Strangford, but i'll have a look for it