real ales, shout out for Jarrow Brewery...

[HTH AMPS]

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/

[WezV]

this is my local
http://www.burtonbridgebrewery.co.uk/

but i currently work for the corporate enemy
http://www.molsoncoors.com/en/Index.aspx

[shobet]

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

[Andrew W]

Ah a topic very close to my heart. So this is my local:

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/

[gwEm]

Redemption brewery is currently the trendy one in London. Lucky, since they make a very nice drop:

http://www.redemptionbrewing.co.uk/

[Andrew W]

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.

[gwEm]

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!

[blue]

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 :)

[Philly Q]

More of a wine man myself....

[Roobubba]

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). :)

[Afghan Dave]

OH YES... my lovely brothers in ALE!  :drink:

Any one else going to the this weekend?


http://wandsworthbeerfestival.eventbrite.com/

Specialising in the loves of my life Dark Ales and Porters... Yum, yum.

[horsehead]

Samuel Smiths brewery oop ere int north int 'alf bad!
http://www.samuelsmithsbrewery.co.uk/

[Philly Q]

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

[Andrew W]

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

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.

[gwEm]

Despite Sam Smiths being a chain, which I should despise.. the beer is good, the food is alright, and the price is right!