Beer and cider

[sarah]

Which ones should I try...
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[Law]

All of them!

Cottage Metropolitan (it's got a hint of chocolate)
Oakham JHB cos it's from Peterborough.

[Xan173]

Sarah, sometimes you're more random than Guinevere (the lottery machine).

[chazzyb]

Betty Stogs and 6X. Kept properly, a pint of 6X is truly excellent. So many of the new small indy breweries are producing beers that are too heavy, too sweet and taste too similar. When I were a lad, my favourite glug was Kings and Barnes Sussex, when is was still brewed in Horsham. About 3.2% ABV. You could drink it all night. And we did... ;-)

[fat_brstd]

try ralphs cider he is the man, he taught me how to make my own which is awesome and even helped us to press our first batch 4 years ago. http://www.ralphsciderfestival.co.uk/ check out his site, his cider is ace

[Biker_Billy]

Gotta be Skinners, Betty Stoggs, cracking ale...also the Autumnale, Wickwar Brewery - strange, its a tiny village in Glos, and I lived there for 5 years - lots of memories of going down to the brewery at a young age, getting a 4 pint milk bottle filled up for a couple of quid....ahhh, memories...

[sarah]

All of them!

Cottage Metropolitan (it's got a hint of chocolate)
Oakham JHB cos it's from Peterborough.

Tried the metropolitan, it was orangey.

Sarah, sometimes you're more random than Guinevere (the lottery machine).

:D

Betty Stogs and 6X. Kept properly, a pint of 6X is truly excellent. So many of the new small indy breweries are producing beers that are too heavy, too sweet and taste too similar. When I were a lad, my favourite glug was Kings and Barnes Sussex, when is was still brewed in Horsham. About 3.2% ABV. You could drink it all night. And we did... ;-)

King and Barnes is no more, the brewery is now converted into luxury flats :(

Horsham has 3 brewerys now though: Hepworth & Co, Weltons and WJ King & Co. Also has a beer shop (http://forums.sv650.org/www.thebeeressentials.co.uk).

try ralphs cider he is the man, he taught me how to make my own which is awesome and even helped us to press our first batch 4 years ago. http://www.ralphsciderfestival.co.uk/ check out his site, his cider is ace

Tried Ralphs Perry, was a bit acidic for that early in the day!!

Gotta be Skinners, Betty Stoggs, cracking ale...also the Autumnale, Wickwar Brewery - strange, its a tiny village in Glos, and I lived there for 5 years - lots of memories of going down to the brewery at a young age, getting a 4 pint milk bottle filled up for a couple of quid....ahhh, memories...

Didn't manage to try either of those, did try Sharps Doom Bar (after remembering looking at Rock from Padstow) which was very nice.

Between us we had these beers:
Cottage Metropolitan
Essential Beers Festival
Exmoor Gold
Felinfoel Best
Hampshire Pink Elephant
Hogs Back HBB
Moorhouse Black Cat Mild
Sharps Doom Bar
Weltons Percy Bysshe
And these ciders/perrys:
Crones Rum Cask
Gwynt Y Draig
Ralphs

[keithd]

drink lager. always fizzy, you know what you get, chemicals are good for you (fact), consistant, plus erm, plus, well you know, helps you ramble n that init

[Biker_Billy]

drink lager. always fizzy, you know what you get, chemicals are good for you (fact), consistant, plus erm, plus, well you know, helps you ramble n that init

gives me right wind tho...I think you can testify to that Sarah?