hobgoblin beer

Raggs · 2 Mar 2012 at 19:38

got sick of drinking cider bulmers magners ect.. got some hobgoblin ruby beer tonight not bad not usually into dark beers but it's growing on me

the label is very lord of the rings

anyone tried it?

whitecrook · 2 Mar 2012 at 19:40

Yes. Its nice.

Wizzfizz · 2 Mar 2012 at 19:46

I tried it the other night and quite liked it. I got a box of 4 x Wychwood beers that included Scarecrow, Hob Goblin, Wychcraft & Goliath.

cainer · 2 Mar 2012 at 20:10

not my kinda thing but my flat mate drinks it, have you seen the king goblin? only brewed on a full moon, 6.6%

Nightglow · 2 Mar 2012 at 20:14

I like the Wychwood beers, especially the seasonal ones, like Dirty Tackle & Dog's ********, but we only have one pub in Bath which serves it.

Been trying some bottle beers Black Pearl,Pirates Gold & others from the Wooden Hand Brewery, from Truro, had a offer on them in Morrison's a few weeks back.

Raggs · 2 Mar 2012 at 20:17

cainer said:
not my kinda thing but my flat mate drinks it, have you seen the king goblin? only brewed on a full moon, 6.6%

1st time i have tried the ruby beer will be looking out for others though the full moon one sounds great well strong too

SkeeterUK · 2 Mar 2012 at 20:23

whitecrook said:
Yes. Its nice.

topgun06 · 2 Mar 2012 at 20:29

Nom nom nom! Lovely!

stulid · 2 Mar 2012 at 20:32

Whats wrong lager boy? scared you might taste something!

gillywibble · 2 Mar 2012 at 20:34

It's a strong flavour that I can enjoy occasionally. Certainly wouldn't replace my usual beverage with it.

PinkFloyd · 2 Mar 2012 at 20:47

Wish my locals had Hobgoblin on tap. Give me something with taste to chose from instead of Fosters, Carling, Carlsberg and Stella...

VaderDSL · 2 Mar 2012 at 20:50

For some reason this used to send me a bit loopy after a couple of bottles

Plus I used to find it incredibly hard to say when I had had a few

"I'sd like a hogbob ... a obhog ... a boghob ..." ending up with me pointing at the bottle

Nightglow · 2 Mar 2012 at 21:45

PinkFloyd said:
Wish my locals had Hobgoblin on tap. Give me something with taste to chose from instead of Fosters, Carling, Carlsberg and Stella...

Looking at the Hobgoblin site for locations, there is the The Fox, Broad Lane, Bristol,near to Yate.

DcD · 2 Mar 2012 at 23:48

I'm a really big ale drinker, Hobgoblin is great, but definitely not the best going.

Try Old Perculier, that's probably my favourite ale around, closely followed by Victory Ale.

MonkeyBasher · 3 Mar 2012 at 22:36

Aldi stock a lot of the Wychwood beers plus quite a few other ales.

Now and again they have offers and promotions on and you can get the seasonal varietys , sometimes with brewery pint glasses.

Ahleckz · 3 Mar 2012 at 22:59

I really like it. Haven't tried much from the brewery though. However I do have a tshirt.

HeadlessChicken · 3 Mar 2012 at 23:06

The Whychwood is a fantastic blonde ale too.

bsoltan · 3 Mar 2012 at 23:34

Hobgoblin is probably my favourite beer.

MagicBoy · 3 Mar 2012 at 23:39

My local usually has it as a guest beer. I drink the odd pint, prefer Black Sheep most of the time.

alexakasloth · 3 Mar 2012 at 23:43

I've never tried this Ale but as it's got good reviews I'll give it a try next time I pick up some ale as I usually drink lighter/pale ales. However the last dark ale I tried was Old Thumper after shooting a documentary at their brewery, it certainly grew on me and I wish that forty-niner was as widely available as Old Thumper is.