Spec me some lager/ale

caff · 21 Apr 2008 at 23:33

Nah pale and golden ales are great - they're closer to lagers than bitter. If you like the badger, there are loads of similar ales that don't stray into the 'darker' side of beers. Make sure you drink them when they're somewhere between fridge and room temperature (I reckon about 10'C is nice - some prefer it fridge temp, others closer to room temp)

I went from lager to pale ales, then milds, then bitter, then stouts and porters. It's been about a 2 year journey from lagers so far, and I'm still discovering new drinks in pubs and shops.

caff · 21 Apr 2008 at 23:34

Liverpool-Lad said:
Samuel Adams pubs in London? Do you mean Samuel Smiths?

Oops yep - my mistake. I know nothing about Samuel Adams, sorry. (But now I intend to find out)

cymatty · 21 Apr 2008 at 23:35

caff said:
Nah pale and golden ales are great -

Is rolling rock a pale ale?

Liverpool-Lad · 21 Apr 2008 at 23:36

caff said:
Oops yep - my mistake. I know nothing about Samuel Adams, sorry. (But now I intend to find out)

Sam Smiths do some great stuff too.

Do not even go near Rolling Rock!

cymatty · 21 Apr 2008 at 23:38

Liverpool-Lad said:
Sam Smiths do some great stuff too.

Do not even go near Rolling Rock!

I have already

It was ok, nothing memorable or special though.

I was just trying to think of a pale ale.

Liverpool-Lad · 21 Apr 2008 at 23:56

OK, well Id recommend something like Rolling Hitch or theres one in Tescos called Seven Giraffes. Or the rather nice Sierra Nevada India Pale Ale.

cymatty · 21 Apr 2008 at 23:57

Liverpool-Lad said:
OK, well Id recommend something like Rolling Hitch or theres one in Tescos called Seven Giraffes. Or the rather nice Sierra Nevada India Pale Ale.

I was looking for the Sierra Nevada stuff with no luck, any ideas where I can find it?

Liverpool-Lad · 22 Apr 2008 at 00:05

Tescos or Waitrose.

Solari · 22 Apr 2008 at 00:15

Mate, go spend a few days in Bruges... it's very cheap and great for beer. Places like Beertje and Cambrinus have such a massive selection it's mind boggling.

I loved:

Grimburgen (8.5%),
Kasteel (something crazy like 11%)
Zot Blonde (6%)

and many others. I brought back about 8 souvenir "drinkign vessels" - I love the way each beer comes with it's own glass

Bonus is that you will wake up without a horrible hangover.

cymatty · 22 Apr 2008 at 00:17

Solari said:
Mate, go spend a few days in Bruges... it's very cheap and great for beer. Places like Beertje and Cambrinus have such a massive selection it's mind boggling.

I loved:

Grimburgen (8.5%),
Kasteel (something crazy like 11%)
Zot Blonde (6%)

and many others. I brought back about 8 souvenir "drinkign vessels" - I love the way each beer comes with it's own glass

Bonus is that you will wake up without a horrible hangover.

Sounds good to me.

Solari · 22 Apr 2008 at 00:19

cymatty said:
Sounds good to me.

Well Cambrinus had over 300 beers on the "menu" if I remember correctly. I can send some photos etc if you're interested in the place. Just climb the Belfry *before* you get drunk....

One of the Christmas Beers I had was 10.5% and there were some on offer at about 13% (trappist beers)

jas72 · 22 Apr 2008 at 00:53

Solari said:
Well Cambrinus had over 300 beers on the "menu" if I remember correctly.

sounds like my local boozer hehe

semi-pro waster · 22 Apr 2008 at 10:01

cymatty said:
Is rolling rock a pale ale?

Not in the way that pale ales are meant, it is cheap American lager flavoured water. It's probably marginally better than Budweiser, Miller or Coors but that is about as far as I'm prepared to go as a recommendation.

Sam Adams isn't too bad at all, Canada had a couple of decent beers that I tried but mainly from smaller local breweries (not Molson or the like) and I've never seen any over here.

NickK · 22 Apr 2008 at 10:14

I would try Innis & Gunn.

Smooth unique taste that comes from ageing in old whiskey barrels.

Grimley · 22 Apr 2008 at 20:19

semi-pro waster said:
Not in the way that pale ales are meant, it is cheap American lager flavoured water. It's probably marginally better than Budweiser, Miller or Coors but that is about as far as I'm prepared to go as a recommendation.

This beer wasnt bad at all (for a yank beer) sunk a few of these while I was in the USA (Chicago) last year.

http://www.gooseisland.com/beers/pop-ups/7_summertime.html

Jimbeam3678 · 23 Apr 2008 at 07:57

Not sure of it a pils or not but paulner lager is very nice indeed.
As is peroni

FirebarUK · 23 Apr 2008 at 09:00

Chalky's Bite - can get this in sainsbury's. I reckon you might quite like it.

Makunouchi · 23 Apr 2008 at 10:13

cymatty said:
Ok so I got carried away, and yes that is samuel adams in there, however in my defence it reminds me of my holiday earlier this year so I though why not.

Also the big bottle is king Cobra, mmmm.

Looking nice mate, i see you took my advise

The Erdinger should be really nice too, always tastes like peaches and cream to me

Edit: i've got some very funny memories of drinking Erdinger in Berlin, god i was wrecked

rjk · 23 Apr 2008 at 10:24

have you tried eiken artois?
it tastes 100% better than stella - uses natural ingredients

in tesco on the cheap at the moment
worth a try imo

Monkey Puzzle · 23 Apr 2008 at 10:29

semi-pro waster said:
Weihanstephan, Budvar and Erdinger might be up your street then and should be fairly easily available from supermarkets I think.

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