Beers

Classic Pints

Love ’em or hate them, they may be served in hundreds of UK pubs and bars and can be from smaller family-owned regional breweries or large multinational companies, they can offer a consistent product and in the case of real ales could be one of the few options available. They have often played a significant part in the UK’s brewing history and are instantly recognisable brands.

• Timothy Taylor’s Landlord ⭐One of my favourite pints of bitter
• Fuller’s London Pride
• Sharp’s Doom Bar
• Hobgoblin Beers

IPA’s

Highly hopped with floral fragrances, lots and lots of citrus fruits, bitterness, and quite often a big alcoholic punch traditional and American-style IPAs are high on my list of favourite beers.

• Butcombe Brewery Stateside Session IPA
• St. Austell bottle conditioned Proper Job IPA ⭐A ‘proper’ IPA and a really nice example of one of my favourite styles of beer.
• Stinky Bay Brewing Company Session IPA ⭐ My go to local tipple that goes down great on a hot summer’s day.
• Hook Norton Off the Hook IPA

ENGLISH PALE ALES

English Pale Ales are brewed balancing hops and malt. Golden to amber to dark brown in colour they normally range from around 3 to 6 % ABV, although ESB or Extra Special Bitters can be higher. They range from easy drinking session Pale and Golden Ales to Ordinary and Best Bitters through to barrel aged, collectable bottled ESB beers.

• Gale’s Seafarers Amber hued session beer available in selected Fullers pubs.
• Youngs London Special A decent malty English Amber Ale.
• Liberation Ale A very quaffable English Pale Ale, smooth and easy to drink.

wheat beers

From pale American style brews to cloudy Belgium Witbiers with coriander and orange peel wheat beers are predominately made from wheat rather than barely malts and often the yeast is a key ingredient in enhancing the flavour profile.

• Maisel’s Weissbier A cloudy German wheat beer from Bavaria

Disclaimer – Unless otherwise indicated I pay for all of the reviewed drinks

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