What is your favourite pint of beer ?

KKJale

Harvey's Sussex Best.

Bucket

Everyone seems to be posting about ale, which is not a taste I have managed to acquire (yet).

The best pint I've ever had was the first, and so far only, time I had Samuel Smith's Taddy Lager. I don't even know what it was about it, but it was just very, very nice. Out of the lagers that regularly appear on tap in bars and pubs round here, Kronenbourg and Peroni are my favourites.

Sambostar

Women

SnazzyGeezer

Summer lighting - Hop back brewery
Timothy Taylor Landlord
Old speckled Hen
Archers Golden

Sambostar

RobDavies

Nitefly said:

RobDavies said:

It won't be a pint but it will be an ice cold, 660ml bottle of Keo...in the Cyprus sunshine in mid August.  

You can can get it in some branches of Tesco but it doesn't travel that well.  Still nice, but not quite the same as supping it on the island where it was brewed.  

Dead right, @RobDavies we'll be there in May doing exacty that, although I don't mind it on draught either...
Last year we went to the Aphrodite's Rock brewery just outside Paphos, had a very pleasant afternoon trying their various brews.

We stay near Paphos.... will have to check out the brewery (and get the missus to drive). 

Kalimna

Maynehead said:

The closer to Cornwall the better, but this is my favourite.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5IdH3HB8FGc/TfdErM8k9oI/AAAAAAAAAxY/PjyQ-bEDVQQ/s1600/7318srq6rumtcz.jpg

This is not the greatest beer in the world, this is just a.........

WezV

The problem answering a difficult question like this comes down to consistency of brews, variability of pubs and the differences between cask and bottle/can/keg

so I would say a pint of landlord in the boathouse circa 1998.  Or a Kimberly Classic straight from the barrel at the Coopers up to 2005.

Telejester

I would love to order a pint of old fart, cant believe there is a beer with that name

fields5069

thermionic said:

I like to support as many Welsh breweries as possible:

http://i.imgur.com/Pz9xtPl.jpg

You forgot the Tiny Rebel, clart! I loves it, I does.

The Guinness in Dublin, at least in the 90s, was OK but nothing special because most pre-poured half pints sit too long on the bar. In the countryside though, it was lovely. Some pubs in Brighton used to get Irish Guinness sent over when I was there in the 90s.

CHRISB50

Sharp's Wolf Rock

Gassage

I don't drink much, but Batham's is quite amazing when you try it as I am sure @Wazmeister of this parish may agree.

cosmiccarrot

For me it's Eastgate brewed by a small company outside of Chester http://www.weetwoodales.co.uk/beers/ .  I started with their Cheshire Cat but went off that to find the Eastgate suited my tastes perfect. Now I can't stop drinking it!

snakemanStoo

In general one that is bought by someone else

BloodEagle

Lovely stuff

rlw

I hate beer.  End of.

BloodEagle

Possibly the wrong thread to post in then

mikeyrob73

i finished a beer challenge last year , 365 different beers in one year, IPA, Stouts and Porters mainly 

Mikkeller/ Siren Craft Daydream was superb, easily the best Stout i had, extremely hard to find, and i believe they wont ever brew it again as it was so difficult to get it right, but by god they DID get it right :-) 


Theakstons Barrista was also brilliant and slightly easier to find 



and Sam Smiths Oatmeal Stout 

CabbageCat

Very unfussy about beer. I drink a lot of it but couldn't reliably tell one from another. Just as happy with a Fosters as I am with some beardy local ale.

hywelg

Jalapeno said:

Draught Doom Bar

Ruled out on the basis its not beer. It just brown water....

ICBM said:

Favourite *pint* - on draught as opposed to other measures or means of delivery - Harviestoun Schiehallion. Tastes like a cross between a great Pilsner-style lager and an IPA… crisp and extremely refreshing but with tons of subtle flavour.

We used to get that down in the Midlands about 15 years ago, a really nice pint. Don't see it so much now. Also used to get  Deuchars back when it tasted of something, and 80/-. Rarely see those either now.

Favourite beer depends on the mood, the weather, how long you've got (i.e how many you're going to have) and the availability of pork scratchings!

Thornbridge Jaipur.
Oakham Citra, Green Devil, Bishops Farewell, Inferno and Hawse Buckler
Titanic Plum Porter
Blue Monkey Infinity+1, Ape Ale
Kelham Island Pale Rider
Abbeydale Absolution


In Nottingham we are very well blessed for really good pubs. Nottingham Camra were right at the head of the beer revolution 25 years ago and the Robin Hood Beer Festival has always been the biggest in the country (by numbers of beers). They also did a huge amount to publicise real ale, producing an excellent monthly magazine. They are also responsible for the LocalE scheme. Other places seem to be catching up now which is great.