Name you top five beer brews

sdetoni · Post by **sdetoni** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 10:37 pm 0

This is only for the older people how can appriciate a good larger and not just skulling any cheap bear.

My Top 5 are:

5) DB Export Gold (Refreshing, but cheap N.Z brew, and easy to drink,
recommended for summer)
4) Tiger Beer (Very nice Malayasian brew)
3) Stella Artois (Nice Belgian brew)
2) Heineken (Nice Dutch beer)
1) Macs Gold (Very nice if not the best N.Z beer, brewed in Nelson)

If you get the chance to try some of N.Z beer listed above, do try them... they are very nice.

S.

disciple · Post by **disciple** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 10:43 pm 0

HobGoblin from the Wychwood brewery. (or your local supermarket!)

Tepic · Post by **Tepic** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 10:45 pm 0

This is only for the older people how can appriciate a good larger

That blew it. There is no such thing! I once got booted out of a bar in Berlin for saying the L word.

Dungeon-Dave · Post by **Dungeon-Dave** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 10:56 pm 0

disciple wrote:HobGoblin from the Wychwood brewery.

I see your HobGoblin and raise you a Waggledance plus Speckled Hen.

nb: Tescos are currently doing 3 x Wychcraft for 4 quid:

You just KNOW it makes sense.

Bog · Post by **Bog** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 10:59 pm 0

1) Guinness
2) Magic Hat
3) Kronenbourg
4) Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
5) Hullaballoo

Dio · Post by **Dio** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 11:02 pm 0

No particular order (more, one from each category).

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale (OK, this might well be the winner...)
London Pride (marginally ahead of plenty of similar excellent brews such as Spitfire, Pedigree, Wadworth 6X or Young's Special)
Hen's Tooth
Taylor's Landlord
Marston's Double Drop

None of 'em lagers. There are great lagers out there, but they're rare, and none that are remotely famous that I can think of. Artois' Bock is far superior to Stella in every respect. And I reckon Grolsch is better than Heineken meself.

disciple · Post by **disciple** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 11:03 pm 0

This one's tasty :

Kronos · Post by **Kronos** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 11:06 pm 0

Made from banana bread?

disciple · Post by **disciple** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 11:11 pm 0

I've no idea!

Wells Banana Bread Beer
This unique brew (Alc 5.2% vol) combines all the traditional qualities and style of a Charles Wells bitter with the subtle flavour of banana. Its flavour unfolds with a sensual sparkle and a smart crispness, which balances its aroma perfectly. Tropically fruity; its ripe banana flavour, emphasised by a hint of bitterness, comes from the addition of real fair trade bananas and finishes with an emphatic, steely dryness.
"...fruity roughness of winter barley and toffeeish sweetness of crystal malt... hugely tempting aroma of bananas; creamy head; firm, silky body."
Michael Jackson
Beer Writer for the Independent

A fairly recent addition to the Charles Wells range of ales, Wells Banana Bread Beer has already achieved a number of accolades including winner of "Beer of the Festival" award at CAMRA's London Drinker Festival in March 2002.

Available as a draught seasonal cask bitter, Wells Banana Bread Beer can be found on the bar and, in its popular pint bottle format, in all leading supermarkets.
The brand has also received widespread acclaim from customers throughout the UK. Here's what Tim Carter of Guernsey had to say:"What a fantastic smell as I opened the bottle top, unusual but pleasingly natural... but what about the taste? ...I have tried quite a few but nothing, I mean nothing hits the mark like 'Wells Banana Bread Beer'. The taste is twice as good as the smell. ...You have definitely found a gap in the market, every beer drinker should try it. I look forward to buying my next (not 1 bottle) batch of 'Wells Banana Bread Beer'."

As with the HobGoblin above can be found at your local supermarket.

guythp · Post by **guythp** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 11:16 pm 0

silent_unicorn wrote:Made from banana bread?

Nearly. It does have a banana-bready hint to it which is initially a little odd.

Oh, and I must say I was impressed by NZ beer, but I had just spent the previous 8 months in oz.

I'd say, as cider isn't technically a 'brew' ;

- Newcastle Brown (the mcdonalds of ales)
- Speckled Hen
- Hobgoblin

- Stella (a 'larger', I know, but the european original is quite tasty, albeit pretty lethal. but doesnt' have the hangover effect that the english chemical-injected variant has)
- Coors light (i had a pint today with a sunday lunch and it was really rather nice.. I hope it was supposed to be cloudy, but other than that it was very similar to budweiser)

Dio · Post by **Dio** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 11:30 pm 0

guythp wrote: Nearly. It does have a banana-bready hint to it which is initially a little odd.

It's actually a defect in the brewing process. Most real ales go rather banana-y if they're kept wrong.

Governmentyard · Post by **Governmentyard** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 11:31 pm 0

Tanglefoot
Blandford Fly
Hobgoblin
Otter Beautiful Daze
Hopback Summer Lightning

off the top of me head.

Roobarb · Post by **Roobarb** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 11:34 pm 0

These are some of my favourite blonde beers i've come across:

And too many Belgian numbers to possibly list in a lifetime.

p-saurus · Post by **p-saurus** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 11:35 pm 0

Nimbus Palo Verde Pale Ale
Rogue Juniper Pale Ale
Fischer Amber
Sam Adams Black Lager
Four Peaks Kiltlifter

guythp · Post by **guythp** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 11:42 pm 0

Dio wrote:
guythp wrote: Nearly. It does have a banana-bready hint to it which is initially a little odd.
It's actually a defect in the brewing process. Most real ales go rather banana-y if they're kept wrong.

Is it? Well, there's effective advertising for you.