what's yours my five favourite ales

[phil the shed]

its about time another fave' five was started.
my faves are

Abbot Ale
summer lighting
marstons pedigree
bluebird (coniston brewery Lake district)
tim taylors landlord

to name my easy drinking 5........
there's plenty more in the barrel

[Hazel at the Hill]

Now you are talking!! Given the hour, I will return after a ponder.........

Interesting choice you have there, PTS - Pedi and Abbot being good 'n' chewy and the summer lightening for the milder palate - tim taylor a fine stand by (if it's kept well!)........

Fortunate here to be near the Church End brewery (which NTG llives NEXT DORR TO lucky sod....) which do a really fine lighter ale - good summer swigging beer!

Look forward to the grape view on this one.......

[Geordie]

McEwans Best Scotch
Newcastle Exhibition
Bottle of Dog
er...
er...
not really into that warm southern frothy stuff
so only if nothing else in the pub.....

theakstons XB
Wadworths 6X

[Hazel at the Hill]

Depends on your definition of 'southern', Geordie - still can't go anywhere near any of the Fuller's beers without a sneer - 'London Pride' - er not, I think!

[Geordie]

I once went to visit a mate who lived in Axbridge in Somerset, where the landlord of the local pub used to make his own 'winter brew'. Literally 2 barrels of beer made and kept outside. After consuming liberal quantities one night, I lost the next 3 days and probably risked my sight drinking that stuff!....Fantastic!!

[pigletwillie]

Marstons Pedigree
Theakstones old perculiar
Guinness extra cold
Steaming Billy
Bishops finger

I know that guinness is a stout rather than an ale but I think it can sit snugly in my choice list.

[bubblewrap]

ONLY FIVE?

Marstons - Old Empire

Batemans - XXXB

Castle Rock(Nottingham) - Hemlock

Batemans - Salem Porter

Brains - Skull Attack (SA)

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Aldi do a very passable tinned bitter(Shipstones?) £2.19 for 4 tins of 4% Good value.

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Wicked Hathern Brewery - Albion Bitter - Available ONLY @ TheAlbion Loughborough

[ian]

theakstons best, black sheep, magnet, deuchars & timothy taylor landlord. All are far too good to use in slug traps. On the other hand the only thing Newcastle brown is good for is catching slugs!!

[johnty greentoes]

Batemans XXXB
Bateman's Porter (can't remember the full name - help me out)
Theakstone's Old Peculier
Guinness (draft cans - I know it isn't "real" by any definition but it's lovely)
Sam Smiths Bitter - because in Nellie's (Beverely pub) it is still £1.40 a pint

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theakstons best, black sheep, magnet, deuchars & timothy taylor landlord. All are far too good to use in slug traps. On the other hand the only thing Newcastle brown is good for is catching slugs!!

AGH the dreaded Tyne water now we know why the Geordies talk funny.

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Batemans XXB
Bateman's Porter (can't remember the full name - help me out)
Theakstone's Old Peculier
Guinness (draft cans - I know it isn't "real" by any definition but it's lovely)
Sam Smiths Bitter - because in Nellie's (Beverely pub) it is still £1.40 a pint

It's called Batemans Salem Porter ( see posting by me above)
Fullers also do a very good porter.
So do Burton Bridge.

[johnty greentoes]

It's called Batemans Salem Porter ( see posting by me above)
Fullers also do a very good porter.
So do Burton Bridge.

Thanks BW - that's the stuff. To my knowledge there is only 1 Bateman's pub north of the Humber - just happens to be 10mins from where I'm sat.

[nick the grief]

As Eve said to Adam when they first met ..... Golly thats a hard one, I guess my favourite 5 would be

Abbot ale
Black sheep
Golden Glory ( a fruity little number .... bit like me)
and any two of the local ones to me, we have a couple of breweries within 10 miles of here and they all produce a passable tipple)

http://www.churchendbrewery.co.uk/ and http://www.tunnelbrewery.co.uk/

See .... I don't just drink tea