Somebody mentioned Courages Directors earlier. Do they still brew it? That was my ale of choice for a bit. Used to drink that at Kings Head in Bexley Village, my old local, on last visit in May I noticed there were no courages beers. Anybody know what happened there?
Yeah. They serve it in most Wetherspoons. Seems to taste a bit plasticy in my local though.
Somebody mentioned Courages Directors earlier. Do they still brew it? That was my ale of choice for a bit. Used to drink that at Kings Head in Bexley Village, my old local, on last visit in May I noticed there were no courages beers. Anybody know what happened there?
Yeah. They serve it in most Wetherspoons. Seems to taste a bit plasticy in my local though.
Never liked Courage Directors. It always seemed to be full of chemicals to me (not that I know anything about chemicals in beer)
Has anyone ever tried Robinsons Cider? Just had a very convivial afternoon in a pub straight from the 1890's which served it. Easily the best cider I have ever tasted. And I LOVE cider
Too many great beers to choose from so I'll go for Fiji Bitter simply for magical memories of time spent in places like Suva, Savu Savu, Nausori and Levuka.
Marstons Owd Rodger and Robinson's Old Tom are good strong ales :-)
I used to get polypins from Bitter Experience, Bexleyheath every xmas. Used to have on pump at the Little Gem in Aylesford before the pub went down the pan.
It used to be but now it's Shepard Neame Spitfire, Davys Ordinary is Master Brew. Shep Neame did a deal with Davys after Courage ceased to exist as a brewery.
Somebody mentioned Courages Directors earlier. Do they still brew it? That was my ale of choice for a bit. Used to drink that at Kings Head in Bexley Village, my old local, on last visit in May I noticed there were no courages beers. Anybody know what happened there?
Courage sold all their pubs about 15 years ago when Courage ceased to brew beer. The Courage name was sold on that's why you still see Courage Best and Directors but neither are anything like the old original beers. Same thing that has now happened to Youngs since they ceased to brew beer and sold their brand to Charles Wells.Apparently Youngs now just manage pubs.
So many of the beers I remember from my youth don't exist
Agreed, Thank god I'll never have to drink Party 7, Red Barrel or the truly awful Young's Saxon lager ever again. Kids, you don't know how well off you are...
I didn't write that. The mysterious quote Pixies are back. But what ever Happened to Flowers IPA. Used to be everywhere. I haven't seen it in years.
That was me! Since the recent change the quoting on here has been crape!
Somebody mentioned Courages Directors earlier. Do they still brew it? That was my ale of choice for a bit. Used to drink that at Kings Head in Bexley Village, my old local, on last visit in May I noticed there were no courages beers. Anybody know what happened there?
Yeah. They serve it in most Wetherspoons. Seems to taste a bit plasticy in my local though.
Never liked Courage Directors. It always seemed to be full of chemicals to me (not that I know anything about chemicals in beer)
There was nothing chemical about the old original Directors.
Clive You would love the three Kings in Hanley Swan. It appears to have no electricity and all Ales seem to be around £2.30
Present day:
A rare unspoilt pub in rural Worcestershire, The Three Kings received the ultimate award of CAMRA National Pub of the Year in 1993 and was runner-up in 1998. In 2003 it was top of a list of six of the best historic pubs selected by Victorian Society chairman Geoff Brandwood.
Landlord Sue Roberts normally serves two regular beers, Hobson’s and Butcombe, plus a changing selection of three from as far a field as Orkney (Skullsplitter at 8.5%, a hefty pint) and the Scilly Isles. Since records began in 1992, the pub has served more than 3500 different real ales.
A pub reviewer said, “I adore The Three Kings because it’s like stepping into a bygone era. Go there if you want proper beer, good conversation and no mod cons.”
Red Mist .........Agree, great pint from Dartmoor Brewery, Misty. Have you tried their Legend? Very nice easy drinking beer at 4.4%. Bottle conditioned Legend available too.
You seem to be not too far from me, mate? We'll have to meet up some time (perhaps with other West Country Charlton locals) and talk football, beer and everything else?
Bermuda_red .......haven't seen Tinners for a while, maybe still available down the wild & woolly end of Cornwall? HSD packs one hell of a wallop ..... not really a session beer, is it? haha
Creepy........Worthington White Shield, bottle-conditioned - mentioned it in my post on page 2 of this thread. Like all bottle conditioned beers, you had to be really careful how you poured it although it just made the beer in your glass cloudy if you carelessly poured in the sediment. Haven't seen it for years, though.
Edit for Creepy ........ Tell your Dad! White Shield still available, won CAMRA 2006 Bottle conditioned Ale of the Year (Bit like Semedo winning POTY, I suppose).
Guinness, Bishop's Finger or from a few years ago Shepherd Neame's 'Celebration Ale' - a few of them would send you nuts! Haven't seen that for a while now.
On tap - Guinness. Always loved it, and has been my stalwart now for twenty years. In fact, I won't drink in a boozer where I know the Guinness is shit. Caffreys on tap is nice too. As for lagers, most on tap are utterly dreadful - went to Munich a few years back and, after not touching lager on tap for about five years drank it exclusively in the brau houses - it was a completely different drink to the alcoholic chemical soup pumped out over here. Favourite bottled beers are Innis & Gunn (mentioned above by someone - it's fantastic) and Modelo (Mexican beer as rare as hen's teeth over here, well worth tracking it down if you can - especially Modelo Negro - it's awesome)
Must admit, I do like the little bottles of St Omer which I get on day trips to France. Real quality beer. Am about to toast kermit with one -ok two then.
A guy at work (after 2 years unemployed you don't know how good it is to write those words!) really rates a Turkish beer - if only I could remember the name, but I have had 3 pints of Master Brew already!
Must admit, I do like the little bottles of St Omer which I get on day trips to France. Real quality beer. Am about to toast kermit with one -ok two then.
We had a pallet load of this for our wedding!
After a 24 hour going to France and stopping at a nightclub in Folkestone on the way back session, I had to put all 114 cases in my shed at 4 o'clock in the morning
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Never liked Courage Directors. It always seemed to be full of chemicals to me (not that I know anything about chemicals in beer)
Just had a very convivial afternoon in a pub straight from the 1890's which served it.
Easily the best cider I have ever tasted. And I LOVE cider
Too many great beers to choose from so I'll go for Fiji Bitter simply for magical memories of time spent in places like Suva, Savu Savu, Nausori and Levuka.
It used to be but now it's Shepard Neame Spitfire, Davys Ordinary is Master Brew. Shep Neame did a deal with Davys after Courage ceased to exist as a brewery.
Courage sold all their pubs about 15 years ago when Courage ceased to brew beer. The Courage name was sold on that's why you still see Courage Best and Directors but neither are anything like the old original beers. Same thing that has now happened to Youngs since they ceased to brew beer and sold their brand to Charles Wells.Apparently Youngs now just manage pubs.
It's all very, very sad in my opinion.
You would love the three Kings in Hanley Swan. It appears to have no electricity and all Ales seem to be around £2.30
Present day:
A rare unspoilt pub in rural Worcestershire, The Three Kings receivedthe ultimate award of CAMRA National Pub of the Year in 1993 and was
runner-up in 1998. In 2003 it was top of a list of six of the best
historic pubs selected by Victorian Society chairman Geoff Brandwood.
Landlord Sue Roberts normally serves two regular beers, Hobson’s and
Butcombe, plus a changing selection of three from as far a field as
Orkney (Skullsplitter at 8.5%, a hefty pint) and the Scilly Isles. Since
records began in 1992, the pub has served more than 3500 different
real ales.
A pub reviewer said, “I adore The Three Kings because it’s like
stepping into a bygone era. Go there if you want proper beer, good
conversation and no mod cons.”
Bottle conditioned Legend available too.
You seem to be not too far from me, mate? We'll have to meet up some time (perhaps with other West Country Charlton locals) and talk football, beer and everything else?
Bermuda_red .......haven't seen Tinners for a while, maybe still available down the wild & woolly end of Cornwall?
HSD packs one hell of a wallop ..... not really a session beer, is it? haha
Creepy........Worthington White Shield, bottle-conditioned - mentioned it in my post on page 2 of this thread. Like all bottle conditioned beers, you had to be really careful how you poured it although it just made the beer in your glass cloudy if you carelessly poured in the sediment.
Haven't seen it for years, though.
White Shield still available, won CAMRA 2006 Bottle conditioned Ale of the Year (Bit like Semedo winning POTY, I suppose).
http://www.worthingtonswhiteshield.com/oldest_beer.html
Guinness, Bishop's Finger or from a few years ago Shepherd Neame's 'Celebration Ale' - a few of them would send you nuts! Haven't seen that for a while now.
thinnish white head. Its sweet aroma and malty, but fresh,
mineral character with a little grassy note. On the palate it is quite
full and thick in texture, with lots of lemony fruit and a bit of hoppy
bitterness, with much sweeter, though light malt notes too.
It tastes good too.
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Batemans - especially the mild, or the Salem Porter
Shepherd Neame - probably 'Early Bird'
Hogs Back - Hop Garden Gold
Victoria for me, a nice Mexican lager - unlike Corona and Sol (horrible stuff)