I have 3 "son in laws'
one doesn't drink beer, prefers vodka or gin
one only drinks larger
one will drink beer, either bitter, light ale or larger, given a choice will choose a "craft" beer
personally I prefer bitter London Pride (poison of choice) or Doom Bar (when in Cornwall)
there are several others that, assuming my main preferences not available, I'll "test" to make sure they are OK, such as Adnams, HSD, Badger or Spitfire
I used to like Directors but haven't seen it for ages.
as a kid I used to drink "light and bitter", did so into my early twenties, but I've not tried this in 30+ years, I wonder what would happen if I tried to order it in a pub today?
another favourite used to be Youngs, Ram & Special if we were on a session, not seen any Youngs for ages, I know they were taken over and the brewery closed but I'm sure you could still get it for some time after that?
anyhow, what's your preferred tipple? beer, larger, wine or spirits?
I ordered 'light & bitter' regularly in the Chancellors a few years ago when they first brought in London Pride, as it wasn't on form for the first couple of months and I'm not fond of DoomBar.
Loads of pubs do Young's, there are in fact several Young's pubs in and around Fulham.
This must be a wind up, I couldn't honestly name worst so called beers than those you list. You forgot Greene King IPA yuk.
I always tell my wife I've had TEA.
You guys needa trip to The Bricklayers in Putney for some real beer
Always the sign of a miserly landlord when he poured the light ale into the glass and topped it up with the bitter. Bitter first and the light ale by the neck always left a bonus extra drop in the bottle.👍
Takes me back - I remember Youngs bringing out a bottled Jubilee Ale, which i used to drink with Special - I was always a fan of Ram and Special.
Remember Courage's Directors -a strong, pump drawn beer, as opposed to, most of their insipid rubbish.
Remember light and bitter - the barman would usually fill the glass two thirds with bitter, then you'd top up with the bottle of light ale.
My go to is lager (Stella, which isn't a shadow of what it used to be) and wine (Sauv Blanc) and of course a good cider.
However the new wave IPAs are mostly fantastic and I would urge everybody to try one. And then you get to the new weird and wonderful stouts that are basically brewed by absolute magicians. I love them but being diabetic I have to be careful with having too many of those in one go.
Shere Drop or Tillingbourne Falls Gold - excellent beers
Quote from: Hugh Gentry on June 07, 2022, 07:55:42 PM
You guys needa trip to The Bricklayers in Putney for some real beer
Great pub.
Craft Beer Co in Hammersmith station has a great selection of beers/guest beers and is never overly busy.
Love Doombar and Tribute at the moment.
Quote from: Hugh Gentry on June 07, 2022, 07:55:42 PM
You guys needa trip to The Bricklayers in Putney for some real beer
Got to agree with Hugh. The Bricklayers is a good pub for beer. I'll never forget my first pint in the Ship near Wandsworth Bridge. 092.gif
You can still get light and bitter in Young's pubs, i have it from time to time
I'm always keen to try the local ale wherever I go but after extensive research over many years my go-to favourite is Brakspear's Oxford Gold. Hook Norton brews (Old Hooky etc) are very enjoyable too. Must be something in the Oxfordshire water. Never, ever, UK lagers.
I'm a Guinness Man.
Real ale - nothing quite like it for cooling the blood.
This topic is a real wind up for , I wish youd all shut up .
I had to stop any alcohol oct 16th 2016. ( not that I'm counting ) due an allergy.
But just like you JC London pride or doom bar was my choice .
No leave off all of you 😂
Nostalgia hitting you hard whitejc
I loved Black Sheep when visiting Cumbria.
Having just checked online it seems Black Sheep is a Yorkshire bitter although I discovered it in some quaint local country pubs when attending a jazz festival in Cumbria pre-pandemic. I wrongly assumed it was a local beer
Hobgoblin ^^
Make my own.Fraction of the price,about £25 for 40 pints. When i'm out like to try something i've not had before. Otherwise Youngs or Pride
And any other porters or ruby ales. Not lager anymore.
Doom Bar - nice amber ale
Purple Panther isn't bad at all, nice with a burger
Bath Ales had a Stout and that was amazing but can't find it any more
Theakston Old Peculier
Adnams Broadside - very nice, bit strong though
Black Sheep Milk Stout - very smooth, only just found this one
Black Sheep Riggwelter
very nice all
Grew up drinking Morlands mIld and bitter.
I now rarely visit the pub, but my current favourite tipple is King Goblin or Crafty Old Hen
Here in the States my taste for beer can vary. Love a good Yuengling lager, one America's oldest beers. I do tend to do IPA craft beers here in the States and there some great micro brew beers here in Atlanta.
Not as big of a vodka guy. Funny enough that is the go to for girls and women here in States. They love their vodka mix drinks as they say it doesn't make them gain weight :022:
Love a good Gin and our own Friends of Fulham himself has turned me onto Gunpowder Irish Gin. This has become my second favorite summer time drink. My favorite drink for the summer time though is a good tequila, cointreau and fresh lime juice margarita.
I can't get on with craft beer
When I go to away games I always look out for certain brewery pubs
Marstons in the Midlands
Samuel Smiths in Yorkshire (some good ones in London still)
Mitchell & Butlers in Midlands and North
Thwaites in North West
Getting a decent pint of Dark Mild in London is hard.
I like nearly all your choices. I started off drinking light and bitter as I usually got more than a pint. My favourite is Okd Soeckled Hen, which I genuinely believe is the best bitter out of a can. The others, Pride, Doombar, TEA and others mentioned are superb, but I've never got Youngs, just didn't like it.
I still miss the late lamented King & Barnes. Won't touch Hall &Woodlouse who took them over and demolished the brewery.
I prefer a dark ale and there are some good ones
mostly from the small local breweries.
Quote from: whitejc on June 07, 2022, 07:13:46 PM
I have 3 "son in laws'
one doesn't drink beer, prefers vodka or gin
one only drinks larger
one will drink beer, either bitter, light ale or larger, given a choice will choose a "craft" beer
personally I prefer bitter London Pride (poison of choice) or Doom Bar (when in Cornwall)
there are several others that, assuming my main preferences not available, I'll "test" to make sure they are OK, such as Adnams, HSD, Badger or Spitfire
I used to like Directors but haven't seen it for ages.
as a kid I used to drink "light and bitter", did so into my early twenties, but I've not tried this in 30+ years, I wonder what would happen if I tried to order it in a pub today?
another favourite used to be Youngs, Ram & Special if we were on a session, not seen any Youngs for ages, I know they were taken over and the brewery closed but I'm sure you could still get it for some time after that?
anyhow, what's your preferred tipple? beer, larger, wine or spirits?
Doom bar in Cornwall, not sure about the draught stuff but the bottles stuff is brewed in Burton On Trent. Normally drink this before a game in The City Arms.
For those who favour Doom Bar (the bottled version of which is brewed in Burt on Trent, Staffordshire btw) , try the St Austell brewery's Proper Job if you can find it. IMO it's superior.
Back in the day my northern student friends would bang on about London beer being as weak as piss water - so when in London I would only allow them to drink either Ram and Specials or Fullers ESB. That line of attack never survived their first visit. Interestingly enough c 15 of us had a gathering a few weeks back and most of us had a Ram and Spesh for old times sake.
That said I acquired a taste for some of the Northern beers eg Robinson and, depending on the pub, even Tetleys.
Unlike some I really can't drink the newer IPAs and craft beers, far too hoppy/fruity for my taste which means I have become far less adventurous as I have got older - so much so that if I don't know the beers in a pub I tend to stick with Guinness. Like the OP, pecking order in London would be Pride, Doombar and then probably Youngs Ordinary
The Guinness at the Chancellors before a game always hits the spot. Never really been one for Ale.
Youngs and Courage Directors are brewed in Bedford by what was Charles Wells... who became Bombardier... who are now Marstons but I believe still in Bedford. Our local 'big brewer' is Dark Star but Fullers own them now.
Quote from: Southcoastffc on June 08, 2022, 07:54:57 AM
For those who favour Doom Bar (the bottled version of which is brewed in Burt on Trent, Staffordshire btw) , try the St Austell brewery's Proper Job if you can find it. IMO it's superior.
I've been to the Sharps brewery, it's in a little village called Pity Me, near Rock which is the other side of the River Camel estuary from Padstow, the "Doom Bar" is in the estuary and is continually dredged to allow fishing boats access to Padstow harbour.
When in Cornwall I try to drink draft, I'm not keen on Proper Job, too flowery for my taste, but as you insist I'll try and find some when we go to a pub for lunch :beer:
Most ale is utterly vile but if forced to then I would always go for Wadworth 6X. It doesn't travel well so doesn't get far from its base in Devizes but its as good an ale as it gets for me.
Quote from: Mince n Tatties on June 07, 2022, 09:03:20 PM
I'm a Guinness Man.
Never known a Guinness Man to touch much else, but I get the feeling it used to be more popular than it is now, am I right.
The new wave stouts blow Guinness out of the water in my opinion.
I am always very suspicious of a bloke who doesn't drink lager or beer (or Guinness)
Quote from: MartyFFC on June 08, 2022, 01:41:34 PM
I am always very suspicious of a bloke who doesn't drink lager or beer (or Guinness)
But this is Fulham MARTYFFC - Sherry anyone ?
Guinness. Particularly from the Toucan just off Soho Sq, which by great planning is 2 minutes away from our office :)
And anything from the Big Smoke brewery (for those of you who frequent the Antelope in Surbiton).
Drinking Cruzcampo Radler beer in Malaga, only 2% but it is 33 degrees.
Quote from: HV71 on June 08, 2022, 04:08:37 PM
Quote from: MartyFFC on June 08, 2022, 01:41:34 PM
I am always very suspicious of a bloke who doesn't drink lager or beer (or Guinness)
But this is Fulham MARTYFFC - Sherry anyone ?
Craft gin surely
Waitrose do a lovely sherry which is quite porish
LUSTAU
East India Solera Sherry
Quote from: sunburywhite on June 08, 2022, 07:30:37 PM
Waitrose do a lovely sherry which is quite porish
LUSTAU
East India Solera Sherry
It's very good as is their Hidalgo La Gitana Manzanilla Sherry
Served very cold with almonds