Bronze Griffin on 2/6/2006 at 14:51
I'm a fond ale drinker and I thought to myself, 'There must be other ale drinkers on this forum'. So I was wondering, if you drink ale what's your favourite?
Mine's Fraoch Heather Ale from Scotland. It's an ancient Pictish recipe and it is sooo tasty! It's from Craigmill Brewery. Here's a link to their website if your interested: (
http://www.fraoch.com/) http://www.fraoch.com/ :D
Vernon on 2/6/2006 at 15:52
(
http://www.chimay.be/) Chimay.
The best brew money can buy. Chimay Bleu - nine percent, plenty of sediment, expensive but absolutely beautiful.
mxleader on 2/6/2006 at 16:27
I brew my own beer/ale/porter/stout/barley wine ale/cider. I like them all, but Brutal Bitter (by Rogue ales) is my most favorite, and Young's "Old Nick" is my second favorite.
I think the thread should have been about what your favorite ale is while doing certain things, such as mowing the lawn, helping people move, white water kayaking, riding bicycles etc.
Mowing the lawn- Corona with lime
Helping people move- Miller
White water kayaking- Budweiser in a can
Riding bicycles- water bottle full of cask conditioned Brutal Bitter
Sitting around the Christmas tree- Old Nick :ebil:
Etc.
Bronze Griffin on 2/6/2006 at 16:46
Quote Posted by Vernon
(
http://www.chimay.be/) Chimay.
The best brew money can buy. Chimay Bleu - nine percent, plenty of sediment, expensive but absolutely beautiful.
That looks really nice. I should try and get myself a bottle.
Quote Posted by mxleader
Young's "Old Nick"
Eurgh, that makes me fart a lot. :p Brewing your own stuff though is really cool. ;)
Jenesis on 2/6/2006 at 16:47
A couple of years ago I went along to the Cambridge Winter Beer Festival. They had a room, with 'Abandon hope all ye who enter here' written over the door, where nothing available inside was less than about 7%. The highest we found was over 11%. There were some seriously gorgeous heavy, malty, dark ales in there. Skullsplitter was good, as were Rest In Peace and Winter Warmer (which was also at this years summer (
http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=106202) Beer Festival, oddly enough.
Of course, drinking at that strength, I'm ready to call it a night relatively quickly, but the beer is so yummy!
Fingernail on 2/6/2006 at 16:58
HTML:
<paranoid> Old English more like Old Speckled Hen
<paranoid> Old Speckled Hen more like anyone under 30 found drinking ale is wasting their fucking life away
<paranoid> anyone under 30 found drinking ale is wasting their fucking life away more like homebrew
Naartjie on 2/6/2006 at 16:59
The bar I work in serves both Fraoch and Chimay. I don't like either that much (Fraoch comes across as too gimmicky and tastes too bitter for me), especially as the Chimay is eye-wateringly expensive and is bought primarily in St Andrews by people who scarily resemble Viz's Real Ale Twats.
ignatios on 2/6/2006 at 17:02
I present (
http://www.drinkpropeller.ca/beer/) Propeller, one of the local microbreweries here in town. The bitter is great, and they've had a special IPA for the past few months. It's utterly fantastic, and I expect that they'll start selling it year-round.
Anyway, to answer your question, it's a tie between the bitter and the IPA.
Arondil on 2/6/2006 at 19:05
Quote Posted by Naartjie
The bar I work in serves both Fraoch and Chimay. I don't like either that much (Fraoch comes across as too gimmicky and tastes too bitter for me), especially as the Chimay is eye-wateringly expensive and is bought primarily in St Andrews by people who scarily resemble Viz's Real Ale Twats.
The Chimay was only £5 for a 75cl bottle when I was up there, admittedly not it the bars. The only place that served it insisted upon sticking it in the fridge.
Never seen the Viz cartoon you've mentioned, but have seen the sort that go round with a half pint between six of them and take notes and small tastes of all the beers. Never understood that, a half is fine then, but drink it and taste it properly.
