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I'm also about to go to the pub. Three in fact. The Fitz (william Arms), The Crown and then The Market. Don't want to fill up before the curry I made for dinner tonight so the most I'll eat whilst in one of these will be some Henderson's Relish flavour creeps...
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Actually this is daily. Now before anyone gets uptight, it's not always a pint in every pub, but then I usually stick to brews around 4-4.5%. I can't take some of your strength of beers, Thor (although there are occasions) and it's mainly (or at least 50%) a social thing. I know that's what they all say but yeah, I'm home every day to prepare dinner or supper as I get North Americans sometimes say it.
I may occasionally fall asleep on the settee. in front of the telly when 'her indoors' will sometimes tell me off, especially if it's something I've insisted being on.... So woe betide I insist on watching another episode of Space 1999 and I send out the zzzzzs.lol.
BUT! Today's lovely brews were: White Rat from the Rat Brewery (now owned by Ossett, so really Ossett Brewery), the wonderful Barnsley Gold from Acorn Brewery, and in between at The Crown: Riddle Me This! Described as an Enigma Pale! With lots of question marks all over the pump clip. Must get my kids to show me how to put pics up one day...
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Glad to be of service! I'm more a pale ale drinker with plenty of hops and the more bitter the better. First off, two total regulars supped every day. These are indeed local, but I have seen them in that there London. The Wetherspoons chain often have beers both local and national, so you could come across these easy enough.
Barnsley Gold from the Acorn Brewery (three miles from me):https://acorn-brewery.co.uk/beer/barnsley-gold/
White Rat from the Rat Brewery owned now by Ossett Brewery:https://www.ossett-brewery.co.uk/microbreweries/rat-brewery. From this page you'll notice they also have the Fernandez Brewery of Wakefield. I can recommend their pales too. And Ossett's own Silver King is great.
Also in nearby Rotherham (7 miles) the Chantry Brewery:http://www.chantrybrewery.co.uk/our-beers/ The New York Pale, and seasonal Hop Thief and Zep's Collie Hop are all very nice.
You'll see all these breweries have beers of varying strengths and types, stout, bitter etc, so there's many tastes catered for.
Very few days go by without me sampling Barnsley Gold and White Rat.
There are of course many others to try. The fun is in trying them all. The above are all 'real ales', drawn by hand pump which is the only beer I like usually. These are all from my neck of the woods, Yorkshire. But great beer is brewed all over the country.
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Glad to be of service! I'm more a pale ale drinker with plenty of hops and the more bitter the better.
Then you should try some Geuze. Personally, never cared for it much; my limit goes at a double IPA in terms of bitterness; after that my chronic esophageal hernia gives me reflux hell! I lean more towards the sweeter, stronger stuff -- give me a Belgian blonde at 10% upwards, and I'm a happy camper!
10% My God, this guy's superhuman! Lol, you see I'm a 4% -4.5 man myself. Probably a good job considering I'm on a couple a day, up to four after a long day. These strengths are what are referred to as 'session beers'. Of course a strong one might be nice after dinner in the evening, like having a glass of wine. But I know you're quite a drinker so I'm assuming you have the constitution of an ox ha, ha.
But you like 'em sweet too, and they do get sweet don't they as they get stronger. And dark too. Actually I don't mind the colour, if it's bitter enough for me. It seems the US breweries invented 'black IPA'. Now, this gets some ridicule in the British beer press as IPA stands for India PALE Ale, and gets the query "what part of pale don't they understand?". BUT, I realise it's useful for differentiating between the stouts and porters (which are usually too sweet for me) and the new more bitter beers that are black. And true to form in The Crown, I was one of the few who enjoyed a black IPA. The usual dark beer drinkers said it was too bitter! At the moment where I live pale real ales are the norm, with darker beers selling a little better in the colder months.
The only one I personally have on occasion is the Old Moor Porter up there in that Acorn Brewery link. It does have the flavours of many a black beer without being too sweet.
I was amazed when in Walt Disney World last year at the number of 'craft beers' that were right up my street. And what I found especially useful was the IBAs, International Bittering Units. The higher the number, the more bitter it gets. This really took the guesswork out of what was on the menus in their restaurants. Over here the best you get is the description on the pump clip, and if you're really lucky a little jarred sample in front of the pump showing you the colour.
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Oct 19, 2019 - 8:45 AM
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Graham Watt
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Had a bit of a binge yesterday (all alone at home). 10 beers, ranging from soft Tuborgs to strong Leffes and Stockholm's. Then capped it off with a glass of cognac. But since I stopped the drinking at around midnight, I'm not that hung over today, so I'm actually opening a small bottle of red wine soon, and then moving on to more beers. More, more, more! 
What do you do alone at home Thor, just drinking? It sounds a bit sad. Do you dance around to reggaeton, really get into Jerry Goldsmith, read books, or just stare at the walls thinking of how life has passed you by? I mean, you're nearly 20 now. About time you had a girlfriend - and not those tarts who cover you in kisses at parties then run away with your cowboy boots.
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