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Favourite Beers

Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2012 10:19 pm
by moggiethouable
After a great many years of trial and error I have decided my favourite beer is Double Maxim.
Coincidentally it was the first beer I ever tried.
38 years ago to be precise, you mustnt rush something like that, you need to be certain :D

Re: Favourite Beers

Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2012 1:38 pm
by yellowbelly
Wow!
I thought that when Vaux brewery ceased brewing that was it.
My Moggy Traveller in the early 70`s carried many a bottle of Double Maxim en route to parties in Sunderland.
I certainly will be looking out for it when I have identified a retailer.

Re: Favourite Beers

Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2012 3:08 pm
by bmcecosse
Can't beat ' Flying Scotsman ' ......for obvious reasons.

Re: Favourite Beers

Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2012 3:11 pm
by Dean
I like Purity's UBU, but being a real ale freak I also like:

Doom Bar
Tribute
Double Dragon
to name a few! lol

Re: Favourite Beers

Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2012 4:41 pm
by JOWETTJAVELIN
Desperados for me!

Re: Favourite Beers

Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2012 5:03 pm
by MarkyB
Desperados? I must admit I thought it was an alco-pop but a quick search reveals;
Description:
A full-bodied, highly refreshing beer with an extra kick of Tequila flavouring.
I'll try one next time I see it.

I'm partial to a Corona with a slice of lime in the summer, real ale in the pub and cheap weak lager at home :)

Re: Favourite Beers

Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2012 5:54 pm
by lambrettalad
Real ale tipple is Baythams bitter or mild from the black country.(Dudley)

But best of all is Budweiser Ice served in a frosted glass :D

Re: Favourite Beers

Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2012 7:15 pm
by MarkyB
Quite a contrast there lambrettalad, I'm no beer snob being a Carlsburg drinker, but even I draw the line at Budweiser Ice!
Budvar is said to be very nice though.

Re: Favourite Beers

Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2012 8:02 pm
by Trickydicky
For me it has to be a pint of Timothy Taylors Landlord.

Re: Favourite Beers

Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2012 8:38 pm
by charlie_morris_minor
a pint of brains SA

Re: Favourite Beers

Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2012 10:03 pm
by mach2
McEwans export for me

Re: Favourite Beers

Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 11:40 am
by mike.perry
A pint of Guinness and Cider in my engraved tankard.
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Re: Favourite Beers

Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 1:58 pm
by StaffsMoggie
Taylor's Landlord

Wells Bombardier

Holden's Golden Glow

Titanic Captain Smiths

Titanic Steerage

Titanic Iceberg

Batham's

And the finest of all, Joules Slumbering Monk

Re: Favourite Beers

Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 2:56 pm
by brucek
A pint (or several) of Sam Smiths Museum was my favourite of all time but they stopped brewing it :( Nearest I can find now is Sam Smiths Sovereign which, whilst good, just tastes like a watered down version of Museum. Pity that it's not still around :cry:

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Re: Favourite Beers

Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 4:05 pm
by lambrettalad
Markyb

I've only ever found Bud ice from the tap in Dublin,it's great AFTER four pints of the black stuff :D

Re: Favourite Beers

Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 9:28 pm
by sudburypaul
In my yoof Vaux Samson or Camerons Strong Arm: occasionally a trip to N. York moors for some Theakstons Old Peculiar straight from the cask.

Now:
McEwans Champion
Adnams (almost anything but especially Broadside)
Greene King Abbott ale (GK Winter Ale is also v.good)
Mauldons Blackadder
Almost anything Belgian, especially the brown beers such as Dubbel Brun
Speckled Hen

Occasional blond beer in the summer, cool at the end of a work day.
Definately not lager - tastes of nothng and would spoil the stripey woolly jumper image cultivated over many years

This exercise has made me realise how much I like beer... :lol:

Just realised MoggieThouable, Wetherspoons beer festival this month includes Double Maxim, so it is still out there :)

Re: Favourite Beers

Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2012 6:46 pm
by moggiethouable
yellowbelly wrote:Wow!
I thought that when Vaux brewery ceased brewing that was it.
My Moggy Traveller in the early 70`s carried many a bottle of Double Maxim en route to parties in Sunderland.
I certainly will be looking out for it when I have identified a retailer.
Ah yes, still very much available.
When Vaux closed a couple of directors had the good sense to acquire the rights to continue to brew it, no longer in brown bottles, but it still tastes the same to me.
£1.98 a pint at my local off door, I need to convice my local to stock it, the wife may never see me again.
According to their website tesco, asda morrisons and sainsburys also stock it.Thanks to all for the other brews to try as well.
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Re: Favourite Beers

Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2012 7:03 pm
by MarkyB
£1.98 a pint at my local
Local to where, a pint in the Telegraph where we have our meetings is now £3.50!
Not a happy bunny, next thing you know it will be £4.

Re: Favourite Beers

Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2012 7:16 pm
by moggiethouable
MarkyB wrote:
£1.98 a pint at my local
Local to where, a pint in the Telegraph where we have our meetings is now £3.50!
Not a happy bunny, next thing you know it will be £4.
Our local draught beers are even cheaper in my local,"inebriate by the sea" on the North East coast of course :D
I think its all about supply and demand,purchasing power talks up ere lad.
We will all die prematurely of alcohol poisoning of course, but there are worse ways to go!

Re: Favourite Beers

Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2012 9:10 pm
by Trickydicky