Beer, choosing it can be a cunt (8)

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I love a beer or several but sometimes I am utterly confused as to which one I should buy and ultimately drink. There are many choices out there and I like so many.

A ice cold Spanish larger in a frosted glass always hits the spot when I am in Diego land. Back home in rural England when it is 50 degrees and damp less so.

I love to try the many small brewery delights that offer a wide range of products. .Batemans a local brewery to me have a wide and delicious selection ;-Yella belly gold, XB, triple XB, Dark fruits porter and so the list goes on.

Even local supermarkets have many many beers to chose from. McEwans Champion Ale is a firm favourite of mine but strong so mind how you go. Hobgoblin Ruby is another favourite tasty but less strong.

Some years ago I used to love to go on a P&O mini cruise to Bruges and come home with a boot full of delights. I once brought a case of beer that was 13% which is fucking strong real fucking strong. This was a brown beer and not sickly like the special brew slops.

I could go on for ages because there are many brilliant beers to choose, But which one. The choice at times can be a cunt.

Just don’t ever choose and worse still drink a carling black label. Fucking hell revolting cats piss in a glass.

Nominated by Everyonesacunt.

108 thoughts on “Beer, choosing it can be a cunt (8)”

  1. Imperial Stout from either Estonia (yes, really!) or the USA. Thank me later.

    • Try any imperial stout. Fullers was my favourite but they have stopped making it.

      • If you can get to a Sam Smith’s pub, their Imperial Stoat is excellent!

  2. Anyone remember a Stout(?) called Newquay Steam Bitter?
    Correct it’s name for me and I’ll look it up if I have it wrong. I think they also did beer and lager…

  3. Going back fifty years I used to find that beer varied a lot from pub to pub, one place served Charrington’s mild which was just beautiful, another served excellent Double Diamond. One pub had really good Festival bitter, although Greenhall Whitley weren’t famous for brewing good ale. Tetleys could be great in one pub and shit in another.
    These days I get cans in, Guinness Original, Mackesons and John Smth’s extra smooth bitter to make shandies.

  4. I fon’t really drink too much beer these days. I prefer cider and spirits.

    I drink IPA more than lager these days, but if i’m out for a curry I like a few Cobras or Kingfishers.

    I detest Brewdog. Their stuff all tastes like soap.

    • Cobra and kingfisher are spot on with a curry as they aren’t fizzy , so you can cholt them down without the bloated feeling off the gas.

  5. I love a imperial stout. Usually around the 9 to14% mark, though have had Buxtons Lasker which was 16.7%.
    Often weak beer first (well 5% or so) and one imperial stout and does me fine.
    Don’t have to drink many and don’t have to go for a piss every 30 minutes .
    Some are whisky barrelled for extra flavour. Quality over quantity is the answer.

  6. Can’t drink lager unless an incredibly hot day. A lager is like a clitoris, only a clitoris only tastes of piss for the first few seconds.

  7. Beer is a terrible thing, this weekend I have missed the eurovision song contest and the women’s fa cup.

    Damn you nectar of the gods.

  8. My favourite is Sharps Offshore. It’s made locally and actually tastes of larger.

  9. Living up t’north I feel spoilt for choice when it comes to ale. Can’t speak for lager I rarely drink it.
    Bitter for me….
    Holts
    John Willie Lees
    Timothy Taylor Landlord
    Theakstons
    Black Sheep

    • Well every little helps.

      And the slugs don’t mind if you want to keep them away from your crops.

      And no it doesn’t work for the members of parliament.

      You need champagne for that.
      though it takes a lot of swings with the bottle to kill them.

      • Evening arfur,

        Are you a bad drunk? I am. Mrs P says ‘I make being obnoxious into an art form’.

        Yes laying into friends, family.

        I always identify with Michael Cassio hungover-‘”I have lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial”

        I am very loud I am told.

        The way I deal with it now is simply to drink alone.

      • No I don’t think I am a bad drunk Miles. Truth is I have very rarely been properly pissed. Reason is that my job was on the road from my teens until I retired recently. No driving licence would have meant unemployed and unemployable. Even when not at work I was commonly on call. Apologies for the late reply; went to bed early. Good morning and keep well.

  13. For me it’s got to be a real ale in a pub, bottled stuff starts to taste funny after a couple and tinned stuff tastes of..tin.
    We are the only country that does it properly.
    Although when abroad somewhere sunny I’ll tolerate some fizzy stuff.

  14. Is there such a thing as bad beer ?

    No beer, bad.
    Water, alright for the dog. Or the Muslim.
    Soft drinks, ok when you’re a small person.
    Spirit’s, ok with a beer but if doing a bottle a day, it’s a death sentence.
    Wine, wankers.
    So, beer it’s all good…!

    • Thanks CQB. I drink wine so now I know what I am.

      Not that it compares to what the wife calls me.

  15. I don’t mind a good ale (emphasis on the word GOOD) but prefer Cider. Henry Weston’s is beautiful.

    • +1 for Henry Westons. I also love an ice cold Aspalls.

      Beer – Adnams Ghost Ship and, if I throw caution to the wind, their Broadside is a tasty, robust beer.

      Maldon Gold from the Mighty Oak Brewery is a very tasty and refreshing pint.

  16. My local Morrisons now stocks Joey Holts in bottles. They fucking would now I’m on dialysis and banned from drinking. Sod’s law….

  17. Stella Artois all the way. She’s a dirty slag but always hit’s the spot.

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