| Beer 20:06 - Jul 20 with 12950 views | gtsb1966 |
We've had a discussion on here about the good stuff but what about the really bad ones. I bought a case of Shore Leave brewed by BrewDog today. I can't tell you how bad it is. Had to give it away. Waiting for a response from the person I gave it to. |  | | |  |
| Beer on 20:29 - Jul 20 with 6074 views | redrickstuhaart |
Brew dog has totally gone down the toilet.
Same corporate slop as all the stuff it was marketed as an antidote to.
New reduced strength leffe is pretty poor. |  | | |
| Beer on 20:40 - Jul 20 with 6030 views | norfsufblue |
Know this is sacrilege I suffolk but I really don't like ghost ship from adnams... hopefully they've given up on spindrift too which is even worst..... Blackshore however is rather good |  | | |
| Beer on 20:42 - Jul 20 with 6026 views | J2BLUE |
Ghost Ship. Will never understand why people drink that instead of Adnams bitter or broadside.
Like Special Brew infused with potpourri |  |
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| Beer on 20:46 - Jul 20 with 5999 views | Ftnfwest |
How people can have a go at ghostship when things like carling exist in the world is beyond me. Even rain beats that. |  | | |
| Beer on 21:02 - Jul 20 with 5965 views | gtsb1966 |
| Beer on 20:42 - Jul 20 by J2BLUE |
Ghost Ship. Will never understand why people drink that instead of Adnams bitter or broadside.
Like Special Brew infused with potpourri |
Broadside in bottles is my favourite beer ever. The problem I have is the 6.3% abv. | | | |
| Beer on 21:54 - Jul 20 with 5866 views | stonojnr |
Ive never liked Ghost Ship, it was brought in to appeal to lager drinkers, so its sweeter than most cask ales should be, they put all the marketing budget behind it, and stopped brewing some decent cask ales to give it the "space" at the bar, so Im not a fan.
but Im surprised I havent had Shore leave yet according to my notes, but I doubt its any better than most BrewDog beers which are average for the most part, especially since they dropped cask, its all down to how the pub manages their gas flow ultimately.
i mean Brew Dog beers are literally I can buy a can from tesco and it tastes exactly the same in the bar they serve it...thats not a recommendation of a good beer. | | | |
| Beer on 21:56 - Jul 20 with 5850 views | tazdac |
| Beer on 21:02 - Jul 20 by gtsb1966 |
Broadside in bottles is my favourite beer ever. The problem I have is the 6.3% abv. |
Try it half and half with a Southwold, it’s called a southside :o) | | | |
| Beer on 21:57 - Jul 20 with 5826 views | redrickstuhaart |
| Beer on 21:56 - Jul 20 by tazdac |
Try it half and half with a Southwold, it’s called a southside :o) |
I prefer a Westmalle 50/50 with Broadside.
Westsssiiiiiiide | | | |
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| Beer on 22:10 - Jul 20 with 5768 views | stonojnr |
| Beer on 21:57 - Jul 20 by redrickstuhaart |
I prefer a Westmalle 50/50 with Broadside.
Westsssiiiiiiide |
thats just a waste of a westmalle :) | | | |
| Beer on 22:32 - Jul 20 with 5722 views | tazdac |
| Beer on 22:10 - Jul 20 by stonojnr |
thats just a waste of a westmalle :) |
That was my thinking too :o) | | | |
| Beer on 22:38 - Jul 20 with 5708 views | ghostofescobar |
I tried a coffee beer last year, in a trendy brewery/bar type place in Bermondsey. It was really strong, like 10% or something. One sip, that was it. The single most disgusting thing that has ever passed my lips. Foul. I was already a bit p1ssed, but even that didn’t prepare me. Like drinking bulls p1ss that had been percolated the through a coffee machine. And then left to ferment in a bucket of sweaty socks for a month. Then left out in the sun in Death Valley for a week, and occasionally dipping a putrid dead rat in for 30 minutes at a time, just to add a little tang. |  |
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| Beer on 22:42 - Jul 20 with 5697 views | Churchman |
The problem with the rubbish ones is that I like most of them. Pleb. That’s me! Carling, Fosters anything chilled to an inch of its life does for me. When the clocks go back, on to the bitter. IPA, anything really.
I grew up in an age where a Watneys party four got you in just about anywhere and if you’d raised the stakes to a drum of Ruddles County you were well in. It was the age of McEwans, Truman, Tartan, Newcastle Brown - anything really.
Today as a flag bearer for the lowlifes, my favourite lager is Shepherd Neame Spitfire. But on the day any will do. Spitfire bitter is good too. For a solid session bitter, London Pride will look after you well. But Greene King IPA won’t destroy your afternoon, unlike Directors which might! Ghost Ship? Like it but it’s harder to find in Kent. [Post edited 20 Jul 2024 22:58]
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| Beer on 22:45 - Jul 20 with 5683 views | redrickstuhaart |
| Beer on 22:32 - Jul 20 by tazdac |
That was my thinking too :o) |
I fear I am dealing with millenials who have no idea why I said what I said. | | | |
| Beer on 22:46 - Jul 20 with 5684 views | redrickstuhaart |
| Beer on 22:42 - Jul 20 by Churchman |
The problem with the rubbish ones is that I like most of them. Pleb. That’s me! Carling, Fosters anything chilled to an inch of its life does for me. When the clocks go back, on to the bitter. IPA, anything really.
I grew up in an age where a Watneys party four got you in just about anywhere and if you’d raised the stakes to a drum of Ruddles County you were well in. It was the age of McEwans, Truman, Tartan, Newcastle Brown - anything really.
Today as a flag bearer for the lowlifes, my favourite lager is Shepherd Neame Spitfire. But on the day any will do. Spitfire bitter is good too. For a solid session bitter, London Pride will look after you well. But Greene King IPA won’t destroy your afternoon, unlike Directors which might! Ghost Ship? Like it but it’s harder to find in Kent. [Post edited 20 Jul 2024 22:58]
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Even the stuff you say you like has deteriorated.
Carling reduced in strength and flavour (but continued to be advertised, immorally, but just legally as the original strength).
There is a rumour that Madri is the old Carling recipe.
All slop brewed in the same massive vats in England. Get some Budvar in. | | | |
| Beer on 22:51 - Jul 20 with 5668 views | RIPbobby |
| Beer on 21:54 - Jul 20 by stonojnr |
Ive never liked Ghost Ship, it was brought in to appeal to lager drinkers, so its sweeter than most cask ales should be, they put all the marketing budget behind it, and stopped brewing some decent cask ales to give it the "space" at the bar, so Im not a fan.
but Im surprised I havent had Shore leave yet according to my notes, but I doubt its any better than most BrewDog beers which are average for the most part, especially since they dropped cask, its all down to how the pub manages their gas flow ultimately.
i mean Brew Dog beers are literally I can buy a can from tesco and it tastes exactly the same in the bar they serve it...thats not a recommendation of a good beer. |
Ghost ship is citrus and not liked by all. I actually love it out of a bottle, but not keen out of a cask. Strange. |  | | |
| Beer on 22:58 - Jul 20 with 5643 views | Tangledupin_Blue |
| Beer on 22:46 - Jul 20 by redrickstuhaart |
Even the stuff you say you like has deteriorated.
Carling reduced in strength and flavour (but continued to be advertised, immorally, but just legally as the original strength).
There is a rumour that Madri is the old Carling recipe.
All slop brewed in the same massive vats in England. Get some Budvar in. |
Brewed?
I thought they just bottled it straight from the canal. |  |
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| Beer on 23:02 - Jul 20 with 5624 views | Churchman |
| Beer on 22:58 - Jul 20 by Tangledupin_Blue |
Brewed?
I thought they just bottled it straight from the canal. |
Ah, but as a ‘bright’ beer at least it’s pure canal and not adulterated.
The real ale mob drink everything from last nights slops to dna in all its frightful forms. | | | |
| Beer on 07:03 - Jul 21 with 5322 views | Buhrer |
It's all piss. |  | | |
| Beer on 08:38 - Jul 21 with 5181 views | hoppy |
| Beer on 22:38 - Jul 20 by ghostofescobar |
I tried a coffee beer last year, in a trendy brewery/bar type place in Bermondsey. It was really strong, like 10% or something. One sip, that was it. The single most disgusting thing that has ever passed my lips. Foul. I was already a bit p1ssed, but even that didn’t prepare me. Like drinking bulls p1ss that had been percolated the through a coffee machine. And then left to ferment in a bucket of sweaty socks for a month. Then left out in the sun in Death Valley for a week, and occasionally dipping a putrid dead rat in for 30 minutes at a time, just to add a little tang. |
Put you down as a ‘undecided’ then? |  |
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| Beer on 08:41 - Jul 21 with 5174 views | Dubtractor |
| Beer on 22:45 - Jul 20 by redrickstuhaart |
I fear I am dealing with millenials who have no idea why I said what I said. |
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| Beer on 09:09 - Jul 21 with 5110 views | theinbetweener |
I have to agree with your take on Shore Leave.
I tried it as part of a 1/5 serving platter at Brewdog Norwich and it finished in a very convincing 5th place. It literally tastes of nothing… |  | | |
| Beer on 09:10 - Jul 21 with 5103 views | WeWereZombies |
Beers that do not even deserve the name of beer:
Lager (with the possible exceptions of Budvar and Staropramen)
Guinness (is there a worse stout ?)
Tennents (is that a lager ? Only drunk it once and still regret the experience fifteen years later.) |  |
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| Beer on 09:13 - Jul 21 with 5094 views | Bluefarrier |
I agree regarding Brewdog - stay clear. I had a pleasant surprise in an Italian restaurant recently, when trying to avoid the usual insipid Italian beers. I tried Birrificio Angelo Poretti. Really very good. | | | |
| Beer on 09:13 - Jul 21 with 5094 views | redrickstuhaart |
| Beer on 09:10 - Jul 21 by WeWereZombies |
Beers that do not even deserve the name of beer:
Lager (with the possible exceptions of Budvar and Staropramen)
Guinness (is there a worse stout ?)
Tennents (is that a lager ? Only drunk it once and still regret the experience fifteen years later.) |
Lager is a process and covers such a huge range that you cannot beging to dimiss it all like that. Urquell. Many of the German beers covered by the german purity law. For a start.
Staropramen is, of course, English brewed slop unless you have it abroad... | | | |
| Beer on 09:19 - Jul 21 with 5078 views | redrickstuhaart |
| Beer on 09:13 - Jul 21 by Bluefarrier |
I agree regarding Brewdog - stay clear. I had a pleasant surprise in an Italian restaurant recently, when trying to avoid the usual insipid Italian beers. I tried Birrificio Angelo Poretti. Really very good. |
Knocked out by Carlsberg in Wolverhampton.
It is time that trading standards got involved with the deliberately misleading marketing of many many beers in the UK. The hard water in our traditional large brewing areas, among other things, makes for a totally different beer to the originals. | | | |
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