Robbo `81 Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 My favourite beer at the moment is March of the Penguins stout by Williams Bro's Oh yes - Like that one - Midnight Sun is lovely too The Raven is a great wee pub in Glasgow if you're into that, good food and they do a wee paddle full of different craft beers 13th Note is another place with a great selection of Craft beers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenblueeyes Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 OK - looking for recommendations! We've been having a 'weird beer night' for a few years but after some truly utterly bogging offerings with wasabi, expresso or whatever in them, the brief for the next one is to make it just a beer tasting night and bring a few good beers for people to try. Trying to find something which the others won't provide so anything stocked in trendy off licenses in the West End are off limits as that's where they live. We've been to Drygate and WEST so anything from there is off limits. So - essentially - looking for a good craft beer which is not too hoppy but something a bit quirky that I can source over the internet as I don't have time to go trawling the shops before the next night on 4 July. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TartanJon Posted June 16, 2015 Author Share Posted June 16, 2015 I know Weatherspoons are soulless places full of old folk and tramps but they don't half do great deals on craft ales/beers & lagers .I was drinking Innis and Gunn lager at £2.49 a pint in the Rutherglen one.They cask ales starting off for as little as £1.49. or You could go to Dyrgate and drink schooners for £17.98 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TartanJon Posted June 16, 2015 Author Share Posted June 16, 2015 Jen head to Aldi this week and go daft.The one in Bellshill is well stocked up . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GavfaeKillie Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 OK - looking for recommendations! We've been having a 'weird beer night' for a few years but after some truly utterly bogging offerings with wasabi, expresso or whatever in them, the brief for the next one is to make it just a beer tasting night and bring a few good beers for people to try. Trying to find something which the others won't provide so anything stocked in trendy off licenses in the West End are off limits as that's where they live. We've been to Drygate and WEST so anything from there is off limits. So - essentially - looking for a good craft beer which is not too hoppy but something a bit quirky that I can source over the internet as I don't have time to go trawling the shops before the next night on 4 July. http://cart.edenmill.com/index.php?route=product/category&path=60_63 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 Rather pay the extra for a pint of "hipster" beer than a fosters. Is that the choice facing you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParisInAKilt Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 Is that the choice facing you? It is when I decide to have a couple of beers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macy37 Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 West I hear you say? I'm off there in a couple of weeks for a courtesy beer tasting and tour followed by bait. Some of their drops are fantastic. Brewed to the 1516 law too which always helps the next morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
in5omniac Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 I was speaking to one of there brew staff about this, it is designed specifically for tesco and isn't hipa. At £1.95 you can't go wrong, was recently at £1.65 and stocked up for a while Ah right, cool. Very tasty despite its strength which is both good and a little dangerous. Often find it on their 4 for £6 deals too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotlad Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 Wtf's a craft beer? The next time you see someone who looks like this in a pub ... ... have a look at what he's drinking. Chances are it'll be a craft beer. I know Weatherspoons are soulless places full of old folk and tramps but they don't half do great deals on craft ales/beers & lagers .I was drinking Innis and Gunn lager at £2.49 a pint in the Rutherglen one.They cask ales starting off for as little as £1.49. or You could go to Dyrgate and drink schooners for £17.98 They often do Harviestoun's Schiehallion as a guest ale, that's a real favourite of mine. The Sir Edward Wylie on Bothwell St had a fantastic American IPA on a few months ago; Strongback IPA I think it was called. Drygate do a good IPA called Glad Eye, which goes really well with a curry, funnily enough. You can't go wrong with a pint of Williams Bros Joker IPA either, but have any more than three and you'll soon know about it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest flumax Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 (edited) Join camra and get 40x50 p off a pint of real ale on top Big fan of Wetherspoons, some in the camra fraternity knock them for forcing the closing down of pubs through competition, but I think they're partially the reason for the rejuvenation of ale and therefore also demand for cask. I know Weatherspoons are soulless places full of old folk and tramps but they don't half do great deals on craft ales/beers & lagers .I was drinking Innis and Gunn lager at £2.49 a pint in the Rutherglen one.They cask ales starting off for as little as £1.49. or You could go to Dyrgate and drink schooners for £17.98 Edited June 17, 2015 by flumax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest flumax Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Ah right, cool. Very tasty despite its strength which is both good and a little dangerous. Often find it on their 4 for £6 deals too.Remember no multi buy offers on booze in Scotland so don't get that sort of thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLAS Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Craft beer in Poland is also thriving. Zwyiec APA is a cracking drink from a mainstream producer. Had some "Crack Off" last week en route to Dublin, too. Probably my favourite. Was partial to a Cute Hoor in Dublin. Stuck in Malta now and there's zero... so pretty much aff it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairbairn Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 I've been to the States a few times over the last couple of years and the craft beer scene (sorry) seems to be really taking off over there. One's that stick in the mind that I really enjoyed are Smuttynose Vunderbar (Great name!!), Stoudts Pils, Sam Adams Cold Snap and Blue Point. I don't drink as much of it back home for some reason but 2 that I've tried here that I really like are Ossian and Caesar Augustus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanderer Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Something I have got into over the last couple of years (after thinking the stuff was horrible to start with..... now I can not even look at a big brand beer when in a pub). Krakow was full of craft beer pubs (really shocked by that), found a couple of good ones in Dublin at the weekend, as well as finding a fantastic real ale pub in Lancaster when down for Morecambe v AFC Wimbledon last year From from my understanding Kyiv is starting to get a fast growing, but still very underground, Craft Beer scene, so looking forward to sampling that on route to Tbilisi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim Jim Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Was partial to a Cute Hoor in Dublin. That went down well. Followed it with Orchard Thief for pudding. OK, not even a beer. Also discovered O'Hara's Irish Stout just before leaving for home. Magic stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 (edited) I hate the term "craft beer" for some reason. Just the way it rolls off the tongue immediately gives me the thought of tasting light coloured gassy watered doon pish. "Draught beer" on the other hand.... Edited June 17, 2015 by Toepoke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Killie Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Down this way the ale world is thriving. Plenty of independants around but do like a St Austell's Tribute when I'm down in Cornwall. Luckily it's becoming quite popular up in Bristol and is popping up in a lot of the pubs now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacobite Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Still in Ireland.Drinking some Mescan white from a Co Mayo brewery.Just about making up for missing the midsummer beer happening in Stonehaven. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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