Back? Maybe ...

Back again. I realised that I hadn't done anything with this in ages and ages, so I thought that maybe I'd start again. Let's see how I do.

Pride and Pride

I used to go to a pub some years ago where every time I walked in there would be a pride and pride on the way to being poured even before I got to the bar.

Great service, except on days when all I wanted was an orange juice, but I never turned it down.

Pride and pride was an accepted pint back then, but now I find myself explaining to bar staff what it is I mean and I still get slightly bemused looks.

Marston's Pedigree

I was in London the other day and went through several pints of Pedigree in the city. Years ago I always thought that Pedigree didn't travel too well at all, but this time around it was a really good pint. I was very impressed.

I once had the good luck to sample pedigree from the brewery itself and it was excellent stuff. When you have a pint like that it is difficult to come back to a lesser version in more average surroundings.

However, the few pints of Pedigree I had in town the other day were really very good indeed.

Palmers Best

A great pint, two in fact of these the other night. Really good stuff!

Doom Bar

Really good pint of Doom Bar the other day in town. A good solid pint. I think the last time I tried Doom Bar I didn't like it, but this time it went down a treat. There you go!

London Pride

Had a very good bottle of London Pride the other night. Really enjoyed it with a curry. A very nice bottle of beer.

Lancaster Bomber

This was a good bottle of ale from last night. Not wonderful, not the best I've had, but good and entirely fit for purpose. The purpose being to have it with dinner (Spaghetti Bolognese).

A nice Tribute

Had a bottle of this the other night. A really nice bottled ale, not fizzy and spoilt because it is a bottled beer, just a really good solid ale.

K&B Sussex

I know that K&B don't really exist any more and the beer is brewed in Dorset or somewhere, but it is still a nice pint. I had a couple of these last night in the Nutley Hall in Reigate, which is a really nice little pub.

The K&B Sussex was brilliant. Really well kept and eminently drinkable. The first one went down so well I had to another immediately!

Ringwood Best

I had a pint of this at the Porter and Sorter near East Croydon Station. What a great beer. Ringwood Best is the kind of pint I could drink all day long. Well, maybe not all day long, but you probably know what I mean.

Excellent pint. Not a bad pub either.

Dodgy Bombardier

Had a very nasty pint of Bombardier in a local pub the other night. I shan't say which, but I won't be going there again. It tasted ok, but halfway through I noticed that the pint hadn't cleared at all and was still very cloudy.

I didn't drink any more but I wasn't too well the next day.

Harveys Best

Had a fantastic pint of Harveys Best last night. I would have had more but I was driving so it was just the one for me. Shame really, I could happily have sunk several more of those.

Harveys Best is an excellent pint alongside their Hadlow which also does very nicely and is especially good as a session beer.

Late Red

Great in a bottle and great from the pump too.

Hampshire Rose

Can't remember too much about this ale. Very good stuff though and got through a few pints of it. Nice session beer and highly recommended.

Barn Stormer

A very nice bottled beer being enjoyed this evening. Never tried it before, or at least can't remember it. Got a really rich flavour, but not overpowering at all.

Laverstock

Had this in a restaurant last night. Not bad all in all. I'm not sure I've had an organic beer in a long time.

Bombardier

Nice bottle of Bombardier last night. Always a good ale and in a bottle it didn't disappoint at all.

Broadside

A great bottle of Broadside this evening. A very pleasant ale. Whilst I often find bottled beers to be a much harsher flavour than the pump this one had a lot of character to it and a real sense of the full flavour of Broadside.

Glad I choose it.

Martson's Pedigree

Had a bottle of this last night, but wasn't impressed at all. It made me remember that Pedigree just doesn't travel well. I remember having a few pints of it in Marston with a guy from the brewery many years ago. It was fantastic, but the bottle, well, it was a very poor relation

Hobgoblin

Nice bottle of Hobgoblin with dinner last night. Never really liked it before, but went well with the curry.