best bottled beer/bottle conditioned ale?

[tris-]

before we start, piss water like budweiser and fosters do not count as beer. john smiths can probably fuck off while were at it, too.

the two i always go back to are old speckled hen and spitfire. tough choice between the two to be fair. can usually be had for £1 - £1.20 a bottle too.

as for bottle conditioned, londons pride is the daddy.

 

[Raven]

I like spitfire out of the two you mentioned.

My current favourite has to be Coniston Bluebird though. Its even nicer from the pump at the Black Bull though

http://www.conistonbrewery.com/

 

[Olgaline]

lord,
where to begin..or end.

ok, as you lot think what monster will olga now show us, I instead give you this:
it's not a big gun by any mesure, it's just nice and drinkable,
and one of my favorits at the dinner table atm.

it's hard to define, it's not a simple blonde, it's not just a pale ale, and not really a saison either, it's abit of all of the above and then again not.

Spoiler

Valeir Extra

 

[Uara]

I do love Spitfire! Although I also love Fullers ESB as well...........decisions decisions

 

[Thadius]

Real ale should only be served from a hand pulled cask into a pint glass. That is all.

 

[tris-]

but bottle conditioned is pretty much the same as having it from a cask

 

[Jeros]

Budweiser! Pretentious faggots

 

[Olgaline]

now as we'r talking British ehre it seems,
if I was to recomend a british ale that's not the mas market speckeld hen/fullers ect
it would maybe be

J.W. Lees Vintage Harvest Ale

 

[Aoami]

Young's Special London Ale, Brains or anything from the Wolf brewery

 

[Olgaline]

hihi youngs,
Double chocolate anyone ?

 

[Uara]

now as we'r talking British ehre it seems,
if I was to recomend a british ale that's not the mas market speckeld hen/fullers ect
it would maybe be

J.W. Lees Vintage Harvest Ale

never heard of that, would it only be in specialist shops?

 

[Vasconcelos]

 

[Olgaline]

never heard of that, would it only be in specialist shops?

here in DK yes,
as for britten ? dono, I'd guess the same place you'd find things like the Thomas Hardy ale

 

[Tuthmes]

The best beers:
- Blue Chimay
- Charles Quint

On a hot day:
- Duvel

Pilseners:
- Grolsch
- Carlsberg

It's bin a whiled since i hade a real ale. Used to be my favourite kind of beer, but as i got older my taste changed for some reason! Will dig up what ale i used to like.

 

[Olgaline]

carlsberg ?

/slaps tuthmes!

infidel!

 

[Ezteq]

Asahi


bloody lovely.

Though I do like a Bud but Becks is quite nice too.

 

[Olgaline]

Ez no!
not you to ?

/cries

 

[Tuthmes]

carlsberg ?

/slaps tuthmes!

infidel!

Haha , I know!

I actually do like it, but perhaps it has something todo with the fact I always choose it when i'm abroad when there are no real beers to choose from and I really can't stand Heineken!

 

[Ch3tan]

For a bottled lager it has to be Cobra or Tiger.

 

[Olgaline]

Carlsberg can be ok, if it's at that "magical perfect tempreture" not too warm not too cold..and your thirsty..it'll do the job just fine.
export carlsberg is hopeless though

 

[Gibbo]

Hopback Summer Lightning

Worthington White Shield

Titanic Stout
Camra's bottled Beer of 2009. If you drink Guinness you should give this a try, it's far superior.

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale (they do a nice Porter too)
Anchor Steam Beer (and Liberty Ale)
Proof of how good American beers can be.

 

[TdC]

any Trappist.

 

[Cerb]

Was in america about a month ago and thought both of these were great

 

[Ezteq]

Ha that last bottle must be mine; I really do see my name on it!!

 

[Uara]

any Trappist.

I had a bottle of La Trappe Dubbel (think thats what it was called) last night!
Very very tasty!

 

[Agell]

Quite partial to Bishops Finger myself

But if all else fails Old Speckled is always a favourite

 

[Marc]

I dont know what it was, but I had this guest ale once and fuck me it was orgasmic. Was quite cloudy but jesus, it went down nice. Supped 6 pints of it in an hour it was that nice.

Sorry I cant recall the name though

 

[Synthnal]

If I ever go for bottled Lager, it's always either San Miguel, Stella or Budweiser.

 

[gohan]

Ha that last bottle must be mine; I really do see my name on it!!

only if u changed your name to oz xD are you a wizard mayhaps?

 

[Roo Stercogburn]

Couldn't pick a favourite. Bit partial to Old Speckled Hen. Any of the Shepherd Neame, Faversham, Kent stuff is really good and I'd be hard pressed to pick one of that I prefer from what I've tried (or remember trying )

One of the things I like about Hen is when getting a 4-pack or so at least it comes in proper sized bottles rather than paying through the nose for something the size of a test tube.