[Houdini]

(Excluding oddities) wheat beers come in 3 types: Dunkel (dark, unfiltered), Hefe ("yeast" opaque, unfiltered) & my favourite, the clear filtered Kristall.

Maisel's kristall is exemplary



Give it a whirl w/ a chunk of lemon if you get the opportunity this summer.

[Paul B]

they sell it at the tap...

[Houdini]

Good for you 


It's one of the larger brands worth drinking.  Avoid:  Erdinger, , Öttinger, Schöfferhofer, & especially, Paulaner.

[Paul B]

I think I first had it in Pottenstein (Frankenjura), didn't get a slice of lemon though.

[Fultonius]

I was up helping my dad paint and polish the boat before it goes in the water and went to the Cuilfail Hotel in Kilmelford (15 mins south of Oban).

They had 2 ales on, which was a pleasant surprise - the first I've had before and quite like for it's hoppy flavour:

Not quite American Pale Ale, but a good Pale Ale none the less!

The second was from a craft brewery which is based right next door to the pub. It ale was called Rocky Valley and the brewery is called the Kilmelford Craft Brewey (the company is called Oban Ales IIRC.)

It was a hoppy bittter amber coloured ale. Not sure what the indredients were, but once you got past the slightly sulphurous (and midly offputting) initial aroma, it was a nice balance of bitterness and sweetness. The more you drink the more the hops fade and the subtle sweetness comes through to balance things out. Quite nice, hope they do well and start brewing more (also hope they sort out the aroma...)

[Jim]

They had this on cask in the city arms in machester last week. A fine pint it was too

[moose]

(Excluding oddities) wheat beers come in 3 types: Dunkel (dark, unfiltered), Hefe ("yeast" opaque, unfiltered) & my favourite, the clear filtered Kristall.

hey... some of those "oddities" are my dearest liquid friends...mmmmmm... weizenbocks.... weizen-eisbocks... getting a craving to seek out a Schneider Aventinus.  That said, with the sunny weather a nice normal hefe would go down a treat... might get down to Booths for a Weihenstephaner.

[Duma]

Dogfish Head makesome really wonderful beers, which are sadly a pain to get hold of in this country... I have currently drunk too much of this

to give a meaningful review, but if you like hops, it is lovely.

[Fultonius]

Oh yes. This is the one - best porter I've ever tasted:

Do it! 

[SpanishJuan]

I've not had the anchor porter, but I'd like to try it...
It reminded me however of the Blue Anchor Inn in Helston. Their Spingo beer is bloomin' lovely.

[Duma]

Spingo! Awesome stuff, especially the specials they do for flora day and christmas.

[chappers]

beer i have liked recently: pure UBU from the purity brewing company. bloody nice it is, light and refreshing.

[Fultonius]

Was in Blackfriars in Glasgow the other night for a few birthday ales. In no particular order:

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale....on draught!  OK, so not a "Real Ale" but damn tasty. 

Brewdog Skull Candy, 3.8% Pale Ale. Nice and hoppy and tastes a lot stronger than the 3.8% suggests.

Kelburn Goldiehops, 3.8%, similar to the Skull Candy, bit less hoppy. Nice.

This was all after having bouillabaisse for the first time at City Merchant. 

[SpanishJuan]

I had a night of brewers passion on Friday



lovely fruity aroma, challenger hops, malt is sovereign and pioneer.

a mighty fine pint indeed

[Fultonius]

Thay had the brewer's passion in my local - I'll have to pop in a try one.

[SpanishJuan]

They had the brewer's passion in my local - I'll have to pop in a try one.

Don't delay.  make sure you have a good sniff before quaffing. It's a lovely aroma of passion fruit.
It could be likened to Badgers Golden Glory, but it has a maltier after taste. yum

[Jaspersharpe]

Good mention for the Sheffield Tap in this Guardian article:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/blog/2010/jun/29/uk-railway-station-pubs

[SpanishJuan]

I mentioned Knops brewery before but the California Common is a nice summer brew, caramel nose and slight malt finish, was nice cold bottled but I want to find it on tap!

[Paul B]

Don't delay.  make sure you have a good sniff before quaffing. It's a lovely aroma of passion fruit.
It could be likened to Badgers Golden Glory, but it has a maltier after taste. yum

That sounds like a good rec' right there. However a slight health trip started today. The last passion fruit beer I tasted was something bottled that Nat ordered at the Sheffield tap. It was horrible, overly perfumed, very sweet etc.

[chris05]

Don't delay.  make sure you have a good sniff before quaffing. It's a lovely aroma of passion fruit.
It could be likened to Badgers Golden Glory, but it has a maltier after taste. yum

That sounds like a good rec' right there. However a slight health trip started today. The last passion fruit beer I tasted was something bottled that Nat ordered at the Sheffield tap. It was horrible, overly perfumed, very sweet etc.

I have a feeling it was badgers golden glory that i had a similar reaction to, i.e. overly perfumed and tasted of sweet fruit rather than beer. The girlfriend liked it so it must be bad.

Note: I could be mistakenly refering to a different badger beer

[SA Chris]

No, that sounds about right. Tasty for a mouthful or two, but would struggle to finish more than a half a pint.

[SpanishJuan]

must be the fags that keep these things not so perfumed for me then!

Am I also alone on the Purple moose brewery as making a good ale? or is that for perfumed ponce's as well   

[Dolly]

I had a bottle of some of their stuff after a ride at Coed y Brenin - they sell it in the cafe there.
Thought it was the best stuff I'd drunk all week in Wales TBH.

[Houdini]

Urgh... That Mws ...

They had/have (?) it occassionally at that trash pizza night in Llanber'; it did nothing to improve my woeful opinion of the dive.



Finding Kapuziner (a Kulmbacher Brauerei product) to be most aggreable of late; normally I'd take the filtered hefe but this is just dandy (no sign of the heartburn that normally accompanies my drinking of these cloudy beers).

Obligatory monk mit beir und scrofula label >

[Dolly]

Just had a pint of Summer Solstice in the Kelham Island.
Very interesting. Like a pale ale but with more of a hint of ginger in the aftertaste.
I think its a refreshing one pinter rather than a "session beer"  Apparently made with coriander and all the way from Brighton.

Apart from the beer the best thing about the trip to the pub was hearing a bloke at the bar describing his new shorts from T J Hughes as "double dead reight"