Any other real ale drinkers?

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  • dmpizza
    dmpizza Posts: 3,321 Member
    I love ale and hate lager.

    While growing up, I didn't think I liked beer. Most of what was served were various inexpensive lagers.
    Occasionally, I would have a beer that I loved, but I never paid attention to it because it was such a rare occurrence.
    I didn't realize the common denominator was "ale" until I was 40.
  • richardheath
    richardheath Posts: 1,276 Member
    I'm an American drinker of real beers -mostly ales, but no IPA- cream ale, Scotch ale, porter, stout, Belgian, hefeweizen, black lager, oktoberfest... I don't want to start a controversy, but I think hops are a travesty.
    No controversy there - you are simply wrong :laugh: :drinker:

    I'm English, but live in the States. I missed my English bitter so much I had to start making it. I have an English IPA cask conditioning now for a festival in a few weeks, but normally I force carbonate for personal consumption. So shoot me CAMRA. I can't drink 5 gallons fast enough on my own to keep it fresh if I don't.

    I also have a Pliny the Elder clone going that'll be ready to drink soon. American IIPA = LOTS of hops. Yum.

    Course, I also love doing "research" on different beers and different styles.
  • farway
    farway Posts: 1,264 Member
    I love ale and hate lager.

    While growing up, I didn't think I liked beer. Most of what was served were various inexpensive lagers.
    Occasionally, I would have a beer that I loved, but I never paid attention to it because it was such a rare occurrence.
    I didn't realize the common denominator was "ale" until I was 40.

    Years ago i made home brew lager, and it really was lush, the highly advertised stuff is just not in same league and I guess the popularity of it amongst the young is down to advertising & not taste
  • JMPerlin
    JMPerlin Posts: 287 Member
    I love a good Sam Adams or especially Bass Ale.
  • tomwatso
    tomwatso Posts: 1,304 Member
    The one Ale I like here in the US is White Wolf Ale. Wonderful stuff.
  • sunman00
    sunman00 Posts: 872 Member
    had a pint of Youngs ordinary yesterday whilst sitting by the Thames, delicious!
  • chezjuan
    chezjuan Posts: 747 Member
    All around beer lover here. I enjoy ales, lagers, wheat beers, well... basically all of it. I tried to make a list of my favorite styles and ended up just listing all of them. The only kind of beer I don't drink is light beer - I figure that if I wanted a glass of soda, I could get a sprite and put vodka into it in that case.


    In addition to drinking craft beers, I brew my own. I'm actually enjoying a nice homebrew bock as I write this :drinker:
  • farway
    farway Posts: 1,264 Member
    had a pint of Youngs ordinary yesterday whilst sitting by the Thames, delicious!

    Not had that one, but I do think time & place have an influence on perception, your pint by Thames as an example, for instance in a grim, dank boozer, on a wet Wednesday, near an industrial estate, close to Slough, would it still rate high?

    Possibly, but I know sitting in sunshine, looking over Portsmouth harbour my HSB is more rewarding than same in grotty local boozer, even if grotty local boozer's is £1.45 cheaper
  • poohbear1958
    poohbear1958 Posts: 175 Member
    Hi Becks, CAMRA member from UK here. Feel free to add me.
  • Keithfit1
    Keithfit1 Posts: 10 Member
    Vancouver has about 29 Craft Breweries, and I LOVE and great IPA. Anyone who loves and great IPA, please add me as a friend.
  • kakiem
    kakiem Posts: 183 Member
    Hi,

    My name is Katie and I am an ale lover. CAMRA was a big part of my life in Leeds but moved to Glasgow at the beginning of the year and finding it hard to fit in to the new branch. Love a good beer. I must admit at the moment I don't log it. But as soon as things stop working I will start logging it!

    Also in the world of academia.

    Anyone feel free to add me!
  • battybecks
    battybecks Posts: 147 Member
    lol @ thinking craft beer only appeals to UK

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/11960-craft-beer-and-home-brewing

    Good link! I said 'real ale' so UK readers would understand, and 'craft beer' so US readers would understand. It's the closest cross-cultural translation!

    Wow, I'm glad there are so many of you - I wondered if the dieting had meant a suppression of ale appetites! I'm in Sheffield, near so many local breweries - Wentworth, Sheffield Brewery, Thornbridge, Abbeydale, etc. I've been in Brighton all weekend for a conference and I've been drinking TEA (Hog'sback Brewer - chosen for its joke potential - 'oh, I've only been drinking tea') and Otter Beer! Also the inevitable London Pride. Got back and had a pint of Ilkey Pale Ale on my way home. Needless to say the day's log didn't look too good.

    I'm intrigued that so many of you brew as well - peanut butter beer sounds awesome.
  • battybecks
    battybecks Posts: 147 Member
    My friend is in the Barnsley CAMRA branch, he asked lots of breweries for calories in their beer and worked out from their responses the calorific value by abv and made a graph. It's in one of the copies of their magazine on line, and I used it to add real ale at different abvs into my foods. http://www.barnsleycamra.org.uk/thebar/2012/autumn-2012.pdf page 15

    This is brill - I've saved the chart for reference!

    B x
  • 1978kell
    1978kell Posts: 3 Member
    My friend is in the Barnsley CAMRA branch, he asked lots of breweries for calories in their beer and worked out from their responses the calorific value by abv and made a graph. It's in one of the copies of their magazine on line, and I used it to add real ale at different abvs into my foods. http://www.barnsleycamra.org.uk/thebar/2012/autumn-2012.pdf page 15

    Tried opening the link and it says unavailable. I wish all real ales stated their calories etc on bottles and pump clips. This may help the industry as a whole as more people will realise they can still enjoy a pint when dieting/maintaining weight. I too am a CAMRA member so I think I may bring this up at a meeting
  • KANGOOJUMPS
    KANGOOJUMPS Posts: 6,474 Member
    theres a good group on here.

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