Spotted...

^^ Voice of experience.

There are many kinds of ales for many different weathers/seasons.. Light summer ales for the summer (duh), dark stouts and porters for the winter.. Bitters and milds etc for in between

Correct, a mix of hops and barleys gives you very pale (Summer) to very dark (winter) ales. Bluebird, Taiphoon or Elderflower have a fantastic light taste and you can drink them chiiiild (not with ice!) they have ginger, lemon grass, lemon and more flowery additions to lighten them up - sadly you get too few well kept on tap.
but the standard kept in the bottle is getting better

I must admit to having dipped my toe into the experimental waters of pear cider on the hotter days this year. Koppaberg seems to be the nicest, but I have had to stop because I drink it like it is fruit juice, and that makes me mix my metaphors.

i am with Chubby too, that shit is an alco-pop, bulmers/magners is a joke of a pint, that shit takes it a step further. i wouldn't piss on it if it was on fire

Tyskie FTW!

like all holiday beers, that tastes so much better served in the pavement cafes of Poland in the sun, watching the world pass...Out of a tin, on a bench, looking into a playground full or children, drunk at 11am in the burbs of ealing it is a very different pint

i am with Chubby too, that shit is an alco-pop, bulmers/magners is a joke of a pint, that shit takes it a step further. i wouldn't piss on it if it was on fire

i thought i was the only one. wtf is up with this stuff? it tastes like fucking vimto with extra sugar and is the colour of nothing that exists in nature.

Westons is the only acceptable pear cider unless you're trying to get hyperactive off sugar in which case Kopparberg is ace (but tastes gross)

I want some cider.

Real Ale all year round. Lager tastes like fizzy water and acid. You can chill ale y'know!

i thought i was the only one. wtf is up with this stuff? it tastes like fucking vimto with extra sugar and is the colour of nothing that exists in nature.

Jesus sheds a tear for every bottle of this that is drunk, it breaks my heart..

you are all philistines that no nothing
koppaberg is the nectar of the cider gods, too many dry ciders as far as I'm concerned, for a nice balance of sweet and tasty, try aspall's, or better yet aspall's with a twist of blueberry, koppaberg mixed fruit cider is gorgeous as is their elderflower and lime version.
weston's reigns supreme as a cider, but their organic stuff is like 6.5% ABV and does hit you in the head like a mule after a few.
Prefer Bulmers to Magners or Gaymers, Magners is just too gassy for my liking, and when push comes to shove you can't deny a good old pint of strongbow..

What about Addlestones? Lovely stuff.

cloudy cider doesn't really float my boat, again too dry, prefer medium sweet/sweet personally

very wet tika on old street rdbout, hiya!

cloudy cider doesn't really float my boat, again too dry, prefer medium sweet/sweet personally

you're sweet enough corny!

I'd take Kriek over cider anyday.

What about Addlestones? Lovely stuff.

3 pints of that and I start feeling like a very content old man, sitting on his own chair in the pub he's been going to for the last 80 years, smiling at anyone/thing, red nosed, flat capped, etc etc. mmmmm
I want.

oh by the way, the cider in sam smiths pubs is the liquor of the devil, two pints and I had a horrendous red wine hangover the following morning, proper pins in the back of the eyeballs jobbie.

it's all about the old rosie cidar FTW! Although i might add i type in cidar in my phone and predictive text spells cheap!

oh by the way, the draught booze in sam smiths pubs is the liquor of the devil, two pints and I had a horrendous red wine hangover the following morning, proper pins in the back of the eyeballs jobbie.

Fixed.

+1 and a whiskey chaser

No thanks. I prefer whisky.

Fluff on Satan's highway, y'day evening 7.15.
Errr...Is that?... Oh yeah... So it is... Hi!

Real ale ride anyone? I'll get my tankard!

that's a cracking idea... visiting stand out pubs for

Fullers
St Peters
Meantime
Shepeards Naeme
Samuel Smith

would be a good start

excuse my spelling

Also micro breweries could be cool, there's one near the bakers arms in stow, but the area aint bike friendly

you are all philistines that no nothing
koppaberg is the nectar of the cider gods, .......
better yet aspall's with a twist of blueberry, ....
...koppaberg mixed fruit cider is gorgeous as is their elderflower and lime version.

Cornies fridge at home...

No thanks. I prefer whisky.

no e's with that

oh by the way, the cider in sam smiths pubs is the liquor of the devil, two pints and I had a horrendous red wine hangover the following morning, proper pins in the back of the eyeballs jobbie.

thats cause you love lady alcopops...

it's all about the old rosie cidar FTW!!

I am with you there but it has one draw back; memory loss, vomit, complete loss of the mother tongue, inability to count and did i mention memory loss?

Also micro breweries could be cool, there's one near the bakers arms in stow, but the area aint bike friendly

It has a court yard though.... and they have proper glasses with handles for ale.

no e's with that

lol

MDMA does not a whisky connoisseur make.

matt baddesigner heading south on kingsland rd this eve. rrrrrik about 5 minutes later, looking confused as i grinned at him.

i was thinking in something else, sorry for not be more smily
next time :)