swe62 332 Posted January 17, 2015 Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 what do you think is the best locally brewed beer ,my favourite is Nottingham Brewerys Legend bitter,its 4% dark and it tastes great,The new Shipstones is pretty good too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,106 Posted January 17, 2015 Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 I don't know, but I'd better get out and sample some !!!! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted January 17, 2015 Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 Blue Monkey Brewery: Ape Ale & Infinity +1 Castle Rock Brewery : Screech Owl & Elsie Mo Flipside Brewery: Flipping Best Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limey 240 Posted January 17, 2015 Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 Haven't tried the ones mentioned, but I do remember that Castle Rock's "Hemlock Bitter" was very good. It is good to see so many small breweries doing well - and producing a variety of beers. Over here it is not hard to find a "micro brewery", but they all seem to focus on high-alcohol beers, often nothing lower than 5%. I asked one brewer why they didn't do a low alcohol "session" bitter and he told me they tried, but Americans won't buy it. It seems the higher the alcohol, the better it sells - taste and ability to walk out take second place! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
swe62 332 Posted January 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 where,s flipside brewed,and who keeps it? ta Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted January 17, 2015 Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 Colwick Brewery tap The Old Volenteer Burton Road Carlton http://www.flipsidebrewery.co.uk/the_brewery.php Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted January 17, 2015 Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 I think you will find that Flipside own the beer shop next to The Willowbrook public house Main Road Gedling too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
swe62 332 Posted January 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 thanks. will try a couple didn,t the willowbrook start out as theBrooklyn Club ,Dennis Coxon steward I think, I went in there in the 50s with my Dad n Mum Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted January 17, 2015 Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 Not a bitter but still a nice pint Raven Stout............Magpie Brewery. The Willowbrook certainly was a club till Castle Rock took it over Quote Link to post Share on other sites
swe62 332 Posted January 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 I must pay a visit for old times sake,Is the Vale Social Club still running ? I used to go there with my grandad. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ivor Thirst 120 Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 I'd love to try the "New" Shippos when I'm back in UK. Richard Neale of "New" Shipstones has kindly offered to show me around the new brewery. I'm sure will still have a thirst for Shipstones after the samples..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,278 Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 Quite liking Navigation brewery's New Dawn Pale served in the Cross Keys & Blue monkeys BG Sips in the Organ Grinder. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
swe62 332 Posted January 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 the new Shippos contains non of the ingredient that had the collosal laxative effect that the Greenalls version had Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 And it's brewed no where near to Nottingham Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 It's my birthday(66th) at the beginning of next month & my good lady wife has bought me a years membership of CAMERA. So when the bits arrive ...........................................................? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
barclaycon 569 Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 Re. the new Shippos contains non of the ingredient that had the collosal laxative effect that the Greenalls version had i.e. water not sourced from the River Leen ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
barclaycon 569 Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 It would seem that the current business model for sourcing beer is destroying the industry: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-30868557 Maybe micro-breweries are the way to go in future. Quality beer, reasonably priced, with a 'local' flavour. I remember hearing about a tour around the brewery at Burton On Trent some years ago when someone asked about which beer they made. They were told about 6 different brands including Fosters, Carslberg, Molson etc. Much to everyone's suprise. When pressed about how they were different from each other, the guide said 'well it's very subtle' (!) I guess the label is assumed to be more important than the contents. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
swe62 332 Posted January 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 #14 vale of belvoir Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mercurydancer 1,104 Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 The new Shippos bitter is really quite palatable. It is not as sharp tasting as I recall it but my first Shippos was many decades ago. It is certainly a very pleasant beer indeed. All to the credit of the new brewers. As is often my view, you only really appreciate Nottingham when you move away. My favourite microbrewery is the one at the Plough in Radford. As I brew my own ales I talk with those guys frequently when I am down in Nottingham and they are extremely helpful. I did ask for some yeasts and they said how many kilos do you want!!!! I needed about 100 grams! Nice guys and very knowledgable. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
swe62 332 Posted January 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 Nottingham Brewery Phil Derby I take barrels of Nottingham Legend to Devon to our social club and the Devonians love it, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
firbeck 859 Posted January 19, 2015 Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 Look up the Bishop Nick Brewery in Braintree. It's just up the road from me and hasn't been going long. The beer is fantastic, why? because it's Nick Ridley from the old local brewery called Ridley's, taken over and totally wiped off the face of the earth by Greene King, hundreds of people thrown out of work due to corporate greed, just like Hardy Hansons. If you happen to be in your local supermarket, take a long hard look at any bottles of Ridley's Old Bob, Oh, brewed in Bury St Edmunds by GK and Co, conning us into thinking it's a local real ale, just like the Hardy Hansons Xmas ale that was being stocked up by Tesco's. They even had the nerve to advertise it on the packaging as the local pubs favourite Xmas ale, it probably was when Hardy Hansons made it. Conning Rip Off Lying Barstewards. DO NOT DRINK GREENE KING BEER, THAT GOES FOR THEIR CON BREWS CALLED MORELANDS AND RUDDLES, THEY PRETEND THEY ARE SEPARATE ENTITIES BUT THEY AREN'T. I've been round the GK brewery, there is no facility for making these beers, it's their usual stuff with an additive to make it taste slightly different, probably from the corporate directors bladders. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
swe62 332 Posted January 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 yes the big corporates have scrapped the brewing industry,with tied pubs with huge rents and tenants only able to buy from the brewing co at inflated prices, they don,t care how many tenants they send to the wall because there is always another mug waiting to lose their savings! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ivor Thirst 120 Posted January 19, 2015 Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 What ever happened to Home Ales? Ivor Thirst was a Shippos man, but Home was an acceptable substitute. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
swe62 332 Posted January 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 scottish and newcastle put paid to them about the same time as they ruined theakstones Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limey 240 Posted January 19, 2015 Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 Actually, Theakstones is interesting - aquired by Mathew Brown in 1984 and taken over by Scottish and Newcastle in 1987 but the family bought it back in 2003! It remains under family control! The brewery is worth a visit and they have an excellent "tasting room" at the end of the tour. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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