paint_it_black
Well-Known Member
About a month ago, I moved from the Pacific Northwest, capital of microbreweries and craft ales, to England, capital of "real ale" -- which, don't get me wrong, is an admirable movement, but let's be honest, they're just hardly-hopped, bland pale ales, with no carbonation and not served cold enough. (Apologies to my fellow Brits -- chalk it up to cultural difference and preference) And it gets worse: if you're not going to a pub that serves real ale; if you're going to a regular bar, or if you're buying bottled/canned beer, the selection is terrible. Unless you love Carlsberg and Carling (UK Coors Light).
So I'm already going through withdrawals, and long for a nicely hopped ale. But worse times are to come. Because I know that very soon, all you folks back home will be enjoying some wonderful winter warmers and other seasonal beers. To think of enduring the coming winter without a Widmer Brrr or Deschutes Jubelale -- hell, I'd even take a Sierra Nevada Celebration -- is just so depressing, I might not make it through the cold season.
Please continually enjoy those fine beers for me while I'm here across the pond. And if you feel generous and want to send me some, I wouldn't object
Updates on new winter seasonals that come out would be cool. You can tell which are my favourites from reading above; how do any of those brews that are just entering the market compare? I have to live vicariously through you guys, so give me info, so I at least know what to look for next year
So I'm already going through withdrawals, and long for a nicely hopped ale. But worse times are to come. Because I know that very soon, all you folks back home will be enjoying some wonderful winter warmers and other seasonal beers. To think of enduring the coming winter without a Widmer Brrr or Deschutes Jubelale -- hell, I'd even take a Sierra Nevada Celebration -- is just so depressing, I might not make it through the cold season.
Please continually enjoy those fine beers for me while I'm here across the pond. And if you feel generous and want to send me some, I wouldn't object
Updates on new winter seasonals that come out would be cool. You can tell which are my favourites from reading above; how do any of those brews that are just entering the market compare? I have to live vicariously through you guys, so give me info, so I at least know what to look for next year