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When you get yourself a frothy pint in, what is it?



I will always open with a lager, preferably Holsten, move swiftly to a smooth Guinness, then try a new ale if at a fresh venue/drink a favourite, as this is the slow stage when you really enjoy the beer.
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[Handsome]

Lager for me please, doesn't matter what it is so long as the Numpty behind the bar actually knows how to pull a pint...

During the night I'll throw in a few Southern Comforts aswell...

Well, I say a few...
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Generally go for an independent brewery.
Pubs around here generally have 2 or 3 (sometimes more) available.
Tend to go for the darker brews as I tend to prefer them.
Currently Simpson & Simpson Captain Oates is among the top 3.

As for bottles my preference is for Grolsch. Original import, not the brewed in the UK under licence rubbish. Mind you, I do like draft Heineken, but only when in the Netherlands
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[Tonka]

I like my ale - Badger Beer FTW
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Ahh, the joys of living 3 miles from the Hogs Back Brewery!
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[Dr. DaveJPS]

local ales normally or thwaites if i'm drinking bottles at hame,
and innis and gunn/calidonian 80- if i can get it.

oh and if its frothy and more than 5% head it goes back for a topup
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The most annoying thing a barman can do, is have the beer source actually run out mid pour, and have the nerve to give you it with a bit of new.
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[trevoriv]

Normally start with a decent pint of Guinness or decent ale or if it's nice and hot I find a dry cider is the way to start but the more I get pissed the more I move onto the lager.

Not really fussed which lager as they all taste very much the same over here, living next door to the Carlsberg / Tuborg brewery in CPH has set my standards quite high
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[smegbrains]

Ale every single time, I hate lager it's piss water and tastes equally shit no matter how it's poured. They serve it so cold so it numbs your tastebuds and you don't realise how piss awful it is. This is why warm lager tastes utterly foul.

Current favourite is one I had down Torquay, it's called "Jail Ale" and is brewed on Dartmoor. It is very very nice.
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[Mudskipper]

8 times out of 10 lager, quite liking Beck's Vier when I can find it.

Every now and again though, nowt beats a nicely pulled pint (or 3) o'black.
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[TUG]

I mite get a bit of stick but... i love stella, its spot on for me, but heres where i'm goin to redeem myself, i've actually been trying ale lately, i had some hobgoblin, speckeled hen, and 2 otheres i cant remember, i want to have some more ales tbh as they are quite nice!
(hopes what i listed is ale an not also larger...)
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[JonB]

Where's the option for both?

If i'm having a socialising pint then it will have to be a locally produced ale, failing that a Tetleys.

If i'm on the piss it'll have to be lager, if i'm skint then Carling, if I have a bit more dosh, Kronenbourg or Stella.

However, true to my Somerset roots, cider all the way.
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[Suitor_Stu]

This pretty much sums up how I feel about the whole debate - David Mitchell Discusses Lager vs Bitter.

Most of the (decent) pubs around here will serve at the very least Deuchers IPA and a guest ale so I usually try the guest one with the Deuchers as a fallback (and a very nice one at that!) if it's crap. If it's the case that Lager is the only thing available then unless it's a hot day and I'm in the beer garden, it's usually Guinness or a Gin and Tonic or something like that - I just find Lager (even the nicer stuff like Nastro Azzurro) way too gassy to enjoy more than 1-2 pints of.

Having said that, as I type this post I am enjoying a bottle of Nastro Azzurro thanks to Tesco's 3 for 2 offer - well it was a warm day...

Stu

[Mister James]

I drink either/both - but Real Ale fanatics that bang on about how shit lager is are as bad as Mac owners and the Taleban: get a fucking life and let me drink what I want!

[Tonka]

I'll try a local ale if I've ventured away from Dorset, but the only time I drink lager is with spicy food - Tiger Beer or Tsingtao and then either Cobra or Kingfisher with curries

At home it's Badger all the way - only about 5 miles to the Brewery and I tend to buy a 'crate' of 8 of each I can find in the Shop and systematically work my way through.........hic!
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[Catalyst]

Has to be a nice bottle of desperados! Hard to find and the only shop i've found it in is costco in Reading. Most pubs round here don't have it so i settle with either a pint of Fosters or Stella
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Guinness on a hot afternoon...asleep by 7
Lager of the bottled type..about the 4-5% strength
Pear cider..only stomach 1 bottle..too syrupy

Pat
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