Comments on: A decent pint of Adnams and smoked haddock at the Eight Bells

By: geoff smethills

geoff smethills — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:34:04 +0000

Love that english bitter

By: Ed

Ed — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:41:35 +0000

Hunty, I’m back now and really missing this English beer. Moutain Goat gets near and I may have to sink a few pints of that this week just to test again whether or not it is a substitute.

By: ut si

ut si — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:45:50 +0000

I think I agree ed. I like the idea of ‘craft’ beers but too many taste like fizzy Chanel No 5.

By: Uncle Hunty

Uncle Hunty — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 18:08:30 +0000

I had a long comment written yesterday but my wireless router ate it.

To sum up;
- English ale better than 95 percent of Oz beer. Especially the large volume commercial market (except Coopers)
- The quality of ales depends a lot on the cellarman’s ability to look after the beer. No shaking, let it settle, sell it quickly.
- A good pub for ale will reward you efforts in finding it. Average ales will appear better.
- A pub that doesn’t look after its beer will not have any good beers.
- High turnover, therefore freshness, is an ales best friend.
- Adnans is passable, Otter Ale and Black Sheep are ambrosia.
- City pubs that are full of suits should be sealed and filled with poisonous gas…oh yeah, the point of this point was: City pubs full of suits drinking lager do not have good ale.

By: ed

ed — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 08:09:36 +0000

you know I wish local craft breweries could just make a decent bitter like this rather than messing around with all sorts of fancy stuff.

By: ut si

ut si — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 10:13:44 +0000

Oooh, be still my heart… smoked haddie & a bellywasher.

By: Michael Lee

Michael Lee — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 10:09:04 +0000

Those pictures make me question why I’m sitting here drinking water…