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I love the Sam Smiths Stout, well all of their beers really but don't live anywhere near to a pub that stocks them. I love drinking real ale and am the proud possessor of the latest Good Beer Guide. Love wine too hence the username.

Had a bottle of shepherd neame IPA last night. Not bad, nicely hoppy, but quite heavy for a pale ale I thought. Still enjoyed it though!

oh thanks, Silly! there are two where I am. we are lucky to live in the Rockies where there are many breweries. and wineries too, actually.

Natasha, mead uses honey instead of grapes to ferment into wine.

I made a beer with figs once. it was very good

USA cask ale finder

Don't know if this is any good for you monsterchild?

Also in the US, used to be a member of CAMRA when I lived in the UK. I was pleasantly surprised when I moved here and found so many microbreweries/ craft beers (I guess those are fairly close to real ale). I can even buy fullers and Hobgoblin in World Foods. We started brewing last year although just from a kit, would love to branch out a bit further this year and make wine or some different beers though. How do you make mead?

And thanks for the link; i feel more edjumicated now...

Sam Adams is good. And happily we now have many more microbreweries here, so we now have choices of types of beers, not just variations on Budwiser!

Eden gold... Not come across it yet, but will keep my eyes peeled!

Do quite like a bottle of Samuel adams, will say that's a good American beer.

for you *monsterchild*

Another bee lover here, though I've been off the stuff for the last 9 months. Can now consider having a small glass! I live in the US though, so haven't heard of "real ale" what makes it real?

I you are lucky enough to find Eden Gold ....give it a try. It is lurverly

I quite like some of the raspberry beers. Thought I'd try this as I've had a non alcoholic apple beer before that was rather good!

Just discovered that by eating a Cadbury's creme egg I've improved the taste of the beer! Huzzah!

hmmm... i think you were asking for that mistake. Sounds a bit kopperbergy

If i'm wanting something a bit lighter than beer i've had success with Aspells cider. Or I just stick to fursty ferrent or speckled hen rather than going fruity (although I do like some of the german fruit beers)

Right then. I've got an open bottle of wychwood snake's bite here. Saw it for the first time in Tesco the other day.

It's a cider apple fruit beer, 4.2%.

Gotta say, I'm not greatly impressed. I had high hopes as I love wychwood's beers, but this tastes like something I would have drunk at 16 with my mates in an alley. It's overpoweringly sweet and appley, and doesn't really have any beer bite to it.

Disappointing to say the least.

Left CAMRA when I had to go teetotal for a couple of years. Bad times.

Hi all, another real ale fan here. We are lucky to have a lot of good breweries and microbreweries near us.

How comes you are a former member of CAMRA SillyBeardyDaddyman rather than current?

It's from Dorset and I'm in Sussex, but lucky enough to have 2 of their pubs close by. Not been recently though so have missed out on the Xmas beer

And if they ever change the taps they keep the normal stock.in bottles too

I've seen Badger on tap in a few Kent pubs. I usually drink Shepherd Neame brews when round that way though.

Is badger local to you then?

(no idea where it is from)

Hall and woodhouse pubs. Mostly in Dorset, but available in other semi coastal locations too!

I've never seen badger in a pub!

(funny sentence)

Plenty of badger in local pubs here! Although I avoid the nettle one [boak] Probably the worst beer I've ever tasted!

Crabbies is bloody lovely, but not really beer IYSWIM.

Do you have any Late Red in your stash, Daddyman? That's worth a slurp IME....