Blonde and Pale (not to be confused with IPA) beers started to make a significant entrance into the real ale market about 5 years ago, with some of the most notable entries from the Yorkshire area being Leeds Pale Ale and Saltaire Blonde, later entries from the area also including beers such as Daleside Blonde [...]
Posts Tagged ‘lager’
Pubpaper 653 – Septimus Prime and appealing to lager drinkers
Posted: 17th April 2012 by admin in Pub Paper, WritingTags: ale, blonde, bridgehouse, daleside, hybrid beers, ilkley, lager, Leeds Brewery, lewins, pale, saltai
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Pubpaper 652 – My dichotomy on CAMRA and theirs on Craft Beer
Posted: 9th April 2012 by admin in Pub Paper, WritingTags: camden, CAMRA, cask beer, craft beer, craft keg, hardknott, lager, magic rock, pubs of the year, thornbridge
CAMRA are bringing out a mixed bag of feelings this month in me. Pushing me away from them is the rejection of the majority of the craft beer motions submitted by the working group which was set up to investigate the matter to its National Executive, although my annoyance is that one in particular was [...]
Pubpaper 651 – “Hybrid” beers continued and more possible Greene King dross?
Posted: 31st March 2012 by admin in Pub Paper, WritingTags: bridgehouse, greene king, hybrid beers, lager, real ale, rudgate, wharfdale
As anybody who has followed me in the past should know Greene King are not my favourite big brewer. In fact it is a brand I personally will not drink due to the blandness and inconsistency of the beer. Only a few months ago, I wrote about moving onto coffee when Greene King and Guinness [...]
Pubpaper 648 – Lagered beers and crossing the bridge with hybrid ales
Posted: 10th March 2012 by admin in Pub Paper, WritingTags: Brewdog, lager, real ale, thwaites meantime, william bros
In Britain, we can consider our history of beer drinking to go back 2000 years when the Romans brought mass production of beer to these isles. For all but 40 years of this history, one kind of beer has ruled, ale, the traditional mix of water, barley, hops and yeast. Lagered beers were the domain [...]