Beer?

[smutchin]

I am unlikely to ever visit again, as Margate joins Blackpool on my list of places to avoid

You are so off-message! Don't you know Margate is the new Whitstable?

There are in fact some very decent watering holes in Margate, I'll have you know. Perhaps the best is the Lifeboat in the Old Town, which is pretty close to the harbour. You probably walked right past it! I've not actually made it to the Harbour Arms yet but have heard good things about it.

There's also one of the best Indian restaurants in Britain nearby, the Ambrette (definitely an 'Indian restaurant' rather than a 'curry house' so not really a post-pub vindaloo kind of place).

And Fort's Café up the hill towards Cliftonville is also superb - and stocks some excellent local beers.

Never been that impressed by Wantsum beers though. They're ok, but there are several much better local breweries.

 

[User169]

Nogne O from a can - this time their wit. Not bad on a sunny evening. This was before I chucked in the yeast - after it looked like milk.

 

[Dayvo]

Nogne O from a can - this time their wit. Not bad on a sunny evening. This was before I chucked in the yeast - after it looked like milk.

I've seen that on sale here (it is a Norwegian beer). Any good? How much?

 

[gavgav]

You are so off-message! Don't you know Margate is the new Whitstable?

There are in fact some very decent watering holes in Margate, I'll have you know. Perhaps the best is the Lifeboat in the Old Town, which is pretty close to the harbour. You probably walked right past it! I've not actually made it to the Harbour Arms yet but have heard good things about it.

There's also one of the best Indian restaurants in Britain nearby, the Ambrette (definitely an 'Indian restaurant' rather than a 'curry house' so not really a post-pub vindaloo kind of place).

And Fort's Café up the hill towards Cliftonville is also superb - and stocks some excellent local beers.

Never been that impressed by Wantsum beers though. They're ok, but there are several much better local breweries.

Nothing wrong with the pubs, it's the rest of the place!

 

[smutchin]

Nothing wrong with the pubs, it's the rest of the place!

You'll note I said you're off-message, not necessarily that you're wrong...

 

[srw]

Fraoch - you've all had that.
Dark Island from the Stromness brewery - I could drink it all night.
And Orkney Porter, a "modern classic" from the Swannay brewery at the top end of Orkney mainland. At 9% it's more like treacle than beer.

And just up the road, look what Rightmove is waving in front of me....
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property...9.20271&popupPropertyId=58590230&fromMap=true

 

[User169]

I've seen that on sale here (it is a Norwegian beer). Any good? How much?

About 9 eurobeans (so about a million squids these days). Not a bad summery refresher. It's got a slug of unmalted wheat, so a bit of hay in the favour and a bit drier than say hoegaarden.

 

[gavgav]

You'll note I said you're off-message, not necessarily that you're wrong...

I know

 

[MossCommuter]

The photo is not great. I can see exactly what I want to do with it (darken the sky and brighten the town), but I don't yet have the Photoshop skills to make the best of it. A Tushkar, by the way, is a kind of spade used for digging peat, and the brewery is somewhere underneath the right-hand bit of cumulo-nimbus. View attachment 133968

There's a town?

 

[nickyboy]

G'day cobbers

In Adelaide for a while. Went out.last night for a meal and, in the interests of the beer thread, I had a sharpener first

Big Shed Californicator. 7.4% of resinous, hoppy, citrus loveliness

Adelaide is riding the craft beer wave so hopefully more posts from the Land Down Under to come

 

[Aperitif]

'bearback' drinking! Nice glass too. Don't forget to ask about the rugby football results, Nicky.

 

[rich p]

Escaped to N France on the bike for a few days but nothing memorable beer-wise.
But, when in Dieppe, do as the Belgians do...
In a Dutch jersey

 

[rich p]

I bought a couple of these and got my son to test run it first. If it was too challenging he could have both. He txted me to say that it could be my gateway into lambic so I gave it a go.
Very interesting, not too sour with a kriek-ish hint. I'm still not entirely convinced about lambic in general, but this is a really good drop.
Have you tried it DP?

 

[smutchin]

Faro? Aka Builder's Gueuze? (dark brown with lots of sugar added)

 

[User169]

I bought a couple of these and got my son to test run it first. If it was too challenging he could have both. He txted me to say that it could be my gateway into lambic so I gave it a go.
Very interesting, not too sour with a kriek-ish hint. I'm still not entirely convinced about lambic in general, but this is a really good drop.
Have you tried it DP?
View attachment 134054

Faro's a geuze with a load of added sugar - it's for the children!