Jubilee beer thread

[Old Blue]

Thwaites' Fine Reign wasn't bad at all

[Millay]

Just having a pint of Hook Norton Hooky Diamond Reserve. Apparently it is a rebrew (?) of the beer they brewed for the silver jubilee. It has a strong taste to it similar to the Abbot Reserve but comes in at just 6%. Strong but managable, a sipping beer more than a quaffing one

[Quinno]

I usually avoid anything named after something topical, I tend to assume it's being used to hide a boring brown beer I've already had.

You and me both, so the only two Jubilee beers I've had have been guaranteed new brews of quality - Windsor & Etons Treetops (Stout) and Kohinoor ("A classic Indies Pale Ale, using Imperial Malt, Chinook, Simcoe and Pacific Jade hops"). Bother were fantastic, the Treetops especially so when they bunged a few bottles of Irish whiskey in it especially for the Egham USC beer fest

[aleandhearty]

Only managed two in the end, the imaginatively named Jubilee Bitter from Brown Cow (pretty forgettable) and Kohinoor from Windsor & Eton. Like Quinno, I was very impressed and thought it was lovely stuff.

[ROBCamra]

We were out of the country for the whole shebang.

Only jubilee beer tried was Marston's Celebration Ale and that was pretty poor.

During the Silver jubilee 4 of us were driving around in a mini with the Pistols God Save The Queen blasting out.

It was much easier (and safer) to leave the country this time.

[RogerB]

A sudden spurt of jubilee activity meant I ended up doing Jubilee ales from Shepherd Neame, WJ King, Greene King, Youngs, Wadworth, Cottage, Marston, Nelson and Fullers. Much of a muchness across the board but I have to say the Cottage one wasn't bad but then if you churn out 5 milion different beers a month, you'll get the occasional one right.

[Alesonly]

Only had one Jubilee Ale that I can remember was good and that was the Weltons Elizabeth the 2nd the rest were nothing outstanding.

[rpadam]

Harvey's Elizabethan Ale (5.0% in draught form, rather than the 7.5% bottled version) is on good form at the village club...

[Thuck Phat]

Titanic Rule Britannia at 4.2% (if I remember correctly) at the Anglers in Saxilby. Very good and flew down.