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    These lists are always far easier to read than they are to compile but for what it's worth...

    Casks -
    Saltaire - Amarillo Gold
    Westerham - Grasshopper
    Nethergate - Lemon Head
    Burton Bridge - Damson Porter (the Dark One)
    Hawkshead - Lakeland Lager (the 5%'er and one to keep lager fans happy)

    Kegs -
    St Austell - Cornish Cream
    Sam Smiths - Sovereign Bitter

    Cider -
    Westons Raspberry Cider

    I've tried to vary it but seems it all came out a bit fruit heavy!

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    Hawkshead! An excellent choice, Sir!

    The Red is delicious (as is the lager!)

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    Casks:

    1. Sarah Hughes Ruby Mild
    2. Old Swan (Ma Pardoe's) Entire
    3. Hobson's Best Bitter
    4. Highgate Mild (loyalty to my home town)
    5. Batham's Bitter

    Keg: Flower's Bitter, Leffe Blond, Toohey's New

    Cider: No idea - Magner's?
    Waes hael!

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    This has taken a bit of thinking about but I’ve finally decided. Rather than go for the ‘I’ve got two pubs’ ploy like A&H I‘m going to have a ‘coming next’ board running above the bar with a similar styled beer ready to come on to each pump. Here are my selections

    Pump 1 - York, Centurions Ghost (Exmoor, Exmoor Beast)
    Pump 2 - Jennings, Snecklifter (Ringwood, Fortyniner)
    Pump 3 - Dark Star, Hophead (Brew Dog, Trashy Blond)
    Pump 4 - Thornbridge, Jaipur IPA (Hop Back, Summer Lightning)
    Pump 5 - Leeds, Midnight Bell (Elgood’s, Black Dog Mild)

    Keg would be Franziskaner and Delirium Tremens.

    I’m not a big cider drinker but often have a pint or a half as a palate cleanser after a session of dark beers. So I’m going for something that is going to sooth rather than shock the senses, Biddenden Bushels.

    For bottled stuff I’d go for a quartet of Belgians, Chimay Red, Duval, St Bernardus 12 and a Duchess De Bourgogne. There’d also be a Rouge Mocha Porter from the US.

    If I were to find a pub like this I’d be happy for life…. which probably wouldn’t last very long
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    I had to change my local because, for some strange reason ,I lost my taste for Hobsons Bitter and no other ale was available. Another pub close bye has Wye Valley, Butty Bach,HPA and Best Bitter. Yet another has Tribute and Doombar but the bar maids are an addded extra.
    My fantasy list would include anything free....but then I always have admitted to being a Phillistine as well as a freeloader.

    Errrm...whose round is it ?

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    Wow! Excluding the likes of Darkstar, Pictish, Millstone and oh so many favourites seems a treason-like act, but forced upon us by the dastardly Quinno. Trying to keep within the rules, I'll open up at lunchtime with...

    Pumps 1-5, no particular order

    Marble Pint
    Oakham Bishops Farewell
    Thornbridge Kipling (5.2%)
    O'Hanlon's Port Stout
    Everards Tiger

    Keg
    Brewdog 77 Lager (cask or keg, apparently)
    Other, dunno, Staropramen?

    Cider
    Brown Snout, maker unknown (I read it's also/equally the name of a cider apple, but am going with the taster given to me by an expert guv at Portsmouth's Florence).

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    Quote Originally Posted by Quinno View Post

    Five ales: of the five, one must be dark and one must be over 5%

    Couple of keg products: whatever you fancy

    Cider (one).
    Thornbridge - Kipling (5.2%)
    St Austell - Proper Job
    Badger - Golden Glory
    Kelham Island - Pale Rider
    Brooklyn Chocolate Stout

    Leffe blonde
    Stella Artois

    umm..Old Rosie

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    Ales:

    Ringwood - Old Thumper
    Sharps - Doom Bar
    Fullers - Hock (narrowly beats Rudgate Ruby Mild to my 1 allocated mild pump)
    Twickenham - Naked Ladies
    Oakham - JHB

    Keg:
    Veltins
    Meantime Wheat Beer

    Cider:
    I don't know the first thing about cider and avoid it like the plague. Someone would have to choose for me!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Quinno View Post
    Pump 1: Orkney Red MacGregor
    Pump 2: Thornbridge Kipling
    Pump 3: St Austell Tribute
    Pump 4: Dark Star - (I'll take whatever they offer!)
    Pump 5: Sarah Hughes Ruby Mild

    (so many I had to miss out like Butts Barbus Barbus and West Berks Maggs Mild to name but two!)

    This list is subject to change, especially as there are a number of beers I've had only the occasional pint of and want to try them more often so I can get a full appreciation of their merits (Marble, Brewdog, Purple Moose).
    Well what a difference a couple of years makes!

    These days I'd definitely want to include a Windsor & Eton brew - the Conqueror Black IPA (the 1075 version if I could get my paws on it) would replace Sarah Hughes; W&E are, for my money, the best brewery in Berkshire now despite some stiff compeitition (not something anyone would have thought a few years back!!). Saltaire Elderflower I had at the West Riding Licensed Refreshment Rooms was fantastic, so that's in too but I don't want to drop the Tribute as that's a good 'standard' bitter and I'll have top-heavy selection of light, hoppy/zesty beers. I've also had some excellent ales from Ascot (Aardvark especially), Binghams (their stouts are wonderful), Redemption (Big Chief and Hopspur) and Kernel; these are just off the top of my head too. Hawkshead and Marble just keep churning out fantastic beers, I've never had a Hawkshead that's been less than fantastic.
    Last edited by Quinno; 10-06-2012 at 13:53.

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    What a good thread, pointed here by Millay earlier today and just having read the earlier posts its dawned on me how difficult this is going to be.Anyway this is what I reckon at the moment,probably have second thoughts as soon as I post.
    Pump 1 Dark Star Hophead.
    Pump 2 Dark Star American Pale Ale.
    Pump 3 Thornbridge Jaipur I.P.A.
    Pump 4 Timothy Taylors Ramtam.
    Pump 5 Moorhouse Black Cat Mild.

    Keg
    Meantime London Lager

    Cider
    Kenny Cramps Double Vision
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