Fantasy beer line-up

[Quinno]

Come across this thread again after discussing favourite beers with a work colleague. I think I might update this once a year to log how my tastes change (seeing as I never get round to doing BOTW regularly!). I think I’ll pinch the idea of having a ‘now and next’ section.

Let's call this the 2013 list

Pump 1 (dark): Hobsons Mild followed by Hawkshead Brodies Prime
Pump 2 (standard bitter): Bathams Bitter followed by Wye Valley Butty Bach
Pump 3 (hoppy): Dark Star American Pale Ale followed by Hawkshead Windermere Pale
Pump 4 (hefty): Windsor & Eton Conqueror 1075 followed by Dark Star Revelation
Pump 5 (speciality): Hawkshead Red followed by Saltaire Elderflower

On order (yes I’m cheating): Binghams Vanilla Stout, Redemption Big Chief, Magic Rock, Marble Pint, Purple Moose Dark Side of the Moose, Butts Barbus Barbus, Orkney Red McGregor, Twickenham Naked Ladies, Ascot Aardvark, Dorothy Goodbodys Wholesome Stout, Titanic Plum Porter....I had Old Tom on cask during a Spoons festival a few years back so can I order that too???

I wouldn’t want Thornbridge anymore except perhaps Saint Petersburg, their beer tastes like soft water soap suds now. Sarah Hughes isn’t as tasty as it was IMO. Brewdog no longer cask and Kernel only do very limited runs so I wouldn’t count them either.

Probably missed a couple as usual...

[Mobyduck]

OK,for 2013,
Pump 1 (dark) Titanic Stout followed by East London Brewery Quadrant Stout
Pump 2 (standard Bitter) Bowman Quiver followed by Twickenham Naked Ladies
Pump 3 (hoppy) Darkstar American Pale Ale followed Whitehorse Village Idiot
Pump 4 (hefty) Darkstar Critical Mass followed by Magic Rock Dark Arts
Pump 5 (specialty) Darkstar Greenhopped IPA followed by Bowman Elderado

[Bucking Fastard]

Completely missed this thread before,it a goodie.

My 2013 selection for the five handpumps would cover a range of styles

Pump 1 (Mild) Mighty Oak Oscar Wilde
Pump 2 (Session Bitter) Bathams Bitter
Pump 3 (Strong IPA) Marble Lagonda IPA
Pump 4 (Porter) Red Squirrel London Porter
Pump 5 (Stout) Titanic Chocolate and Vanilla Stout

That's pretty close to beer heaven.

No place for some cracking brews in that line up,I will just have to open a second boozer

[oldboots]

A Yorkshire selection


Pump 1 Timothy Taylor Golden Best
Pump 2 Ilkley Mary Jane
Pump 3 Kirkstall Dissolution IPA
Pump 4 Elland 1872 Porter
Pump 5 Black Sheep Russian Imperial Stout

[Oggwyn Trench]

After a bit of thought my fantasy pub has gone Locale

Pump 1 (Mild) Hobsons - Mild
Pump 2 (Stout) Ironbridge - Wenlock Oak Aged Stout
Pump 3 (Golden) Salopian - Oracle
Pump 4 (Strong IPA) Clun - Citadel
Pump 5 (Bitter) Wood - Shropshire Lad

[sheffield hatter]

It's so difficult to limit it to just five, but here goes:

Harveys Sussex Best
Hobsons Mild
Williams Brothers Ebulum
Batemans XB
Boddingtons Bitter (well, this is a fantasy bar - in my fantasy someone manages to go back in time and recreate the original Boddies twang: a beer to die for)

[Wittenden]

Kent and East Sussex
Pump 1: mild/old.Harvey's Sussex xxxx old ale
Pump 2: session. Larkin's Traditional
Pump 3:lightweight pale'n'hoppy.Canterbury Brewers LocoIPA
Pump 4: porter.Larkin's Porter
Pump 5:heavyweight: Gadd's no 3

but there are more...

[aleandhearty]

Pump 1 (MILD) St Austell - Black Prince.
Pump 2 (Session Bitter) Acorn - Yorkshire Pride.
Pump 3 (Strong IPA) Kirkstall - Dissolution IPA.
Pump 4 (Heavyweight) Elland - 1872.
Pump 5 (Red Ale) Rat - Red Rat.

[Mobyduck]

OK,for 2013,
Pump 1 (dark) Titanic Stout followed by East London Brewery Quadrant Stout
Pump 2 (standard Bitter) Bowman Quiver followed by Twickenham Naked Ladies
Pump 3 (hoppy) Darkstar American Pale Ale followed Whitehorse Village Idiot
Pump 4 (hefty) Darkstar Critical Mass followed by Magic Rock Dark Arts
Pump 5 (specialty) Darkstar Greenhopped IPA followed by Bowman Elderado

Thought I would revive Quinnos thread to see if much has changed in nearly the four years since I posted the above list.

Pump 1 (Dark) Siren Broken Dream followed by Saltaire Triple Chocoholic
Pump 2 ( Standard Bitter, I tend not to drink this anymore but if I had to) Salopian Darwin's Origin followed by Fullers Jack Frost
pump 3 (Hoppy/citrus) Oakham Citra followed by Adnams Mosaic
Pump 4( Stronger) Thornbridge Kipling followed by Marble Lagonda IPA
Pump 5 ( speciality) Red Cat Kiaros followed by Darkstar Greenhopped IPA

[london calling]

Sessionable beers that I have enjoyed regularly this year
pump I West Berks -maggs magnificent mild
pump 2 Dark Star -hophead
pump 3 -Thornbridge -Jaipur
pump 4 Big Smoke -underworld porter
pump 5 Binghams -vanilla stout