Fetch Real Ale Drinkers (FRAD)

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Ocelot Spleens Aug 2023 8:34am, 3 Aug 2023 37,746 posts	0 Ocelot Spleens Amazing! I haven't since 2013!
Nicholls595 Aug 2023 8:39am, 3 Aug 2023 30,748 posts	0 Nicholls595 I used to like a pint of very well kept Abbot in the Shepherd's Rest at Bagthorpe when Mini Nico was a toddler. So 2006/2007? Can't say I've had many since.
BaronessBL Aug 2023 8:39am, 3 Aug 2023 10,379 posts	0 BaronessBL As to whether it has to be a nationally available beer - no I don't think so. The guys that won the supreme champion award this year are from a brewery with 2 full time and 2 part time staff. One of the part timers thinks he'll probably have to become full time as a result of the win. I can't recall ever having had one of their beers before (but I don't keep a diligent record of such things!)
Ocelot Spleens Aug 2023 9:55am, 3 Aug 2023 37,747 posts	0 Ocelot Spleens My memory of Abbot is it being a bit darker and stronger back in the day. I would imagine they'll all be doing a bit more than FT, the winners always do well. It has just crossed my mind that the GBBF would be a good place to hold our football beer bet!
BaronessBL Aug 2023 10:36am, 3 Aug 2023 10,381 posts	0 BaronessBL It would be an excellent venue for that OS.
mr d Aug 2023 9:40pm, 3 Aug 2023 6,244 posts	0 mr d Had a couple of pints of the 2005/6 winner Crouch Vale brewers gold the other night and its still a great beer. In Ipswich there was a Greene King pub that sold excellent pints of IPA and Abbott. Walk half a mile and a non Greene King was selling undrinkable IPA.
BaronessBL Aug 2023 10:23pm, 3 Aug 2023 10,382 posts	0 BaronessBL Crouch Vale Brewers Gold is a real favourite of ours but a number of places that we could always rely on to get it have stopped stocking it because of the cost. Although the Fat Cat in Ipswich often has it and the pub that used to be called the Black Adder when Alan Brazil ran it but is now called something else (we still call it the Black Adder) has it from time to time too.
Hertford Tiger Aug 2023 8:09am, 4 Aug 2023 973 posts	0 Hertford Tiger Crouch vale gold is a regular at my local and always good. Thanks all for explaining the process.
Ocelot Spleens Aug 2023 9:53am, 5 Aug 2023 37,752 posts	0 Ocelot Spleens Currently in Lacock. Went to 2 Wadworth's pubs yesterday, avoided 6X ( as I drank a lot of it when I lived down here), had Amarillo and Horizon, not bad at all, The Red Lion is an excellent pub.
mr d Aug 2023 12:11am, 7 Aug 2023 6,245 posts	0 mr d Crouch Vale Brewers Gold is a real favourite of ours but a number of places that we could always rely on to get it have stopped stocking it because of the cost. Although the Fat Cat in Ipswich often has it and the pub that used to be called the Black Adder when Alan Brazil ran it but is now called something else (we still call it the Black Adder) has it from time to time too. Now called the Thomas Wolsey. Remember AB as landlord of the Black Adder!