The Ale Archive

I love Ringwood's Best  Bitter and had high hopes of this. It didn't disappoint either.  Full bodied and not unlike Abbot Ale. Weighs in at 5.1% so go easy!

At Wetherspoons at Brighton Marina. Nice and light at 3.9% but a bit too hoppy for me.

Owned by, and brewed at Fullers in Chiswick, but travelled well to the First and Last Inn when were were there in July 2013.

Tap, rather than draught and so a bit gassy but still drinkable. Had this more than once whilst up in Scotland when draught was sometimes harder to come by. This was in Aberdeen in May. Probably!

A tasty ale from the Jennings brewery in Cockermouth. Their Bitter is very drinkable too and occasionally appears in Lidl for around a quid a time. This was in Bowness –on- Windermere in May 2012.

Moreton-in-Marsh, February 2013. A good easy drinking pint, even more so given that it was a quid cheaper than what we usually pay at home!

Another favourite but at 5% quite potent and with me being  a lightweight I don’t indulge often. This beer from the Suffolk based brewery clearly travelled well as it tasted fine at a Wetherspoons in Edinburgh in May 2012