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Anyone know where I can buy badgers hopping hare in Swindon (bottles)? Need to take some to Sweden in Aug and have never even heard of it before.
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« Reply #1 on: Wednesday, July 18, 2012, 14:13:11 » |
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« Reply #2 on: Wednesday, July 18, 2012, 14:26:54 » |
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Bought some at Aldi about three weeks ago as well.
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« Reply #3 on: Wednesday, July 18, 2012, 16:34:53 » |
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Great, my little brother said he's seen it in tesco before so fingers crossed.
This guys about to have a baby, loves british beer so I want wet the baby's head. Any suggestions for other good beers, he's really into IPA's
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« Reply #4 on: Wednesday, July 18, 2012, 16:42:21 » |
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St Austell Proper Job is a lovely bottle conditioned IPA, Fuller's Bengal Lancer is also well worth trying. Another personal favourite is Bristol Beer Factory's Southville Hop but there's not much chance of getting that in Swindon.
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« Reply #5 on: Wednesday, July 18, 2012, 17:00:19 » |
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Hopping Hare is lovely (if you're a fan of IPA style beers) and, thankfully, it's everywhere. Go to your local Tesco, for example, and I guarantee you'll find it. And then buy lots.
Some CAMRA purists can be a bit sniffy about Badger beers - but only, I suspect, because they're popular and accessible.
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« Reply #6 on: Wednesday, July 18, 2012, 17:12:07 » |
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Aldi do a box of badger beers every so often, pick up a box of 12 for around £15. This years offering had 3x tanglefoot 3x hopping hare 3x first gold 3x blandford flyer, went down a treat.
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« Reply #9 on: Wednesday, July 18, 2012, 19:53:02 » |
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Not really into beers as i like my lager (Skinners). I know there are some light, refreshing ales out there but can anyone suggest any that would be worth sampling? A half-way compromise between lager and ale would be ideal.
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« Reply #10 on: Wednesday, July 18, 2012, 19:55:45 » |
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Not really into beers as i like my lager (Skinners). I know there are some light, refreshing ales out there but can anyone suggest any that would be worth sampling? A half-way compromise between lager and ale would be ideal.
Try Horizon by Wadworths - pale gold, bitter with a citrus aroma and aftertaste. Works well in bottles and is best chilled. |
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« Reply #11 on: Wednesday, July 18, 2012, 20:21:10 » |
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Moles brewery at Melksham do some great ales and have an on line shop with resonable prices. www.molesbrewery.com |
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« Reply #12 on: Wednesday, July 18, 2012, 21:01:50 » |
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Thornbridge brewery do some of the most exciting beers in Britain. Not like Brewdog's Daily Mail baiting 10 and 20% monsters - these are really crisp, clean sophisticated pints - Wild Swan is a really good low-percentage 3.7% beauty. Kipling is the 5.2 one and has a wonderful tropical fruit flavour - get both in Waitrose.
Jaipur is their IPA, it's a bit more US in style - aggressively hopped - but is is fantastic. 7 something % though.
Bristol Beer Factory is a good shout - Southville Hop is very good, Milk Stout is great.
There are IPA/lager crossovers - Caesar Augustus - Alloa (Sainsbury's) is a deliberate attempt to blend one but it is a bit average. Wooden Hand - Cornwall (Tesco) do a craft lager but it ain't great (I don't really like lager anyway).
To be honest Badger stuff is too sweet for me, it's flavoured, over-scented beer. A good way to start but once the palate gets used to it, you'll move on.
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« Reply #13 on: Wednesday, July 18, 2012, 21:13:07 » |
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Anyone know where I can buy badgers hopping hare in Swindon (bottles)? Need to take some to Sweden in Aug and have never even heard of it before.
It's lovely stuff - I buy it regularly in Tesco's in Hertford, so I assume you can get it in Tesco's anywhere ? |
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« Reply #14 on: Wednesday, July 18, 2012, 21:16:36 » |
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Great, my little brother said he's seen it in tesco before so fingers crossed.
This guys about to have a baby, loves british beer so I want wet the baby's head. Any suggestions for other good beers, he's really into IPA's
If you like Hopping Hare as much as I do, then you will like the even better Crouch Vale Amarilo - also available in Hertford Tesco - but it could just be Tesco trying to look local, so maybe not down in Tesco bumpkinshire |
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