A little on beers, ciders, perries, etc.

When not on-line or reading we might, on occasion, sample a drop of the old oh be joyful: here are a few pints we have especially enjoyed.

Draught Beers

• Fuller's ESB (Fuller, Smith and Turner PLC, Chiswick, London)
• Brakspear's Special (W H Brakspear & Sons PLC, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire)
• Gale's HSB (George Gale & Co. Ltd., Horndean, Hampshire)
• Rebellion IPA (Rebellion Beer Company, Marlow, Buckinghamshire)
• Old Luxters Barn Ale (Old Luxters Farm Brewery, Hambleden, Oxfordshire)
• Tring Ridgeway (The Tring Brewery Company Ltd., Tring, Hertfordshire)
• Marston's Pedigree (Marston, Thompson & Evershed PLC, Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire)
• Hall and Woodhouse Tanglefoot (Hall & Woodhouse Ltd., Blandford Forum, Dorset)
• Timothy Taylor's Landlord (Timothy Taylor & Co. Ltd., Keighley, West Yorkshire)
• Hook Norton (The Hook Norton Brewery Co. Ltd., Hook Norton, Oxfordshire)
• Spingo, Blue Anchor, Helston. (Blue Anchor, Helston, Cornwall)
• Traquair House Jacobite (Traquair House Brewery, Innerleithen, Peeblesshire)
• Orkney Raven Ale (The Orkney Brewery, Quoyloo, Orkney)

Bottled Beers

• Chimay Red (Forges, Belgium)
• Hoegaarden White (Hoegaarden, Belgium)
• Budweiser Budvar (Ceské Budejovice, Czechoslovakia)
• Pilsner Urquell (Plzen [Pilsen], Czechoslovakia)
• Jenlain (Jenlain, France)
• Courage Director's (Bristol, Avon)
• Shepherd Neame Spitfire (Faversham, Kent)

Ciders

• Dunkerton's Kingston Black (Pembridge, Herefordshire)

Perries

• Poiré de Normandie Bayeux (Normandy)
• Dunkerton's Dry Perry (Leominster, Herefordshire)

Other

• The Macallan - 18 years old (single Highland malt scotch whisky)
• Lagavulin - 16 years old (single Islay malt whisky)
• Laphroaig - 10 years old (single Islay malt scotch whisky)

Off-licences (and similar)

• The Grape and Grain, 84 Broad Street, Chesham - A marvellous selection of bottled beers. Plus a selection of ciders (some French), and a French perry (which is warmly recommended (see above)). The wine selection looks good too.

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