Beer Review Thread - Beyond Tiki

TW Trader Woody Member Tiki Manor, Forest of Bowland,UK Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 2301	TW Trader Woody Posted posted on Thu, Apr 1, 2004 4:17 PM On 2004-03-31 19:04, martiki wrote: Also the two breweries of Masham in the north make beautiful beers, even if they seem to be at some kind of war. Theakston’s Old Peculiar is an amazingly complex brew. And right across town, Black Sheep Brewery makes the wonderful Riggwelter. Both now available in the US! Touring both the breweries one day made for a wonderful afternoon. Ah, my old boss was telling me about the 'war' between these two breweries just a few weeks ago. One of the members of the Theakston's brewing family got so pissed off with the way things were being run that he went off and opened up a rival. I hadn't realised they were both based in the same town! I've moved up to Lancashire, which isn't too far away from Masham, so I'll have to take the brewery trips sometime. Both Theakstons & Black Sheep feature strongly in pubs across the border in Yorkshire, and both brew fine beers. Having a new area to explore has meant a completely new set of brewers supplying the ales. My nearest are based in Blackburn - Thwaites & Three Bees. Thwaites brews rather ordinary bitter, but their Lancaster Bomber (4.4%) is a fine, rich beer. On the other hand, I had a pint of '3B's Stokers Slake' yesterday, a very dark mild and it was so bad that I took it back, thing it might be off. The landlord tasted it and pronounced 'that was the way it should taste'. I couldn't finish it, so it really was one of the worst pints I've ever had. Luckily the pub next door did Tetley Bitter & John Smiths at the equivalant of $1.80 a pint. Both from large brewers, but are dependable session ales. Anyway Martiki, your idea of exploring the UK using a CAMRA guide to lead you to new areas is a damn fine one! Trader Woody

On 2004-03-31 19:04, martiki wrote:
Also the two breweries of Masham in the north make beautiful beers, even if they seem to be at some kind of war. Theakston’s Old Peculiar is an amazingly complex brew. And right across town, Black Sheep Brewery makes the wonderful Riggwelter. Both now available in the US! Touring both the breweries one day made for a wonderful afternoon.

Ah, my old boss was telling me about the 'war' between these two breweries just a few weeks ago. One of the members of the Theakston's brewing family got so pissed off with the way things were being run that he went off and opened up a rival. I hadn't realised they were both based in the same town! I've moved up to Lancashire, which isn't too far away from Masham, so I'll have to take the brewery trips sometime. Both Theakstons & Black Sheep feature strongly in pubs across the border in Yorkshire, and both brew fine beers.

Having a new area to explore has meant a completely new set of brewers supplying the ales. My nearest are based in Blackburn - Thwaites & Three Bees. Thwaites brews rather ordinary bitter, but their Lancaster Bomber (4.4%) is a fine, rich beer. On the other hand, I had a pint of '3B's Stokers Slake' yesterday, a very dark mild and it was so bad that I took it back, thing it might be off. The landlord tasted it and pronounced 'that was the way it should taste'. I couldn't finish it, so it really was one of the worst pints I've ever had. Luckily the pub next door did Tetley Bitter & John Smiths at the equivalant of $1.80 a pint. Both from large brewers, but are dependable session ales.

Anyway Martiki, your idea of exploring the UK using a CAMRA guide to lead you to new areas is a damn fine one!

Trader Woody

Post #84087 by Trader Woody on Thu, Apr 1, 2004 4:17 PM