[Closed] REAL ALE -Who else likes talking about real ale after a hard ride?

rupert.......i reckon you are a lager drinker. 😆

relax and savor a lovely real ale does wonders for me too.
I do frequent the real ale festivals and find some wonderful variety's at these events.i thoroughly recommend this if you have not yet had the experience.

discussing/imbibing ale is good at any time I find...

and fairhurst is deffo a lager man....... 😆

rupert is a lager shandy drinker without a doubt....

After a hard ride in the saddle I like nothing better than to sit in a nice real ale pub and [s]talk about[/s]DRINK the different varietys! Marvelous

[i]rupert is a lager shandy drinker[/i]

tipple of choice for trolls, that one 🙂

One of the lads is a real ale [s]bore[/s] buff and it's inevitable we have to discuss Gruntthuttock's Old Well Dredger at some point during the evening.

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that one for the iPhone users binners?

One of my most enjoyable pints ever had to be a pint of Windermere Pale at the Hawkshead brewery at Staveley after a trip round Kentmere....Superb!

Usual post ride drink is Moorhouse Blonde Witch.

Beer is for consumption, there is a whole world of other stuff to talk sh1t about.

Hogs Back Brewery - T.E.A., Hop Garden Gold
Shere Brewery, Ranmore Ale and Shere Drop

Also had a few excellent local brew whilst in Peak District a few weeks ago

It may look slightly different from on my 27" Cinema display, aye.

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well i do love a nice shandy on a hot summers day,so refreshing mmm gorgeous hun.

Dependant on season/weather, mood, required hydration levels and whats on the bar, i can be found enjoying Lager, guiness, real ale or cider. All is good post ride.

I'm liking Copper Dragon golden pippin at the moment though. well not now i'm at work........

I vist here after a ride......and enjoy a pint or two of Hop Head.

http://www.micropub.co.uk/

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So, who is he then?
Binners???

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Real ale? Crikey yes!

Hopback Summer Lightning if you have to ask...

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But of course, nothing better than a good thrashing on the south downs followed by a pint of Harveys Best.

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I had the second from the left the other day, very tasty.

Ahhh, descending off the Downs in summer to Lewes and then getting carried away on Harveys. Wonderful. Must do it again soon.

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i would love one now!

Once went to a real ale festival in at the Queens hall in leeds many moons ago,full beardies with there flaggons on there belts,and people just randomly throwing up on the floor ,with some poor bloke walking arond the hall,with a tin bucket full of sawdust to cover the spew puddles.

Shouldn't the above be on the Roman Catholic Priests thread...?

I will be in Dent tonight sampling their finest ales in a post ride stylee. A bit of Kamikaze and some Aviator would be nice

RIDE BIKES - DRINK BEER - EAT CAKE
seen us lot right for 20 years

Theres a really good pub in Ramsbottom. big, bottom of the hill.... whats it called?

Not really into talking about beer. Even more bollocks can be talked about beer than about bikes.

Drinking it on the other had I can do all night*.

*Well until I fell asleep anyway.

I like talking bollocks and drinking beer after a good ride!! Harvey's Best in my local :-))

Beer at the end of a ride is lovely, one of the real pleasures of long distance XC for me is having a well earned local real ale you wouldn't see at home. That said I am tending more and more towards craft beer rather than real ale if theres a choice but you don't find many rural pubs packing the likes of Mikkeller 🙂

http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/tempest-cresta-black/166319/

Heres a Beer named after the brewer's favourite run at inners...apparently its made by brewing up energy bars! (no seriously)

Surely there is no more fitting post ride pint?

tpbiker - Member
> http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/tempest-cresta-black/166319/

Heres a Beer named after the brewer's favourite run at inners...apparently its made by brewing up energy bars! (no seriously)

Surely there is no more fitting [b]mid[/b] ride pint?

TIFIFY

I've gone off most real ale unless I'm only having the one pint, its too heavy for a proper drinking session and I get sick of the flavour after a few! Cheap cold lager for me especially after a ride 😮

I know it goes against the STW attitude but. Each to their own.

rewski
But of course, nothing better than a good thrashing on the south downs followed by a pint of Harveys Best.

The post ride beer in Dent last night was superb.
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Theres a really good pub in Ramsbottom. big, bottom of the hill.... whats it called?

That'll be the [url= http://www.irwellworksbrewery.co.uk/ ]Irwell works brewery[/url]

The regular start and finish point for the imaginatively titled Ramsbottom Brewery rides

A good friend works at Tring Brewery, which when I lived in Tring was conveniently 200m down the road.

Very good ales too and some great specials - particular fan of [url= http://www.tringbrewery.co.uk/PermanentandSeasonal.html ]Sidepocket for a Toad[/url].

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Ah- that looks nice, no I meant this place: http://www.hareandhoundsbury.com/

One of the great thing about the South Downs is that there seems to be a village with a pub at the bottom of every descent

Or ride the North Downs/Surrey Hills and go to Coldharbour for their beer or the Surrey Hills Brewery for theirs.

Or ride the North Downs/Surrey Hills and go to Coldharbour for their beer or the Surrey Hills Brewery for theirs.

We have a winner.

Been doing a after work summer Friday beer bike ride now for the last 4 years.

Each rider has a chance to plot a route, only two rules, must contain some off road and the Pub must serve Real Ale, seems to work.

Started with 4 riders, now we have a group of 8-12 turn out every week, group split 50/50 between real ale drinkers and bikers quite a odd mix, but it works really well.

Great way of finding good local singletracks and some decent beer gardens 😉

We had a few post ride pints in there last night Hora. Tis indeed a good boozer

Theres the nice-beamed bit as well. That'd be good for a suspended ****swing.

For those fortunate enough to live in the North West, you'll be pleased to know that Patsy Slevin (of Prospect Brewery) is soon to open a pub near Wigan.

Which is conveniently cyclable from home 😀

Patsy being interviewed by Oz Clarke and James May:

Oh, and I shall be attending the opening night of a local beer festival tonight. 100 beers to get through before Monday....

Im saying nothing !

Where? Wigan¿ have you moved from Manxville?

Me.

And for the ultimate pre/ mid/ post ride pint... http://singletrackmag.com/forum/topic/2011-real-ale-wobble-llanwrytd-role-call

Thanks - mine's an Adnams Broadside.