Comments on: Some words on quality

By: Bailey

Bailey — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:25:37 +0000

Bottled ESB always impresses me — at its best, it’s hard to believe it’s not bottle conditioned. Gentle carbonation is one part of its appeal, I guess. There’s no fizz.

By: The Beer Nut

The Beer Nut — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:49:56 +0000

I had a Chiswick bitter and a Fuller’s Festival for the first time yesterday and thought both were ditchwater-dull. Most every other Fuller’s beer I’ve had I’ve thoroughly enjoyed, with the exception of Old Winter.

I still have a lot of respect for what Fuller’s do. I get the impression they still care about the beer.

By: Alan

Alan — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:27:12 +0000

We get the Fuller’s vintage, too, now that I think of it. Around $6.50 CND for the box and bottle, which is about half a Jackie Brown and less than half the costs of a regular lager pint in Norway.

By: knutalbert

knutalbert — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 12:01:21 +0000

£6.50 is dirt cheap. You’d be lucky to find a pint of lager over here for that price.
Anyway, I’m off to Riga next week, where I have a feeling the prices are more moderate…

By: Stonch

Stonch — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:51:08 +0000

I too have had problems with Mikkeller although the jury is still out. The problem is that they’re so expensive here, you can’t get used to them. A 500ml bottle of Jackie Brown is £6.50 at this week’s London Drinker festival!

By: David Løite

David Løite — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:36:06 +0000

Hear, hear.

Mikkeller is very overrated, I think. I’ve tried a few and none of them are close to being balanced. Even the Struise one!

By: Ron Pattinson

Ron Pattinson — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 20:18:47 +0000

I’d take Fuller’s over Mikkeller. Well, if it was Porter or 1845 - two exceptional beers. The two Mikkeller beers I’ve had - Beer Geek Breakfast and Jackie Brown - were car crashes. Pretty close to undrinkable. The flavours were far too intense to be any fun.

By: Alan

Alan — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:08:08 +0000

We have two Fuller beers at “the government store” as standard imports in cans for 2.50 CND and they are exceptional value - London Pride and Porter. No one said that extreme beer has to be a long standing trend or even, at the end of the day, very interesting at all once you have tried a few. Beer is bread for the most part and the workhorses of the fine brewing world need recognition for what they are.