A hit list of beers to seek out at the Great British Beer Festival...
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Although the 'more than 800 beers' on offer includes bottles and ciders, they don't call the Great British Beer Festival the world's biggest pub for nothing; it is a primarily a festival of cask beers. Sprint on down to Olympia and get your laughing gear round some of the best brews from around the UK.
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Well, I wouldn't drink anything brewed by Morrissey-Fox... They were trying to challenge the 'Hoegaarden' market, and had a blind tasting [shown on TV] during which a taster sussed they were going for the 'poncy blonde beer served in a flowerpot at £5 a throw' clientele - whereupon Morrssey launched into a tirade of abuse against the [knowledgeable] taster who'd rumbled their game.
I won't drink Bateman's out of principle either - not since they did a commemorative 'Iron Lady' Ale a couple of years ago.
Frankly, if you know what to look for, the supermarkets have some absolutely top notch Real Ales - Badger's Champion Ale, Hook Norton Old Hooky, Butcombe Ale...
Beers Festivals aren't all they're cracked up to be - badly transported beers poorly kept... served warm, turbid & unsettled, oxidized & refermented [ripe for gutrot and nausea] that bear no relation whatsoever to those same beers drunk under normal pub or bottle conditions.
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