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16 years 10 months ago #13

[quote:1ykhl5bp]You could also throw Headless Dog into the mix.[/quote:1ykhl5bp]

Its more of a pale ale from what Owen (and the back of the bottle) says. I would chance Titanic Quarter in there though. Nice and spicy so it is

16 years 10 months ago #14

"Session":3ucajmki wrote: Its more of a pale ale[/quote:3ucajmki]Well that's the rub, isn't it? "Irish Red" is just pale ale made badly. Malty Bitches is a red Irish beer indistinguishable from good English bitter; Bass is an English bitter (though brewed in Scotland these days) of sufficiently low quality to pass as the same genre as Smithwick's.

16 years 10 months ago #15

[quote:25hdpbn1]Well that's the rub, isn't it? "Irish Red" is just pale ale made badly.[/quote:25hdpbn1]
':o' I quite like Headless Dog.':shock:'

16 years 10 months ago #16

I wasn't commenting on the quality of Headless Dog. Just that I don't think there's any point in saying British pale ale and Irish red ale are different styles of beer.

16 years 10 months ago #17

That in itself would make an interesting blind tasting! For obvious reasons they would all have to be in bottles and the Bull would be the perfect location.

The question posed could be Irish Red or British Pale. Or indeed Irish Pale or British Red.

(Please Note, no gauntlet has been thrown down in the course of this discourse)

16 years 10 months ago #18

I'm trying to think of British pale ales which are sufficiently weak to make this worthwhile. Landlord, Chiswick, M&S Smithfield, John Smith's Extra Smooth, Bass -- that sort of standard -- against Macardles, Smithwick's, O'Hara's, Kilkenny.
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