Harveys to reintroduce keg beers @wesbray http://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Drinks/Beer/Sussex-brewer-Harvey-s-brings-back-keg-beer I'm trying something, not new or different, but I thought I'd suck it and see. New threads with a brewery in the title, anyone with any gen, posts it in the appropriate thread or creates a new brewery thread. How does that sound?
Harvey's Best is usually pretty thin and weedy anyway so it probably wouldn't make a huge difference.
Oh well the attempt at making a separate thread for each brewery has gone for a Burton. Brewdog thread got merged with a similar one from last year on another forum.
Valiant effort sir. Wishing I had a bottle of Harvey's Prince of Denmark on this cold night. As it goes I've gone for a Burton too with an 1845.
I totally disagree with that. It's a lovely beer in good condition. Which it mostly is. I had a pint in a random Nicholson's pub on the Strand last month and it was pretty good. The next day I had it in Lewes, gravity-served and it was amazing. It's one of my marker beers. Ones that tell me my palate isn't changing. Harveys Best tastes like many Bitters did in the 1970's: quite bitter and full of character. While lots of other Bitters have become blander. Their fresh hop beer was even better. I was their as Harveys guest, I should add. And the beer was free, which obviously helps. Seeing their brewery was a dream come true. Living Britsh brewing history. No wonder the beer hasn't changed. I've blogged about my visit: http://barclayperkins.blogspot.nl/2016/10/london-goose-day-two.html http://barclayperkins.blogspot.nl/2016/10/london-goose-day-two-part-two.html
They've brought back keg in a tiny way. 95% of their output is cask. If you look on the second of the blogposts I linked to above, you can see a photo of their tiny kegger. It's so small, I didn't recognise what it was. I say that as someone with a weird fascination for kegging machines. Operating one is my only brewery experience. Other than the token throwing in of hops. Though the bastards at Liberty Station did have me stir the mash for an hour or two once. OK, it was probably closer to 5 minutes, but it was no fun. My 60th birthday today. Excuse my rambling. Need to order Thai food.
Was it The Wellington or the Coal Hole? I was surprised how well the beers were kept at both when I visited a years or so back.
I had a pint in a random Nicholson's pub on the Strand last month and it was pretty good. The next day I had it in Lewes, gravity-served and it was amazing.[/QUOTE] I've had pretty similar experiences with Harvey's, it's decent enough when I've had it in London, but top class in Kent or Sussex.
Fair enough but when I've had it in Lewes (gravity and pump) and London it was, relative to other cask bitters, pretty light and hoppy. I enjoyed it, but it never blew me away, but then again that's the subjectivity of taste for you. Granted, thin and weedy is a definite overstatement though.
It's one of my marker beers. Ones that tell me my palate isn't changing. Harveys Best tastes like many Bitters did in the 1970's: quite bitter and full of character. While lots of other Bitters have become blander. I would love to try their beers, especially this one and their imperial stout... I was waiting for this reply. I'd love to try their beers (I have little interest in modern beers now), especially this one and their imperial stout. Any idea how Harvey's Best tastes in a can (I don't go to pubs)?
