Exploring England #11
As I’ve mentioned before, my husband is passionate about beer. He brews his own at home and enjoys sampling local beers when we travel. It’s easy to imagine how excited he was when he discovered there are 1,424 breweries in England. In a country of 130,395 km² that’s one brewery for every 91 km². He was a happy traveller!
He enjoyed visiting quaint local pubs, tasting new beers and posting his photos and reviews on Facebook.
Often, he chose a beer purely for its name.
We wondered if the brewers had a particular person in mind when they came up with these humorous labels.
Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Names
In case you’re wondering, here are my husband’s thoughts on these three beers.
Coniston Brewing Co. Old Man Ale – 4.8% Ruby red ale with a mild hop taste. Smooth drinking. Just the drink for the old men out there prior to their afternoon nap
York Brewery Guzzler – very nice, tasty and light. A refreshing easy-to-drink brew
Skinner’s Ginger Tosser – Just couldn’t go past the label. It reminds me of someone I know. You can taste the ginger mid-palate and honey on the back of the tongue. Ginger aftertaste. 3.8% lowest brew yet.
Great! Mr ET should write a book!
I kept telling him to start an Instagram page with all his beer photos and reviews, but he didn’t.
I love the review for Old Man Ale! Funny. 🤣
Apparently it was a good brew!
1,400 breweries times how many glasses of beer???
Only one beer and sadly he didn’t make it to every brewery. We will just have to make another trip.
Good plan! 😜😜
Everyone a good brew it seems! I like the sound of Ginger Tosser.
We thought that one was particularly amusing.
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Sounds like your husband would get along famously with mine! 🙂
Beer lovers united!
Absolutely!
I am guessing your husband knows about CAMRA, the Campaign For Real Ale, but just in case, it’s streamline is “Campaigning for real ale, pubs & drinkers’ rights since 1971”. I don’t drink, so I can’t say much about it beyond that it was a revolt against the artificial production methods of the few breweries that existed then.
He might. I don’t know if it exists in Australia. I’ll ask him.
I like trying different beers too, we both do, and always make a point of seeking out the local ones wherever we go. Of these, I only know Coniston Brewery though I’m not sure I’ve tried Old Man. That would be much more suitable for John anyway!
Mr ET tries the beers and I sample the ciders. Perfect match!
I knew you and I would get along, but now I know I’d love your hubby as well. 🙂 We went to two SC breweries this week – Liberty Brewery & Grill, Myrtle Beach, and Quigley’s Pie and Plate, Pawley’s Island. At Quigley’s I had the absolute best peach ale ever. It was so good we went back another day. 🙂 Of course, the pecan pie with the home made cinnamon whipped cream might have drawn us as well. 🙂
He would have the ale and I would have the pie…it’s a perfect match!
We have a lot of funny labels on beer in Denmark also, and hubby just has to try them all 🙂
Mr ET would love to join him!
Terrific fun finding local brews. Love the quirky labels and names.
Peta
It was fun and the bonus for me is that I had a nice cider or a hot chocolate.
I also like beer but I don’t drink it often these days. In Sweden small local breweries are very popular.
If Mr ET finds out, we’ll be off to Sweden next! 🙂
Oh dear! I hope the ginger tosser doesn’t read this 🙂 🙂 Sounds very nice though.
If he’s a tosser, he will probably think it’s a compliment. 🙂
My sons are into their ‘Real Ale’ must say I prefer wine. Or gin. Although I do like a decent lager occasionally when it is hot, or alcoholic ginger beer is nice. The ginger tosser made me laugh! Sort of thing you probably find in Australia… 😀
Ha! Ginger tossers are probably found everywhere, Jude. My favourite is Bundaberg ginger beer. It’s not alcoholic, but it has a great ginger kick. We even saw some in a shop in Dorset.
Pour me a glass of each of these names!
I’ll make room for you at the bar!
I can’t really drink a lot of beer but I must say that I do often choose beers based on the name! 😛
We do that too.
Great names for these beers. Here we also have many small or microbreweries so there are many to try. Thanks for another interesting post
Mr ET would love to come and try them all!
I see another trip to the United States in your near future.
We would love to travel to the US but it won’t be this year.
Whenever you get here, I am sure there will many microbreweries to visit and sample. Besides Hawaii, where have you been in the US?
We’ve only been to Hawaii so far.
There is so much to see here. Great variety, like you have in Australia. Maybe next year.
And the same size as Australia, which means we’ll have to come more than once!
Definitely more than once! Like Australia, takes many trips to see everything.
Love it!! We have some great named beers! I’m glad you had fun trying
It’s a great reason to go exploring. 😀
If I liked beer, I would definitely be tempted by all the names and have to try them! There is a small brewery near us and they have the most wonderful names for their beers – Side Pocket for a Toad is my favourite name and I often wonder how they came up with it.
Mr ET will have to visit next time we’re over!
That sounds like a good plan!
Did he try any cider?
No, I’m the cider drinker and I did have several very good ones. 🙂
One of my favorite parts of the craft brew scene is the diverse branding that has become a major part of it. The names and bottles can make all the difference when someone is trying a beer for the first time. Check out some of the beers in New York on my page.
A clever name is sure to encourage Mr ET to sample a new beer. I’ve sent him the link for your site.
There is a small brewery near us and they have the most wonderful names for their beers – Side Pocket for a Toad is my favourite name and I often wonder how they came up with it. Like Australia, takes many trips to see everything.
That’s a great name for a beer. We will have to return to see if we can find some of that~