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Yep, i can buy it here in the local "jerrys" all the way out in Hanna (prairie Badlands) and do, they also sell, Boddingtons, Bass (my beloved former employer years ago) and John Smiths, all the same price about $3 a can pricey yes but when you need a fix justifiable!!!

anyway trying some new canadian ones has been a long and exhaustive process, i'm sure i'll form a definative answer soon!!! (hic)

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I also enjoy the odd Black Sheep or three !

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Its not a southern thing.

7 years living in Leeds, followed by three in Norfolk. I know good beer when I taste it. Sam Smiths, Black Sheep, two of the best. Theakstons too before the buy out. All excellent yorkshire beers. Even my yorkshire born friends poor scorn on John Smiths Im afraid.

John Smiths I'd rate down there with Charles Wells IPA...and I spent time in Bedfordshire too, so know how awful that can be too... They (Wells) seem to ship most of that to Canada...someone has to drink it I suppose.


God, this thread is making me both thirsty and nostalgic. Im off to the LCBO on the way home I think...

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I'm a Midlander and I believe it tastes like a cross between cold tea, suds, and sheep piss. :thumbdown:

R.

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I enjoy a drop or two of Charles Wells IPA when I can get it. Doubless you know that Black Sheep is a product of Paul Theakston and is brewed at Masham. It is so called because not wanting to be part of the sell out of the decades old family brewing business he became the family "black sheep". Hence the name of his excellent brew.

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My sentiments too. Along with a nice Hartleys....not the jam. ;)

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WE lived near both John Smiths and Sam smiths and John Smiths is always considered an inferior mass produced pint

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Sam Smiths, it just rolls of the tongue and a mighty fine tipple, we used to drink it in the rugby club when I was at Marham. Is there a big choice of real ales or is it just a select few that are sold? Thanks to Yorkshire Bird for starting the thread.:thumbsup::thumbsup:

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I went to Uni in Leeds... as far as I am concerned Tetleys isn't good once it leaves the brewery!

I grew up near the Black Sheep brewery.... lovely stuff, although hubby begs to differ - he grew up in Boston and is a fan of Batemans.

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In BC there are a reasonable number of micro-breweries that offer some interesting beers. Imports from Seattle micro-breweries and further afield like San Fransisco are also common to see in liquor stores out west.

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Yep, it just about survived the trip to the other side of town and up the Otley Road to the Three Shoes where it was the (default) pint of choice, but beyond that...not so much! I dont ever recall finding a good pint of tetleys outside of Leeds come to think of it...


When were you there? I was there 1988-1995. Most of it spent in the three shoes or the Original Oak it seems:ohmy:

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OK this one hasn't been mentioned yet, took my cellarmans course at the Old Cannon Brewery in Sheffield, Stones Bitter Anyone??

Been to Masham twice in the last couple of years, last time got to do the black sheep, as the time before it was shut for a wedding (what genius has thier wedding in a brewery awesome!!) and enjoyed both,

Sam Smiths well the cask product is awesome and never bettered than at the Gardeners in Harrogate, finally put the price up this year to £1.30 a pint!!

Tetleys never been a fan anywhere that needs actors to show you round the brewery is lacking i'm afraid

Wards, well thats a whole other story,

Can i raise you a Timothy Taylors "landlord" about as close to an Angel P%*&$ng on your tonsils as you can get!!

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ooooh Tim Taylors, that was a nice pint.



How about Woodforde Wherry....a norfolk brew that was rightly champion beer on more than a few occasions. One of the best things about my stay in Norwich was the quality of the beer in that part of the world...Who knew! I certainly didnt, as far as I was concerned Yorkshire was the mother of all good beers...till I moved out to Norwich anyway.

Old Specled Hen too was another decent local(ish) pint, and seems to travel pretty well too.

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OK on Batemans too. Your OH obviously has good taste. When I worked in Toronto we used to be able to get it on tap ot one of the watering holes we frequented. It travelled well too. Now I'm working up a thirst but I don't have any decent suds in stock so I'll have to settle for a G & T, even at 2.45 pm. Happy hour will start early today !

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I appreciated that, I was just trying to give you a feel for how much it was likely to cost by providing you with a comparison to the price of "local" beer.

I won't bother in the future