My Fuller’s beer search 19 December

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Message RichTheVillan beers 10685 º places 101 º 07:16 Sun 12/20/2015 Great achievement Ian, you’ve grabbed your rightful place.
Message chriso P beers 7540 º places 736 º 07:28 Sun 12/20/2015 Originally posted by harrisoni Originally posted by Erlangernick Originally posted by chriso Originally posted by Erlangernick What - you don’t have the bottled IPA? We get it in bleedin’ Erlangen! It’s export only AFAIK. Or, at least, it was for a very long time. I’ve grown to like it quite a bit, despite the 2% crystal malt (IIRC). Hovers around 3.50€, not a horrible price for imported "Craftbier" here. How ironic would it be for me to ship Ian a bottle of Fuller’s from Germany? Or I get a bottle the next time I visit Erlangen. I suspect a fair few of the IPA ratings are in the wrong place. First of all there was the pasteurised export only bottle/keg India Pale Ale at 4.8% (now 5.0%). Then Fullers started making a different 5.3%, bottle-conditioned beer with the same name, specifically for the Scandinavian (Swedish?) market. That beer subsequently surfaced in the UK as Bengal Lancer. They are (or, at least, were) exactly the same beer. Then, of course, there’s the occasional UK-only cask version of India Pale Ale. All very confusing. And to top it off, I’ve heard that Fullers are no longer pasteurising any of their bottles, for the UK market at least - they are filtered but not pasteurised (apart from the ones that have always been bottle-conditioned). Guess I’d better check that out. If true they no longer qualify for separate listings.
Message EdKing beers 3664 º places 307 º 13:51 Sun 12/20/2015 Well done Ian, shame I missed this live, but fun to read through.

Message SarkyNorthener beers 5200 º places 142 º 14:00 Sun 12/20/2015 Great stuff Ian. Missed the live stuff due to my smartphone being repaired.
Message FatPhil P beers 26312 º places 998 º 14:48 Sun 12/20/2015 3 cheers - well spotted, and well achieved! What other significant breweries are you king of? I’d like to know how many breweries I’m king of
Message harrisoni P beers 25416 º places 68 º 16:22 Sun 12/20/2015 Originally posted by FatPhil 3 cheers - well spotted, and well achieved! What other significant breweries are you king of? I’d like to know how many breweries I’m king of Sam Smiths?
Message Erlangernick beers 6 º places 2 º 01:21 Mon 12/21/2015 Originally posted by harrisoni Originally posted by Erlangernick Originally posted by chriso Originally posted by Erlangernick What - you don’t have the bottled IPA? We get it in bleedin’ Erlangen! It’s export only AFAIK. Or, at least, it was for a very long time. I’ve grown to like it quite a bit, despite the 2% crystal malt (IIRC). Hovers around 3.50€, not a horrible price for imported "Craftbier" here. How ironic would it be for me to ship Ian a bottle of Fuller’s from Germany? Or I get a bottle the next time I visit Erlangen. You’d visit Erlangen?!? In any case, Fuller’s are often at the REWE with the new specialty beer section, as well as Bierothek, which also means in Bamberg. I do have some treats to send you, I’m just lacking a big sturdy box to pack it in! Won’t make it by Christmas, perhaps by New Year’s.

Message harrisoni P beers 25416 º places 68 º 01:39 Mon 12/21/2015 Thanks Nick
Message harrisoni P beers 25416 º places 68 º 01:41 Mon 12/21/2015 Perhaps you could put in duplicates if you have them so I can take them to the UK Cotteridge tasting in early March? If not no worries
Message imdownthepub P beers 26274 º places 2133 º 02:12 Mon 12/21/2015 Originally posted by harrisoni Originally posted by FatPhil 3 cheers - well spotted, and well achieved! What other significant breweries are you king of? I’d like to know how many breweries I’m king of Sam Smiths? I have put a list of the pre 20th Century British Brewers and the highest rater, on a seperate thread.