Exmoor Gold

I agree. I always find it disappointing these days.

I reckon you're both suffering from NAGAIRT syndrome - Not As Good As I Remember Them. It's a common condition, associated with age and increasing tolerance of alcohol.

You could be right - I've never liked Exmoor Gold.

with me it's DEcreasing tolerance!! The older the get the less it takes to get me p*ssed!!

And the more sensitive I get to hops, too! Bitter is now very bitter to me!!

Beastly stuff, for you ;o))

I think you're getting me confused with Our Esteemed Chairman!

( who once had an elastic half of Exmoor Beast at Coventry BF)

Indeed, how many beers are there that have been available for 20+ years that people think are as good as they used to be?

In message , PeterE writes

Fullers ESB used to be downright nasty in the 1970s. I remember a fellow undergraduate raising his glass in the Butler, Chatham Street, and declaring "This 'ere ESB don't taste very nice but it don't 'alf get you drunk!"

I used to almost live in the Butler when I had my first job (working at DEC) in the late 70s.

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Tha must be a different 70's to the one I lived through, then. Certainly when I was living in London in 1975 and 1976, and visiting London from Germany during the rest of the decade, ESB was one of the beers I drank and enjoyed regularly. I even got some German friends drinking and enjoying it on occasion.

Rather a generalisation! I certainly recognise that description. I guess it depends on where you drank it.

Brett

I don't think I am - it most certainly tasted different and in a brew pub where the beer is usually well kept !

I think it's either wrong labelling, or a different recipe, or could it have been brewed under licence ???

There is similar affliction that also affects drinkers. Symptoms are a tendency to hate beer locally brewed beer even though it is highly respected outside of the area.

Brett

Haha!!

... and is Red Barrel still available in the Costa's?