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Well Plateau is the one then Mumm. The Aurora is a bit pokey and the Devil one is just that. Great great brewer that boy though. I will pick up a gallon tin of Hopheads, APA and Sunburst on Tuesday on the way back from work at a Partridge Green for Xmas morning but God knows what I'm going to...

The truth is that Harvey's is only being discussed because it is a East Sussex brew. It would not get a mention amongst any of the real beer discussions on a national level. It was a long time ago now the Olympia business.

I tend to never bad mouth London Pride because it was for a long time our salvation. I dont drink it now but its still popular amongst a lot of the older set. I just prefer the hoppy palea and APA styles now. Burning skys porter came and went in my local before i got a taste

I do old bean. A nice Porter or a stout, but I do tend to miss out the middle bits. No rights or wrong though really is there ?

You have to remember that new strains of hops are coming through all the time. Not just high IBU ones but others that are changing the face of beer. As for putting down the local flavours I just got so thoroughly bored of the London Pride, Harvey's and the other culprits that the American style...

Harvey's to me is like JFC... :) but what do I know Mumm.

I'm That's fair comment but there are a lot of people out there who think it's just a fight between Harvey's best and Dark Stars Hophead. Shame really theres so much more.

That is not so. A traditional beer is fine but why worry if we are making a beer with an an American hop. It's a good job that we do import hops because our share of the world market is now down to about 2% - mainly collected from Herefordshire. So compare Brewdog IPA with a Carlsberg........a...

Let's name the best breweries....... That's more fun. If you like Harveys fine but it's not a great beer nowadays IMO . Things have moved on but I suppose if you like that old traditional bitter style then that's fine and dandy. Anyway Thornbridge, Burning Sky and maybe my favourite of them all...