Had a good trip to the North East recently and got some good Lindisfarne mead/ale/cider. As the title says, I want to feel like I'm a monk getting ready to let my hair down and enjoy the Cristesmæsse festivities. There's obvious stuff like Old Rosie & Hobgoblin etc but I'm willing to travel up and down the country for the more obscure stuff to get the Olde English vibes I yearn for. Thanks!

by henrysradiator

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  1. I’m all up for the idea of medieval monks getting pissed on broon

  4. That Buckfast is gonna fuck you up. You have been warned

  5. Spitfire ale is very good! Also, if you want to go for the full monk experience, take a trip to the hospital of St. Cross in Winchester. There’s a beer there that is actually sold by monks to raise money for the hospital/alms houses. It’s a really good trip too, well worth a visit.

  7. I’d go with Old Peculiar over newkie brown myself

    Also watch the fuck out for that Buckfast. it’s the devil’s piss.

  8. When I’m feeling down, a Bishop’s Finger cheers me up.

  9. The Buckfast Tonic is made in Devon, yet I rarely see it on sale here or know anyone that has ever drunk it apart from a one-off to satisfy their curiousity.

    I think that, plus its alternative names like ‘abuse juice’ are reason enough to never try it.

  10. Fucking hell I do NOT miss drinking Buckfast. Straight up lethal.

  11. Drink those bad boys from right to left – the Buckfast may well spoil the party 😏

  12. Dont drink the Buckfast. That’s, wreck the hoose juice.

    Maybe try some mead?

  16. St Peter’s. The actual bottle itself is proper bonny

  20. What about some Trappist stuff? Shit’s like 9 or 10% it’ll have you snoring before the sprouts are done.

  21. Add some Leffe, or similar blonde beers to add the experience of Belgian Trappist monks to your Christmas, if you want to venture outside of Britain.

  22. Alba Scottish ale from the Williams Brothers brewery. Also their Fraoch heather ale.

  23. You should lean into some Trappist ales like Tynt Meadow

    Might as well get some Benedictine while you’re at it and pretend you’re a monk on an exchange pilgrimage

  25. It’s not English, but it doesn’t get any more monastic than Frangelico. The bottle is literally a monk, tastes amazing if you throw a massive measure into a hot chocolate too.

  26. I love a bit of mead, don’t find it in enough places… where did you find that one?

  28. Tynt Meadow, which is made by monks in Leicestershire. Also 7.4% which helps!

  31. Order in some mead from Crossroads Brewery or Lyme Bay something, as a mead fan Lindisfarne has to be the worst I’ve ever tasted (and I’ve recently heard isn’t even real mead, just a honeyed wine).

    Trust me, it’ll make all the difference. (I haven’t tried their cider or ale but I’m going to assume both of those are pretty good)

  32. You need a suitable vessel to drink from, like a horn cup or a yard glass!

  33. Bollocks to every other suggestion, what you need is some Tynt Meadow. It’s the only British Trappist beer, and it’s literally made by monks at an abbey.

    It also fits perfectly into what I think you’re after style-wise. Most Trappist beer is Belgian style, because that’s where it’s made. Tynt Meadow is very much an English ale.

    Though for Christmas I wouldn’t say no to some Westmalle either.

  35. Tynt Meadow (UK trappist beer), McEwan’s Champion (great in winter by the fire). Gotta drink from a goblet glass too, that’s important!

  36. Some ciders, preferably from the west country, such as Sandford orchards, Henry Weston’s, chucklehead. Oh also some doom bar ale.

  38. Haven’t had it for years but you need a bottle of Fraoch if medieval is the theme. It’s ale brewed with heather to, supposedly, an ancient Gaelic recipe.

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