Just sharing with other Ontarions that I recently purchased a couple of
very nice beers at the LCBO. (That's Liquor Control Board of Ontario,
for those who don't know.) They we

Adnams SSB (Sole Bay Brewery)
Deuchars IPA (an award winner from Caledonian)

Both were excellent, I thought. They are only available temporarily,
I'm told, so don't hang about if you want to try them. They're probably
not available in all outlets either, but I expect you can place an order.

Cheers,
Bruce
--
Bruce Weaver

www.angelfire.com/wv/bwhomedir

On Wed, 6 Oct 2004, Bruce Weaver wrote:

> Just sharing with other Ontarions that I recently purchased a couple of
> very nice beers at the LCBO. (That's Liquor Control Board of Ontario,
> for those who don't know.) They we
>
> Adnams SSB (Sole Bay Brewery)
> Deuchars IPA (an award winner from Caledonian)
>

I really enjoy the Adnams SSB but I'm not sure where you're getting Sole
Bay brewery. Its short for Suffolf Special Bitter. Brewed by Adnams of
Southwold, Suffolk, England.
I thought it was about as good as a bottled bitter can get.

Expletive Deleted > wrote:
>On Wed, 6 Oct 2004, Bruce Weaver wrote:
>> Adnams SSB (Sole Bay Brewery)

>I really enjoy the Adnams SSB but I'm not sure where you're getting Sole
>Bay brewery. Its short for Suffolf Special Bitter. Brewed by Adnams of
>Southwold, Suffolk, England.

Sole Bay Brewery is the name of the brewery.

>I thought it was about as good as a bottled bitter can get.

Yes, it's good.
--
Joel Plutchak "Eat everything. Have fun." - Julia Child.
plutchak at [...]

Joel a écrit :

>Expletive Deleted > wrote:
>
>
>>On Wed, 6 Oct 2004, Bruce Weaver wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Adnams SSB (Sole Bay Brewery)
>>>
>>>
>
>
>
>>I really enjoy the Adnams SSB but I'm not sure where you're getting Sole
>>Bay brewery. Its short for Suffolf Special Bitter. Brewed by Adnams of
>>Southwold, Suffolk, England.
>>
>>
>
> Sole Bay Brewery is the name of the brewery.
>
>
Indeed, just like "The Griffin Brewery" is the actual name of Fuller's...

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Laurent Mousson, Berne, Switzerland

On Wed, 6 Oct 2004, The Submarine Captain wrote:

> Joel a =E9crit :
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> >Expletive Deleted > wrote:
> >
> >
> >>On Wed, 6 Oct 2004, Bruce Weaver wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> Adnams SSB (Sole Bay Brewery)
> >>>
> >>>
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> >
> >
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> >>Bay brewery. Its short for Suffolf Special Bitter. Brewed by Adnams o=
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> >>Southwold, Suffolk, England.
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Sole Bay Brewery is the name of the brewery.
> >
> >
> Indeed, just like "The Griffin Brewery" is the actual name of Fuller's...
>

Ah, that explains it.

Expletive Deleted a écrit :

>On Wed, 6 Oct 2004, The Submarine Captain wrote:
>
>
>>> Sole Bay Brewery is the name of the brewery.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>Indeed, just like "The Griffin Brewery" is the actual name of Fuller's...
>>
>>
>>
>
>Ah, that explains it.
>
>
Sort of... when considering UK beer, you've got the brand, the name of
thr company and the name of the brewery to take into account...

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Laurent Mousson, Berne, Switzerland

On Wed, 6 Oct 2004, Joel wrote:

> Expletive Deleted > wrote:
> >On Wed, 6 Oct 2004, Bruce Weaver wrote:
> >> Adnams SSB (Sole Bay Brewery)
>
> >I really enjoy the Adnams SSB but I'm not sure where you're getting Sole
> >Bay brewery. Its short for Suffolf Special Bitter. Brewed by Adnams of
> >Southwold, Suffolk, England.
>
> Sole Bay Brewery is the name of the brewery.
>

Weird, I even looked it up before posting and never found a reference to
Sole Bay brewery anywhere!

> >I thought it was about as good as a bottled bitter can get.
>
> Yes, it's good.

Yup. Adnams and Monkman's Slaughter Ale from Cropton rank as the top 2
bottled "special bitter" that I've ever had.

Expletive Deleted wrote:

>
> On Wed, 6 Oct 2004, Bruce Weaver wrote:
>
>
>>Just sharing with other Ontarions that I recently purchased a couple of
>>very nice beers at the LCBO. (That's Liquor Control Board of Ontario,
>>for those who don't know.) They we
>>
>> Adnams SSB (Sole Bay Brewery)
>> Deuchars IPA (an award winner from Caledonian)
>>
>
>
> I really enjoy the Adnams SSB but I'm not sure where you're getting Sole
> Bay brewery. Its short for Suffolf Special Bitter. Brewed by Adnams of
> Southwold, Suffolk, England.
> I thought it was about as good as a bottled bitter can get.


I had to double-check this to be sure. The labels on my bottles say
Suffolk *Strong* Bitter, not Special Bitter. Are these the same ales by
slightly different names? (Mine is 4.5% ABV.) Google returns hits for
both "Strong" and "Special". The Adnams website has "Strong":

www.adnams.co.uk/beer/packaged.html

I think I've also heard of an "Extra Strong" bitter (ESB) from Adnams.
But I don't see anything by that name on the website. Perhaps that was
just the name of a beer style category from beeradvocate.com.

--
Bruce Weaver

www.angelfire.com/wv/bwhomedir

On Thu, 7 Oct 2004, Bruce Weaver wrote:

> Expletive Deleted wrote:
>
> >
> > On Wed, 6 Oct 2004, Bruce Weaver wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Just sharing with other Ontarions that I recently purchased a couple of
> >>very nice beers at the LCBO. (That's Liquor Control Board of Ontario,
> >>for those who don't know.) They we
> >>
> >> Adnams SSB (Sole Bay Brewery)
> >> Deuchars IPA (an award winner from Caledonian)
> >>
> >
> >
> > I really enjoy the Adnams SSB but I'm not sure where you're getting Sole
> > Bay brewery. Its short for Suffolf Special Bitter. Brewed by Adnams of
> > Southwold, Suffolk, England.
> > I thought it was about as good as a bottled bitter can get.
>
>
> I had to double-check this to be sure. The labels on my bottles say
> Suffolk *Strong* Bitter, not Special Bitter. Are these the same ales by
> slightly different names? (Mine is 4.5% ABV.) Google returns hits for
> both "Strong" and "Special". The Adnams website has "Strong":
>
> www.adnams.co.uk/beer/packaged.html
>
> I think I've also heard of an "Extra Strong" bitter (ESB) from Adnams.
> But I don't see anything by that name on the website. Perhaps that was
> just the name of a beer style category from beeradvocate.com.
>

The label of the beer as I bought it last month was Special Bitter.
ratebeer.com lists both names, I think, but collapses them into a single
database entry.
Maybe a name change due to some US labelling laws? As in maybe the US
authorities don't like the word "strong" on the label.

Expletive Deleted > wrote:
>> I think I've also heard of an "Extra Strong" bitter (ESB) from Adnams.
>> But I don't see anything by that name on the website. Perhaps that was
>> just the name of a beer style category from beeradvocate.com.
>
>The label of the beer as I bought it last month was Special Bitter.
>ratebeer.com lists both names, I think, but collapses them into a single
>database entry.
>Maybe a name change due to some US labelling laws? As in maybe the US
>authorities don't like the word "strong" on the label.

That last supposition is entirely probable. The ATF, which
approves labels for all alcoholic beverages, is notoriously
picky about stuff like that.
--
Joel Plutchak "Eat everything. Have fun." - Julia Child.
plutchak at [...]