Monster Beer Posts

Fuller's Golden Pride

It's taken me a long time to learn to love Fuller's beer. The pub at the top of our road is a Fuller's pub and when we first moved in nearly two decades ago, I felt it was important to check it out. Back then, they didn't have the best landlord and I ...

St Austell Big Job

Earlier this year, I was due to be heading down to Cornwall to join St Austell for their Celtic Beer Festival. Sadly, the weather disagreed with my plans. It's clearly Health & Safety gone mad, but for some reason First Great Western have this ridiculous policy about not running trains on tracks that are suspended ...

White Horse Old Ale Festival

The White Horse in Parson's Green is one of those pubs that everyone seems to know; they regularly have special events running and even when they don't, their beer selection is bordering on the legendary. Until now, I've not managed to get down there (largely because it's on the far side of London and there ...

Anchor Brewing Old Foghorn

Anchor Brewing are one of the better known US brewers; I've known of their Anchor Steam Beer for almost as long as I've known beer, which is a worryingly long time. Today, I'm exploring two of their beers. Only one of them is a Monster, so let's start with that one! Old Foghorn is a ...

St Bernardus

It's been a while since I did a Monster Beer, so I thought I'd make it a special one. Instead of a single beer, here we have a collection of four from the Belgian St Bernardus brewery. St. Bernardus was founded in 1946, originally to brew the St Sixtus range of beers for the ...

Hardknott Colonial Mayhem

I know that Hardknott beers tend to show up quite often here, but the thing is they make a lot of monsters, and they're so very very hard to resist when I see them in shops. So, essentially, it's their fault and not mine. Here we have Colonial Mayhem, an 8.1% ABV "colonial ...

Hardknott Granite 2010

After enjoying their magnificent Queboid last year, Hardknott are a brewery that has been right at the top of my "try their other beers" list. Most of their beer that ends up in bottles is at the strong end of the spectrum, which suits me fine. Granite is their barley wine – brewed at ...

Brewdog Paradox Jura

As I mentioned earlier, this week is Feis Ile on Islay. If I had any sense of planning, I'd have got hold of some Islay Ales beer, but instead I've raided the cupboard for something suitable. This is Brewdog's Paradox Jura – a huge 15% Imperial Stout which has been aged in Jura whisky ...

St Austell Royal Diamond Imperial IPA

This year, in case you hadn't heard, heralds Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee. Whether in celebration or opportunism, companies the length and breadth of the UK are marking the event – whether it's with something specially prepared for the occasion, or just slapping a Union Flag on their regular stuff and hoping nobody notices. St Austell, ...

Delirium Nocturnum

While I'm more concerned about the beer than the bottle in comes in, it's fair to say that packaging can always have an impact. Poor packaging – be it the graphics or sometimes just the name – can put me off even bothering to try a beer. Put a pink elephant on a stone-look ...