tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722137562852954269.post2194903518016873276..comments2024-03-28T12:16:58.318+00:00Comments on Paul's Beer & Travel Blog: The Other Weekend's Bus TripPaul Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09678639237696546268noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722137562852954269.post-36977440447847730612015-02-09T19:29:34.431+00:002015-02-09T19:29:34.431+00:00Hi Martin. The Royal Oak at Crockham Hill is a Wes...Hi Martin. The Royal Oak at Crockham Hill is a Westerham tied pub. As you say, it's an attractive location. I am wondering what the draught German beer was. <br /><br />Westerham are in the process of building a new brewery, complete with brewery shop, on the outskirts of Westerham town. Keep a look out on the brewery website for news of its opening.Paul Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09678639237696546268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722137562852954269.post-87390416153090615012015-02-09T19:10:01.155+00:002015-02-09T19:10:01.155+00:00Otter seems to pop up in unexpected places, includ...Otter seems to pop up in unexpected places, including the North (of Cambridge) and I've yet to have a memorable pint. A bit like 6x, certainly not a beer to savour in halves anyway.<br /><br />Enjoyed reading about Edenbridge pubs. I did find good Westerham (and a German draft beer) in the nearby and gorgeously situated Royal Oak at Crockham Hill.<br /><br />Martin, Cambridgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722137562852954269.post-64964521431312354442015-02-07T23:23:51.643+00:002015-02-07T23:23:51.643+00:00Citra, I don't consider myself as craft glitte...Citra, I don't consider myself as craft glitterati either. (My age is possibly against me here!). I was just trying to make a point that whilst Otter beers might be considered as “mainstream”, they are, in my book, pleasant quaffing ales.<br /><br />As you rightly point out though, we’re all different; a point borne out tonight when a group of us met in our local Wetherspoons. The pub had three beers from Rockin’ Robin Brewery on. I find them very mainstream and boring, yet several friends rave over them. Definitely a case of “horses for courses”.<br />Paul Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09678639237696546268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722137562852954269.post-39792017037503864162015-02-07T20:10:29.753+00:002015-02-07T20:10:29.753+00:00Hmm , I don't consider myself as craft glitter...Hmm , I don't consider myself as craft glitterati and at 54 I may well be approaching being a mature drinker but I find the Otter beers mentioned to be rather ordinary and uninteresting,of course this is only my opinion and thankfully we are all different. Citrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07362292814716606046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722137562852954269.post-16368943587181523872015-02-06T13:45:31.402+00:002015-02-06T13:45:31.402+00:00Otter beers crop up in several other pubs, all rou...Otter beers crop up in several other pubs, all roughly within the same area; that is the far south-western corner of the county.<br /><br />I agree Mudge, they are pleasant quaffing beers that are more likely to appeal to the mature drinker rather than to the craft glitterati. <br /><br />I certainly enjoyed the two I drank a fortnight ago.Paul Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09678639237696546268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722137562852954269.post-74919960890955752522015-02-05T23:55:47.882+00:002015-02-05T23:55:47.882+00:00Interesting to hear of Otter beers getting in to y...Interesting to hear of Otter beers getting in to your neck of the woods. I've always found them to be tasty, well-made beers, but perhaps because they're very much in the "traditional" English style they don't get the recognition they deserve. The pumpclip designs are smart, too.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.com