Lou's Fine Ales and Beers

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Longy said:
Supermarkets are getting worse by the day for real ale. There’s places I’ve been have halved their shelf space recently.


What Tesco’s? Newcastle Road? Never noticed that before. Blueberry would exactly appeal, but I’ll try all the stouts & poters on the go regardless.
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Aye Newcastle Road. I recommend the Vocation Love and Hate anarl. It’s a hazy IPA so may not be your thing but it’s 7.2% and very drinkable.

In reply to DM I’m not a fan of saisons, fruit beers etc so a few different “premium” IPA’s like the Vocation, Thornbridge Jaipur and even some of the Brewdog stuff is fine for me. I’d like more stouts and porters but I just don’t think they’re popular enough to get shelf space so I’m resigned to just getting stuff like Northern Monk, Anchor Porter etc in Newcastle periodically when I’m through there. Lou’s was great at first but then the stout offering moved away from 5% ish session stuff to 10% and above imperial stouts at £6+ and they aren’t really my thing. Might buy the odd one but wouldn’t spend £20 on 3 different bottles at that price. Selection and opening times have put me off going back recently.
 


Town End Farmer Giles said:
Aye Newcastle Road. I recommend the Vocation Love and Hate anarl. It’s a hazy IPA so may not be your thing but it’s 7.2% and very drinkable.

In reply to DM I’m not a fan of saisons, fruit beers etc so a few different “premium” IPA’s like the Vocation, Thornbridge Jaipur and even some of the Brewdog stuff is fine for me. I’d like more stouts and porters but I just don’t think they’re popular enough to get shelf space so I’m resigned to just getting stuff like Northern Monk, Anchor Porter etc in Newcastle periodically when I’m through there. Lou’s was great at first but then the stout offering moved away from 5% ish session stuff to 10% and above imperial stouts at £6+ and they aren’t really my thing. Might buy the odd one but wouldn’t spend £20 on 3 different bottles at that price. Selection and opening times have put me off going back recently.
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Need to pop in after work so I’ll pick them up. Cheers.
 
I stopped going through a while back. Seemed to never be opening on time. Or I was just unlucky every time I go though.

I go through The Hop Knocker at Gikesgate nowadays. Shame as was always happy to give the shop my business as they got decent stuff in
 
niknak_123 said:
I stopped going through a while back. Seemed to never be opening on time. Or I was just unlucky every time I go though.

I go through The Hop Knocker at Gikesgate nowadays. Shame as was always happy to give the shop my business as they got decent stuff in
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Stopped going as well.
Just found the beers they were getting in not my bag.
I know stouts and porters etc are popular on here but not that keen.
The session or other real ales weren't that extensive and a bit pricey.

Shame as it's very local and would prefer to spend money there
 
Cee Jay said:
Stopped going as well.
Just found the beers they were getting in not my bag.
I know stouts and porters etc are popular on here but not that keen.
The session or other real ales weren't that extensive and a bit pricey.

Shame as it's very local and would prefer to spend money there
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Was taking 25minutes for me to get there so wasn’t worth risking it. Can get to Gilesgate in 10 minutes so works out better really for me
 
Twisted said:
hopefully @muggboots can give us an update, not sure if the opening hours have changed?
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He's having an easy month in lieu of a proper holiday. With dry January, people's diets and everybody's skint factor until the end of the month it's usually desperate anyway. :lol:

Cee Jay said:
Stopped going as well.
Just found the beers they were getting in not my bag.
I know stouts and porters etc are popular on here but not that keen.
The session or other real ales weren't that extensive and a bit pricey.

Shame as it's very local and would prefer to spend money there
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Request away mate. I'll forward them on. It's always appreciated as it can be hard to keep up. :lol:
 
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muggboots said:
He's having an easy month in lieu of a proper holiday. With dry January, people's diets and everybody's skint factor until the end of the month it's usually desperate anyway. :lol:


Request away mate. I'll forward them on. It's always appreciated as it can be hard to keep up. :lol:
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Get moving onto a sea road shop
 
muggboots said:
He's having an easy month in lieu of a proper holiday. With dry January, people's diets and everybody's skint factor until the end of the month it's usually desperate anyway. :lol:


Request away mate. I'll forward them on. It's always appreciated as it can be hard to keep up. :lol:
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Remember asking for Moorhouses before...to be fair the lad said he couldn’t get the likes of that at any sort of decent price.
Spar were knocking it out at £5 for three bottles ( 500ml)

Lad at work retiring shortly and I’m after half a dozen different Belgian fruity beers( think they’re f***ing vile personally)
So might have a dodge in as I know this is often the type in stock
 
Been tonight. Shelves empty. Do not waste your time going.
Very disappointing as I was an early adopter of this place and used to sing it’s praises.
 
Cee Jay said:
Remember asking for Moorhouses before...to be fair the lad said he couldn’t get the likes of that at any sort of decent price.
Spar were knocking it out at £5 for three bottles ( 500ml)

Lad at work retiring shortly and I’m after half a dozen different Belgian fruity beers( think they’re f***ing vile personally)
So might have a dodge in as I know this is often the type in stock
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That's a massive problem for shops like his. The supermarkets and chains are massively discounting, they're also ripping off the breweries but they go along with it for market penetration, at least for a while.
Give me a reminder when you're going in and I'll tell you what's in.
 
muggboots said:
That's a massive problem for shops like his. The supermarkets and chains are massively discounting, they're also ripping off the breweries but they go along with it for market penetration, at least for a while.
Give me a reminder when you're going in and I'll tell you what's in.
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Is there another shop in the pipeline still
 
muggboots said:
He's having an easy month in lieu of a proper holiday. With dry January, people's diets and everybody's skint factor until the end of the month it's usually desperate anyway. :lol:
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cheers mate.

it's hard like, cuz obviously that makes total business sense but you cant really just have random breaks as once you've gone to the trouble of going there to find the place is shut once or twice you'll just stop going. i guess i should learn to always check facebook or here before going, but when it becomes that much effort ( i appreciate it doesn't sound alot of effort) you just kind of drift away from it.

i'm looking forward to it being up sea road, much easier. although saying that, then i'd be walk ing instead of driving so if i went for a half hour round trip on foot in the bastard cold to find it shut i'd be f***ing livid. luckily could drown me sorrows easy enough in one of afew pubs on the route :lol:
 
Twisted said:
cheers mate.

it's hard like, cuz obviously that makes total business sense but you cant really just have random breaks as once you've gone to the trouble of going there to find the place is shut once or twice you'll just stop going. i guess i should learn to always check facebook or here before going, but when it becomes that much effort ( i appreciate it doesn't sound alot of effort) you just kind of drift away from it.

i'm looking forward to it being up sea road, much easier. although saying that, then i'd be walk ing instead of driving so if i went for a half hour round trip on foot in the bastard cold to find it shut i'd be f***ing livid. luckily could drown me sorrows easy enough in one of afew pubs on the route :lol:
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I went a couple of times and found them shut. Not on Facebook either so not like I can check. Sea Road would be handier but the selection has been average last couple of times. Shame like....
 
I sampled a fair few beers in the US on holiday last summer. Always try something different here too so I appreciate the variety available. Most of the big silo beers and lagers are poor on taste but obviously very cheap to produce. However, across all the beers I've sampled I always come back to classics like Landlord and London Pride.
 
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