London Pride

A large part of the British culture is making the trek out to the local Pub to grab a pint. Many of the best beers that are served at the pubs are made at local breweries, and usually the breweries only serve a selection of pubs close by to where the beer is produced. Although we are long past the days where beer is carried to local pubs by horse and buggy, the tradition of having select breweries serve nearby pubs is still alive. One of the best locally brewed beers, according to Londoners is London Pride brewed by Fullers (who also claim that the best place to drink beer is in London; this is mainly because freshly brewed beers is brought to the pubs, and then served fresh for  a few days before it is quickly turned over to another fresh batch of beer). A little over a week ago I was able to go on a tour of the Fuller's Brewery. For the most part the tour was fairly uneventful. The tour consisted of a Fuller's employee and beer aficionado explaining the process of making beer and walking us around to the various machines that ground the hops, add the barley, and tend to the brewing beer. We were also given the opportunity to taste some of the other beers that are brewed at Fullers. In my opinion, the London Pride beer was the best beer, but some of the other beers that we tasted include ESB, Discovery Blonde Beer, and Gales Seafares Ale, among others. Here is the beer server, and serving station where were tested them...







And here is the full lineup of their beer selection:

And here are pictures of the various beers that we were able to test...

 

 

Fuller's beer is a local favorite among Londoners, and is also shipped to the U.S., so if you ever get a chance to try some London Pride, it is definitely worth a try. I will post pictures from the tour that I went on soon...I just have not had a chance to upload them to my computer yet... so long from London... for now.

ps: just in case you were wondering, the beer samples only were small sips of beer, no need to worry