Find some British Pubs near you. That is the best place to find the food and drink near you. It makes a nice outing and most pubs sell the brown sauce and British bacon and sausage.
Try Newcastle, Bass, and Fuller’s (if you can find it)
Many American Micro-breweries are producing fine English style ales, some better than their UK counterparts(and definitely fresher), so look around.
Must recommend Killian’s although its an Irish style American brew and Guinness which is Irish.
Lion Brewing of Sri Lanka actually makes some of the best Stout I’ve ever had, 8.0%, rich & smokey with a hint of of chocolate/coffee taste. Got it as a gift from a specialty shop but definitely recommend to give it a try.
to be honest british larger isn’t the best, british ales are (newcastle brown, speckled hen …) but for the best largers try european one’s there alot better than american crap (sorry) e.g. grolsh, kronenburg, stella, carlsberg, carling, the list goes on :-p
Britain doesn’t really produce a lot of lagers. I’m from Canada, but I lived in Britain for years and I can tell you that the top-selling lagers in the U.K. are Carling (which is Canadian), Stella (Belgian), Foster’s (Australian), and Carlsberg (Danish). The only British lager I can think of is Tennents, which is awful. For British bitters you’re better off with a bitter or an I.P.A.
You mentioned John Courage, but that’s really a bitter, not a lager.
Lager Lager Lager.. not Ale.
Try Samuel Smith’s Pure Lager. It comes in an organic version as well…really delicious.
Or from Scotland get some Tennants. it’s around in some markets.
Mr_Canada is right – we hardly produce any of our own brands of lager over here in the UK. We may drink a lot of lager, but pretty much all of it is either from continental Europe, Australia or is that dreadful Carling stuff that hails from Canada.
For a while there was a trend of producing weaker counterparts of European style lagers for the British pint-swigging market. But that’s pretty much died out now and everything’s premium strength.
To be honest, even here in Leeds in the UK, I think I’d struggle to find a pub that sold British lager. I did try a lager from Liverpool called Cains once. I wouldn’t recommend it, though.
Nearly all British beers are the darker beers – real ales, bitters and stouts. We’re very good at producing those! All the John Courage beers I’m familiar with fit into that category, although John Courage Amber is an IPA (India Pale Ale) style beer and so a bit lighter.
I wouldn’t imagine most of the truly excellent real ales from small independent breweries would be sold in the States because of the small volumes produced.
For the mass-produced, I’d recommend Black Sheep or Timothy Taylor’s Landlord you can find them.
Failing that, why not come over here and drink your way round the country, sampling as many as possible. I can think of worse ways to get through the cold winter months…
7 Responses to What’s the best British lager available in the United States?
Missy
June 25th, 2010 at 8:15 pm
My husband will only drink Newcastle, Guinness or McEwens…they’re all ales.
ice t
June 25th, 2010 at 8:50 pm
Find some British Pubs near you. That is the best place to find the food and drink near you. It makes a nice outing and most pubs sell the brown sauce and British bacon and sausage.
Jack Skelington
June 25th, 2010 at 9:14 pm
Try Newcastle, Bass, and Fuller’s (if you can find it)
Many American Micro-breweries are producing fine English style ales, some better than their UK counterparts(and definitely fresher), so look around.
Must recommend Killian’s although its an Irish style American brew and Guinness which is Irish.
Lion Brewing of Sri Lanka actually makes some of the best Stout I’ve ever had, 8.0%, rich & smokey with a hint of of chocolate/coffee taste. Got it as a gift from a specialty shop but definitely recommend to give it a try.
Steven W
June 25th, 2010 at 9:25 pm
to be honest british larger isn’t the best, british ales are (newcastle brown, speckled hen …) but for the best largers try european one’s there alot better than american crap (sorry) e.g. grolsh, kronenburg, stella, carlsberg, carling, the list goes on :-p
Mr_Canada
June 25th, 2010 at 9:39 pm
Britain doesn’t really produce a lot of lagers. I’m from Canada, but I lived in Britain for years and I can tell you that the top-selling lagers in the U.K. are Carling (which is Canadian), Stella (Belgian), Foster’s (Australian), and Carlsberg (Danish). The only British lager I can think of is Tennents, which is awful. For British bitters you’re better off with a bitter or an I.P.A.
You mentioned John Courage, but that’s really a bitter, not a lager.
Sauce Monster
June 25th, 2010 at 9:41 pm
Lager Lager Lager.. not Ale.
Try Samuel Smith’s Pure Lager. It comes in an organic version as well…really delicious.
Or from Scotland get some Tennants. it’s around in some markets.
Chrisso De La Zouch
June 25th, 2010 at 10:10 pm
Mr_Canada is right – we hardly produce any of our own brands of lager over here in the UK. We may drink a lot of lager, but pretty much all of it is either from continental Europe, Australia or is that dreadful Carling stuff that hails from Canada.
For a while there was a trend of producing weaker counterparts of European style lagers for the British pint-swigging market. But that’s pretty much died out now and everything’s premium strength.
To be honest, even here in Leeds in the UK, I think I’d struggle to find a pub that sold British lager. I did try a lager from Liverpool called Cains once. I wouldn’t recommend it, though.
Nearly all British beers are the darker beers – real ales, bitters and stouts. We’re very good at producing those! All the John Courage beers I’m familiar with fit into that category, although John Courage Amber is an IPA (India Pale Ale) style beer and so a bit lighter.
I wouldn’t imagine most of the truly excellent real ales from small independent breweries would be sold in the States because of the small volumes produced.
For the mass-produced, I’d recommend Black Sheep or Timothy Taylor’s Landlord you can find them.
Failing that, why not come over here and drink your way round the country, sampling as many as possible. I can think of worse ways to get through the cold winter months…