Palmers Copper Ale

On Saturday, I met up with my mate Chris (featured here, and yes the guy with the huge head!) and we decided to undertake a gulp and grumble mission starting in Maida Vale. After navigating around a posh looking tramp (yes he looked posh and spoke in Queens' English) we made a beeline for The Warrington Hotel, a marvelous Victorian Pub which is now owned by Gordon Ramsey. The reason we chose this place as we decided to start our crawl by following the Maida Vale and Canalside walk from CAMRA's London Pub Walks book.

Anyhow after pulling up a stool at the bar we noticed the handpumps had the usual suspects. London Pride, Greene king IPA and Adnams Broadside - not particularly inspiring. The barman told me they were about to put a guest beer on, Palmer's Copper Ale (3.7% abv) so we asked him to make hast and bring us two pints. This beer is a nice session bitter, and it was in good condition but its hardly a beer to get excited about. Anyhow as it was our first pint it was all over in about 10 minutes flat and we were on to our next stop - The Price Albert. Those of you who have not been to here, really need to check this place out. The original Victorian fixtures and 7 foot snob screens are still in place. Sadly half the pub is being turned into a fancy restaurant and the only ale on was Young's ordinary. No need to rehash over that again.

Palmers website.