The brewery taking on Guinness in London! | The Craft Beer Channel
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- This week we're visiting the brewery looking to take on Guinness in London - Anspach & Hobday. London Black isn't just a Guinness pretender though, it's based on a classic London Porter - the capital's own beer style that all but disappeared at the end of the 1800s. Join us as we talk about the beer, taste it alongside Guinness itself, and then take it to the streets!
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0:00 Introduction
2:11 Brewery tour & interview
6:32 side-by-side tasting against Guinness!
11:05 Porter & Oysters
14:38 Public taste test - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
Only just seen this video today and see it's 2 years old but it's awesome to see 2 of my classmates back in the day be so successful and making such awesome, flavoursome products. Highly recommend!!!!
For anyone in the New Cross area a new pub has just opened up called the Shirkers Rest. They have a dedicated nitro line of London Black. Just superb.
Thanks for the recommendation, I will have to check it out!
I absolutely love Anspach & Hobday beers. So good to see you interviewing them. Their porter is darn good and to see it on nitro and up against Guiness is fantastic.
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Loved the oyster tangent, brings it back to the history of London and Porter, which is always the best aspect of these videos for me.
I applaud the CBC team championing great local historical beer makers in the place where they're from. Excellent photography as usual.
Believe the hype. London Black is stunning. I had it for the first time a few weeks ago. It’s becoming easier to find around London now, too.
Trouble with Guinness is it’s so hit and miss. You can get something truly delicious in one pub then get an atrocious pint in the next. It’s part of the charm - find a good Guinness pub and you’ll come back. But i think twice before ordering in most UK pubs.
Anywhere outside of Ireland its just miss... Ireland is the only place to be drinking it
Ireland is the only place which knows how to serve it
@@oscarosullivan4513No. It’s the same everywhere; it’s a myth that it varies. And it’s fake-nitrogen is what makes draught Guinness Guinness, nothing traditional about that.
Spot on, feel like LB has a much much higher floor.
Guiness has done a great job marketing its artificial stout to the Irish. Ever since the 1960s draught Guniness is nitrogen infused porter. It ain’t real.
Thoroughly enjoyed watching this. I moved from London 2 years ago and have sorely missed it ever since. Must get back to give this a try!
Nice work, gents. London Black is a cracking beer, looking forward to see it spread throughout our fair city and beyond.
Brilliant video as always.
I’ll be going to check out their taproom in a couple of weeks time. Looking forward to some London black!
Anspach & Hobday really are the unsung heroes of independent craft brewing. Whilst many breweries make wild and sometimes bizarre claims, A&H let the beer speak for itself. Great to see two of the nicest guys in the beer industry getting the recognition they rightly deserve… now get London Black in nitro cans for the rest of the UK!! 👍🏻
We'll start the petition!
Just tell me where to sign 🍻
I love Anspach & Hobday, firstly bought it because of the incredible designs on the cans, but it quickly became one of my favourite brewers. When I went to London I had to go to their taproom in the beer mile and the guy behind the bar was amazing and enthousiastic and made the experience even better. Their porter is great, but the one beer that blew my mind was the Pigeon Queen, that was a recommendation from the barman; a great bitter citrusy IPA .
I love porters, and would love having one of these to try on this side of the pond.
Great weekend. Last week I was in London. Love that city. Bought some beers at Borough. One from Anspach & Hobday, the 8 candles one.
I'm in London for a meeting tomorrow (first time since COVID!) and I am now Googling the nearest pint of London Black available for a pre-train home detour. Great video guys!
Iss darn sarf London innit
Looks fantastic! I'll be sure to try this when I go to London this summer.
I’m a big fan of A&H - I love how they draw on the rich brewing heritage of London for their beers and add a modern twist, but I was a little unsure of this one before I tried it. I need not have doubted- it’s an absolute cracker! I was unable to leave the bar without having a second one!
I embrace the old styles more that the new,I love this !
Cheers from across the pond! I'm always looking for more craft beer & brewing content and I loved this video. You found a new subscriber. Porters for the win!
Just had a pint of this with my son at the The Blue Posts in London and I must say this was a fantastic tasting beer, much nicer than Guinness. I have been looking forward to trying it and now very glad that I did. Keep up the good work, we need more home grown craft beers like this.
Guinness is a overrated porter and I say that as someone who is Irish. Porterhouse brew better ordinary strength porters.
@OscarOSullivan
A pub near near me does Brennans stout instead of Guinness.
No nitro foam yet tastes much better.
Thanks again guys for another great vid......the nitro pour looks very delicious and sessionable.......cheers
That last shot👌👌👌well done Brad those slowmo shots really shine.
Great video chaps. Almost salivating wanting to try this. Love darker beers so will defo need to try this. 🍺
Almost salivating too lol
My go to safety pint when there is no cask is draught Guinness. And, to be fair, for such a macro icon, it is a decent beer. I think it's that slight sourness on the finish that makes it refreshing. London Black looks really enticing. Can't wait to try that. Love an oyster too!
If you haven't tried Guinness in Ireland then you haven't really experienced Guinness... Have never had a reasonable pint of Guinness in the UK myself, they just don't seem to get it over there and how to treat it from start to finish
@@ciaranhegarty6585 I have tried Guinness in Ireland. It's exactly the same. The recipe is no different. It's a keg beer that is dispensed with nitrogen. There's no mystery to it.
@@ianlaker9161 Average Guinness in Ireland would be the best Guinness in the UK. The best Guinness here is light years ahead, all Guinness drinkers know that
@Ciaran Hegarty 100% agree with you just back from Dublin 2 weeks ago and the pints of guinness were phenomenal. There are stand outs in the UK I had but as you said the average in island was just as good as what I thought was best here.
I live in Western Australia but we did the Bermondsey Beer Mile a few years ago. Ansbach and Hobday were clear winners. I only wish we could buy their beers in Perth.
I'm West Australian too. Where's the best pub for stout n ales?
@@vulturesiii6450 I wish I knew. J B O Reilly’s is a good pub but they only sell Guinness. Please let me know if you find one with a range.
I managed to have some of this a couple of weeks ago at the Derby brewing co tap. Was gorgeous.
Very happy to have London Black as our fixed Nitro on tap in the Beerlovers Bar in Antwerp :)
Looks good. Love Anspach and Hobday with their respect for traditional beers. We sell a Scottish porter on nitro at my work and it really works well. Very smooth with none of the bitterness of stout
Cracking beer, A&H leading the way!
A&H was one of my favorite London breweries. Loved Kernel and Brew by Numbers too, who had a phenomenal Porter with Kenyan coffee. They kept some weird hours as I recall and I was only in town a few days, so if you're a tourist make sure you pick a day they're all open...
Great video Steve & Colin!
I got to try the London Black in Leuven at Malz for a tap event before Swafff craft beer fest in Brussels. It was absolutely delicious. The Porter at Swafff though was amazing. I'm a big fan of old-school porters and stouts (like Kernel does) and the porter was right up there with some of the best I've had. I'll need to pencil in a trip to the brewery when I visit London!! Keep it coming!
I cannot begin to express my excitement to see this video about a porter brewed in London, especially with the vignette about oysters. I was always disappointed that Fuller’s London Porter was never available on cask at their tied pubs whenever I visited during the summer until I saw it on tap at the Churchill Arms. But I was over the moon when I enjoyed a Kernel porter and a stout in Manchester on another visit. IMHO nitro contributes to a great mouthfeel but it can sublimate some of the more sharp edges in the taste so the beer loses some of it’s complexity. I would look forward to trying this Anspach & Hobday porter on nitro on my next trip to London, but would absolutely love to try it as a cask ale.
I also love the emphasis on the various malts, but with Kent so close by, have these brewers considered losing the hop pellets and incorporating actual hop cones in wet hopping into the brewing process?
Well sadly wet hopping isn't possible on a commercial scale as they only last a few days after being picked. As for whole cone British hops it would be a lovely thing to see, but the brewers have to use what makes their beer taste best!
@@TheCraftBeerChannel I appreciate your speedy response.
I’ve put in an order for your book, The London Craft Beer Guide, for reference in planning a long overdue, upcoming trip to London. It’s so great to see beer lovers in England enjoying the craft beer revolution. Visits to Kernel and Beavertown were always part of the plan, but it’ll be great to flesh out the rest of the time.
BTW I particularly enjoyed seeing you guys walk past The Market Porter at the entrance to Borough Market, as it was recommended to me 25 years ago as one of the few independent pubs in London with more than just a modest number of beers on tap.
Thanks again.
This was a nice video, great history and celebrating UK culture.
In the states here, would love to try it - it looks lovely.
So cool🍻 It's a place everyone wants to visit! I love draft beer :)
Had 2 pints of this yesterday in one of the NW pubs to have it. A truly stunning pint.
What pub is that mate?
@@ajt2206 The Old Bridge Inn, Ripponden. There is a bar in Manchester city centre serving it too.
Oh wow this looks like a fun channel. Gives me something to binge.
Very interesting episode. Love Porters and stouts. Brew York, Vocation, Siren, Thornbridge, have really brought the stout back to huge success. Maybe it's time for the Porter?
I hope so - certainly in London where it has its roots
@@TheCraftBeerChannelGuinness is overrated
Great video guys, immaculate editing and I am now willing to spend 40 quid on trains to go to London and try it 😆😆
Wana try it now! Sadly over in NZ but hopefully be over one day. Good on you pushing local n tradition.
Not still drinking Lion Red and Waikato over there I hope.
I must try and see if I can get a can of this in Ireland to compare to some of my stouts sounds and looks nice . Great video cheers 🍻
just nailed a london porter fullers style here in Oz... being a boy that grew up on youngs/fullers/truemans i think i nailed it. pale/biscuit/crystal/choc/ roast wheat... fullers yeast. my old army mates here went berserk over it... had to fight for a pint ;-)
Absolutely fantastic to have a Brewery that hasn't forgotten the roots of Ale, I still love a great tastey Dark Ale.EG a porter or a Stout. Craft Ales are ok, but it seems most of them are Pale ales or IPA etc.Keep up the great Brewing 👍👌🙏🤞🍻
I live here in the U.S...and just got a job as a brewers Assistant!! I'm really excited...and as a BONUS, I'm continuing my 250 year old family tradition...My G.g.g.g Grandfather William Weller owned Wellers Brewery in Amersham, England! Throughout the 18th and 19th centuries it was one of the largest in England. 😀... The family is also the subjects sung about in the Viral TikTok and Yahoo channels..."Wellerman"
We put this beer on where I work and it is phenomenal. It’s so meaty and smooth
This is what I like to see!
Enjoyed your Beer and Cheese pairing talk at Wild Beer Fest, bud. Was definitely a highlight :D
Thanks so much and thanks for coming!
Although I live in the US, I travel to England frequently to visit my daughter. Anspach and Hobday is one of my favorites and hope to get a chance to try London Black on my next trip.
Beer aside, the quality and editing of this video was amazing. Keep it up guys!
Went to London to try this last weekend, I had a pint in the black heart. It was ok, not quite what I was expecting, I believe it should of been better so I’m looking forward to another pint in due course.
This beer is pretty genius. While Guinness owns the mass market, potentially this one could well nail the craft beer drinkers as their Guinness drink in the same way Brewdog nailed the Pale Ale. Just hope bar owners are willing to take that risk.
Absolutely. It is doing really well in the capital but still very small numbers. Hoping more outlets either put it next to or replace Guinness for some more variety and local interest.
@@TheCraftBeerChannel Excellent. I do think it needs some pretty dynamic promoting as it does look like Guinness and that has nailed a yearly multi-million pound advertising campaign. Maybe plant tasters for Guinness drinkers to try it for free with each pint? Build an advertising campaign to reflect the London-ishness to contrast with the Oirish-ness? Get some top marketing bods with time to spare and willingness to help out a small brewery on this asap.
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The point is Guinness has its own competitors from the smaller breweries in Ireland. Guinness itself in the UK is manky. I wish here in Ireland more smaller breweries got tap space especially to sell their stout.
@@TheCraftBeerChannel Have you thought about trying the cask beer pubs of Dublin L Mulligan Grocers,JW Sweetmans and Porterhouse
Love it
Great video! I'm drinking a delicious Dancing Gnome Caligo a roasty oatmeal stout from a Pittsburgh PA, USA craft brewery. Goes great with Thin Mints!
Great combo amigo 💨
Don’t fret boys, the London Porter shall live on! It is the beer that turned me onto American craft, ironically, back in the mid 90’s. I am waiting for a revival here so keep it up!
Nutty and roasty I am surprised the U.S. stout crowd hasn’t learned that the porter was the original STOUT! You guys should drop a little history on this one, it deserves it.
We have done exactly that.... right here: th-cam.com/video/RvMsdZdQpkA/w-d-xo.html
I went to London in May and found a pub near King’s Cross that served it. And it was a lovely pint, really really good. Unfortunately no one where I live serves it. 😔
Samuel Smith's Extra Stout is the nectar to drink!
Samuel Smith Extra stout is very underrated,far superior to bland Guinness
I was watching your old beer school video about hops from like 7 years ago, and you made a joke about the OG SARS virus almost killing a bunch of people. All I could think of was “wow if only he knew😂”
Great to see some competition to one of my all-time favourite pints. Belhaven Black ain't bad either and I find easier to drink. (Please start canning it!)
Great video as always! Opening a Guinness tonight because I'm from MX and we don't have London Black... yet.
I have had london black because of this video
Nice! My favourite part was when brad got old mate to take a sip he looked like he was super into it and maybe drunk a tea spoons worth of froth.
lovely
A&H is one of my favourite places to visit on the mile
Man, I definitely want to try London Black now! I'm across the Atlantic, but will make the trip asap.
Ok, need to go and get myself a pint of Black right now!
Weihenstephan, brewing beer since 1040. that is nearly a thousand years. At that time London was still a settlement, called Lundenwic :-) :-) :-)
I do like a Porter. There’s quite a few London breweries doing them though not on nitro, Redemption & Kernel both have fine examples.
First beer I will seek out when in London this September.
Im tempted to travel across from Ireland to London just to try this :P
Glad to see a Porter, thats not life killing strong, good luck to them would be good to get a list of pubs stocking it, for next time i am London
Hit the link in the pinned post and there's a map!
In Ireland traditionally we take our oysters not with lemon juice but with vinegar and fresh cracked black pepper and a little salt. I suspect that's how they used to do it in England as well. I grew up with it and I'll stick with it. A good working class stout or porter with oyster and a blue cheese.
Interesting to see a Dublin porter going up against a London porter, especially given Dublin porters were the porter equivalent of German pilsner in relation to Czech pilsner in being the copy rather than the original. I brewed a 19th century style London Porter with a local brewery here in Virginia a few years ago called Blackwall London Porter, the key ingredient was brown malt, which in the 19th century made up to about 35-40% of the grist. How does London Black compare to Fuller's London Porter?
Fullers Porter has a richer, fruitier flavour, but is much less creamy. I'd say A&H London Black is more sessionable and should be served colder (8-9 degrees C?), whereas the Fullers Porter is more of a one drink, fireside on a cold winters night beer, that should be served a bit more around 10-11 degrees C.
I like both beers, but if I was out in a pub I'd go for the A&H, whereas at home it would have to be the Fullers.
That is, until A&H can find a way to can the London Black!
I compared a can of A&H 'The Porter' to bottle of Fuller's 'London Porter' around about two years ago. Both really tasty. However, I found 'The Porter' to be a lot tastier. Although, 'The Porter' is almost 7%abv. Whereas, 'London Black' is 4.4%abv. 😎👌
I've used the Fullers porter in cooking oxtail. Very nice
The point is Guinness has its own competitors from the smaller breweries in Ireland. Guinness itself in the UK is manky
Guinness is actually a stout not a porter
Vi like very much, vi come drink London Porter soon!
I had this at Riverside festival and it definitely can compete with Guinness in my opinion
Just seen. Fuller’s London Porter had a lot more character than Guinness, but the local pub stopped having it on draft, then the pub never reopened after lockdown. But OK in bottle, as is Guinness Foreign Extra Stout, and Meantime London Porter. Will try this stuff when the weather turns cold again.
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Such care taken by the bar lady not to spill.
It’s so good - should be in every pub in London. Way better than Guinness
My biggest problem with this channel is I want to try the beers showcased on it and I can never get them here in Australia! I had this problem searching for the Siren beers and the Meantime beers and there is no Anspach & Hobday beers for sale anywhere (not that I can see anyway) in Australia! Hoping to get to the UK for the first time later in the year and will add a pint of this to my bucket list.
Interesting to hear how they have that one beer, they can perfect over and over again compared to all the other beers they do.
What other breweries does that?
And you've got me looking for a London Dark in Denmark.
Jay and Silent Bob make good beer apparently. Looking forward to trying it.
At the pub on the crossroads there's whisky and beer
There's brandy from Cognac that's fragrant but dear
But what's good for killing the thirst and raising the gout
Nothing beats it but a pint of good stout.
I love to try all the different stouts and porters in the UK, but nothing beats a Guinness in the Long Hall.
Man, I could murder one of those. It looks glorious, any information on the beer hitting the rest of the UK?
Porter from independent brewer up in Oban ,on the site of the railway is fantastic
Sounds terrific. The only Porter I’ve ever had is Sainsbury’s black cab Porter
There’s a lovely Irish stout from O’Haras
This beer sounds like it's exactly something I'd appreciate tremendously. Sadly, Im across the pond 😭
Nice content, and beautifully shot. For some reason the production and editing reminded me at times of Alex French guy cooking.
Ha well that could be because he is my (Jonny) favourite TH-camr!
Time will tell which is truly the better beer. I love Guinness. Wish I could try this beer but I'm in the States.
Great Video, out and about.Looks a great beer!! Im a stout/ Porter fan. Is this Available up north? West Yorkshire?😊👍
I feel like this would be a great alternative to Guinness in London as most Guinness in London is shocking , don't think it would have any competition against Guinness poured in Ireland
Or any other Irish stout
only seen porter once in a pub - recall it was very tasty different to normal guiness, more complex taste, rich, ...
This is a great video. I had the pleasure of interviewing Jack about London Black, back at LCBF21 for my own channel (Selfless shameless plug). Really admirable that what they bring to the beer world always looks forward to what they do next. 👍👍👍👍🍺 #Rasko
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They have loads of micro breweries in Sydney Oz and a year ago I tried a nitro stout it was unique.
I wish we could get a decent Guinness here in the U.S. because I've had a Guinness over in Ireland and it's way better overseas.
Unfortunately there is nowhere that can match the quality of Guinness served in Ireland even in Britain apparently it doesn’t travel well, the only place in the uk to match the quality is Northern Ireland which of course is the same island
It’s still a great and my favorite beer, regardless if where it’s brewed
I've always preferred Murphy's over Guinness for some reason.. Good to see Londoners take on the Irish though.. Perhaps something worth trying during a visit to good ol' Londinium
You would love Murphy's and Beamish in their home city of Cork. The standard is so good down there.
I would love to try this beer...too bad I won't be in London for ages...any hope this ever makes it to CA?
"guinnes is my safety pint " 🤣🤣🤣🤣