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.

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.

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"

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.

I applaud the CBC team championing great local historical beer makers in the place where they're from. Excellent photography as usual.

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.

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.

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.

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 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!

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!

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!! 👍🏻

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!

Nice work, gents. London Black is a cracking beer, looking forward to see it spread throughout our fair city and beyond.

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 .

Very happy to have London Black as our fixed Nitro on tap in the Beerlovers Bar in Antwerp :)

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?

Had 2 pints of this yesterday in one of the NW pubs to have it. A truly stunning pint.

I love porters, and would love having one of these to try on this side of the pond.

Wana try it now! Sadly over in NZ but hopefully be over one day. Good on you pushing local n tradition.

Cracking beer, A&H leading the way!

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!

I embrace the old styles more that the new,I love this !

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!

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 have had london black because of this video

I managed to have some of this a couple of weeks ago at the Derby brewing co tap. Was gorgeous.

Great weekend. Last week I was in London. Love that city. Bought some beers at Borough. One from Anspach & Hobday, the 8 candles one.

Great video chaps. Almost salivating wanting to try this. Love darker beers so will defo need to try this. 🍺

Looks fantastic! I'll be sure to try this when I go to London this summer.

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 ;-)

This is what I like to see!

It’s so good - should be in every pub in London. Way better than Guinness

Thanks again guys for another great vid......the nitro pour looks very delicious and sessionable.......cheers

Samuel Smith's Extra Stout is the nectar to drink!

lovely

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.

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.

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...

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.

In the states here, would love to try it - it looks lovely.

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.

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

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 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😂”

Weihenstephan, brewing beer since 1040. that is nearly a thousand years. At that time London was still a settlement, called Lundenwic :-) :-) :-)

A&H is one of my favourite places to visit on the mile

This was a nice video, great history and celebrating UK culture.

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!)

Jay and Silent Bob make good beer apparently. Looking forward to trying 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!

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!

I love to try all the different stouts and porters in the UK, but nothing beats a Guinness in the Long Hall.

There’s a lovely Irish stout from O’Haras

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.

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 🍻

Ok, need to go and get myself a pint of Black right now!

We put this beer on where I work and it is phenomenal. It’s so meaty and smooth

Great video guys, immaculate editing and I am now willing to spend 40 quid on trains to go to London and try it 😆😆

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 do like a Porter. There’s quite a few London breweries doing them though not on nitro, Redemption & Kernel both have fine examples.

That last shot👌👌👌well done Brad those slowmo shots really shine.

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?

Oh wow this looks like a fun channel. Gives me something to binge.

First beer I will seek out when in London this September.

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

Love it

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.

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

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.

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 👍👌🙏🤞🍻

Man, I could murder one of those. It looks glorious, any information on the beer hitting the rest of the UK?

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

Craft beer at Waterloo Brewery🍺 tap house🏰 is an awesome experience you will ever have🍻... #StrongerTogether🌎💘🍺

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. 😔

Great video Steve & Colin!

So cool🍻 It's a place everyone wants to visit! I love draft beer :)

I like many different beers. I like many lagers, I like many ales and I love Guinness. I'm going to be spending two weeks in Ireland shortly, so I'll be drinking plenty of the Guinness, other beers I know I love, and trying more I come across. But, I'd love to try the London Black. You guys seem very passionate about your beer and I like that. I live in north Wales so I imagine it'll take a bit of time before I see it in my neck woods, but I'll keep an eye for sure. :-D

Hope that I will be able to taste it someday in Denmark 👍. Or else I'll have to go to London

They can top that glass up for starter's .A pint is still a pint , craft or otherwise ! (Blooming youngsters)😅

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.

The thing with Guinness, Beamish & Murphys, is you can have a session on them. These craft beers are only good if you're having one or two over lunch.

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.

Great video as always! Opening a Guinness tonight because I'm from MX and we don't have London Black... yet.

Beer aside, the quality and editing of this video was amazing. Keep it up guys!

As a Dubliner and a lover of Guinness I’m dying to try out this porter next time I’m in London, but bare in mind that the quality of Guinness in Dublin & indeed Ireland is far superior than the Guinness server in Britain, what is the strength of the London Porter

Enjoyed your Beer and Cheese pairing talk at Wild Beer Fest, bud. Was definitely a highlight :D

i never thought about a beer so thick and heavy as guinness to be "crushable"

They have loads of micro breweries in Sydney Oz and a year ago I tried a nitro stout it was unique.

It's better than Guinness. By a long way. Good luck to them!

To everyone who doesn’t know their Guinness history although old, Arthur Guinness travelled to London and by common consent met Ralph Harwood a London Brewer of the 1730’s producer of Porter & Stout, who Guinness basically copied and built up his Dublin Brewery the other side of the Irish Sea. However, London is the true home of Porter/Stout (basically the same thing at the time). So you can truly see the reason behind the need for A&H London Black to make a long overdue comeback.

Man, I definitely want to try London Black now! I'm across the Atlantic, but will make the trip asap.

This beer sounds like it's exactly something I'd appreciate tremendously. Sadly, Im across the pond 😭

Time will tell which is truly the better beer. I love Guinness. Wish I could try this beer but I'm in the States.

What in the hell way did they pour that Guinness like?lol. Sacrilege! Think would be good to compare to a guinness in Ireland because UK and the rest of the world get a different type of Guinness to us.

I will drink a Guinness on one day of the year....March 17th, for obvious reasons. This year I had a G and an Ohara Nitro Stout, and liked the Ohara better (probably fighting words). Having said that, here in New Brunswick, Canada, we have a number of local breweries that have their take on a G, and while only one of them in a can pack it on Nitro, they are all better than G. I believe they are on nitro at the breweries, but in the can just on CO2....so you do miss that creamyness, however, they are all still better IMHO, and I drink them year round.

15:01 Such care taken by the bar lady not to spill.

Sounds terrific. The only Porter I’ve ever had is Sainsbury’s black cab Porter

bring this to the states!!!