The hand-pull on the pub bar, the wooden handle, the brass plaque that bears the name of the ale (the “Bishop’s Finger,” the “Old Peculier,” the “Landlord,” the “Tribute”, the beer names that are the poetry of the English ale), the 2 pulls from the hand-pull that draw the pint from the cask in the cellar below, the cask-conditioned, the still, the 11–13°C (the cellar temperature), the low carbonation, and the best drink in the world, is the essential English drinking experience. The drinking in the England is the pub, and the pub is the best drinking institution in the world: the fire, the conversation, the ale, and the time. Here is the traveller’s guide.

A Traveller’s Guide to Drinking in England

• The English ale, the essential: The English ale is the cask-conditioned: the live yeast in the cask, the secondary fermentation, and the beer that is the served the still, the cellar-cool, and the alive. The essential English ale styles: the Bitter (the classic, the 3.5–4.5%, the amber, the hoppy, the essential first pint in the England. The essential: the Timothy Taylor’s Landlord, the Yorkshire, the best bitter in the England, the £4.50 for the pint), the Best Bitter (the stronger, the 4.5–5.5%, the fuller), the IPA (the India Pale Ale, the stronger, the hopper, the 5–7%, the essential: the Greene King IPA, the Suffolk, the most widely available, the Thornbridge Jaipur, the modern, the £5.50), the Mild (the dark, the low-ABV, the 3–3.5%, the sweeter, and the essential Black Country drink in the West Midlands), the Porter (the dark, the roasted, the Fuller’s London Porter, the best in the UK, the £5), the Stout (the creamy, the Guinness, the essential Irish stout in the English pub, and the essential “split the G” game, the challenge to drink the pint so that the line of the foam is the on the G of the Guinness logo, the £5.50). More UK →
• The pub, the essential English drinking experience: The pub etiquette: the order at the bar (the table service is the rare), the “What can I get you?” and the response: the “A pint of the Landlord, please”, the name of the beer, the quantity, the “please,” and the no tip (the 50p or £1 for the “and one for yourself”, the offer to buy the barman the drink, is the optional and the respected). The essential pub rounds: the round, the each person buys the round of the drinks for the group, is the essential pub ritual: the refusal to buy the round is the social transgression, and the leaving before the end of the round is the acceptable only with the apology. The essential English pubs: the Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem in the Nottingham (the 1189, the oldest inn in the England, the Castle Rock, the caves, the part of the pub is the in the caves, the Trip, and the most historic pub in the England. ~£5 for the pint of the Nottingham ale), the Square and the Compass in the Worth Matravers (the Dorset, the Jurassic Coast, the cider, the 3 ciders, the no lager, the pies, the Cornish Pasty, the £5, and the most beautiful pub garden in the England, the view of the sea, the cliffs, and the best cider in the Dorset. ~£4 for the pint), the Sportsman in the Whitstable (the Kent, the beach, the oyster, the Kentish ale, and the best coastal pub in the south-east. ~£5)