Eating out in UK (England)
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English Drinks
The most popular drink in England is undoubtedly tea, and you can't leave the British Isles without experiencing the genuine five o'clock. Most of the traditional English drinks however are alcoholic; starting with apple cider, which contains only a little bit of alcohol, to all the kinds of beer produced in the country. The most famous English beers are ale, cask ale (unfiltered and unpasteurised) and stout or porter beer. A visit to a pub and a pint of beer is an absolute must when visiting England. If you'd rather drink something stronger, you can order a glass of grog, a beer cocktail such as Black Velvet or Freddie Batholomew, or a glass of Cup, a traditional British punch.
Every day Brits consume millions of gallons of tea, the single most recognizable traditional drink associated with Great Britain. The proverbial 'five o'clock tea' is usually brewed in a traditional Chinese teapot and served in small porcelain cups....
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Cider is one of the most popular beverage in the United Kingdom of low alcoholic content. Traditionally made out of the fermented apples or pear, the British cider appears in many different variations, from sweet to dry, from very fizzy to still....
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Mead is considered one of the oldest alcoholic beverages known to man. Known already in the Middle Ages, traditional mead is relatively easy to make and store. Although traditionally it is a mixture of honey, water and yeast, the contemporary mead...
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Ale is a traditional beer brewed from barley malt and a quickly-fermenting brewers yeast. The British variant of this drink has a sweet, full, fruity and even butter-like taste. Some popular versions of British ale, contain herbs and spices, which...
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The dark Stout beer is made from roasted malts and barley. It comes in various kinds such as the dry stout, cream stout or the imperial stout. Originally named Porter, the drink was first introduced in the UK in the early 18th Century and almost...
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A type of unfiltered and unpasteurized beer, which is traditionally served from a cask. Cask Ale is one of the few British alcoholic beverages that is brewed solely from natural ingredients, without the help of extra carbon dioxide. The beer is...
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This drink made with water and rum was introduced into the Royal Navy by the British Vice Admiral Edward Vernon in 1740. After the British conquest of Jamaica, rum became a very popular alcohol among the Brits, mostly among the sailors. To prevent...
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Surprisingly, hot chocolate drink as we know it today, was introduced first in the UK around the 15th century as mixture of ground cocoa beans, cool water and spices, such as cayenne pepper, vanilla, cloves and cinnamon. This chocolate drink was not...
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