Sharp's Doombar Vs St Austell Tribute | Cornish Beer Battle

[@nigelleese1099]

St Austell brewery is well worth a visit. They have some cracking small batch beers they have done and as for Tribute vs Doombar, no contest as Doombar is as appetising as a pint of Carling 🤣.

[@jonathankent8411]

Sharps do a great brewery tour.......very generous in the tap room afterwards. A cornish measure I think they called it 😂

[@TrancetasticWilza]

If I walked into a Cornish Pub and had to decide between Tribute and Doombar, I'd avoid both and have a Proper Job. 😅

[@ryanwheatley5373]

I've always preferred the balance of Tribute. Find the hop character of Proper Job too bitter citrus and no toasty malt

[@lordmfitzgerald3rd754]

I’d have all 3!

[@ianmeredith130]

Tribute all day out of these 2! Doom bar hasn't been great for a while now. There's some stunning craft breweries in Cornwall these days. Lost Brewing's Loose juice and Newquay Brewing Project's Locals only are stunning 👍

[@camwillsmusic7153]

I agree, never been a fan of doom bar, just tastes sickly, Tribute is one of my favourites, just so refreshing having a pint of it in the sun, you should try goodh brewery who are now running skinners, one of my most favourite micro brewerys. Beautiful expresso stout they make

[@OscarOSullivan]

@@camwillsmusic7153Didn’t skinners have awful branding

[@camwillsmusic7153]

@@OscarOSullivan I’m not sure tbh, all I know is that they shut down and this microbrewery have taken over but still use the skinners name

[@kezchallacombe6684]

Hi Simon. I read recently that Doom bar Draught is all brewed in Cornwall, but bottled Doom bar is brewed in Burton. St Austell brewery is up, up, a steep hill from the train station, and so well worth a visit. One of my favourite brewers are St Austell.

[@johnp8131]

Molson/Coors have been plying that propaganda for years? I'm not a lover of Doom Bar but if you try one on draught in Cornwall or Devon, which can be decent and then have one on draught, in or around Burton on Trent, they are two different beers? I've even heard some say "it just doesn't travel"? What a load of old rot!

[@kezchallacombe6684]

@@johnp8131 Bottled Doom Bar is brewed in Burton simply because of lack of capacity at Rock, but the cask Ale IS brewed in Cornwall. It is probably not as good as it used to be. Be mindful the brewery cannot be responsible of how it is kept in pubs.

[@johnp8131]

@@kezchallacombe6684 That maybe so, however can that be true of every pub outside of Cornwall and Devon? Had it in Polperro, St Mellion and Sidmouth, quite pleasant! In fact, the pub in Polperro sold the whole Sharp's range. London, Cambridge, Oxford, Stafford, Norwich and Edinburgh, utter rubbish. All of those outside of the south-west were renowned real ale pubs too. Sorry, I just don't believe Molson/Coors, they're just another multi-national that has been lying to consumers for years. Even my mate who was clubhouse manager at Sidmouth Golf Club, told me that when he ordered Doom Bar, he always stipulated to the supplier that it must be the version brewed in Rock? And that's a few years ago now. Also, if the draught isn't brewed in Burton, why when 'fresh', does it still have that faint Burton "fart" aroma which doesn't seem to be apparent in the Doom Bar in the South-West?

[@fatbelly27]

Sharps still have a brewery at St Minver. I used to visit their factory shop pre-pandemic. They often had interesting small volume brews at good prices.

[@craigb2644]

When he describes Doombar as ' Its not a bad beer' you know he really means it's naff.

[@79blustone]

I do a bit of work for St. Austell distribution centre in Dorset, great people there. Tribute is a much nicer beer, I absolutely love the stuff, St Austell and Gritchie brewery are my top brewery's at the moment. Salt and Vault city are my favourite craft brewery's. 🎉

[@jimboreid1]

I visited St Austell Brewery when I went to Cornwall on Holiday. The Tribute was lovely but the Proper Job was superb. The hoppiest beer I had ever drank. not quite as good in the bottle but still a nice beer. They do a black Proper Job as well. Which is nice.

[@NathanTaylor_Music]

Should really have put it up against Shipyards Pale Ale DoomBar is also the UKs #1 Cask Ale and Sharps SeaFury won World's Best Pale Bitter in 2020. St Austell had also won 4 awards at this year's World Beer Awards held in London, with Big Job IPA winning Gold. UK at its best!

[@johnp8131]

Sea Fury is a pretty decent pint, especially on draught. Doom Bar? you can keep if it's from outside of the south-west and even then it's not great.

[@Jayjayuk12345]

It's the #1 cask ale simply because it lasts a long time without going bad, like 3-4 weeks! it's easy to keep. and that's the only reason.

[@martinputt6421]

@@johnp8131 Doombar is from Cornwall so it's in the South-West.

[@martinputt6421]

@@Jayjayuk12345 Nope the reason is that it tastes great.

[@johnp8131]

@@martinputt6421 You obviously either haven't read or understood the other comments here by others? Doom Bar 'WAS' from Cornwall! I'll give you some clues to make it easier? Where is draught Doom Bar now also brewed? And where is the vast majority of bottled Doom Bar brewed? Sharp's is owned by Molson/Coors situated in Burton on Trent so could it now be there??? Molson/Coors have finally admitted this, therefore............. Maybe you should engage your brain before putting your mouth into gear?

[@johnp8131]

I would have thought Sharp's Atlantic would have been a closer comparison to Tribute. Outside of the south-west you can keep Doombar! And Tribute isn't much better, at least north and east of Bristol? St Austel HSD is a superb darker ale and if you can find it, there is/was a pub that sold the whole Sharpe's range in Polperro, south-east Cornwall and they had the beautiful "Sharp's Revenge", however, from what you have said Simon, it was probably a "one off" from their brewery in Rock, although it may have become "Sea Fury" as it was around that colour and strength?

[@tomwilliams7391]

I think Tribute has retained a better taste over the years, Doombar has become blander since the takeover...I think St Austell ales are available across the UK, it's good to see a brewery growing.

[@badabing8884]

Going back through the classics I see. Personally prefer Tribute to Doom Bar out of the bottle and cask.

[@stewy62]

Some people saying Tribute vs Doombar is not a fair comparison but I’ve certainly been in pubs where both are on tap, so I think the comparison is fair even though the styles are different. Your description of Doombar as inoffensive is about right. I went on a tour of the St.Austell brewery this year, if the taste of Tribute has changed but the recipe has stayed the same all I can suggest is that it has suffered as St.Austell has upscaled their brewing process.

[@SharronHodgson]

I replied on one post I can’t find them beers at lIdl ,one kind fella said don’t look at the main beer shelves , they have a separate shelf with interesting beers , found it today I’ve got 4 cans of 71 brewing there Gear Shifter I’m looking forward to suppin them tonight , after a bottle of Efes Summer Brew APA at 5%.

[@Stuart-yd9qz]

St Austell Brewery have a great visitor centre. Proper Job is my first choice down here. Daymer by Harbour and Lightbulb by Verdant are also fantastic beers (If you like the US IPA style)

[@BazzaBeeBenson]

Did you ever drink Skinners before they sadly went into administration? Had a few good beers and fun label design too

[@BazzaBeeBenson]

just seen they are getting back on their feet so if you've not had it maybe one for a future video?? They've made at least Betty Stoggs (their 'best' I suppose) and Lushingtons IPA since brewing again after administration

[@Jayjayuk12345]

once a big company buys a local small brewery it loses it's local identity, there's nothing cornish about Doom Bar. The reason places stock it is because it lasts a very long time before going bad. It's heartburn in a glass. If forced with a choice, it's tribute but i would have to be desperate for a beer. They were at the GBBF 2023 and i gave them a wide berth.

[@dansharpe2364]

Whilst not the family brewery the decline of my almost namesake Sharp's Doom Bar from when I first drank it in Falmouth overlooking the quay 25 years ago when it was excellent to the "tolerable" but pale imitation of what it once was is very sad. But that's the tragic story of English beers.

[@alexandergrey5913]

Was that an Otter Brewery glass for the Doom Bar?

[@OscarOSullivan]

Yes

[@neilwhite4889]

Tribute is normally available in Lidl

[@Kenny-zw1lp]

You compared Doom bar with a Lidi version, a while ago, and absolutely slated Doom bar, and decided the Lidi copy better. I agreed with you, you didn’t say Doom bar was not bad, but quite the opposite, the bottle version is terrible really, and the cask not much better. If I see Doom bar on the bar , I avoid it completely, and drink Guinness.

[@leethemiller]

tribute is a cracking beer for the money THANKS for the videos ,,,,,,,,,,keep up the good work

[@MichaelWilde.pushbikegraddad]

Tribute available in Aldi, bought some last week.

[@richard99cookify]

Seeing a Doom Bar review really makes me sad about the good old days of it.

[@kevanramsden2134]

If you are lucky enough to be in Cornwall then either would refresh, but lets not kid ourselves, the Jail Ale often found round those parts also from Dartmoor Brewery, is far superior. Cheers Simon

[@outtour7518]

I am a Cornishman and would love to send you up some Cornish beers!

[@SharronHodgson]

Yes please from Verdant and Firebrand

[@millsy1861]

Cask Tribute is fantastic when in Cornwall or Devon, The Crown in Lynton best pint of Tribute I've ever had, sublime. Used to love Doombar, but once Coors got their hands on it, they ruined it for me.

[@Paul-tp9vf]

Hot take from the Black Country as a Batham's and Sarah Hughes drinker. They're not bad beers; they're just no bleeding good. Beer for the sake of beer. Even kept well both are just beer but Tribute at a push. Doom Bar I find thoroughly dispiriting.

[@OscarOSullivan]

What do those two breweries milds taste like

[@Paul-tp9vf]

Did post a longer answer that foolishly included a link to Des de Moor's site. It's worth googling. The Batham's is a deep copper session mild of about 3.5%. Sweet and hoppy. Worthy enough but nowt special. Sarah Hughes Ruby Mild (6%) is a thing of absolute beauty well worth seeking out. In fact it is worth the pilgrimage to The Beacon Hotel to drink it if you can't get it elsewhere, but make sure someone else drives. It is astonishing. Like a pint of Christmas pud. The Sedgely Surprise (5% best bitter) is a corker too. As is Pale Amber 4%. And The Beacon Hotel has an historic interior of national importance and an on site tower brewery. You can't go wrong.👍@@OscarOSullivan

[@OscarOSullivan]

@@Paul-tp9vf Thanks my go to beer is Sullivans red so was wondering did reddy coloured milds taste of caramel or toffee

[@Paul-tp9vf]

@@OscarOSullivan Sullivan's? Any relation? Burnt caramel, prunes, treacle and brown sugar. I'm lucky in that although living within a few miles of the place my bowls club (staggering distance) has Sarah Hughes in regularly because one of our members is a not only a friend of the owner of The Beacon but supplies him with scratchings so they, ahem, scratch each other's backs. He even drops the Amber into firkins for us; it is normally put into 36s and sold only on site. £3 a pint too. Unfortunately they bottle none of their beers though all but Amber pitch up at festivals. They also do a winter ale, Snowflake. 8%. Best drunk in halves.

[@OscarOSullivan]

@@Paul-tp9vf No relation as O’ Sullivan/Sullivan is one of the most common surnames in Ireland

[@jonathankent8411]

I'd agree with your scores. Doombar is an acceptable option for me if the line up is otherwise poor. I love Tribute when it's at its best, but in a bottle it's lacking that big flavour hit. I always picked up pineapple in it's aroma. I was wondering what you would say about that. I enjoyed this one 👌

[@kpace8605]

Doom Bar is brewed in Burton Upon Trent i always get.Never had Cornish brewed one.Again a beer being brewed somewhere else.!!!!!! .St Austell Brewery is good and keeping to its heratige.🍺

[@michaeloakes2408]

Should have included the proper job beer ?

[@dancemusic70]

Tribute by a country mile. Had a great afternoon at the brewery. I'd wager that many Doombar drinkers that haven't tasted Tribute would change.

[@martinputt6421]

I've drank Tribute and it didn't have much taste compared to Doombar.

[@jimmyd12001]

Must try Tribute, I've not had it before

[@johnp8131]

Not too bad if it's fresh but that's the problem? Unless it's out of a bottle of course.

[@Ngamer834]

Just about to watch this video but this was easy for me St Austell Tribute. Doombar from the bottle is quite bland and yet on tap it is like a different beer much better.

[@agdewey]

I remember going to a pub, which had no cask ales, and only Doombar in bottles. It tasted like malted fizzy water, compared to the beer I remember from years ago.

[@johnp8131]

They denied for years that Doom bar of any discription was brewed anywhere but Rock in Cornwall. Of course we knew that was just propaganda from Molson/Coors. I played golf at St Mellion around a decade ago and they had Doom Bar there in the clubhouse. I'm not saying it was fantastic but, it was certainly far better than gut rot we usually get from them?

[@stewartcash555]

Must keep supporting the independents

[@brianwood4483]

Soon to be available on keg too.

[@chunks1965]

Doom Bar bloody awful stuff in bottles since its now bottled in Burton, or as we call it now it tourist piss, St Austell Brewery still produce some cracking beers in Proper Job, Black IPA.

[@SharronHodgson]

Very true Proper Job isn’t a bad beer at all .

[@SharronHodgson]

You can’t compare St Austell beers to Verdant who are a fantastic brewery .

[@SharronHodgson]

Anyone any idea what hops are in it

[@Paul-tp9vf]

It's piss when served from a barrel too. F'all to recommend it.

[@caoimhindalton2038]

No need to drink either of these in Cornwall. Seek out pubs with Tintagel Pendragon, Firebrand West Coast IPA, Treens Essential, any of Verdant's cask offerings, St Austell Proper Job & Mena Duh, even Sharp's Special.

[@alexandergrey5913]

Need to send you some Jail House from Prnincetown

[@joinmeonthedarkside2]

Doom bar on draught at spoons!!! Bring a carrier bag to get best results.

[@Rusty_Pig]

Great video Simon, taste them hops on the burp 💯 🍻🍻🍺

[@AndyFraserA]

I've always found Doom Bar to be on the bland and unexciting side so I'd pick Tribute out of those two. Having said that, St Austell produce some much better beers. I'd pick Proper Job, Proper Black, Korev lager or Mena Dhu stout over Tribute. But that wasn't the point of this video so I'll shut up now.

[@jonathankent8411]

Have you tried their Big Job? It's something like 7.2% abv so need to be careful, but the flavour is immense.

[@AndyFraserA]

@@jonathankent8411 No, I haven’t tried Big Job. If I see it I’ll definitely buy it. I’m getting quite used to 7+% ABV beer now. 😄

[@John-hu9ud]

Proper Job is my go to bottled IPA

[@sr6424]

In my area certain pub chains sell Doombar draught. I describe it as bland, tasteless on par with Carling Black Label.

[@martinputt6421]

I disagree, it tastes nice. Carling meanwhile tastes revolting.

[@wildashpash]

Doombar is disgusting. Dunno how people can drink the stuff

[@outtour7518]

Lovely on tap

[@martinputt6421]

Well we disagree on that as I think it's lovely on tap and in bottles. I've never tried the cans of it so I don't know about that.

[@SharronHodgson]

They should put on the bottle only to be used in a slow cooker

[@OscarOSullivan]

Shitter bitter

[@crclarke5251]

Its metallic flat brown piss. Awful stuff

[@mitchdawe33]

Doom bar is just to heavy for me after the 1. Tribute on cask, consistent and you can't beat it

[@alansinclair7659]

Doom Bar used to be a superb ale. Since they got taken over and mass produced the stuff it's certainly gone downhill. Nowadyays, it's just an OK ale. Tribute is a much better beer than Doom Bar now whereas they used to be on level par. The price you pay for being taken over by companies that only see profit as their aim rather than quality.

[@DesertScorpionKSA]

One is a pale ale and the other is an amber ale.

[@adriancoleman1120]

Exactly. Like comparing a stout to a lager.

[@sam8837]

The idea is its 2 Cornish beers, not the same style. It says in the video and the title.

[@tobyjackman3212]

​@@adriancoleman1120 No it's not. It's like comparing one Cornish beer to a different Cornish beer. A bit like he literally says in the video

[@rosslogan4154]

​@sam8837 ....but its not two Cornish beers he's comparing. Bottled Doom Bar is produced in Burton Upon Trent.

[@DesertScorpionKSA]

@@rosslogan4154This is true. The beer is named after the dangerous Doom Bar sandbank at the mouth of the Camel Estuary in north Cornwall. Cask Doom Bar is brewed at Rock, but bottled Doom Bar has been produced, 267 miles (430 km) away, in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, since 2013.

[@michaeloakes2408]

Doombar made in Burton, well anything from Burton is not for me, its all made cheap for max profit. You can get cases in Aldi if anyone wants any .

[@OscarOSullivan]

Burton has long been synonymous with large breweries

[@analogdistortion]

6 for doombar

[@cactusdan94]

A better review would of been tribute v Atlantic

[@HopZine]

I quite like Tribute, Doombar is dishwater. Like a one-legged man in a arse kicking contest. Stuart Howe was a bellend of the highest order.

[@adyjclarke]

Doom Bar is rank

[@Paul-tp9vf]

Not so much rank as thoroughly dispiriting.

[@kingcurtis7899]

"Doombar is not a bad beer" "Doombar is Solid" Oh dear... what a terrible beer!

[@arturobandini4078]

Doombar is such a nothing beer, I put it on a par with Fosters.

[@kezchallacombe6684]

On another note. How far back can you remember drinking Tribute? It was not called Tribute before 2001, it was called Daylight Robbery. It was to do with a solar eclipse. Cannot find any change to its ingredients though, so it is the same as it always was.

[@Dogooddontbesilly]

Tribute used to be very drinkable. Doom bar no hops IMO too sweet.

[@andrewcarr5923]

One bang average beer from a top brewery St Austell - Tribute vs Doombar a once decent beer that has been ruined by whichever cretins now own it, no contest really.

[@tobyjackman3212]

I remember when DB was pretty good. It's the Carling of the amber ale world now 🥱 I still think Tribute is alright though 🍺

[@markjohnathanappleton8642]

Once you supply beers do the mass market,via supermarkets you lose quality,both beers are very very ordinary

[@SharronHodgson]

I’ve always said Sharps beers should never cross the border into Devon , just let the Cornish fellas sup it , all there beers are a 4 out of 10 for me ,I find Tribute bland, you should put Proper Job up against that crap beer, I’ve got a smallish Morrisons in my local town only decent beer they stock is Proper Job , drinking it well chilled it’s not bad at all almost a 8 out of 10

[@johnp8131]

My local in Cambridgeshire has Tribute permanently on draught, it's OK when very fresh only, however most of the time like Burton brewed Sharp's, they are both somewhere between poor and total rubbish!

[@WWCLife]

Can’t beat a pint of Tribs.

[@SirSeany]

Gone full circle. Channel started with these awful brown beers and now they’re back!

[@johnp8131]

Maybe, but better than British brewed lager that smells like "fart"?

[@mattjackson9859]

That St Austell one is not the greatest and best beer in the world, it is just a... 🙂

[@alestout5632]

Doombar dose taste bland now as someone said on here thing is you can get it anywhere now so it’s not special bit like the stuff green King call IPA 🤢 if I go into a pub and see these on hand pump my hart sinks saying that I have enjoyed sea fury but as cask beer goes don’t think doom bar travels well and if we all liked the same thing there would not be a choice

[@plrndl]

Proper Job rules. OK!

[@georgefoord7087]

You are not missing to much not having been to St Austell

[@fatbelly27]

There are some nice places a short drive away from Snozzle, but as for the town itself....

[@georgefoord7087]

@@fatbelly27 exactly

[@johnp8131]

Remember visiting there whilst working at Culdrose years ago. You're right, disapointing, other than one of the local pubs where we discovered the delicious HSD. Nearly as good as "Spingo Ales" in Helston?

[@stevedyer8016]

I do not like Tribute at all. I like Proper Job much more. The thing is with Tribute it is heavily advertised so people see it and thinks it's the main drink. St Austell Proper Job is nowhere near as advertised as Tribute but in my opinion it lives up to it's name Proper Job and beats Tribute by a country mile. When Tribute was called Daylight Robbery back in 2002 hardly anybody drunk it but know it's called Tribute it's all the rage by heavy advertising.

[@simonharding3109]

Tribute by a mile for me..nice hint of orange flavour which lifts it over the very bland doombar

[@Bow1man5]

Doom Bore

[@iandavis1723]

Doombar is awful stuff. The metallic taste is so strong and the hangovers off that stuff are evil.

[@kievb8221]

Doom bar in bottle, absolutely awful stuff.

[@christopherbryan4085]

Both Naff! Lol

[@Stitchmax]

Choice. Go back to these nasty bottle beers that have a shelf life of army ration packs and nothing else. Do a hand stand with diarrhea.

[@passmethechinesemenu]

Simon son , you are scraping the arse of the barrel with these versus videos . They are well and truly played out . Please freshen up your channel and give us some interesting content .

[@rosslogan4154]

This guy really should do his homework before he films these videos. Cask Doom Bar is brewed in Rock in Cornwall and is 4.0 abv. The mass produced bottled beer is produced in Burton upon Trent in Staffordshire. Tastes completely different to the cask beer and has an abv of 4.3.

[@kinggeoffrey3801]

Used to be 4.8%.

[@peterm7548]

I think its wrong to sell a beer under the same brand on tap and in cans and bottles and have different beers in each. It should all be the same beer in different packaging.

[@peterm7548]

I used to drink both a lot but now I have gone off them. Their commercial success has caused a decline in quality. It is ever thus in our awful beer market typified by all the fake foreign lagers you have reviewed. Doombar is now a fake Cornish ale brewed in Burton. At least St Austell is still brewed in Cornwall but it has clearly redesigned itself to be a cheaper brew. I much prefer something like Woodforde's Wherry these days.

[@Doupyourflies]

Not a good time to do a "comparison" like this, with the NHS consultants being on strike.

[@William-Anderson]

Why what will happen?

[@Shadz01]

What's this got to do with NHS staff being on strike?

[@oz1472]

I think the post is referencing that the said beers will make mr Martin 😂 I presume they are not a fan of either doombar or tribute 😂

[@oz1472]

Make me Martin ill ( I meant to say )