What is your favourite 'one-two'?
Got a concept amongst my mates of having 2 pints in a certain order that really hit the spot called the one-two. If we're nipping somewhere for a quick couple, just walking the dog or out with the missus etc. 2 beers, in a specific order, one-two.
It started with one of our locals having the best pint of Peroni that you'll ever get and as good a pint of Guinness as you'll ever get. I could be in there for a Sunday roast or something and let them all know that I'm having the famous Peroni and then Guiness one-two. A solid 8/10.
Then it got a bit serious. There's a nearby town, that I go shopping in with the missus every now and then, with a little Belgian bar that has got a world class one-two. Budvar and then a Schneider Weisse, both on tap.
So a Budvar and then a Schneider Weisse (Tap 7) has been my favourite for a while. Shopping with the missus, nip in for a quick couple, both in their proper glassware, Budvar poured properly with a massive head (shout out to Den Engel in Leek), it's hard to beat.
I've just been to a little outdoor food market place, one of those with a few food vendors where you order to your table that has a craft beer bar. They have permanent Stiegl Goldbrau and Stiegl Weisse lines now (proper glassware for both), that's up there. Especially outside in the sun.
So worldy lager and then a great wheat beer is probably the one for me. If a place has that I'm smitten. What's your best real world out for a quick 2 pints one-two?
Chuck in your fantasy ones too if you want. Mine's probably 2/3rds of Tree House Doppelganger (an 8.2% IPA from Massachusetts, USA) followed by a third of an 11% Pedro Ximinez barrel-aged Cloudwater imperial stout, 2 of the best beers I've ever had. Or a pint of Augustiner outside one of their restaurants in summer followed by a Cantillon Fou' Foune.
Posted May 28, 2026, 5:12 PM UTC