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« Reply #15 on: Tuesday, February 15, 2011, 21:52:23 » |
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3 useless facts:- John Betjemen is the one buried - who strangely used to live in Wantage. Sharps have recently been taken over I heard - Doombar is real Doombar no longer Ales of Scilly are great - I have just bought a small boat and called it SCUPPERED after their best bitter - perhaps not the best idea  Molson Coors have taken Sharps brewery over, no plans to stop brewing apparently. How many places in Swindon can you buy Doom Bar now - it is a lovely pint! |
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Peter Venkman
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« Reply #16 on: Wednesday, February 16, 2011, 10:16:15 » |
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Sharps Doom Bar is vastly superior to St Austell and Skinners ales as both of those brewery products give me the shits!
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From the station at Colchester
To the cells of Warrington
From the services at Leicester
To the slums of Northampton
We travel over England
And one day Europe too
Cos we all follow the Swindon
We're the famous Town End crew.
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PigFarmer
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« Reply #18 on: Wednesday, February 16, 2011, 11:06:00 » |
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Good pub.
Sausages cooked behind the bar I believe.
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shady
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« Reply #19 on: Wednesday, February 16, 2011, 11:11:52 » |
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Good pub.
Sausages cooked behind the bar I believe.
Absolute gem of a place. I hope this award doesn't prove to be its undoing! |
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Peter Venkman
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« Reply #20 on: Wednesday, February 16, 2011, 11:13:34 » |
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Off to London on my birthday next Monday and in the area so may well try and take in a beer or two there early afternoon methinks.
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From the station at Colchester
To the cells of Warrington
From the services at Leicester
To the slums of Northampton
We travel over England
And one day Europe too
Cos we all follow the Swindon
We're the famous Town End crew.
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shady
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Free the Etuhu one!!
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« Reply #21 on: Wednesday, February 16, 2011, 11:30:19 » |
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Off to London on my birthday next Monday and in the area so may well try and take in a beer or two there early afternoon methinks.
If you want some free pints whilst in London (though the pubs participating are not much cop) follow the link at the top of this page: http://www.marstonsoffers.co.uk/offers-pub-search/london/ |
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Peter Venkman
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« Reply #22 on: Wednesday, February 16, 2011, 11:38:49 » |
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Already registered for that down at my local one The Stonemasons in Ilminster. |
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From the station at Colchester
To the cells of Warrington
From the services at Leicester
To the slums of Northampton
We travel over England
And one day Europe too
Cos we all follow the Swindon
We're the famous Town End crew.
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« Reply #23 on: Wednesday, February 16, 2011, 20:03:13 » |
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A great beer Hitchin, every cloud....
Shame it was in a plastic glass. Also had Dartmoor, Bays, Otter, Exmoor and O'Hanlons in the 5 pubs visited in Exeter which is why I was at the ground late. A further cloud was ending up in a lock-in in my sister's local in Cullompton. Would recommend the Old Fire House at the quiet exit of Exeter Central if visiting on 29th. More of a cider house with a stillage of beers. |
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Spencer_White
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« Reply #24 on: Wednesday, February 16, 2011, 20:23:30 » |
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Doom Bar is the first pint of bitter Ive really enjoyed enough to chose it over bottled lager. Had it in the Brunel in Chippenham on the way back from Rovers, and then in the Steam Railway after that. Even when I went to the Swindon Beer festival in November, I still enjoyed the pale ales much more.
I think pubs look after their bitter taps a lot better than their lager ones. They think lager drinkers dont notice stale, smelly beer full of Tap cleaning chemicals. I do.
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PigFarmer
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« Reply #25 on: Wednesday, February 16, 2011, 20:27:31 » |
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Doom Bar is the first pint of bitter Ive really enjoyed enough to chose it over bottled lager.
How are you defining bitter? |
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Spencer_White
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« Reply #26 on: Wednesday, February 16, 2011, 20:54:01 » |
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is it not bitter then?
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PigFarmer
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« Reply #27 on: Wednesday, February 16, 2011, 21:20:34 » |
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Even when I went to the Swindon Beer festival in November, I still enjoyed the pale ales much more.
Sorry it was this bit that confused me. You prefer pale ales more than Lager or Doombar? And are you making a clear definition between pale ale and bitter? Unrelated but class finish from Van Persie. |
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Spencer_White
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« Reply #28 on: Wednesday, February 16, 2011, 21:35:47 » |
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Sorry it was this bit that confused me. You prefer pale ales more than Lager or Doombar? And are you making a clear definition between pale ale and bitter?
Unrelated but class finish from Van Persie.
There aren't any lagers at the Swindon Beer Festival. I enjoyed the pale ales more than the bitters there. As I said, I dont know a lot about bitters. Never liked them in the past. |
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PigFarmer
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« Reply #29 on: Wednesday, February 16, 2011, 21:46:42 » |
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There aren't any lagers at the Swindon Beer Festival. I enjoyed the pale ales more than the bitters there.
As I said, I dont know a lot about bitters. Never liked them in the past.
Here in lies the problem. Bitter and pale ale are basically synonyms. You like the lighter coloured beers. I suggest Crop Circle or Summer Lightning in Wiltshire or Hophead in Brighton. |
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