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« Reply #315 on: Sunday, April 24, 2016, 16:22:49 » |
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milk stout!!! are you the reincarnation of my Nan???
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« Reply #316 on: Monday, April 25, 2016, 07:13:46 » |
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I was in a bar near st James park station in London yesterday and noticed an arkells beer on tap called inch of ginge. Thought it odd to see an Arkells beer in the capital.
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« Reply #317 on: Monday, April 25, 2016, 09:19:03 » |
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I was in a bar near st James park station in London yesterday and noticed an arkells beer on tap called inch of ginge. Thought it odd to see an Arkells beer in the capital.
Au contraire, Arkells has always travelled up to London. Many years ago when I lived in London, I had a brierf dalliance, with a bird who lived in Shepperton, her local was an interesting pub, frequented by people who worked in the TV/film industry at Shepperton studios. Although in the mid 70's, it was reduced in size from its heyday, it still churned out some impressive stuff. This lot loved their Arkells, which was on tap, made me smile, not sure if it was an Arkells pub, or just a guest. They were not so much luvvies, but the place still had a great display of film memorabilia round the walls. It should be noted that the mid 70's, was a time when real ale had shrunk to reletively few breweries of which Arkells was one...and so was viewed as somewhat exotic.
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« Reply #318 on: Monday, April 25, 2016, 10:39:04 » |
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Au contraire, Arkells has always travelled up to London. Many years ago when I lived in London, I had a brierf dalliance, with a bird who lived in Shepperton, her local was an interesting pub, frequented by people who worked in the TV/film industry at Shepperton studios.
Although in the mid 70's, it was reduced in size from its heyday, it still churned out some impressive stuff.
This lot loved their Arkells, which was on tap, made me smile, not sure if it was an Arkells pub, or just a guest. They were not so much luvvies, but the place still had a great display of film memorabilia round the walls.
It should be noted that the mid 70's, was a time when real ale had shrunk to reletively few breweries of which Arkells was one...and so was viewed as somewhat exotic.
Wasn't Diana Dors was it?
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« Reply #319 on: Monday, April 25, 2016, 10:41:13 » |
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Au contraire, Arkells has always travelled up to London. Many years ago when I lived in London, I had a brierf dalliance, with a bird who lived in Shepperton, her local was an interesting pub, frequented by people who worked in the TV/film industry at Shepperton studios.
Although in the mid 70's, it was reduced in size from its heyday, it still churned out some impressive stuff.
This lot loved their Arkells, which was on tap, made me smile, not sure if it was an Arkells pub, or just a guest. They were not so much luvvies, but the place still had a great display of film memorabilia round the walls.
It should be noted that the mid 70's, was a time when real ale had shrunk to reletively few breweries of which Arkells was one...and so was viewed as somewhat exotic.
Indeed, Arkells has long had a strong presence in West - South West London.
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« Reply #320 on: Monday, April 25, 2016, 10:43:10 » |
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Indeed, Arkells has long had a strong presence in West - South West London.
Is Archers still brewing in Swindon....
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« Reply #321 on: Monday, April 25, 2016, 10:58:54 » |
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« Reply #322 on: Monday, April 25, 2016, 11:49:23 » |
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Wasn't Diana Dors was it?
Fluck off. Neither was it ex Park girl Lindy St Clair, who later achieved celebrity as Miss Whiplash, administering discipline to Tory MP's and High Court judges in the basement she rented in the Chancellor of the Exchequer's gaff. Tory MP's and dominatrix, have always been bedfellows, see John Whittingdale.
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« Reply #323 on: Friday, July 15, 2016, 08:57:15 » |
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Last night, in a pub in Winchester, I tried an IPA called Red Cat C60.. Anyone tried this? 6% with MASSIVE flavour.
First sip was very strong, but really really nice as it goes on.
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« Reply #324 on: Friday, July 15, 2016, 09:47:03 » |
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New Bierkeller in Taunton opening in 2 weeks, looks interesting although extremely pricey for what you get, but that seems to be the way with Bierkellers in general. A stein of Erdinger Dunkel is £9.95 and a 330ml bottle of Houblon Chouffe 9% (one of my fave beers) is £7.50 I will visit and see when its open but I won't visit often with those prices.
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« Reply #325 on: Friday, July 29, 2016, 20:33:07 » |
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My 2016 New Years resolution to try as many different beers as possible has been going well. I think this is possibly my new favourite... Discovered some lovely beers in Norway from Nøgne Ø, Ægir and Haandbryggeriet.
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« Reply #326 on: Friday, July 29, 2016, 20:49:42 » |
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Also, who else uses Untappd?
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« Reply #327 on: Friday, July 29, 2016, 21:03:16 » |
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6x is £1 a bottle in Morrisons. Nice.
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« Reply #328 on: Friday, July 29, 2016, 21:49:45 » |
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Also, who else uses Untappd?
me! Me! Doesn't seem to be too many people around here using it, but some people who have big followings and drink A LOT.
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« Reply #329 on: Friday, July 29, 2016, 23:16:48 » |
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New Bierkeller in Taunton opening in 2 weeks, looks interesting although extremely pricey for what you get, but that seems to be the way with Bierkellers in general. A stein of Erdinger Dunkel is £9.95 and a 330ml bottle of Houblon Chouffe 9% (one of my fave beers) is £7.50 I will visit and see when its open but I won't visit often with those prices. It will be one of those "craft" beer places (aka "Reasonable homebrew at eyewatering prices"), and you won't be allowed in unless you've got a twatty haircut, trousers that don't merit the luxury of actually getting near your ankles and a beard that Edward Lear would double take at. 10 quid for a pint? Fuck off.
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