Re: O/T Another Round - More tales of Real Ale : Mon Oct 31, 2011 9:39 am  

Not real ale I know..........in fact just about as far away as possible.
I was at the Coventry game with my grandson and foolishly got a pint at half-time while he had a burger.
£3.40 for a pint of pre-pulled, standing-around-for-god-knows-how-long lager.
Never again!
No wonder that place is losing money hand over fist.
Contrast that to the Lakeside pub before the game ...... packed out with Rovers fans inside and out and I had a lovely pint of Black Sheep, albeit in a plastic glass.
Two business models ... one a resounding success the other an abject failure.
PS We won the tickets so we didn't pay, but quite how true Rovers fans watch this week in week out I don't know.
Dire!

[Wanderer]

Re: O/T Another Round - More tales of Real Ale : Mon Oct 31, 2011 12:05 pm  

Stand-Offish wrote:

Not real ale I know..........in fact just about as far away as possible.
I was at the Coventry game with my grandson and foolishly got a pint at half-time while he had a burger.
£3.40 for a pint of pre-pulled, standing-around-for-god-knows-how-long lager.
Never again!
No wonder that place is losing money hand over fist.
Contrast that to the Lakeside pub before the game ...... packed out with Rovers fans inside and out and I had a lovely pint of Black Sheep, albeit in a plastic glass.
Two business models ... one a resounding success the other an abject failure.
PS We won the tickets so we didn't pay, but quite how true Rovers fans watch this week in week out I don't know.
Dire!

It's enough to drive you to drink!

Re: O/T Another Round - More tales of Real Ale : Thu Nov 03, 2011 9:15 pm  

Had a pint of Black Sheep at The Granby in Hessle tonight.

Hoping to cover Hop & Vine and The Wellington Inn in Hull tommorow night.

[Wanderer]

Re: O/T Another Round - More tales of Real Ale : Mon Nov 07, 2011 8:08 pm  

Last Friday (Sheffield) ...

Tring Pudding Porter 4.2% (Bankers Draft)
Cottage Wessex Banger 5.0% (Devonshire Cat)
Skinners Figgys Brew 4.5% (Sheffield Tap)

[Wanderer]

Re: O/T Another Round - More tales of Real Ale : Mon Nov 07, 2011 8:29 pm  

In town yesterday evening after watching a (rare these days) Wanderers win ...

Holts Maple Moon 4.3% (Tut & Shive)
Butcombe Adam Hensons Rare Breed West Country Bitter 4.2% (Gatehouse)
Orkney Dark Island 4.6% (Old Angel)
Theakston Infallible 4.2% (Cask Corner)
Okells Saison 4.5% (Red Lion)

Re: O/T Another Round - More tales of Real Ale : Mon Nov 14, 2011 5:51 pm  

Innis and Gunn Original 6.6% whilst on my travels in Toronto. At around £8, it's by far the most expensive pint i've ever had, but it was spectacularly good. Also tried Alexander Keith's IPA, a Canadian brew. It was terrible. Last but no means least I was tipped off about this place in Las Vegas. Had well over 100 beers on tap, so needless to say I had a fair few in here the highlights being Meantime London Porter, Tenaya Nut Brown Ale, and Samuel Adams' Octoberfest.

Innis and Gunn Original 6.6% whilst on my travels in Toronto. At around £8, it's by far the most expensive pint i've ever had, but it was spectacularly good. Also tried Alexander Keith's IPA, a Canadian brew. It was terrible. Last but no means least I was tipped off about this place in Las Vegas. Had well over 100 beers on tap, so needless to say I had a fair few in here the highlights being Meantime London Porter, Tenaya Nut Brown Ale, and Samuel Adams' Octoberfest.

Re: O/T Another Round - More tales of Real Ale : Wed Nov 16, 2011 10:56 am  

in manc yesterday,
bulls head ringwood "boondongle",
grey horse "hydes mild",
the piccadily wadworth "swordfish",
waterhouse buxton"moor top"
2 holts pubs not in the guide.holts bitter and ipa,
finished in the micro bar in the food court arnedale centre well worth finding.boggart hole clough "i am beer",
off the train finish of with a jaipur in the tap!

[Wanderer]

Re: O/T Another Round - More tales of Real Ale : Wed Nov 16, 2011 12:04 pm  

leopard don wrote:

in manc yesterday,
bulls head ringwood "boondongle",
grey horse "hydes mild",
the piccadily wadworth "swordfish",
waterhouse buxton"moor top"
2 holts pubs not in the guide.holts bitter and ipa,
finished in the micro bar in the food court arnedale centre well worth finding.boggart hole clough "i am beer",
off the train finish of with a jaipur in the tap!

Sounds like a decent session ... was one of the Holts pubs the Ape & Apple?

Re: O/T Another Round - More tales of Real Ale : Thu Nov 17, 2011 10:25 am  

yes it, was glad you reminded me was racking my brain trying to remember it.the other holts pub was 2 doors down from the grey horse.also of note the peveril of the peak was closed with a for sale sign up!.

Re: O/T Another Round - More tales of Real Ale : Sat Nov 19, 2011 11:25 am  

leopard don wrote:

yes it, was glad you reminded me was racking my brain trying to remember it.the other holts pub was 2 doors down from the grey horse.also of note the peveril of the peak was closed with a for sale sign up!.

can you update me lads ?

not having been to blighty for a few years now can you tell me if pubs in the uk are still closing weekly at an alarming rate due to the lack of interest etc ? is the british boozer really becoming a thing of the past ?

just had a blast from the past - having been weaned on Adnams Ales on the East Coast I found a bottle of Broadside in a local 'english' shop - it cost me £2 !!!!! but worth every centime - it was bootiful !

on the label it says 'Brewery Of The Year 2011' as voted by the Good Pub Guide - Well done Adnams

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