Where's that ale thread gone?

[tomski]

1 hour ago, bolty58 said:

Not googled. I assume it was related to either coolness or freshness?

Always thought it was freshness. Don’t they only do half’s in cologne anyway?

[MickyD]

9 minutes ago, tomski said:

Always thought it was freshness. Don’t they only do half’s in cologne anyway?

Halves and then half of that is fucking froth! So in effect, you’re drinking quarter pints…

still gets you pissed though!

[Not in Crawley]

The French House in Soho only sells halfs because French sailors in the 1920s started smashing pints over each other's heads, so the landlord decreed only half sizes should be serves. The only day there serve pints is 1st April, not sure why - I'm sure there's some reason.

If you are in the area, its worth a trip in the historic little pub.

[tomski]

12 minutes ago, MickyD said:

Halves and then half of that is fucking froth! So in effect, you’re drinking quarter pints…

still gets you pissed though!

If it’s good, I’m in.

[Casino]

3 hours ago, Not in Crawley said:

San Miggy....

Made my teeth itch that.

Its got to be one of the most plastic beers out there

At least the stuff served over here

Full of chemicals

[bolty58]

7 hours ago, Casino said:

Its got to be one of the most plastic beers out there

At least the stuff served over here

Full of chemicals

No argument from me. Never touch the stuff. The one we get in Oz is brewed in the Philippines. That's shite too.

[bolty58]

9 hours ago, tomski said:

Always thought it was freshness. Don’t they only do half’s in cologne anyway?

The last bar I had it in is straight across from Koln cathedral and railway station. They came around with a wooden tray with blind holes in it filled with what resembled test tubes full of Kolsch. One of the blokes I was with disappeared after we had sampled quite a few. We found him outside at the front, fast asleep beside the bike rack.

[TM Trotter]

23 hours ago, Nowack said:

Dangerous as well, the locals seemed to sit round one all night where we just continued to have it flowing and topping up. Some serious drinkers in our party who couldn't take hair of the dog till around 6 the next day. 

Seconded. I went out with my missus a couple of years back, had a little session in one of the beer halls supping these silly oversized shot glasses of fizz. "Haha, it's like drinking shandy", we ignorantly quipped, as we invited the gigantic waiter / thimble delivery guy to keep swapping our glasses and marking our beer mats (an honesty based system that wouldn't work in the UK!!)

Wham - both battered, both absolutely steaming next day. Underestimate it at your peril. 

[bolty58]

On 17/10/2023 at 10:38, tomski said:

No defo aroused😂 yes it’s fair to say I meant ruse

I was at the feria in San Pedro de Alcantara last night. Beer of the week - Alhambra! I thought of you whilst sampling a few. Very nice too.

As an aside, that feria was amazing. Must have been able to see that fucker from the moon. Glad it's not me getting the leccy bill!

[tomski]

8 hours ago, bolty58 said:

I was at the feria in San Pedro de Alcantara last night. Beer of the week - Alhambra! I thought of you whilst sampling a few. Very nice too.

As an aside, that feria was amazing. Must have been able to see that fucker from the moon. Glad it's not me getting the leccy bill!

Not jealous at all but having a nice Asahi in London now helps this 😂 

[bolty58]

3 hours ago, tomski said:

Not jealous at all but having a nice Asahi in London now helps this 😂 

Good man. There are always compensations.

[little whitt]

Went 

Bolton Beer Festival  Sat 

Was some Amazing  Ale's on

[Marc505]

 

Sad thread. That mural of the queen as well ffs

[tomski]

55 minutes ago, Marc505 said:

 

Sad thread. That mural of the queen as well ffs

Fannies?

[MickyD]

Was in Morrisons earlier. For all you lager drinkers they’ve got a case of Leffes (12 x 330ml bottles) for £14.00

Seems a decent price

[FrancisFogarty]

On 26/10/2023 at 08:47, Marc505 said:

 

Sad thread. That mural of the queen as well ffs

No wonder there's no-one in. Bet it's not 5.70 a pint.

[MickyD]

52 minutes ago, FrancisFogarty said:

No wonder there's no-one in. Bet it's not 5.70 a pint.

I was at the Harrogate Conference Centre a couple of weekends ago. Bars sold local bottled beers only at £5 for a 330ml bottle. That equates to about £9/pint. 
 

Fucking robbing bastards!

[FrancisFogarty]

4 hours ago, MickyD said:

I was at the Harrogate Conference Centre a couple of weekends ago. Bars sold local bottled beers only at £5 for a 330ml bottle. That equates to about £9/pint. 
 

Fucking robbing bastards!

Good job we’re at home in the cup then.

[Casino]

12 hours ago, MickyD said:

Was in Morrisons earlier. For all you lager drinkers they’ve got a case of Leffes (12 x 330ml bottles) for £14.00

Seems a decent price

Its not what it once was, unfortunately

[MickyD]

1 hour ago, Casino said:

Its not what it once was, unfortunately

As in Leffes used to be a great lager but now it’s shit?

[Casino]

a very good beer

100s of years old but now just another inbev product

i think theyve dropped the falling over element by 10% too

[MickyD]

2 minutes ago, Casino said:

a very good beer

100s of years old but now just another inbev product

i think theyve dropped the falling over element by 10% too

Sorry, I misheard you.

[fatolive]

Has anyone who likes Guinness tried the cans and Guinness surger? 
 

very good in my opinion, not quite like proper good draught Guinness but close enough and better than a lot places I’ve had it . 
certainly better than draught cans of the stuff and worth it if you drink Guinness at home a lot 

[tomski]

3 hours ago, MickyD said:

Sorry, I misheard you.

Is it the la legre?

That stuff is good. Get it on the beer machine 

[wackerchackers]

I tried Brewdogs answer to Guinness yesterday, Black Heart.

For those have haven't tried it.... Don't bother.

Too watery & not as good a creamy head as Guinness.