I've just been on Morrison's at Harwood. 

 

What the fuck is this all about? 

Ma Bessies Apple Pie and Custard IPA.

£2.50 a tin.

 

 

11 minutes ago, Traf said:

Waldorf

Nice pub, not sure for a City home game

be reet

Waldorf fine. They open upstairs now as well.

Micro bar in arndale is good for German stuff. 

Albert Schloss is good for German stuff.

Sandistas other end of Deansgate does pints of Alhambra. 

3 minutes ago, tomski said:

Waldorf fine. They open upstairs now as well.

Micro bar in arndale is good for German stuff. 

Albert Schloss is good for German stuff.

Sandistas other end of Deansgate does pints of Alhambra. 

On the last one

Do you mean Sandinista between Cross Street and St Anne's Square 

If so, great little place that, was our after works drink bar of choice when I worked in Manc

1 minute ago, Zico said:

On the last one

Do you mean Sandinista between Cross Street and St Anne's Square 

If so, great little place that, was our after works drink bar of choice when I worked in Manc

Yeah that’s the one. Love it in there.

£4.05 for a paltry Carling in my local now.

£4.40 in the Golden Eagle.

Go premium and you're well over a fiver.

I'll never not love a pint in a pub but genuinely couldn't do it like these lads in vans do every late afternoon.

It's an expensive hobby. It must be pricing folk out now.

Costs me £30 to sit in a pub on my own for a couple of hours. Can get 30 cans for that or pay for a month's gym fee.

 

 

28 minutes ago, gonzo said:

£4.05 for a paltry Carling in my local now.

£4.40 in the Golden Eagle.

Go premium and you're well over a fiver.

I'll never not love a pint in a pub but genuinely couldn't do it like these lads in vans do every late afternoon.

It's an expensive hobby. It must be pricing folk out now.

Costs me £30 to sit in a pub on my own for a couple of hours. Can get 30 cans for that or pay for a month's gym fee.

 

 

 

On 05/01/2025 at 18:42, gonzo said:

Nobody ever feels worse after the gym 🏋️‍ 💪 

 

Sack off the pub, spend the hour at the gym. 

Edited February 21, 20251 yr by Jol_BWFC

1 hour ago, gonzo said:

£4.05 for a paltry Carling in my local now.

£4.40 in the Golden Eagle.

Go premium and you're well over a fiver.

I'll never not love a pint in a pub but genuinely couldn't do it like these lads in vans do every late afternoon.

It's an expensive hobby. It must be pricing folk out now.

Costs me £30 to sit in a pub on my own for a couple of hours. Can get 30 cans for that or pay for a month's gym fee.

 

 

Carling????

Fucking hell......

crown and kettle is good and has been known to have Big trip beers on

 

if you want some music post match theres a place called the salmon and something not far away

bit of a younger crowd but is good

 

both on the city side of manc

1 hour ago, jeep said:

Carling????

Fucking hell......

Exactly my point. It's a bottom of the rung session lager at nearly £5 a pint. Absolute madness and unsustainable.

Think Neck Oil is the dearest average at £7 in the UK.

Pubs are closing every day

 

29 minutes ago, gonzo said:

Exactly my point. It's a bottom of the rung session lager at nearly £5 a pint. Absolute madness and unsustainable.

Think Neck Oil is the dearest average at £7 in the UK.

Pubs are closing every day

 

Sorry pal, I was presuming that you are supping Carling....

That Neck Oil is the most horrible beer I've ever tried.

Nice glass though, so i kept that, still got it.

4 hours ago, gonzo said:

£4.05 for a paltry Carling in my local now.

£4.40 in the Golden Eagle.

Go premium and you're well over a fiver.

I'll never not love a pint in a pub but genuinely couldn't do it like these lads in vans do every late afternoon.

It's an expensive hobby. It must be pricing folk out now.

Costs me £30 to sit in a pub on my own for a couple of hours. Can get 30 cans for that or pay for a month's gym fee.

 

 

Spoons?

27 minutes ago, jeep said:

Sorry pal, I was presuming that you are supping Carling....

Only when driving.

....5 and drive

8 minutes ago, Alf Hartigan said:

Spoons?

For cheaper ale? 

You're right but it won't keep the pubs going

Throughout Jan spoons in Cleveleys were doing £2 a pint. Pubs near it were dead.

2 minutes ago, gonzo said:

Only when driving.

....5 and drive

For cheaper ale? 

You're right but it won't keep the pubs going

Throughout Jan spoons in Cleveleys were doing £2 a pint. Pubs near it were dead.

I’m retired now and Spoons in Howfen is my regular and yes, because it’s cheap. Still do the others though and they are all busy ish

4 hours ago, gonzo said:

 

It's an expensive hobby. It must be pricing folk out now.

Costs me £30 to sit in a pub on my own for a couple of hours. Can get 30 cans for that or pay for a month's gym fee.

 

 

You can also 2 x Day Return passes for W3 Complex, and remember, it's Underwear Friday. ...

 

I'll see you later

 

33 minutes ago, Whitestar said:

That Neck Oil is the most horrible beer I've ever tried.

Nice glass though, so i kept that, still got it.

It is, people seem to rave about it, and I just can't get on with it at all - it's also about £7.50 a pint in the one pub near me that sells it

Just now, Sweep said:

You can also 2 x Day Return passes for W3 Complex, and remember, it's Underwear Friday. ...

 

I'll see you later

 

Funnily enough they are in right old wrangle with the council.

They were issued a compulsory purchase order for the new multiversity thing in town.

W3 have found new premises but the council won't grant them a licence for where it is. So now they're refusing to move.

1 minute ago, gonzo said:

Funnily enough they are in right old wrangle with the council.

They were issued a compulsory purchase order for the new multiversity thing in town.

W3 have found new premises but the council won't grant them a licence for where it is. So now they're refusing to move.

sounds like they're going to get bummed 

11 minutes ago, Sweep said:

It is, people seem to rave about it, and I just can't get on with it at all - it's also about £7.50 a pint in the one pub near me that sells it

i like it on draft

cant take to the cans and tbh i wouldn't really buy them anyway

 

this weekends home drinking is krombacher, spaaten and weistephener

maybe one duvel and one chimay while i cook

Most these so called "premium" beers are brewed in the U.K. anyway. Moretti (Manchester), Stella, Becks & Corona (South Wales), Madri (Yorkshire). They're shite. Give me a pint of real ale any day. At least you know what you're getting.

And a Belgian beer always goes down well.

Edited February 21, 20251 yr by wackerchackers

That Bones is my favourite gay fad brewdog bollocks type beer.

 

Where is Staropremen brewed? That's my favourite at the moment.......

7 hours ago, gonzo said:

£4.05 for a paltry Carling in my local now.

£4.40 in the Golden Eagle.

Go premium and you're well over a fiver.

I'll never not love a pint in a pub but genuinely couldn't do it like these lads in vans do every late afternoon.

It's an expensive hobby. It must be pricing folk out now.

Costs me £30 to sit in a pub on my own for a couple of hours. Can get 30 cans for that or pay for a month's gym fee.

 

 

And that's the problem. I've said above about having a 'couple' these days. The couple can and does extend to three or four, but at £4+ a go for an hour on my own it's hard to justify to Mrs. F.  

I still don't fancy cans though, and the gym even less.

Edited February 21, 20251 yr by FrancisFogarty

30 minutes ago, jeep said:

Where is Staropremen brewed? That's my favourite at the moment.......

Burton