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stephec

stephec

Squire
Location
Bolton
The local 'spoon's has just changed it's guest ales.

The pale ale is nice enough, but not outstanding, whilst the Black Cat is certainly worth another go.

Just out of shot is Adnam's Broadside as well.

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MossCommuter

MossCommuter

Guru
Location
Salford
stephec said:
The local 'spoon's has just changed it's guest ales.

The pale ale is nice enough, but not outstanding, whilst the Black Cat is certainly worth another go.

Just out of shot is Adnam's Broadside as well.

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That implies that they don't change very often? My local's a Spoons and there is something changed almost everyday.

There is a contingent of regulars who try to persuade the manager to have their own favourites available permanently but I am 100% in the "keep them changing" camp. They don't see that their favourites were all new to them once. They favour anything light in colour and reckon they "don't like anything with malt in it". If a Kelham Island or Ossett firkin of anything pale and hoppy comes on it'll last about eight hours.They can get quite cross and shouty if they find there's more than one mild, porter or stout. Oh well.

The manager is compelled by HQ to have Abbott Ale and Ruddles all the time, I think, and is supposed to have Doombar on permanently too but got special dispensation from the area management to make room for that line to be freed up.
 
stephec

stephec

Squire
Location
Bolton
MossCommuter said:
That implies that they don't change very often? My local's a Spoons and there is something changed almost everyday.

There is a contingent of regulars who try to persuade the manager to have their own favourites available permanently but I am 100% in the "keep them changing" camp. They don't see that their favourites were all new to them once. They favour anything light in colour and reckon they "don't like anything with malt in it". If a Kelham Island or Ossett firkin of anything pale and hoppy comes on it'll last about eight hours.They can get quite cross and shouty if they find there's more than one mild, porter or stout. Oh well.

The manager is compelled by HQ to have Abbott Ale and Ruddles all the time, I think, and is supposed to have Doombar on permanently too but got special dispensation from the area management to make room for that line to be freed up.
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I'm only in there once a week and it can sometimes seem as if it's a fortnight before some guest beers disappear.

They don't seem to be super popular as I never see anyone else ordering them, apart from last night when the guy next to me had a Black Cat after seeing me ordering one.

The trouble with that is you often get a pint that's been sat in the pipes for a while.
 
MossCommuter

MossCommuter

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Location
Salford
DP said:
Not sure - I need to read the piece of paper. It's mainly mature beer (I guess two to three years old) mixed with some younger beer (one year old). The younger beer will still have some sugar, so will referment in the bottle to produce some carbonation.

It says drink by 2036 on the bottle.
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Just after twenty five to nine?
 
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Hyslop

Veteran
Location
Carlisle
I'm sitting in the Weather spoons in Penrith(Dog Beck) drinking Doom Bar,l largely because there's nothing else I fancy,and they've just taken delivery of Spun Gold from Carlisle Brewing,which I love Typical!So,thos being Friday,its back to the Kings Head in Carlisle for a proper pint!
 
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