Beer?

[threebikesmcginty]

Bitter and mousey...

As yumtus today as it's always been.

 

[MossCommuter]

Today I have been mostly drinking gin

I know where it is >>>>>>

 

[John the Monkey]

Today I have been mostly drinking gin

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I know where it is >>>>>>

Thank heavens that your previous good standing in this thread will move the jurors to clemency, Mossy

Anyroad, a trip to Manchester for the Monkey family - son and I took in the People's History museum (excellent) and City Art Gallery (wonderful), whilst Mrs M & my youngest shopped for prom dresses. (I know, o tempora, o mores).

We met up for lunch at Bundobust (combo for 4, excellent, by the way).

Beerwise, we had;
Milk Stout (Wiper and True, 4.8%)
Lovely! So rich, creamy, coffee-y and smokey. Mrs M's choice, and one all the beer drinkers at the table were jealous of.

Breakfast of Champignons (Wild Beer Co., 4.1% abv)
I think this may be the first sour I've tasted. Lovely, tangy, almost cider apple-y tartness at first, with a properly bitter finish that edges towards lemony. A great fit for the richer, oilier spicy dishes, I thought.

Pint (Marble, 3.8% abv)
Told to choose something for no.1 son, I went for this. Old reliable, a tasty session bitter as pleasing to the developing beer lover's palate as that of the seasoned imbiber. He liked it, but said he'd rather have had Mrs M's stout. How sharper than a serpent's tooth, etc

 

[MossCommuter]

Bundobust

Good choice

 

[srw]

Last night we went out to celebrate my imminent freedom (Depression, anxiety and medication). The Red Squirrel beer shop was absolutely heaving, one Thai restaurant was overwhelmed and the other shut. So we ended up at the local Chef and Brewer pub, which is the only other place in easy walking distance to buy beer and where the food is much less awful that you might think.

Fortunately they had a barrel-full of my favourite Red Squirrel London Porter - so the night was a good one on the beer front.

The brewery is now looking for yet more money (https://www.madsquirrel.uk/equity-nutters/) to grow its distribution network, which sounds like a good wheeze*. And it's dropping the Red Squirrel brand in favour of Mad Squirrel, which is probably inevitable.


*This is not investment advice yada yada.

 

[srw]

I've done a bit more delving into the investment possibilities. They've got a new brewhouse coming, which is apparently paid for, and the company claims to have almost no debt. And they're keeping cask brewery for proper beer styles like porter and bitter rather than just doing the fashionable keg PAs. They've also got a couple of interesting looking new beers coming along soon which aren't simply hop-bombs. They are, however, moving into cans (at least a sensible 440ml rather than a too-small 330ml), which offends my traditionalist principles.

The one thing missing from the investment pitch is any historical financials. There are some projections, which on the face of it look reasonably credible and not stupidly optimistic - but it feels lazy of them not to stick up something to compare it with.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

1845 pour moi and a Goose Urban Wheat for Mrs 3BM. The Goose is fairly light and very much to Mrs 3BM's taste.

 

[theclaud]

Choices, choices...

 

[srw]

Choices, choices...

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I'd usually recommend muesli, but once in a while toast is OK. And the radio needs to be tuned to Radio 3.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Can't believe tc isn't making middle-class home-made granola.

And the radio would be tuned to smooth jazz fm.

Jazz joke -

Did you know Rommel was a jazz fan, he used to wake up in the night shouting Wes Montgomery.

Here all week...

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Described as sicilian craft beer. So, lager then.

 

[Crackle]

I'd just like to point out, for those caught in the spidery trap, that Smooth radio used to be Saga radio. If you listen you will wear taupe eventually and drink white wine, sauvignon, slightly chilled, from New Zealand.

 

[MossCommuter]

I'd just like to point out, for those caught in the spidery trap, that Smooth radio used to be Saga radio. If you listen you will wear taupe eventually and drink white wine, sauvignon, slightly chilled, from New Zealand.

That's all very well but will someone please explain the jazz joke?

 

[srw]

That's all very well but will someone please explain the jazz joke?

It's a pun, m'lud.
"Where's Montgomery?"

 

[MossCommuter]

It's a pun, m'lud.
"Where's Montgomery?"

Oh