Beer?
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Daddy Pig
Veteran
It's one of those iconic pubs of my late teens and early 20s. We'd head out on the mountain bikes over the mendips and then try and drink the 7 or 8 beers on the chalk board, possibly a pint of mendip magic (scrumpy) to finish on, no crisps... packets of poppadoms were our meal followed by an off road adventure heading through (breaking into) Sandford quarry (disused) and nailing jumps (crashing) in the moonlight! I miss those days...I love places like that, which haven't been slathered in Farrow & Ball and OD'd on bare wood & slate etc. I've enjoyed many a pint of Butcombe in West Dorset (The Tiger, Bridport) and Devon.
deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
- Location
- Armonmy Way
Here's a question: what is a good beer? I've been semi-consciously developing a theory that every mouthful should be a journey, a transition across the palate - for example, 76, a Slaters Haka, was heavily weighted to the end. If beers could be likened to a concerto: an unsubstantial first movement, a malty middle, and a complicated sombre final movement.
77, in contrast, a Mobberley Brewhouse 1924, started with a spirited opening movement, full of lemony zest, a Cascading middle movement, and a feeble fluster where the finale should have been.
78, a Bexley Brewery Black Prince porter (named after an old local roadhouse) carried its dark fruitcake theme throughout. Mincemeat and plums. A rich Brahmsian way of finishing off the night's sampling.
So, anyway, how do others drink their beers?
(Let's face it, you can't do it entirely sober....)
77, in contrast, a Mobberley Brewhouse 1924, started with a spirited opening movement, full of lemony zest, a Cascading middle movement, and a feeble fluster where the finale should have been.
78, a Bexley Brewery Black Prince porter (named after an old local roadhouse) carried its dark fruitcake theme throughout. Mincemeat and plums. A rich Brahmsian way of finishing off the night's sampling.
So, anyway, how do others drink their beers?
(Let's face it, you can't do it entirely sober....)
Ah so that's what you were doing there. Wouldn't want to leave us guessing.
nickyboy
Norven Mankey
- Location
- You want hills? We got hills
Quick morning sharpener in Brussels airport lounge waiting for onward connection.
This is the only lounge I've ever been in that has semi decent beer. Even have Kriek in the fridges
This is the only lounge I've ever been in that has semi decent beer. Even have Kriek in the fridges
deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
- Location
- Armonmy Way
Heck, I've just started my first coffee!
nickyboy
Norven Mankey
- Location
- You want hills? We got hills
I wouldn't normally but
a) Leffe is a decent airport beer
b) Got a long flight to look forward to
c) +1 hour so 11am which is, to my mind, perfectly acceptable
nickyboy
Norven Mankey
- Location
- You want hills? We got hills
Kriek me up, baby!
threebikesmcginty
Corn Fed Hick...
- Location
- ...on the slake
Doing a Leo.
srw
It's a bit more complicated than that...
I had a passable Weissbier in Munich. (BA)
MossCommuter
Guru
- Location
- Salford
The Latest Manc brewery
This is bitter, not a hint of anything fruity whatever
This is bitter, not a hint of anything fruity whatever
MossCommuter
Guru
- Location
- Salford
Northern Monk brewery 
Currently top of my pops
Currently top of my pops
Daddy Pig
Veteran
A beer named after @threebikesmcginty?
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User169
Guest
Not beer, but a beer chum just sent me this.....
