Beer?

[User169]

Three beers from Oedipus Brewing, a new outfit in Ansterdam.

Mannen Liefde (er, "man love"), a saison flavoured with lemongrass and Szechuan pepper. Pretty good actually, although the aroma is disconcertingly NZ sauv blanc. This 'll be great in the summer.

Gaia, a fairly standard double IPA, more Belgian than US in style.

Panty (stupid name), a decent mid-gravity stout. Really good mouthfeel and a good roast flavour.

There trying to raise 100k eur via crowd funding at the mo to build a new brewery and tap room. I'm going to bung them a few euros - 15% return over three years.

 

[rich p]

Tonights selection. Ubu is a tadge bitter but pleasant.

I liked the UBU

 

[Maverick Goose]

She's been living in Clapton for 4 or 5 years but neither she, her husband, my son or any of their mates has ever had the courage to cross the Crooked Billet's threshold either. The High Street is being upgraded lately with an indie sour dough pizza place and other eateries and chi chi coffee shops. It will be full of the middle-class intelligentsia nowadays. The CB is well worth a visit now if you ever do a nostalgia trip. It's still a slight regret that I didn't have the bottle to try it out in it's rough days.
The Sovereign round the corner is a decent pub too, if you remember that one.
Here's the new frontage of the CB
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Ah, good old Gastropub Green!

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I liked the UBU

Their Mad Goose is exceptional. I rec.

 

[Crackle]

Their Mad Goose is exceptional. I rec.

What is it so I know what section to search in?

 

[Maverick Goose]

Their Mad Goose is exceptional. I rec.

Have to try that as it's got my name on it!

 

[threebikesmcginty]

There trying to raise 100k eur via crowd funding at the mo to build a new brewery and tap room. I'm going to bung them a few euros - 15% return over three years.

Great idea but if you want ROI I'd buy Taylor Wimpey shares at £1:40. Wish I'd bought a chunk when they were 4p. [/capitalist bastard mode]

 

[threebikesmcginty]

What is it so I know what section to search in?

It's beer, I'm no expert but I'd look in the beer section!

http://www.puritybrewing.com/product/mad-goose

 

[Crackle]

It's beer, I'm no expert but I'd look in the beer section!

http://www.puritybrewing.com/product/mad-goose

Ah, it's a pale ale. They have a pale ale section you see and a ruby section, dark section, etc..... The beer bit I figured.

 

[rich p]

I'm going to bung them a few euros - 15% return over three years.
minus 15% over 3 years sounds about right, DP

 

[robjh]

One was the Anchor and Hope on the River Lea where I had a pint of the Fullers Bengal Lancer IPA - very quaffable. One of the increasingly few grotty real east end boozers.
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Aw, can't decide whether you've shattered my illusions or whetted my appetite. That place always looks so inviting from the train to Liverpool Street, it was high on my list of 'must find out where it really is and go there sometime'.

 

[User169]

Aw, can't decide whether you've shattered my illusions or whetted my appetite. That place always looks so inviting from the train to Liverpool Street, it was high on my list of 'must find out where it really is and go there sometime'.

Well worth seeking out!

 

[Flying_Monkey]

One for @Flying_Monkey
BrewDog Rappongi opens on Saturday..

That's great, apart from the fact that it's in Roppongi, which is a shitpit full of desperate foreign guys looking for Japanese women (and vice-versa)... Bewdog might make it worth the trip though.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

That's great, apart from the fact that it's in Roppongi, which is a s***pit full of desperate foreign guys looking for Japanese women (and vice-versa)... Bewdog might make it worth the trip though.

I love the Brewdog bar in Newcastle, it almost makes up for having to work in Cramlington.

 

[rich p]

Aw, can't decide whether you've shattered my illusions or whetted my appetite. That place always looks so inviting from the train to Liverpool Street, it was high on my list of 'must find out where it really is and go there sometime'.

As DP says, it's well worth a visit. A proper pub with a landlord who has a bulbous Dickensian nose, the bar unchanged for decades, good beer and a clientele that entertain with their rapid-fire conversation.
In decent weather you can sit outside on the towpath watching cyclists pedal back and forth and watch the rowers glide past.