Beer?

[nickyboy]

10 Find and enter drinking establishment
20 Do I like it?
30 If not then GOTO 10 else order drink
40 Do I still like it?
50 If not then GOTO 10 else GOTO 30

Yeah, thanks for that

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Moretti la Rosso, more malt than hop, typical continental stylee, >7% though, not bad acksh.

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Drunk them dry, they've sold out, I did suggest they get more in for tomorrow.

 

[User169]

Saison No. 19. Decent saison flavour. 9%, so packs a punch.

 

[Aperitif]

Lamb and flag

Unlike. Moche place. (Having spend aeons in there when I worked around the corner).
How about The Old Coffee House ( you might find a rather loud 'drinking buddy' of Rich's with an African of the South lilt I think) ?...very close to a Byron selling acceptable ale too, should munchies set in mid-session!
There's a Brewdog in Camden, Camden Brewery at Kentish Town West or, their pub in K Town passim...
A few pages back there's reportage from a canalside pub in Camden which had space, ok beers, and was a Mossyspoons I think. @martint235 can remember the name I expect.
The Harp is great for the expense account all-dayer. Arrive early doors and set up camp at the window. Fall out a few hours later. On New Years Eve, I visited a pub called the Black Friar, which is in erm...well, it's Northside and a really interesting location. Beer was good, with some fancy bottled stuff too. Worth a peruse I think.
French House in Soho is another although that's a bit more atmospheric. Go upstairs to the wine bar...it's a bit edgy up there!
Of course, it's worth taking a beer on the 6th floor Tate Modern, and the whacky extension is open now too, so that might offset the horrendous Mossirlamis that a scenic beer will cost.
Plenty of places under the arches at Bermondsey Market too...but that'll be a Saturday. Wear a false beard and biro your arms in order to blend in.
Others will know decent places.

 

[Aperitif]

Saison No. 19. Decent saison flavour. 9%, so packs a punch.

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9%...you can hear the crackle! let alone see it! Congratulations. Will there be a 'Tactical Nuclear Walloon' or some such by Christmas I wonder?

 

[nickyboy]

Unlike. Moche place. (Having spend aeons in there when I worked around the corner).
How about The Old Coffee House ( you might find a rather loud 'drinking buddy' of Rich's with an African of the South lilt I think) ?...very close to a Byron selling acceptable ale too, should munchies set in mid-session!
There's a Brewdog in Camden, Camden Brewery at Kentish Town West or, their pub in K Town passim...
A few pages back there's reportage from a canalside pub in Camden which had space, ok beers, and was a Mossyspoons I think. @martint235 can remember the name I expect.
The Harp is great for the expense account all-dayer. Arrive early doors and set up camp at the window. Fall out a few hours later. On New Years Eve, I visited a pub called the Black Friar, which is in erm...well, it's Northside and a really interesting location. Beer was good, with some fancy bottled stuff too. Worth a peruse I think.
French House in Soho is another although that's a bit more atmospheric. Go upstairs to the wine bar...it's a bit edgy up there!
Of course, it's worth taking a beer on the 6th floor Tate Modern, and the whacky extension is open now too, so that might offset the horrendous Mossirlamis that a scenic beer will cost.
Plenty of places under the arches at Bermondsey Market too...but that'll be a Saturday. Wear a false beard and biro your arms in order to blend in.
Others will know decent places.

Ace stuff 'tif...

Any beerthreaders who fancy a pint on me (well on my client actually) the coming week let me know and we'll sort it out in the Smoke

 

[martint235]

The Harp, Chandos Place. If you like Badger beers, and some are overly flavoured, The Ship and Shovel in Craven Passage is interesting being a pub of two halves.

I'd forgotten about the Ship and Shovel, it is well worth a visit. Beer is (used to be) good and there's the novelty factor.

The Harp is good, really good. Following 'Teefs recommendation a few weeks back I went in for the first time in about 15 years and it's even better than it used to be.

For Sam Smith's, the Chandos nearby. Pillars of Hercules on Greek St also was worth a visit and the Spice of Life at Cambridge Circus was a regular for me for a few years.

 

[martint235]

Thursday is possible.

B*****cks I'm on call.

 

[martint235]

He's here all week, you can cover another day.

Only Monday free. Take over on call Tuesday to Tuesday.

Downside is that even Monday has to be a bit "quiet" as I need to be in the office Tuesday to collect the bat phone.

 

[nickyboy]

Only Monday free. Take over on call Tuesday to Tuesday.

Downside is that even Monday has to be a bit "quiet" as I need to be in the office Tuesday to collect the bat phone.

I've seen your posts on quantity drunk....I may have dodged a bullet

 

[martint235]

A physical phone? What is wrong with an on call rota?

Some suppliers but mainly some managers insist on sending texts to the phone so on the occasions we just divert the number we miss those

 

[MossCommuter]

Christ, the Chandos? It's a dump of the lowest order and the beer is shite (Sam Smiths). If you want an example of "moche" this is it.

The Harp is impossibly busy and distinctly unfriendly.

I'll stick by the Lamb and Flag as my favourite; good beer, good location, quick service.

French House worth a visit.

 

[martint235]

That is pretty poor. You would have thought that by now you could divert texts as well as calls.

Yep and when you throw in the fact we're a technical team providing out of hours support I'd have expected a more elegant solution by now

 

[gavgav]

I'm off to Ludlow for a beer festival today.

 

[User169]

Brett saison #13. It's a SMASH - pils mout and nelson sauvin hops - fermented with a blend of saison yeast and brettanomyces. Lovely pale colour, nice tight carbonation, super juicy passion fruit flavour with a bit of estery yeast and a dry, slightly bretty finish. Hopefully the Brett will come through more as it ages and dries out even more.

Happy with this one, although didn't make enough.

Ooopphh - 8% and feeling it!