Joined: Feb 18 2006 Posts: 18610 Location: Somewhere in Bonny Donny (Twinned with Krakatoa in 1883).
Up the Dons wrote:We ended up in Weatherspoons, an old picture house (the name escapes me at the moment) A couple of nice beers in there (subsidised by the fact we won a fiver on the quiz machine....well £3.00 profit to be honest). Somethng loke 'Old witches Brew' or something, im sure SO will remember better then i.
Easily the highlight of the evening!
Exmoor Stag (5.2%) and Pendle Witches Brew (5.1%).
The Wetherspoons is called The Regal Moon....presumably previously a picture house called The Regal.
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Had a few decent brews since posting. Wednesday saw me at the Hare and Hounds in Fishlake where I sampled Boondoggle ( Ringwood) and a rather insipid Marston's Long Hop. Hope that Marston's takeover of Ringwood doesn't result in a dilution of beer quality. Must think Old Empire rather than Pedigree .
Had Spire Sovereign and Whiter Shade of Pale plus Saltaire Olympia ( a re-badged Blonde ), Bradfield Yorkshire Farmer and Ossett Yorkshire Glory at the Bluecoat in Rotherham, all to which I would definitely return.
Joined: Dec 22 2001 Posts: 17168 Location: Olicana - Home of 'Vark Slayer
Sampled a few White Lion from Red Lion Brewery, Ossett these last few days in the Fighting Cock, Bradford. Gorgeous pale ale.
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A member of the Guardian-reading, tofu-eating wokerati.
The Arkwright Arms had The Brew Company's Slaker, Derby's Fruity Blonde and Newby Wyke's Summer Session, all eminently quaffable light summer ales at around 3.8% ABV each.
Sampled Titanic Red Ensign, Butcombe Blond, Wood's Wonderful and Three Rivers Hilary('s) Gold at the Bluecoat, Rotherham. All very palatable and would/will definitely pay a second visit.
Tried the Red Ensign on Friday in the Gatehouse before noticing the Directors. It was a little on the sour side. Interestingly enough, someone else made that comment whilst we were stood at the Bar later so perhaps it's usually better than that.
WANDERER wrote:Tried the Red Ensign on Friday in the Gatehouse before noticing the Directors. It was a little on the sour side. Interestingly enough, someone else made that comment whilst we were stood at the Bar later so perhaps it's usually better than that.
Perhaps it was from the bottom of the barrel or, dare I say it, not as well kept as it might have been? As far as Directors is concerned, it's not a patch on how it used to be, although still infinitely better than the dishwater badged as Smooth.
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