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Post by tigerfeet on Apr 1, 2023 11:51:32 GMT
Tetley used to be everywhere when at college up north. Can't remember really seeing it since. It used to be alright. Tetley brewery was shut down by Carlsberg about 10 years ago. There's still a beer of that name but it's mass produced somewhere like Warrington or Wolverhampton and tastes nothing like the original. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2023 14:57:32 GMT
Not my cup of tea.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2023 16:12:42 GMT
Tetley used to be everywhere when at college up north. Can't remember really seeing it since. It used to be alright. Tetley brewery was shut down by Carlsberg about 10 years ago. There's still a beer of that name but it's mass produced somewhere like Warrington or Wolverhampton and tastes nothing like the original. Not unlike our football club then in many ways. |
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Post by willi on Apr 1, 2023 21:20:47 GMT
I suppose the first beer I drank regularly, was Marston’s bitter which was drunk to excess by the denizens of The Sun at Winforton. My parents were landlord & landlady, and I was 16 when we took it over in 1973. Bitter 10p Mild 9p Bottle of Pedigree 8p Guinness 12p Shorts 12p Great times for a young lad… , great oub |
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Post by willi on Apr 1, 2023 21:28:26 GMT
I drink very strong larger/beer, stronger the better with very little effect,
however,a single pint of bulmers
woodpecker and my knees go and I can barely stand up
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Post by eggchaserbull on Apr 2, 2023 9:51:33 GMT
I drink very strong larger/beer, stronger the better with very little effect, however,a single pint of bulmers
woodpecker and my knees go and I can barely stand up That stuff is so sweet that it's probably hyperglycaemia kicking in. |
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Post by willi on Apr 3, 2023 9:16:31 GMT
I drink very strong larger/beer, stronger the better with very little effect, however,a single pint of bulmers
woodpecker and my knees go and I can barely stand up That stuff is so sweet that it's probably hyperglycaemia kicking in. 😂😂 |
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Post by carrotcruncher on Apr 17, 2023 14:17:40 GMT
Growing up in Hereford, in the days when only keg beer was available, you were stranded in the limbo of abysmal Whitbread beers such as Trophy and Tankard. The odd Ansells pubs (Lich and The Pippin IIRC) were slightly better, and Wolverhampton and Dudley brewery took over the Broadleys and built The Cock of Tupsley under the Banks marque, again a slight improvement. The big change was the mid 70s when the Landlord of the Saracen's Head, Des, started selling Penrhos* and, later, Jones, ales. I'm not sure whether the Jones beer came from Penrhos or a different brewery. Those of us who weren't old enough to have tasted real ale before suddenly realised what our Fathers and Grandfathers had been telling us about the lost taste of ale. There was no going back. Courage Directors in its day Draught Bass in its day Deuchars IPA in its day Sam Smith's Bitter Timothy Taylor Landlord - not as good as it used to be but still better than most Cwtch by Tiny Rebel brewery in Newport * - Penrhos Court, near Kington: brewery started by Terry Jones of Monty Python fame and Peter Austin, who went on to start Ringwood brewery and advise many new microbreweries in the 1980s The bit about stumbling into proper beer reminds me of my youth. Albeit in Lemner. Ansells or Whitbread, mostly gassy, cold and tinny. The Ansells in several pubs was just this, however the Ansells from a hand pump in the Chequers actually tasted nice. Also discovered Penrhos (alas all too briefly) and Hook Norton in the Royal Oak and a lifetime of being a nerdy real ale drinker followed. |
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Post by Incognito on Apr 17, 2023 16:01:59 GMT
Adnams Broadside?
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Post by Peroni on Apr 17, 2023 16:14:25 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2023 20:39:11 GMT
Sadly, I'm not of the generation of drinking bog-standard ale every night and complaining about them every night to the landlord.
However, I do recall drinking quite a bit of London Pride and Bass and thinking they were completely unacceptable each time that I had them.
Then I suddenly had a proper Bass from a proper pub and had an epiphany. When served correctly, most of the popular ales in shit pubs are actually fine ales in good pubs.
This realisation basically set me along the treacherous path of just drinking anything, anywhere and hoping for it to be ok.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2023 21:13:25 GMT
I used to enjoy a pint or two of Bass draft but have not seen it on sale for a number of years. The red triangle is/was the oldest registered trade mark in the world (1777) but, if it is still in existance, would now be owned by South African Breweries :-(
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Post by GRL on Apr 18, 2023 7:01:58 GMT
I used to enjoy a pint or two of Bass draft but have not seen it on sale for a number of years. The red triangle is/was the oldest registered trade mark in the world (1777) but, if it is still in existance, would now be owned by South African Breweries :-( You would find draught Bass in Kilvert's, Hay-on-Wye. |
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Post by wyesidewiththebulls on Apr 18, 2023 9:03:20 GMT
I used to enjoy a pint or two of Bass draft but have not seen it on sale for a number of years. The red triangle is/was the oldest registered trade mark in the world (1777) but, if it is still in existance, would now be owned by South African Breweries :-( You would find draught Bass in Kilvert's, Hay-on-Wye. Why not combine a pint of that fine ale with one of the many walks programmed throughout Hay Festival (25 May-4 June) A wide range of walks visiting places of local interest with accompanying talks by renowned travel and walking writers. They are detailed within the main programme - hayfestival.org/programme. |
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Post by Peroni on Apr 18, 2023 9:07:27 GMT
Cue a post from you know who detailing a very interesting ...... zzzzz
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Post by GRL on Apr 18, 2023 9:34:40 GMT
You would find draught Bass in Kilvert's, Hay-on-Wye. Why not combine a pint of that fine ale with one of the many walks programmed throughout Hay Festival (25 May-4 June) A wide range of walks visiting places of local interest with accompanying talks by renowned travel and walking writers. They are detailed within the main programme - hayfestival.org/programme. Here's one from the best: (can just see old Wainwright writing something as good as this) GLASBURY Poets’ Corner. FRANCIS Kilvert loved nothing better than a solitary tramp through the Wye Valley in the lea of the Black Mountains. It was usually the colours which fascinated him; the prospects of Hay Bluff, Lord Hereford’s Knob and Y Das were seldom just “black”. “An apple tree whose bright red boughs and shoots stood up in beautiful contrast against the light blue mountain and grey town and the blue valley”: and “the sun set in a crimson ball behind the hills or rather into a dense ball of dark blue vapour. In the afterglow scarlet feathers floated in the sky, and the gorse deepened into a richer red gold in the sunset light.” In his diary for 29th April, 1876, he muses on a meeting with Florence Hill, whom he’d taught at school. “After luncheon I walked to Wye Cliff, home of the Crichtons, in heavy rain. At the top of Longlands Pitch, just before I reached the crossroads and the lane leading to Boatside, I saw a tall slight girl coming towards me in a long grey cloak. In another moment I recognised the clustering curls of golden brown hair falling upon her shoulders and the gleam of those lovely innocent blue eyes, and once more I was dazzled by the beauty of Florence Hill. Flushed with the rain and the wind she was walking alone wrapped in her long grey cloak but with no umbrella to shelter her lovely head from the driving storm. I wanted her to take my umbrella but she gently yet firmly refused saying she would take shelter with her aunt at Clyro. So we parted for a little time, I knowing, though she did not, in how short a while we should meet again”. Later in the day thecurate followed the river from Wye Cliff to Llowes. From there he found his way up to the Upper Noyadd farmhouse of the Hill family. “The girls have got your poetry which came out in the Hereford Times”, said Mr Hill smiling. “The Rocks of Aberedw and Clyro Water. They are very fond of the verses and they often read them. The rhymes all come in so beautiful, and young people are fond of poetry.”Then his wife took Kilvert over to the window to see the view down the dingle through the blossoming plum trees in front of the house to the distant mountains, the Wyeside meadows and the sinuous river. “Cut” to the walking diary for 28th May, 2015 and we can take in the same views from the path above Llowes. We thought we’d get there by first catching the bus for the short journey to Glasbury; then ramble back along the Wye Valley Walk to Hay. This 6 mile stretch gives a great perspective of Kilvert’s “blue” mountains from hazel-lined banks, and keeps close company with his “flashing” river at the beginning and the end. In the middle we pass a sundial dedicated to him at St Mellig’s, and the story is complete for book and poetry lovers in Hay. At the end of May, the palette is loaded with the brasher colours of the Literary Festival. Banners, pennants and multi-coloured kiosks line the Brecon Road approach to themarquee event. There’s a chance to put a signed edition of Pam Ayres’s “I wish I’d looked after me teeth” next to Kilvert’s Diary in your rucksack. Like other National Trails, the Wye Valley Walk sometimes involves walking the grass verge of a major road. For ten minutes after point 2, you may not emulate Kilvert praising the joys of rambling to a man whistling on a passing carthorse. But persevereon our first linear walk together. It’s the variety which will keep you interested. Glasbury, Llowes and Hay. Wye Valley Walk with great views to the Black Mountains. Riverbank, town, village and field. 6 miles, linear. Moderate. One stile. Good terrain, with a wide grass verge along very busy road. |
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Post by GRL on Apr 18, 2023 9:39:24 GMT
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Post by Peroni on Apr 18, 2023 9:48:36 GMT
Nobody bothering to assist with the rollator. Just look at me photo opportunity. Manners!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2023 11:40:07 GMT
Not exactly real ale, but remember that Carling Premier?
I think it was a bit technical to keep for the publicans. Something like that.
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Post by Peroni on Apr 18, 2023 11:51:51 GMT
Always stayed away from increasing nitrogen intake.
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