Craft bar shambles

[Ball_Sup (Phil)]

And loud velvet trousers........

Sorry Sean Thornton mate, I can't keep up with all the dress code requirements. The Carrier Bag Firm abhor football violence, our only stipulation is "No Runners". Sad to say, a large number of Carling drinkers have been given three match trials. The only way I can recognise them now is from the soles of their "designer" trainers as they've legged it into the distance as soon as the first 6.7% IPA has appeared on the bar.

 

[Wapping Blade]

Is it just me who doesn't give a shit about 'real ale' or 'hipster' craft beer?

Yes

 

[Cerberus Blade]

I think I’d like craft beer. I like their cheeses slices so why not?

I enjoy real ale and don’t have a beard or baggy jumper.

I do genuinely think the microbrewery thing is great. It’s not just the quality but also the vast range of different beers that you can get these days. It’s not all good though. But at least you can try many different styles and tastes of beer.

However not everyone is appreciative of that. If you’re a Carling Black Label drinker (or some other mass produced chemical drink) it probably won’t mean anything to you.

A few years ago there was an experiment done with many different brands of lager. People were asked their favourite brand then given several to try. The results showed that most people couldn’t pick out their favourite or tell one brand from another. It was all about the brand marketing.

Real ale/craft beer has distinctive styles and flavours. That’s why I prefer it.

 

[Sean Thornton]

I think I’d like craft beer. I like their cheeses slices so why not?

I enjoy real ale and don’t have a beard or baggy jumper.

I do genuinely think the microbrewery thing is great. It’s not just the quality but also the vast range of different beers that you can get these days. It’s not all good though. But at least you can try many different styles and tastes of beer.

However not everyone is appreciative of that. If you’re a Carling Black Label drinker (or some other mass produced chemical drink) it probably won’t mean anything to you.

A few years ago there was an experiment done with many different brands of lager. People were asked their favourite brand then given several to try. The results showed that most people couldn’t pick out their favourite or tell one brand from another. It was all about the brand marketing.

Real ale/craft beer has distinctive styles and flavours. That’s why I prefer it.

 

[stringjunior]

I like beer as much as the next guy. Bitter, real ale, craft, micro, whatever....

What I simply cannot get my head around is unfiltered beer. Lazy cheepskate brewers.

 

[Ball_Sup (Phil)]

The UK Microbreweries will become very important from April 2019. All the major foreign owned brands, Carling, Carlsberg, Heineken, Guinness, Fosters, etc will no longer be available, as there will be no post-Brexit trade deal which covers them. If & when a trade deal is done, the price of these multinational, industrial, chemical beers will rocket as tariffs are imposed. Additionally, without EU regulations, the alcohol content will no longer be controlled & could easily fall to around 2.7%. Branded beer will be weaker, more expensive & barely available. The UK Microbreweries will be the only source of affordable, normal alcohol content beers.

 

[ShockingBadBuy]

they've legged it into the distance as soon as the first 6.7% IPA has appeared on the bar.

Mmmmmmmmm. 6.7% IPA.

from April 2019. All the major foreign owned brands, Carling, Carlsberg, Heineken, Guinness, Fosters, etc will no longer be available, as there will be no post-Brexit trade deal which covers them.

“Project Beer.”

If I’d known this in 2016, I might have voted leave.

 

[YouFUMS]

Did anyone attempt to get a pint of real ale on Boxing day. I don't know where they got the bar staff from but they almost all didn't have a clue. It was so farcical it was almost funny. The young girls were trying to pull a pint and it frothing all over the place. There was one bloke insisting his pint was full to the top and this girl was just letting beer run out over the top into the waste. A pot she was using to top up another was then just poured down the drain.
One young lad walked away with a half glass that was less than half full!
I did suggest they might tip the glass a bit but that didn't really sink in. I got lucky, the one girl who seemed to know what she was doing pulled me a lovely full pint of Coast 2 Coast, many weren't so lucky
I didn't hear any real malice though, hope it stayed that way.

I came looking for you yesterday, Pal, but couldn't see you and the queue was ridiculous.
I got you that beard oil, new sandal-socks, and cheesy arran jumper that I borrowed off you. Let me know when you've finished with the trainspotters monthly, will you?

 

[Sean Thornton]

The UK Microbreweries will become very important from April 2019. All the major foreign owned brands, Carling, Carlsberg, Heineken, Guinness, Fosters, etc will no longer be available, as there will be no post-Brexit trade deal which covers them. If & when a trade deal is done, the price of these multinational, industrial, chemical beers will rocket as tariffs are imposed. Additionally, without EU regulations, the alcohol content will no longer be controlled & could easily fall to around 2.7%. Branded beer will be weaker, more expensive & barely available. The UK Microbreweries will be the only source of affordable, normal alcohol content beers.

Aah. Brexit “Project Real”

Diageo is a British company which owns the Guinness brand amongst others, AB and Molson Coors export already, same with Far Eastern brands.

I believe it costs us£350m to buy these overseas brands and we could save half of that by buying UK brewed real ale and craft beers. The other £175m could be spent on diocalm, Andrews Liver Salts, Ibuprofen deodorant and Vanish stain remover.

 

[Almosthuman]

No, craft beer, it's different! "Real ale" is served from hand pumps. When I last looked there were none at BDTBL. "Craft beer" is usually keg pumps and is beer which tastes of summat other than gas (apologies to you Carling fans out there!). For a better beer experience than the ground's overpriced bars, try the recently reopened Sentinel bar on Shoreham Street. Real quality beer, "real" and "craft" all £3 a pint. No, they're not paying me, but we all deserve good beer!!!! Sorry for the pedantry!!!

Really wish I liked real and craft ale/beer every one I’ve tried tastes awful.

 

[Sean Thornton]

Really wish I liked real and craft ale/beer every one I’ve tried tastes awful.

You’ve spent money on the very small trilby, waistcoat, culottes and red brogues for nothing then?

 

[s4-blade]

The UK Microbreweries will become very important from April 2019. All the major foreign owned brands, Carling, Carlsberg, Heineken, Guinness, Fosters, etc will no longer be available, as there will be no post-Brexit trade deal which covers them. If & when a trade deal is done, the price of these multinational, industrial, chemical beers will rocket as tariffs are imposed. Additionally, without EU regulations, the alcohol content will no longer be controlled & could easily fall to around 2.7%. Branded beer will be weaker, more expensive & barely available. The UK Microbreweries will be the only source of affordable, normal alcohol content beers.

Except MolsonCoors (Carling, coors, cobra plus others) has a its brewery in Burton, Heineken International (Heineken, Fosters, Amstel, Moretti plus others) has breweries in Tadcaster and Manchester, Carlsberg (kronenberg, carlsberg, Holsten and more) has breweries in Northampton, Leeds and Wakefield so that’s just wrong.

Tim Martin and weatherspoons also did some research into the market and found that after brexit the cost of beer with drastically decrease, I think the biggest pub chain in the country whose future literally relies on this is just a bit more trustworthy than eu propaganda.

 

[Ball_Sup (Phil)]

Given all the postings about Craft Beer & appropriate clothing, I'm wondering whether now would be a good time to plug the Carrier Bag Firm's sponsorship tie up with a major fashion label.

 

[Almosthuman]

You’ve spent money on the very small trilby, waistcoat, culottes and red brogues for nothing then?

Yes I’ve a wardrobe full of tatty jumpers that are now useless.

Ah well F*#k it, I’ll stick to Peroni, if it’s good enough for Sir Wilder it’s good enough for me

 

[Ball_Sup (Phil)]

Except MolsonCoors (Carling, coors, cobra plus others) has a its brewery in Burton, Heineken International (Heineken, Fosters, Amstel, Moretti plus others) has breweries in Tadcaster and Manchester, Carlsberg (kronenberg, carlsberg, Holsten and more) has breweries in Northampton, Leeds and Wakefield so that’s just wrong.

Tim Martin and weatherspoons also did some research into the market and found that after brexit the cost of beer with drastically decrease, I think the biggest pub chain in the country whose future literally relies on this is just a bit more trustworthy than eu propaganda.

s4-blade mate, I'm an award winning Beer Blogger & I run a parody football firm on the internet, are you suggesting I made my post up?

 

[Rodley]

Yes I’ve a wardrobe full of tatty jumpers that are now useless.

Ah well F*#k it, I’ll stick to Peroni, if it’s good enough for Sir Wilder it’s good enough for me

Have you tried Peroni Rosso? Difficult to get hold of in the UK but bloody lovely

 

[GRUMPY BLADE]

The UK Microbreweries will become very important from April 2019. All the major foreign owned brands, Carling, Carlsberg, Heineken, Guinness, Fosters, etc will no longer be available, as there will be no post-Brexit trade deal which covers them. If & when a trade deal is done, the price of these multinational, industrial, chemical beers will rocket as tariffs are imposed. Additionally, without EU regulations, the alcohol content will no longer be controlled & could easily fall to around 2.7%. Branded beer will be weaker, more expensive & barely available. The UK Microbreweries will be the only source of affordable, normal alcohol content beers.

Sounds like heaven.

 

[s4-blade]

s4-blade mate, I'm an award winning Beer Blogger & I run a parody football firm on the internet, are you suggesting I made my post up?

I’m not saying it’s wrong (in principle at least). I’m just saying that when it actually comes to it, that scenario will never turn out like that, there’s too much at stake.

 

[Almosthuman]

Have you tried Peroni Rosso? Difficult to get hold of in the UK but bloody lovely

Yeah had it out in Rome last year, was beautiful.

The Gran riserva Doppia Malto is nice also

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

Always thought I wasn't doing something right with this beer drinking, thanks to Sean Thornton and Ball_Sup (Phil) I now realise it's the threads. Got is sussed now, where can I get some red velvet loons to go with the Balenciaga trainers?

I'll have a Sneck Lifter followed by a Dark Fruits.

 

[Topplayersleave]

I've never got the real ale thing,

My mate ordered me a pint of something or other and he said it had a nice, slight aftertaste of oranges

I said is there one that has an aftertaste of beer

Anyway I drank it two and a half hours later, by keeping up with him and after I'd finished it I felt like I'd drunk alcoholic fanta

There was another drink in a bottle that had an aftertaste of spring vegetables........WTF!!!!!

I don't get it

 

[metalblade]

I've never got the real ale thing,

My mate ordered me a pint of something or other and he said it had a nice, slight aftertaste of oranges

I said is there one that has an aftertaste of beer

Anyway I drank it two and a half hours later, by keeping up with him and after I'd finished it I felt like I'd drunk alcoholic fanta

There was another drink in a bottle that had an aftertaste of spring vegetables........WTF!!!!!

I don't get it

At least it tasted of something unlike Carling

 

[Topplayersleave]

At least it tasted of something unlike Carling

Yes it was interesting,
But I see why craft ale drinkers tend to take their time, it's quite heavy going

Sometimes a nice, quick refreshing pint of lager is just the ticket

 

[Canterbury Blade]

Living in the South I have so realised the Mecca that is Sheffield for real beer, tasty, decent stuff. Live and let live but working my way through the offerings in The Sheaf View and The Brothers Arms on Xmas Eve made me realise one more reason why I miss the city. What Sheffield offers should not be taken for granted.. If you prefer the familiarity of a Northampton brewed yellow lager then so be it, but that, to me, seems such a waste of your birthright. Bit like being brought up in the South of the city and being a pig...

Remember beer isn’t just for Christmas and neither are sandals (mine become all year round when I wear my woolen hiking socks from CCC’s.

All hail the ale!!

 

[bromtom]

Full disclosure, I have a beard but no jumpers.

My take is that lager tastes of fuck all really and isn't that much cheaper than ale, and even if you don't like the ale you buy it's at least distinctive and will get you merry quicker.

I've never tested a beer. I just buy the bloody thing and gerritdaanmineck.

Was once stung at the Tap though with a £9 pint.

 

[Ball_Sup (Phil)]

I'm decidedly of the opinion people should drink whatever they like. Times change. People change. I've served my time on Alcohol Delivery System beer. That's not my thing now though. So, I drink much smaller quantities of different types of beer. I feel there is a little too much focus on what other people drink. "Why do you like that?" How can you drink that shit?" When I've got some beer on that I'm loving, I couldn't give any number of fucks what other people are drinking. I'll just let them get on with it. If I feel someone is on roughly the same beer wavelength as me, I might say "have you tried...". But, if someone gives off the "only Stella" vibe, then I'll think "nice fella, hope he's enjoying it..."

 

[essex blade]

 

[niktheblade]

I love craft beer, but I'm no hipster, have no baggy torn jumpers, no hipster beard or cleanliness issues.

Although real ale drinkers are all old men who stink of piss and stale cigarettes, yellow nails and an astounding amount of hair growing out of everywhere, except their head. They also like to wear those green raincoats which stink, no matter how long they've owned it.

Just sayin'

 

[Aston max]

Did anyone attempt to get a pint of real ale on Boxing day. I don't know where they got the bar staff from but they almost all didn't have a clue. It was so farcical it was almost funny. The young girls were trying to pull a pint and it frothing all over the place. There was one bloke insisting his pint was full to the top and this girl was just letting beer run out over the top into the waste. A pot she was using to top up another was then just poured down the drain.
One young lad walked away with a half glass that was less than half full!
I did suggest they might tip the glass a bit but that didn't really sink in. I got lucky, the one girl who seemed to know what she was doing pulled me a lovely full pint of Coast 2 Coast, many weren't so lucky
I didn't hear any real malice though, hope it stayed that way.

Nice to see a blade who,s glass is half full rather than half empty

 

[Cerberus Blade]

The UK Microbreweries will become very important from April 2019. All the major foreign owned brands, Carling, Carlsberg, Heineken, Guinness, Fosters, etc will no longer be available, as there will be no post-Brexit trade deal which covers them. If & when a trade deal is done, the price of these multinational, industrial, chemical beers will rocket as tariffs are imposed. Additionally, without EU regulations, the alcohol content will no longer be controlled & could easily fall to around 2.7%. Branded beer will be weaker, more expensive & barely available. The UK Microbreweries will be the only source of affordable, normal alcohol content beers.

I'd not thought of that. Let's hope so. Bring it on!