Craft bar shambles

[Blade56]

They had real ale ?

The gents urinals are filtered, chilled and mixed 50/50 at the pump.

 

[Pierre's PC]

Oh , so sending me your laundry now. I have some light brown bubbly dish water in cans that may clean them.

Marketed under the name 'Radleys Trouser Disaster'? I think you're on to a winner with the beardy twats

 

[Topplayersleave]

Let's be honest, it's not difficult remembering 12 pints of Guinss is it?

Nice bit of stereotyping there

 

[Grappler]

Had a good laugh reading this, well done to everyone for taking part!

I do like hand pulled ale, I find keg beers and lagers, in general, just a bit too fizzy usually, and end up feeling bloated.

Mainly a stout drinker, and my usual haunts always have at least one decent stout on (had stouts in Ireland - Guinness, Beamish, Murphy's, all fantastic but never taste as good over here), but will try most beers.

We are lucky that Sheffield has so many good, well established breweries such as Abbeydale, Kelham Island, and newer ones like Stancill and Toolmakers.

I still drink old school beer occasionally. The John O'Gaunt (my local as lad) was a Smith's house and I grew up on Magnet. You don't see it much these days, but one pub near me still sells it and I drink that when I go in there. I was lucky enough to grow up when Rutland Road was making Stones Bitter, and did the usual brewery trip, with unlimited free pints at the end of the night. Whitbread was brewed at Lady's Bridge and I could smell the malt in the air as I walked to work in 1978. The Lady's Bridge pub was the brewery tap. Ward's, of course, was the bottom of Ecclesall Road and drew local water, which is why you cannot brew it anywhere else, no matter if you follow the recipe exactly, it will never taste like Wards unless brewed on that site.

The busiest pubs today are usually Wetherspoons, which sell loads of real ale, at decent prices and are full, but not of people dressed in peculiar clothing as described in some comments on here, but of mainly working class people who just want a few, inexpensive beers.

The same goes for Kelham Island area, it's full at the weekends of people in the 40+ age group, who don't feel comfortable in West Street live or Walkabout.

Each to their own. One of my mates swears by Carling, one drinks Guiness and the rest of us drink whatever takes our fancy.

Cheers!

 

[Sean Thornton]

Maybe you're thinking of House Of Fermentology, Yellow Dot, Golden Wild Ale aged in oak barrels with Vermont wild flower honey and lavender, elderflower, and chamomile. 6.5% ABV.

Link here
http://www.houseoffermentology.com

Who brews it, Percy Thrower?

 

[Sean Thornton]

Excellent. May I ask, what do you do if neither Stella nor Carling is available? Just toddle off home in a sulk?

Shoots up.

 

[shorehamview]

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?

In the back of your wardrobe.

 

[Harrisblade]

In Britain, people who serve in bars are just given a training session that consists of pulling one pint and then being left to get on with it.

Drives me nuts waiting at a bar and the bartender not having a clue who's next, it causes arguments if you get served before someone who THINKS they've been there longer than you.
It's not my job to know who's there first

In other countries it is more of a proper occupation rather than something students and young kids do to earn a few quid

I was in Ireland recently, the pub was packed and the guy behind the bar was serving three people at a time, getting each order correct, getting the change correct and pulling each drink perfectly.

Then when passing our table with 12 people sat around it he said "Same again for everyone is it"
He then brought the drinks over and moved to the next table, some of his colleagues were doing the same whilst one or two stayed behind the bar to serve those that were stood

It's difficult to get served in my local if there's more than seven people in it, and if seven more walk in there's a good chance they'll get served before you because they haven't a clue

If you pay peanuts (and they do)...............

 

[shorehamview]

Or the "e" in Guiness!

Or indeed the correct amount of “n”s.

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

Who brews it, Percy Thrower?

Finger on the pulse with that one, Sean. Yoot will be like lit, man

 

[Sean Thornton]

If you pay peanuts (and they do)...............

Good job everyone else on minimum wage doesn’t think “l can’t be arsed”.

 

[Ball_Sup (Phil)]

It's time....
Who the fuck queues up at the bar any more in 'spoons. I just sit down, whack my order into the App, stretch out, eye up the jumpers & trousers being worn by the dreaded ordinary punters, and imperiously wait for booze to be delivered to my good self. Jump the queues Grandad..... It's nearly 2019.....

 

[Harrisblade]

Good job everyone else on minimum wage doesn’t think “l can’t be arsed”.

I imagine that serving ale to footy fans won't be high on the list of attractive positions for competent bar staff to apply for

 

[Sean Thornton]

I imagine that serving ale to footy fans won't be high on the list of attractive positions for competent bar staff to apply for

Competent. There you go.

 

[bricktop]

10 years ago, if I walked in to a pub and it didn’t have Fosters or Carling on, I would be thinking what the fuck am I supposed drink.

Nowadays if I walk in to a pub and it is full of generic lager and god awful keg beer I’d be thinking the same.

I feel unwittingly in to Real Ale, it all began late on Saturday when I rolled off the train at Sheffield Station late on a Saturday night and rolled in to Sheffield Tap and when there wasn’t Carling, Fosters or Smoothflow I found there was Jaipur and I liked it and that has led me in to being a full on bearded, real ale drinker.

The best thing there is so many different beers and lagers to try, I prefer the strong citrus IPAs, grapefruit ones especially, but you also can’t beat a good session IPA, and in the places I like to do my drinking, there are drinks to suit every occasion and palate,

The other good thing about being someone who appreciates a good real ale and craft beer, the places I drink mean I’m less likely to encounter the Coked Up Canadian Geese.

 

[Rodley]

10 years ago, if I walked in to a pub and it didn’t have Fosters or Carling on, I would be thinking what the fuck am I supposed drink.

Nowadays if I walk in to a pub and it is full of generic lager and god awful keg beer I’d be thinking the same.

I feel unwittingly in to Real Ale, it all began late on Saturday when I rolled off the train at Sheffield Station late on a Saturday night and rolled in to Sheffield Tap and when there wasn’t Carling, Fosters or Smoothflow I found there was Jaipur and I liked it and that has led me in to being a full on bearded, real ale drinker.

The best thing there is so many different beers and lagers to try, I prefer the strong citrus IPAs, grapefruit ones especially, but you also can’t beat a good session IPA, and in the places I like to do my drinking, there are drinks to suit every occasion and palate,

The other good thing about being someone who appreciates a good real ale and craft beer, the places I drink mean I’m less likely to encounter the Coked Up Canadian Geese.

Keg is fine pal.

 

[ElephantBlade]

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!!!

I didn't know that place was reopened. Really liked it!

 

[Maidenhead]

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.

Ahhhh Tim Martin, the relentless Brexit campaigner who has never exported, or manufactured anything in his life.

 

[Tom Bott]

Ahhhh Tim Martin, the relentless Brexit campaigner who has never exported, or manufactured anything in his life.

Though you could say he manufactured 900 bars that are quite popular. At a time when many pubs are closing down due to not providing what people want.

He has also 'exported' 5 pubs to Ireland.

 

[ForgeBlade]

Well this thread has got people all riled up hasn't it? It's almost like an international break or summer thread at this point!

Personally, I love beer. I'll drink more or less anything (not Carling to be honest, my own piss after a heavy session would probably taste better and be more alcoholic).

For preference, I like hoppy, bitter keg beer (often American), or a rich, chocolatey stout. As others have said, Sheffield is a wonderful city for beer lovers, and as Blades we are lucky to have a wide range of pubs in walking distance from the ground, selling such a huge variety of beer that there really should be something for everyone. Just off the top of my head, I have drunk pre and post match in The Sheffield Tap, Sentinel, The Royal Standard, The Rutland, The Bath Hotel (a bit further away but worth a visit) and the Devonshire Cat. All of these sell cask and keg beer, and frequently rotate their offerings.

Currently (as long as they last this time) I don't think you can beat a pint of Sentinel's keg IPA for £3. As with most things, you get what you pay for with "craft" beer. I've paid upwards of £8 a pint quite frequently, but always for a beer that is high-strength, usually imported and from a small batch, so unlikely to be seen again. It's a bit of a hobby to "collect" different beers for me, so 99% of the time I will opt for something I've never had before.

All that said, beer, like music, is a wonderfully subjective thing. Each to their own and all that. But I make no apologies for being one of "those" twats that actually talk to the bar staff about the beer on offer, and frequently try a little of one or two before deciding what to get a pint of. If I'm paying craft beer prices I'm going to make damn sure I'm buying something I'm going to enjoy drinking!

 

[Maidenhead]

Though you could say he manufactured 900 bars that are quite popular. At a time when many pubs are closing down due to not providing what people want.

He has also 'exported' 5 pubs to Ireland.

Nice try but I'm not biting as I can't really believe that anyone so is gullible that they believe that opening a new pub business in an existing building can be considered to be "manufacturing", or that opening 5 pubs in another country constitutes "exporting", particularly when the majority of product that those pubs sell will be sourced locally and all trading will be in local currency.

If anybody really is that gullible I'm afraid I just don't have the patience to explain all those things that they obviously couldn't be bothered to learn at school.

 

[Numpty's Dusty Ruts.]

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

That's because it tastes of something. When I was (very) young and daft and just started drinking, like most people my age I drank branded "British lager" - Kestrel, Norseman, Skol, Carling (although this is Canadian, but no less mediocre for that!). It was weak and bland but you could put a lot away without looking daft in front of your mates. However, it was expensive and foul, and I moved onto bitter and stout, though I had to work at this! That's it you see, you have to work at this over time. It's not about being a pretentious twat, just that we get used to familiar tastes, so you have to try stuff more than once. Having said that, I've tried Carling on many occasions (most recently in the Cricks on "beam back day 2016" as there was no other beer left), and it was as rank as it has been since about 1975. I drank it though!

 

[Numpty's Dusty Ruts.]

If I wanna get drunk then I drink Stella, if I don't then I will have Carling. What I don't do is stand at the bar in my oversized Christmas jumper boring the barmaid with tales of drinking Mr Peddleworths nut butter while choosing my next tipple. Ooh I'll have a half of Karen's Greasy Fanny, I heard it has the aroma of smug and an anchovy aftertaste.

Real ale drinkers - twats

Fizzy piss drinkers - bloated burping twats!!!

 

[Numpty's Dusty Ruts.]

Have you tried Peeps Yellow Dot? A satisfying blonde with just a hint of goats chees

Edit:

Also, ITT people who are way too serious about something that gets you drunk and act like a twat.

(for info, I don't even drink alcohol these days)

Oh, so you're still on the Carling then?

 

[Numpty's Dusty Ruts.]

Keg is fine pal.

It is if the keg has good beer in it!

 

[Ball_Sup (Phil)]

Nice try but I'm not biting as I can't really believe that anyone so is gullible that they believe that opening a new pub business in an existing building can be considered to be "manufacturing", or that opening 5 pubs in another country constitutes "exporting", particularly when the majority of product that those pubs sell will be sourced locally and all trading will be in local currency.

If anybody really is that gullible I'm afraid I just don't have the patience to explain all those things that they obviously couldn't be bothered to learn at school.

Well. I was on the SUFC Academy pre season in Dublin in 2017. I was pointed at a 'spoons in Swords. I was amazed, & disappointed, to find that the beer offering is/was exactly the same as any 'spoons in England. I've just checked now on the App & that is still the case.

 

[Pierre's PC]

Fizzy piss drinkers - bloated burping twats!!!

Oh, so you're still on the Carling then?

Bloody'ell did someone get Crocs for Christmas instead of sandals?

 

[United Aren't Back.]

no camomile tea either

I asked for fennel and ginger.
Lad behind the bar asked his colleague who fennel is.
He knew ginger to be Mark Duffy.
'What you drinking pal?', asked the boss.

 

[Wapping Blade]

Keg is fine pal.

I’ve tried to embrace keg but the ones I’ve tried are just too fizzy.

 

[Maidenhead]

Well. I was on the SUFC Academy pre season in Dublin in 2017. I was pointed at a 'spoons in Swords. I was amazed, & disappointed, to find that the beer offering is/was exactly the same as any 'spoons in England. I've just checked now on the App & that is still the case.

Fair enough, and will probably continue to be the case at least until the customs situation on the Island of Ireland is sorted out (let's not go there)

The fall in the value of the pound will still benefit that miniscule part of his business as he will be getting a much better margin buying in sterling and selling in Euros so no doubt the last 2 years of uncertainty have done him some short term good.

It didn't take him long to remove Erdinger from his pubs and make lots of noise to show how patriotic he was, and I'm sure he just forgot to mention that it was the fall in sterling against the Euro the buggered up his margins on a peripheral product, that actually triggered that decision.

I'm still waiting for him to take Prosecco out of his pubs and watch half he female customers disappear though