Craft bar shambles

[Cerberus Blade]

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

The Gran riserva Doppia Malto is nice also

The Gran riserva Doppia Malto (double malt) is closer to beer than lager. I hate to tell you this....but you're on your way to liking beer.

 

[Pierre's PC]

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

 

[boo radley]

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

It was you stood behind me then! By the way both those Ale s are classic.

 

[Ball_Sup (Phil)]

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

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

 

[Pierre's PC]

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

I'd probably just have something that doesn't smell of leper sweat and that you'd find equally distasteful

 

[Rodders]

I'd probably just have something that doesn't smell of leper sweat and that you'd find equally distasteful

Fosters then

 

[Rodley]

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

There’s genuinely some decent craft beers and ales pal. I do think the scene in Sheff is a bit more “beardy” than Leeds though.

I’m all over sour beers at the minute (always loved sharp flavours with food etc). Salty Kiss by Magic Rock is always a good one and stocked at my local, but had a cracking tropical fruit sour by North Brewing Co called 7-Fruit Gose. Also Trollunga by Buxton, a Gooseberry sour is a cracker but very tart.

 

[Ball_Sup (Phil)]

I'd probably just have something that doesn't smell of leper sweat and that you'd find equally distasteful

You've got the wrong guy. As I've said in this thread, I don't find anything that anyone else drinks distasteful. Can you recall the last beer you had which wasn't Stella or Carling?

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

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!!

This, with nobs on!

In terms of variety and availability of different ale, Sheffield is out on it's own. For all the size and cosmopolitan mix that is London, it is a very long and expensive crawl to match what Sheffield has got. You've never had it so good!

 

[Pierre's PC]

Can you recall the last beer you had which wasn't Stella or Carling?

Yes.

You've got the wrong guy. As I've said in this thread, I don't find anything that anyone else drinks distasteful

That's OK then I must have misinterpreted the sulk comment, my bad

 

[Ball_Sup (Phil)]

Yes.



That's OK then I must have misinterpreted the sulk comment, my bad

Ah yes, sorry, the "sulk" comment was out of order in that context

 

[Ball_Sup (Phil)]

Happily, people who think they are drinking just one drink (eg Carling), aren't. It's a natural product. Made with things that grow in the ground. Things that fall from the sky & flow in rivers - including, made from fish. Each industrial vat of Carling has a different taste to the previous vat & to the next vat. Yeah, Molson Coors work hard to make each vat taste similar. Yeah, Molson Coors know that if they put the same badge on it, people may be fooled into thinking it tastes the same as the last one. But, it's just a big chemistry set with stuff that grows. Of course each pint of Carling tastes different to the one you had last week. Post Brexit, when malt & hops may have to be sourced from different countries, at different prices, the taste of (for eg) Carling will change again. Molson Coors will continue to put the same badge on it & hope the drinker won't notice or can't be bothered.

 

[SW12 to S12 to S18]

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

In the good old days if there was a mob at the bar the lass behind the bar always knew who was next and could add the cost of the round up as she was serving. Non of this tip tapping the till after every pint to find out how much to charge.

 

[YES Blade]

I was always a lager man until I got some free tickets to a beer festival. I drank both for a few years after but now I only drink real ales/bitter.

I used to get fizzed up on lager and feel utter shite the next day, but after a few nights on ale, I realised it was the way to go for me because I felt loads better in the morning.

End of the day it’s all about getting in the pub and enjoying a day/night on the piss for me. I don’t care what anyone is drinking as long as they are having a good time and not acting like a bell end.

 

[blackydog]

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.

When you say stung, Tap is expensive anyway and £9 for a pint is a lot but I suspect you had one of the low volume high strength guest beers?? This probably took a while to make too.

 

[SW12 to S12 to S18]

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

I think you’re just afraid that you might taste something, to quote one advertising slogan.

 

[blackydog]

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?

Haha, nowt like me though. More 80s - 90s Ben Sherman or Fred Perry tbh, and I do like a pair of unusual shoes.
Just had a thought are you MH?

 

[Tom Bott]

f I wanna get drunk then I drink Stella, if I don't then I will have Carling

When Stella first came to this country it was all still brewed in Belgium, it had flavour and was 5.2%.

Once it had achieved market penetration it was brewed using water from the river Thames and the ABV was reduced to 5%. I then stopped drinking it because it was as bland as all the other generic lagers.

There are still good lagers, if you look around, proper Czech Budweiser (not the USA rip off) and German wheat beers to name 2 The Sheaf View and other decent bars stock such ( and know how to keep and serve such)

 

[bromtom]

When you say stung, Tap is expensive anyway and £9 for a pint is a lot but I suspect you had one of the low volume high strength guest beers?? This probably took a while to make too.

Stung in the wallet but it was lovely and I don't mind paying for it. It was a very strong stout.

Part of the fun for me is trying it all, it's not the reason I go to the pub but it's a nice side mission isn't it.

 

[S64 Blade]

Real/craft ale drinker here too. I prefer the taste, variety and the fact that I’m supporting smaller (and often local) businesses.

It does seem that the market is moving very mainstream now; presumably as the big breweries are panicking. I hope that the quality doesn’t peak and fall away.

There’s been a real change in the last 5 years or so. Pretty much every pub has at least a couple of decent beers on and it’s helped in generating new businesses and lost space - micropubs and brewery taps were largely unheard of ten years ago.

I’m not against lager and still drink it when I fancy something else. Prefer the European lagers with a a bit of taste and better quality to the likes of Carling.

To caveat, I’ve no beard but have just seen a cord shirt for sale in Oi Polloi that may help me fit in with the aesthete of the real ale drinker.

 

[boo radley]

I'd probably just have something that doesn't smell of leper sweat and that you'd find equally distasteful

You claim to not like real ale but you jeep naming great tasting pints.

 

[Pierre's PC]

You claim to not like real ale but you jeep naming great tasting pints.

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)

 

[boo radley]

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

No. You inviting me on your brewery tour?

 

[Pierre's PC]

No. You inviting me on your brewery tour?

No but I have some crusty boxers that I can post to you, to suck on.

 

[Sheene7]

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

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

 

[Sheene7]

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

Or the "e" in Guiness!

 

[Bladesway]

Craft bars at the football, real ale, no talk of balti pies, gender assumption.

This is 2018 in a single thread and should be archived for future generations

There won’t be any future generations. The baby boomers have left a landscape so bleak no one will be able to have sex. All sex will be deemed rape and Twitter meltdown will have made it into reality so everything ever said will offend everyone else. House prices will mean we all have to live in caves because that is all anyone can now afford. Brexit will mean in March the whole country sets fire to itself (it’s true it was on Twitter) and all that will be left are shit beetles.

Happy New Year.

 

[Ball_Sup (Phil)]

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)

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

 

[Pierre's PC]

There won’t be any future generations. The baby boomers have left a landscape so bleak no one will be able to have sex. All sex will be deemed rape and Twitter meltdown will have made it into reality so everything ever said will offend everyone else. House prices will mean we all have to live in caves because that is all anyone can now afford. Brexit will mean in March the whole country sets fire to itself (it’s true it was on Twitter) and all that will be left are shit beetles.

Happy New Year.

So what you're saying is that 2019 is when my dreams will finally come true?

#SnoopyDance

 

[boo radley]

No but I have some crusty boxers that I can post to you, to suck on.

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