However, the next scheduled meet-up is at the Nottingham beer festival on 21st October featuring Drew, Metatone, Migeru and myself.
Tutored beer tastings will be available. I am, however, most looking forward to Migeru's reaction to real English cider. I doubt he knows what he's let himself in for.
Any more for any more ? keep to the Fen Causeway
I am, however, most looking forward to Migeru's reaction to real English cider. I doubt he knows what he's let himself in for.
ps, me mum reckons it'll be another month before the Bramley cooking apples are ready. But we both agreed that eating E London blackberries wasn't a good idea. keep to the Fen Causeway
Hardy and Hansons !!??
You're kidding, right ?
Still, I 'spose it's a tourist tick, best done first thing before it gets busy keep to the Fen Causeway
My condemnation is more their poverty of ambition. Real ale is sold as a premium product these days and there are many beers I'd happily pass several pubs to enjoy, but H&H is not one of them. But fret not, nottingham and surrounds is prime drinking country. keep to the Fen Causeway
But fret not, nottingham and surrounds is prime drinking country.
I've heard that, and that it brings in the student-y riff raff from the surrounding towns and cities on Fridays and Saturdays. Much drinking and trouble-making, as I understand it, and a little too much tension -- even worse with alcohol involved -- between the natives and the Muslim South Asians. Being a fairly small guy (ask Miguel) with a large mouth (no need to ask Miguel), I'd rather stay away from that sort of thing. Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
There is generally an inverse relationship between quality seeking real-ale wise and troublemaking. If you go to pubs that serve excellent real ales, then you'll find yourself surrounded by affable people.
Trouble makers go for lager lager lager lager, they're a different clientele and don't inhabit the same drinking space. You just have to recognise the (easily-read) cultural signposts eg a huge chalkboard advertising Sky Sports = lager bar. Don't go near.
It's probably no different from london. I don't drink in the centre of town on friday nights, but there'd still be a couple of pubs that are okay just outside of the Circle line worth doing even then. And the further out you go, the greater the likelihood. keep to the Fen Causeway
My sense is that you're right about city centers. The pubs in the Nottingham City Center were clearly playing to the lager-drinking clubgoers. The ones in the "suburbs" -- English suburbs look more urbanized than many of the downtown areas in the US -- were more to my liking. Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
In three years of walking home in a rather wobbly and studenty way, I never saw any trouble.
Maybe I was just lucky. (Admittedly, being quite large may have helped on a couple of occasions.)
No wonder you've given up booze drinking that filth keep to the Fen Causeway
I blame the sales pitch which says "deliver Grrene king at lunchtime, ready to serve by dinner". It may be clear but it still won't be fit to drink for days, but time is money and a beer sitting in a cellar not being sold is losing money. That's why it's mostly sold in crap condition. keep to the Fen Causeway
