The Finest Ale

[rob666]

Now you all need to try any random strong lager with a nice shot of sarsaparilla in it.
Strange version of dandelion and burdock, but with booze in it.
Keeps a head on it for a good couple of hours if you leave it...but that is so difficult to do.

 

[Burbs]

Except for stouts and porters, I like to be able to see through my beer . I'm not really into this craze for hazy and soupy beers.

Excuse me, we are craaaaazy for haaaaaaazy!

 

[John_P]

 

[rob666]

Why do I tend to think of Bradley Beaver every time I see their beer?
Hobby transfer thoughts.

 

[John_P]

Why do I tend to think of Bradley Beaver every time I see their beer?
Hobby transfer thoughts.

Pleasure Beach could do with some themed beers for sure.

 

[Jb85]

Delicious pint that.
Had a few pints of Dizzy Blonde last night - tasty!!

 

[DiogoJ42]

Too hot for beer right now. This is cider weather.

 

[DiogoJ42]

Small world, I was occasionally stocking a posh yacht drinks cabinet and getting ****** in the Dickens Inn around '82.

I'll stick it here so as not to derail pet hates...

If we're talking riverside East London pubs, I'm a big fan of The Mayflower, in Rotherhithe. Named because the dock out back, which is now their beer garden, is where the "pilgrim fathers" left on their famous ship for the colonies. If you know a septic who can prove they are descended from those nutters, take them there to sign the exclusive guestbook!

Be warned that at high spring tides, the "beer garden" is underwater and they have to seal it off, leaving very limited space inside.

I suggest a pint of "Scurvy".

The Mayflower

The Mayflower pub is a hidden gem in the heart of Rotherhithe, London. A traditional English pub surrounded by cobbled streets, the outside decked jetty and cosy candlelit restaurant have stunning river views.

www.mayflowerpub.co.uk

 

[Shaggy_Dog_]

Not an ale but it is very tasty. I’m drinking a Hartwall’s gin & grapefruit ‘Original Long Drink’ on a ferry sailing from Tallinn in Estonia (where I’ve been today on a day trip) to Helsinki in Finland (where I went to Linnanmaki yesterday and had about 20 rides on the beast that is Taiga).

Anyway, back to the drink. It’s a blend of “Finnish artisanal gin, water, and grapefruit juice” and was originally created for the 1952 Olympics. The Finns can’t get enough of this stuff, but given the price of alcohol on their side of the water they get the ferry across the Gulf of Finland to visit their neighbours across the water in the Estonian capital of Tallinn where alcohol is much cheaper. Seriously, everybody bringing back crates of this stuff on little wheeled folding carts and the boat itself was like a very civilised booze cruise with multiple bars knocking out the stuff and people dancing to the live entertainment.





I didn’t go on it but I thought this was intriguing, the Skywheel Of Tallinn, a Ferris wheel on the roof of a shopping mall.

 

[DiogoJ42]

I can confirm, as of tonight, that the sports bar that has taken over my local spoons, has **** beer, **** food, **** prices, and miserable staff.


And far too much twatball.

 

[DiogoJ42]

This is a fine evening for drinking outside.
Sips a pint of Spitfire on his balcony, watching parakeets chasing a red kite.

 

[rob666]

Could they get my red kite out of the ******* tree for me please.
Still not managed a decent flight yet...all that string from the last disaster.
I will be spending the football drinking that american pale ale stuff.
And cheap local Wainwright, that isn't really local anymore.

 

[DiogoJ42]

We have quite a few red kites round here. They seem to be the wussiest "birds of prey" in the world. Most of the time I see them, they are being chased away by smaller airborne critters.

 

[Shaggy_Dog_]

We have quite a few red kites round here. They seem to be the wussiest "birds of prey" in the world. Most of the time I see them, they are being chased away by smaller airborne critters.

Maybe they call them kites because they fly away so easily.

Drinking a Mad Squirrel Big Sea 5.5% citrusy ale in Spoons, very nice.

 

[Themeparksandy1981]

Not heard of this Brewery before Flacks but is a nice Amber ale

 

[pluk]

It might just be a £7.05 pint of punk in a grubby overcrowded Spoons, but is there a better tasting beer than an airport departure beer?


So long suckers.

 

[jon81uk]

but is there a better tasting beer than an airport departure beer?

One too many cocktails in an airport departure lounge?

 

[Alsty]

It might just be a £7.05 pint of punk in a grubby overcrowded Spoons, but is there a better tasting beer than an airport departure beer?


So long suckers.

I'm more curious why you'd have a banana with your beer!

 

[pluk]

I'm more curious why you'd have a banana with your beer!

That's the only choice on the kids meal to accompany their main

 

[rob666]

...and very good quick potassium...stops you getting cramp on flights, likewise tonic water, so a big g&t can be rapidly consumed at the bar pre flight for health reasons.