Archive for July, 2009
Morrison’s Bottled Beer Update
Jul 18th, 2009 |
** Please note this post has been superseded by Morrisons Beer Offers – September Update **
More good deals on bottled beer from Morrison’s.
My wife came home with these earlier and they’re all £1.00 per bottle at the moment.
From the left there’s Ruddles – County, Wyre Piddle – Piddle in the Hole, Marston’s – Ashes Ale, and Holt’s – Humdinger. They’re all about 4% except for the County which is 4.7%. Some of us might remember when Ruddles County was considered quite a strong beer…
I’m drinking the Marston’s one as I post this. It’s quite light and fluffy, without a strong flavour – definitely not from the Pedigree end of the brewery! I’ve had the Humdinger and Piddle in the Hole before – both OK although I prefer the Humdinger. I’m a bit nervous about trying the County having not been partial to the draught version since it ceased to actually be made by Ruddles.
One thing I don’t understand though – why did she only get one bottle of each?
An Evening Out In Brighton
Jul 16th, 2009 |
Most of my beer drinking takes place in London after work or occasionally in Woking where I live. But just now and again it’s worth getting away somewhere different for an evening.
With a slightly earler departure from work and a bit of time invested on a train you can be in many interesting places. Using the discount available with an annual gold card is useful too.
Late last week it was Brighton’s turn and I’d like to share with you my mini pub crawl of 3 real ale pubs in the seaside city. The crawl doesn’t take you far from the station, and in fact nowhere near the sea but the sound of the seagulls will reassure you that it’s over there somewhere.
An Evening Out In Brighton: Read the full post »
Are Gale’s Beers Disappearing from the Capital?
Jul 16th, 2009 |
Pint of Gale's HSB
Why is it getting harder to find Gale’s HSB in London?
25 years ago when drinking in Fuller’s pubs in London I’d have been pleased to discover a pump with Chiswick, London Pride and ESB pumps at the bar. It was something special to find a pub that sold both Chiswick and ESB – not all did.
Are Gale’s Beers Disappearing from the Capital?: Read the full post »
Firkin Dogbolter
Jul 7th, 2009 |
Firkin Dogbolter Pump Clip
Originally the page was a rant about how Bass/Punch Taverns had taken over the chain from Allied Lyons (later Allied Lyons) in 1999 and had closed all the breweries – thus spoiling at a stroke the unique nature of many of the establishments. Many of the pubs became O’Neills pubs – pretend Irish pubs. I subsequently updated the page a couple of times with further facts about the takeover, and then after a while forgot about it. Firkin Dogbolter: Read the full post »
Morrisons Offers – Update
Jul 7th, 2009 |
The Morrisons special offers mentioned in a previous post only last until 12th July. I’ll be down there again at the weekend to stock up.
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