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Beer, revisited

Going to a talk in The Park Hotel on the 29th with two guys from the North East who are brewing new age Mead. Tried some recently and it blew my mind,both ways! Only 2 nicker,and there is a bar. Can't recommend it enough for the real ale heads in here.
 
Lad who's running the cellars knows what he's doing,Dave was very good at his job but he was know magician like some people make out.
Like I said, I'm not knocking the new setup at all as the ale is the mainstay well kept, but Dave was rightly thought of very highly. Magician? No. Thorough? Yes.

I can remember one or two 'okay' pints under Dave, while the rest were always top notch. It was just a shame that he negated that by being an absolute barmcake.

That was when he was at his bes toot; at his worst, it was hard sometimes not to want to deck him.
 
Like I said, I'm not knocking the new setup at all as the ale is the mainstay well kept, but Dave was rightly thought of very highly. Magician? No. Thorough? Yes.

I can remember one or two 'okay' pints under Dave, while the rest were always top notch. It was just a shame that he negated that by being an absolute barmcake.

That was when he was at his bes too; at his worst, it was hard sometimes not to want to deck him.
I agree with you, You know how stuff comes across on here.

I was quite pally with Dave to the point he'd borrow me his Guinness creamers believe it or not.

Did you ever hear how he legged Sean Bean out the pub for asking for a taster? Possibly my favourite all his antics.
 

Ha! I hadn't heard that particular story, but I can quite easily imagine him doing that because I was once rebuffed for asking what a new ale tasted like.
Bean was filming in the city and went in midday with some people who he was obviously filming with and done the unthinkable and asked for a taster,only to be told "get out and take his cronies with him"...had a story verified by a drayman who I know very well,who was delivering there at the time.
 
Bean was filming in the city and went in midday with some people who he was obviously filming with and done the unthinkable and asked for a taster,only to be told "get out and take his cronies with him"...had a story verified by a drayman who I know very well,who was delivering there at the time.
Well, on the one occasion I asked him if he would recommend the pint his reply was along the lines of, "Well, I'm selling it aren't I? Buy one if you want to taste it."
 


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