Re: Pub for tomorrow?

[Dirk Koopman]

Martin A. Brooks wrote:

James Laver wrote:

I don't believe I've ever seen you drink beer, Martin.

Beer is dark and foamy and good, not light, fizzy and 'superchilled'.
Unless you think conditions outside count as 'summer', and looking out
of a window in the City, I can't agree...


That's because I mostly don't drink beer.  If I wanted to toss sour, 
astringic liquid down my throat, I'd do it properly and suck on a 
lemon.  There's a few exceptions, like double chocolate stout, and 
banana bread beer, and waggle dance, but mostly it just tastes like what 
you get if you pour warm water and a dash of fairy liquid into a 
recently used and, not yet washed, roasting tin, then swill it around, 
sieve, pour and serve.




Sadly any of these beers give me gout. So it is either red wine or 
decent (genuine) german lager for me these days.


Sigh...

Dirk

Re: Pub next year (was Re: Pub for tomorrow?)

[David Cantrell]

On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 05:16:10PM +, Nicholas Clark wrote:

> The range "1st December - February" encompasses Thursday, 1st January, which
> as any heretic knows is not the date for the original orthodox meeting.
> 
> Or something like that.
> 
> But we're looking for a pub for the hardy souls who will be out on the 1st,
> rather than waiting for Thursday 8th?
> 
> (Or is this nothing to do with our wonderful pub minion, and instead something
> for our official bad influence to, um, "influence")

I suppose I'd better announce my Plan then, hadn't I.

-- 
David Cantrell | Official London Perl Mongers Bad Influence

There is no one true indentation style,
But if there were K&R would be Its Prophets.
Peace be upon Their Holy Beards.

Re: Pub for tomorrow?

[David Cantrell]

On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 11:46:55PM +, Martin A. Brooks wrote:

> That's because I mostly don't drink beer.  If I wanted to toss sour, 
> astringic liquid down my throat, I'd do it properly and suck on a 
> lemon.  There's a few exceptions, like double chocolate stout, and 
> banana bread beer, and waggle dance, but mostly it just tastes like what 
> you get if you pour warm water and a dash of fairy liquid into a 
> recently used and, not yet washed, roasting tin, then swill it around, 
> sieve, pour and serve.

Sieve?

SIEVE?

But you're missing out on the Burnt And Crunchy Bits!

Philistine.

-- 
David Cantrell | Nth greatest programmer in the world

Guns aren't the problem.  People who deserve to die are the problem.

Re: Pub for tomorrow?

[Jonathan Stowe]

On Fri, 2008-11-28 at 17:06 +, Kake L Pugh wrote:
> On Fri 28 Nov 2008, James Laver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Beer is dark and foamy and good, not light, fizzy and 'superchilled'.
> 
> Speaking of beer... it's the season for Fuller's London Porter!
> 
> Although this is available in bottles all year round, the bottled
> version's not a patch on the cask version.  Some of us had it from the
> cask at the George IV in Chiswick last night, and it's also been
> recently sighted at the Mad Hatter just south of Blackfriars Bridge
> and at the Red Lion in Ealing.
> 
> http://london.randomness.org.uk/wiki.cgi?George_IV,_W4_2DR
> http://london.randomness.org.uk/wiki.cgi?Mad_Hatter,_SE1_9NY
> http://london.randomness.org.uk/wiki.cgi?Red_Lion,_W5_5RA
> 
> It's also apparently very nearly the season for Shepherd Neame
> Original Porter, which I believe is available from 1 December until
> February - if anyone sees it, do let me know.

Also Adnam's Yuletide, Old Ale and Tally Ho 

/J\

Re: Pub for tomorrow?

[Martin A. Brooks]

James Laver wrote:

I don't believe I've ever seen you drink beer, Martin.

Beer is dark and foamy and good, not light, fizzy and 'superchilled'.
Unless you think conditions outside count as 'summer', and looking out
of a window in the City, I can't agree...


That's because I mostly don't drink beer.  If I wanted to toss sour, 
astringic liquid down my throat, I'd do it properly and suck on a 
lemon.  There's a few exceptions, like double chocolate stout, and 
banana bread beer, and waggle dance, but mostly it just tastes like what 
you get if you pour warm water and a dash of fairy liquid into a 
recently used and, not yet washed, roasting tin, then swill it around, 
sieve, pour and serve.

Re: Pub next year (was Re: Pub for tomorrow?)

[Kake L Pugh]

On Fri 28 Nov 2008, Nicholas Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> But we're looking for a pub for the hardy souls who will be out on the 1st,
> rather than waiting for Thursday 8th?
> 
> (Or is this nothing to do with our wonderful pub minion, and instead
> something for our official bad influence to, um, "influence")

Nicholas, Nicholas, your heretical ways are nothing to do with me.

I might, however, be available for completely coincidental drinking on
the 1st.  I'm still quite taken with the idea of wandering around Kew
Gardens (free entry that day) in the afternoon before retiring to a
nearby hostelry for some foamy beer.  I'm not organising it though[0].

Kake
[0] But here is a link for all RGL things within a kilometre of (the vague
centre of) Kew Gardens:
http://london.randomness.org.uk/search.cgi?os_dist=1000&os_x=518425&os_y=176955

Pub next year (was Re: Pub for tomorrow?)

[Nicholas Clark]

On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 05:06:46PM +, Kake L Pugh wrote:

> It's also apparently very nearly the season for Shepherd Neame
> Original Porter, which I believe is available from 1 December until
> February - if anyone sees it, do let me know.

$ cal 1 2009 
January 2009
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
 1  2  3
 4  5  6  7  8  9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30 31

The range "1st December - February" encompasses Thursday, 1st January, which
as any heretic knows is not the date for the original orthodox meeting.

Or something like that.

But we're looking for a pub for the hardy souls who will be out on the 1st,
rather than waiting for Thursday 8th?

(Or is this nothing to do with our wonderful pub minion, and instead something
for our official bad influence to, um, "influence")

Ah yes. Pub next Month. Next social, next Thursday, Bridge House:
http://london.pm.org/meetings/locations/bridge_house.html

All hail Kake for organising that.

Nicholas Clark

Re: Pub for tomorrow?

[Kake L Pugh]

On Fri 28 Nov 2008, James Laver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Beer is dark and foamy and good, not light, fizzy and 'superchilled'.

Speaking of beer... it's the season for Fuller's London Porter!

Although this is available in bottles all year round, the bottled
version's not a patch on the cask version.  Some of us had it from the
cask at the George IV in Chiswick last night, and it's also been
recently sighted at the Mad Hatter just south of Blackfriars Bridge
and at the Red Lion in Ealing.

http://london.randomness.org.uk/wiki.cgi?George_IV,_W4_2DR
http://london.randomness.org.uk/wiki.cgi?Mad_Hatter,_SE1_9NY
http://london.randomness.org.uk/wiki.cgi?Red_Lion,_W5_5RA

It's also apparently very nearly the season for Shepherd Neame
Original Porter, which I believe is available from 1 December until
February - if anyone sees it, do let me know.

Kake

Re: Pub for tomorrow?

[James Laver]

On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 4:07 PM, Martin A. Brooks
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Tomas Doran wrote:
>>
>> Tim Taylor Landlord
>> Adanms (x2 if you're lucky)
>> London Pride.
>
> I'll be sticking with wifebeater, then :)
>

I don't believe I've ever seen you drink beer, Martin.

Beer is dark and foamy and good, not light, fizzy and 'superchilled'.
Unless you think conditions outside count as 'summer', and looking out
of a window in the City, I can't agree...

--James

Re: Pub for tomorrow?

[Tomas Doran]

On 28 Nov 2008, at 16:07, Martin A. Brooks wrote:


Tomas Doran wrote:

Tim Taylor Landlord
Adanms (x2 if you're lucky)
London Pride.


I'll be sticking with wifebeater, then :)


Well, it's no double chocolate stout, but I'd say you're a crazy man  
for switching to wifebeater...


Each to their own however.

Cheers
t0m

Re: Pub for tomorrow?

[Martin A. Brooks]

Tomas Doran wrote:

Tim Taylor Landlord
Adanms (x2 if you're lucky)
London Pride. 


I'll be sticking with wifebeater, then :)

Re: Pub for tomorrow?

[Tomas Doran]

On 28 Nov 2008, at 15:11, David Dorward wrote:


Tomas Doran wrote:


* Has 3/4 nice real ales


Is this like Russian Roulette? Someone gets unlucky and has to  
drink the

pint of mud?


Heh, its more that they usually have 4, but sometimes 3.

From memory you're likely to get:

Tim Taylor Landlord
Adanms (x2 if you're lucky)
London Pride.

Cheers
t0m

Re: Pub for tomorrow?

[David Dorward]

Tomas Doran wrote:

> * Has 3/4 nice real ales

Is this like Russian Roulette? Someone gets unlucky and has to drink the
pint of mud?

-- 
David Dorward   

Re: Pub for tomorrow?

[Tomas Doran]

On 28 Nov 2008, at 14:57, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


I was just at the Calthorpe for lunch, paranoia prompted me to  
check and

it turns out it's booked for a wake this evening.


OK, so do we want to make an alternative plan? Although I can't  
make it to
the LPW tomorrow, I was hoping to have a couple of beers and a chat  
with

people tonight.



The alternate plan / pub is the Kings Arms. This is:

* Close to the original venu
* Has 3/4 nice real ales
* Does good, affordable Thai food
* Has quiet upstairs room we can invade
* Is out of the way that it is still quite quiet.

Convinced? Good...

http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/20/20555/Kings_Arms/Clerkenwell

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=WC1N 
+2JF&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=51.524979,-0.116901&spn=0.015914,0.038195&z=15


I'll hopefully get up to the Calthorpe at just after 6, and get the  
bar staff to redirect confused people in the right direction...


Cheers
t0m

Re: Pub for tomorrow?

[ben]

On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 02:30:30PM +, Martin A. Brooks wrote:
>Tomas Doran wrote:
>>
>>On 27 Nov 2008, at 13:50, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>  I'm assuming others are travelling down to London the night before 
>>>as I am. Is there a pub people are planning to meet at tomorrow night?
>>
>>http://conferences.yapceurope.org/lpw2008/wiki?node=FridayNightMeetup 
>
>I was just at the Calthorpe for lunch, paranoia prompted me to check and 
>it turns out it's booked for a wake this evening.

OK, so do we want to make an alternative plan? Although I can't make it to
the LPW tomorrow, I was hoping to have a couple of beers and a chat with 
people tonight.

Ben

Re: Pub for tomorrow?

[Martin A. Brooks]

Tomas Doran wrote:


On 27 Nov 2008, at 13:50, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


Hi,
  I'm assuming others are travelling down to London the night before 
as I am. Is there a pub people are planning to meet at tomorrow night?


http://conferences.yapceurope.org/lpw2008/wiki?node=FridayNightMeetup 



I was just at the Calthorpe for lunch, paranoia prompted me to check and 
it turns out it's booked for a wake this evening.

Re: Pub for tomorrow?

[Tomas Doran]

On 27 Nov 2008, at 13:50, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


Hi,
  I'm assuming others are travelling down to London the night  
before as I am. Is there a pub people are planning to meet at  
tomorrow night?


http://conferences.yapceurope.org/lpw2008/wiki?node=FridayNightMeetup

HTH
t0m