Since we're on topic, discussing beer, does anyone know where in London I can
acquire He'brew, the Chosen Beer? I bought some back in the states, only to
discover that I really, really like this stuff. It's a darker beer with hints
of chocolate and nutty goodness.
On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 09:02:12AM -0700, Ovid typed:
Gotta disagree on this one. IPA in the states is *awful*. I actually like
it over here. Plus, US beers (even the quality ones) are often very fizzy.
A bit too much for my taste. I know the microbreweries in Portland are
fantastic, but
Steve Mynott wrote:
BTW I read a report that beer in 2/3 pint measures was to be allowed
in the UK. It also claimed that currently 1/3 pint measures were
available and legal in the UK. I wondered if anyone had ever seen
this?
I don't know about the 2/3rds (although it would follow naturally
On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 09:53:35AM +0100, Steve Mynott wrote:
On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 09:02:12AM -0700, Ovid typed:
Gotta disagree on this one. IPA in the states is *awful*. I actually like
it over here. Plus, US beers (even the quality ones) are often very fizzy.
A bit too much for my
On Wed, 30 Sep 2009, Steve Mynott wrote:
It also claimed that currently 1/3 pint measures were
available and legal in the UK. I wondered if anyone had ever seen
this?
they always have been legal. you certianly now see thirds at CAMRA beer
festivals and I have seen it in some pubs.
On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 01:31:32AM -0700, Ovid wrote:
Since we're on topic, discussing beer, does anyone know where in London I can
acquire He'brew, the Chosen Beer? I bought some back in the states, only to
discover that I really, really like this stuff. It's a darker beer with
hints of
2009/9/30 Bob Walker b...@randomness.org.uk:
On Wed, 30 Sep 2009, Steve Mynott wrote:
It also claimed that currently 1/3 pint measures were
available and legal in the UK. I wondered if anyone had ever seen
this?
they always have been legal. you certianly now see thirds at CAMRA beer
Ovid publiustemp-londo...@yahoo.com wrote:
Since we're on topic, discussing beer, does anyone know where in
London I can acquire He'brew, the Chosen Beer? I bought some back in
the states, only to discover that I really, really like this stuff.
It's a darker beer with hints of chocolate and
- Original Message
From: lesl...@herlug.org.uk lesl...@herlug.org.uk
I don't know this beer but I think you should get along to a proper (UK) Beer
Festival and try the porters.
I've already been to a CAMRA beer festival and was quite pleased.
Cheers,
Ovid
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On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 10:11:30AM +0100, Nicholas Clark wrote:
As I understand it the law is that draft beer must be dispensed into crown
(or EU) stamped glasses, which are in (integer) multiples of 1/3, 1/2 or 1
pint.
That brings up an image of a civil servant stamping glasses. And once a
--- On Wed, 30/9/09, Avi Greenbury avismailinglistacco...@googlemail.com
wrote:
I'd be surprised if it wasn't for sale in one of the more
Jewish
shopping areas. Brent Street in Hendon and Finchely Road in
Temple
Fortune both come to mind, I live almost on the former, so
I'll have a
look
Abigail wrote:
Me, I don't have a preference. I find anyone drinking alcohol a baboon. ;-)
No anyone who has consumed enough alky starts acting like a chimp.
Jacqui
2009/9/30 Jacqui Caren jacqui.ca...@ntlworld.com:
Abigail wrote:
Me, I don't have a preference. I find anyone drinking alcohol a baboon.
;-)
No anyone who has consumed enough alky starts acting like a chimp.
I feel I'm more likely to act like a sloth (okay then, more like a
sloth than
Jacqui Caren wrote:
Abigail wrote:
Me, I don't have a preference. I find anyone drinking alcohol a
baboon. ;-)
No anyone who has consumed enough alky starts acting like a chimp.
I have video to prove that this isn't true, although I would not like to
be definite about exactly which
On 09/30/2009 09:53 AM, Steve Mynott wrote:
BTW I read a report that beer in 2/3 pint measures was to be allowed
in the UK. It also claimed that currently 1/3 pint measures were
available and legal in the UK. I wondered if anyone had ever seen
this?
Completely coincidentally, I just came
On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 10:18:15AM +0100, Nicholas Clark wrote:
On the other hand, the Japanese managed to make decent lager from rice.
[citation needed]
How come America can't?
I would have thought that the general shitty state of US beer was more
due to prohibition shutting down all the
On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 11:26:17AM -0400, Ricardo Signes wrote:
Even a fair bar has a number of good beers on tap, though, and they're almost
always all American. I think that we Yanks who like our great American beer
would love to share knowledge of it with the rest of the world -- but it's
On Sep 30, 2009, at 9:19 AM, David Cantrell wrote:
On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 10:18:15AM +0100, Nicholas Clark wrote:
On the other hand, the Japanese managed to make decent lager from
rice.
[citation needed]
The problem with Japanese lagers is that they're generally quite bland
- Kirin,
On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 10:40:30AM -0700, Simon Batistoni said:
This coming from someone who was convinced that he'd never have a decent
beer again when he first moved Stateside.
Mr Batistoni had done much of the pioneering, trail blazing work for me
when I moved out to SF including
Abigail wrote:
That brings up an image of a civil servant stamping glasses. And once a
month, a moves for a week from Brussles to Strassbourgh.
20 or so years ago there was a UK Weight and Measures Authority near
where I lived in Kingston. Although I never did it myself, a number of
my school
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