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> From: Ricardo Signes
> I suppose that as a Yank, I can't properly dismiss this theory, but I'll try.
> We have some totally amazing beer here. My favorite beers are all American,
> and I've had enough good British, Irish, and European beer to feel like I can
> fair
Ovid wrote:
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 they generally don't ship over here.
I absolute
On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 06:24:09PM +0100, Steff Davies wrote:
> Meantime do an IPA which is bloody spectacular, mind you, so it's not as
> if we can't get it right when we try.
I've seen some Meantime brews on offer at the Bridge House, so:
On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 05:38:03PM +0100, David Cantre
Ovid wrote:
Gotta disagree on this one. IPA in the states is *awful*.
I've had some gooduns, and not only the rather excellent cask Dogfish
Head 120 minute IPA that I had the GBBF a few years back. They are
normally a bit fizzy, but as long as it's nice and hoppy I can forgive
that. More d
On 29 Sep 2009, at 18:48, Billy Abbott wrote:
I've had some gooduns, and not only the rather excellent cask
Dogfish Head 120 minute IPA that I had the GBBF a few years back.
They are normally a bit fizzy, but as long as it's nice and hoppy I
can forgive that. More decent US beer is making it
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, b
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
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. Normally
2009/9/30 Bob Walker :
> 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 ha
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 onc
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 acr
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
On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 09:53:35AM +0100, 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?
Not yet seen a 2/3
On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 10:11:30AM +0100,
the following was promulgated by Nicholas Clark:
> 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
>
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