Report on the Glasshouse Stores

2002-05-22 Thread Kate L Pugh
Some of us (Leo, me, blech, Mark, Leon, muttley, neko, hatter, Jon, Jeannie, James from perlmonks, um, think that was it apart from the two random girls that hatter brought) went to the Glasshouse Stores last night, as mooted in http://london.pm.org/pipermail/london.pm/Week-of-Mon-20020429/01996

Re: Report on the Glasshouse Stores

2002-05-22 Thread Mark Fowler
On Wed, 22 May 2002, Kate L Pugh wrote: > What did I forget? No Credit Cards are taken downstairs, which isn't a problem as far as the kitty is concerned, but could be annoying for those wanting to buy their own drinks/have food. They did this whole carrying cards upstrairs thinig for some of

Re: Report on the Glasshouse Stores

2002-05-22 Thread the hatter
On Wed, 22 May 2002, Kate L Pugh wrote: > Beer: Jon noted that there were no hand-pulled beers. Boo. And no girlie drinks, inconvenient both for the girlies, and for those of us who don't qualify but like them anyway. > ASCII plan time. [snip] You are in a twisty maze of booths and little ro

Re: Report on the Glasshouse Stores

2002-05-22 Thread David Cantrell
On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 12:43:33PM +0100, Kate L Pugh wrote: > Beer: Jon noted that there were no hand-pulled beers. Boo. That makes it a non-pub, and I for one will not be going. -- Lord Protector David Cantrell | http://www.cantrell.org.uk/david " We must get users past their mis

Re: Report on the Glasshouse Stores

2002-05-22 Thread Andrew Bowman
From: "Mark Fowler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > No Credit Cards are taken downstairs, which isn't a problem as far as the > > They did this whole carrying cards upstrairs thinig for some of us (though > not blech and Kake, they obviously look like criminals.) Not sure if > they'd do it for the mass of

Re: Report on the Glasshouse Stores

2002-05-22 Thread Natalie S. Ford
On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 12:43:33PM +0100, Kate L Pugh wrote: > As for disabled access, the staircase is wide and has a double handrail, > and there are both men's and women's toilets on the same level as the > cellar bar. Kewl. ;-) > What did I forget? Nothing. ;-) Just a pity the food is so

Re: Report on the Glasshouse Stores

2002-05-22 Thread Natalie S. Ford
On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 02:26:15PM +0100, David Cantrell wrote: > On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 12:43:33PM +0100, Kate L Pugh wrote: > > Beer: Jon noted that there were no hand-pulled beers. Boo. > That makes it a non-pub, and I for one will not be going. ...and I bet he won't be the only one... --

Re: Report on the Glasshouse Stores

2002-05-22 Thread Simon Wistow
On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 05:45:06PM +0100, Natalie S. Ford said: > Just a pity the food is so awful - i can always eat in transit to the pub > though... And the beer. Disregarding handpulled or not was it a deliberate move to use another Sam Smith's pub or just a coinckydinks? I don't know abou

Re: Report on the Glasshouse Stores

2002-05-22 Thread Dave Thorn
On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 05:55:20PM +0100, Simon Wistow wrote: > > I don't know about any body else but Sam Smith's make the worst tasting > beer I've ever tasted. I'm with you on that, not that I come to many of the meets. Planning on getting to the next one though. -- dave thorn | [EMAIL PRO

Re: Report on the Glasshouse Stores

2002-05-22 Thread Kate L Pugh
On Wed 22 May 2002, Simon Wistow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Disregarding handpulled or not was it a deliberate move to use another > Sam Smith's pub or just a coinckydinks? Dunno; it was Leo's suggestion. TBH I just like trying out new pubs, so being a pub minion is a good excuse. I'm happy

Re: Report on the Glasshouse Stores

2002-05-22 Thread Jonathan Stowe
On Wed, 22 May 2002, Kate L Pugh wrote: > > Beer: Jon noted that there were no hand-pulled beers. Boo. > Well that'll be a no from me then. /J\

Re: Report on the Glasshouse Stores

2002-05-22 Thread Kate L Pugh
On Wed, 22 May 2002, Kate L Pugh wrote: >> Beer: Jon noted that there were no hand-pulled beers. Boo. On Wed 22 May 2002, Jonathan Stowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well that'll be a no from me then. Cool, so you'll come to a meet if we find somewhere with good beer? :) Kake

Re: Report on the Glasshouse Stores

2002-05-22 Thread Lucy McWilliam
On Wed, 22 May 2002, Kate L Pugh wrote: > Beer: Jon noted that there were no hand-pulled beers. Boo. Double boo. Did I mention there's a beer festival happening in Cambridge *right now*? > Alas, the food was not universally considered good. Food is for wimps ;-) > http://husk.org/pics/

Re: Report on the Glasshouse Stores

2002-05-22 Thread David Cantrell
On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 11:05:11PM +0100, Lucy McWilliam wrote: > On Wed, 22 May 2002, Kate L Pugh wrote: > > Beer: Jon noted that there were no hand-pulled beers. Boo. > Double boo. Did I mention there's a beer festival happening in Cambridge > *right now*? Did I mention that I'll probably be

Re: Report on the Glasshouse Stores

2002-05-22 Thread Nicholas Clark
On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 10:08:06PM +0100, Kate L Pugh wrote: > On Wed 22 May 2002, Jonathan Stowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well that'll be a no from me then. > > Cool, so you'll come to a meet if we find somewhere with good beer? :) I bet he'll only admit to liking the beer from Harvey's p

Re: Report on the Glasshouse Stores

2002-05-22 Thread David Cantrell
On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 10:45:14PM +0100, Nicholas Clark wrote: > On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 10:08:06PM +0100, Kate L Pugh wrote: > > On Wed 22 May 2002, Jonathan Stowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Well that'll be a no from me then. > > Cool, so you'll come to a meet if we find somewhere with goo

Re: Report on the Glasshouse Stores

2002-05-22 Thread Natalie S. Ford
On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 11:05:11PM +0100, Lucy McWilliam wrote: > Also something about a lack of girly drinks. What would you consider a > girly drink? Baileys? Southern Comfort? From what I remember, the CoY did not do *real* southern comfort - only an inferior clone... -- Natalie S. Ford

Re: Report on the Glasshouse Stores

2002-05-22 Thread Dave Cross
On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 11:05:11PM +0100, Lucy McWilliam ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Also something about a lack of girly drinks. What would you consider a > girly drink? "pint for the fella, white wine or fruit-based drink for the lady" hth, Dave... -- Don't dream it... be it

Re: Report on the Glasshouse Stores

2002-05-23 Thread the hatter
On Thu, 23 May 2002, Natalie S. Ford wrote: > On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 11:05:11PM +0100, Lucy McWilliam wrote: > > Also something about a lack of girly drinks. What would you consider a > > girly drink? > > Baileys? Southern Comfort? From what I remember, the CoY did not do > *real* southern co

Re: Report on the Glasshouse Stores

2002-05-23 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Dave Cross ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 11:05:11PM +0100, Lucy McWilliam ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) >wrote: > > > > Also something about a lack of girly drinks. What would you consider a > > girly drink? > > > "pint for the fella, white wine or fruit-based drink for the lad

Re: Report on the Glasshouse Stores

2002-05-23 Thread Mark Fowler
On Thu, 23 May 2002, the hatter wrote: > I was meaning more of the smirnoff ice variety, no alcopops at all. Smirnoff Ice isn't an alcopop. It's beer (just not the type you have to pull on handles to pour.) > Not even any red bull. ENOTVR! -- s'' Mark Fowler

Re: Report on the Glasshouse Stores

2002-05-23 Thread Chris Heathcote
on 23/5/02 10:57 am, Mark Fowler wrote: > Smirnoff Ice isn't an alcopop. It's beer (just not the type you have > to pull on handles to pour.) Smirnoff Ice in America contains no vodka. 30,000 bottles of Bacardi Breezer are sold in the UK every hour. The next big bottle trend is going to be fr

Re: Report on the Glasshouse Stores

2002-05-23 Thread Simon Wistow
On Thu, May 23, 2002 at 11:10:44AM +0100, Chris Heathcote said: > Smirnoff Ice in America contains no vodka. Smirnoff Ice is a weird drink ... What is SMIRNOFF ICE^(TM)? SMIRNOFF ICE^(TM) is a beer alternative brewed using a malt base that gives ICE a refreshing citrus flavored taste. Does SM

Re: Report on the Glasshouse Stores

2002-05-23 Thread Mark Fowler
On Thu, 23 May 2002, Chris Heathcote wrote: > The next big bottle trend is going to be fruity beer... I think it's > Grolsch that's introducing beer with 4 different fruit flavours added. Cherry flavoured beer! What will they ever *cough* De Hems *cough* think of next. -- s'' Mark Fowler

Re: Report on the Glasshouse Stores

2002-05-23 Thread Chris Heathcote
on 23/5/02 11:19 am, Mark Fowler wrote: > Cherry flavoured beer! What will they ever *cough* De Hems *cough* think > of next. Unfortunately it won't be anywhere near as nice as a kriek. It'll be like ordering a lager and lime, but more synthetic. c. -- Die von Ihnen angeforderte Seite konnte

Re: Report on the Glasshouse Stores

2002-05-23 Thread Niklas Nordebo
On Thu, May 23, 2002 at 11:17:51AM +0100, Simon Wistow wrote: > Does SMIRNOFF ICE^(TM) have vodka? > NO. SMIRNOFF ICE^(TM) was created as a beer alternative; brewing it > using a malt base enabled us to create a recipe that could be sold and > consumed just like a beer here in the United States.

Re: Report on the Glasshouse Stores

2002-05-23 Thread Dave Cross
On Thu, May 23, 2002 at 10:40:15AM +0100, Greg McCarroll ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > * Dave Cross ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 11:05:11PM +0100, Lucy McWilliam ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) >wrote: > > > > > > Also something about a lack of girly drinks. What would you conside

Re: Report on the Glasshouse Stores

2002-05-23 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Dave Cross ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Thu, May 23, 2002 at 10:40:15AM +0100, Greg McCarroll >([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > * Dave Cross ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 11:05:11PM +0100, Lucy McWilliam >([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > > > > > Also something ab

Re: Report on the Glasshouse Stores

2002-05-24 Thread Leo Lapworth
On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 05:55:20PM +0100, Simon Wistow wrote: > On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 05:45:06PM +0100, Natalie S. Ford said: > > Just a pity the food is so awful - i can always eat in transit to the pub > > though... > > And the beer. > > Disregarding handpulled or not was it a deliberate mov

Re: Report on the Glasshouse Stores

2002-05-24 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Leo Lapworth ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > It wasn't perfect by any means, though personally I prefer > it to the CoY. As has been mentioned it'd be nice to have > a place with out side for the summer months. > Out of interest what were the spirits like? One small downside to the CoY is that

Re: Report on the Glasshouse Stores

2002-05-24 Thread Dave Hodgkinson
Greg McCarroll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Parallel to this little tour the tireless efforts of our > ``researchers'' can continue, looking for the perfect pub for when the > the long crazy days of summer draw to a close. There's a nice riverside pub down Hammersmith way worth checking out app

Re: Report on the Glasshouse Stores

2002-05-24 Thread lpm
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > One idea might be to do a very slow ``pub crawl'' along the river, > during the summer months that way everybody is happy at least one of > the months. The Anchor fans get to mourn what has become of their once > beloved pub (I still havent been), the youngs fans get to

Re: Report on the Glasshouse Stores

2002-05-24 Thread Paul Makepeace
On Fri, May 24, 2002 at 12:30:18PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > One idea might be to do a very slow ``pub crawl'' along the river, > > during the summer months that way everybody is happy at least one of > > While this would have some advantages, I think it might reflect > over-optimism a