Fosdem - Beer Event on Friday, and Dinner on Saturday - Join us

2013-01-31 Thread Wendy G.A. van Dijk
Fosdem on February 2 3 in Brussels. It is not just conference and expo. There is more. Beer event on Friday evening, February 1st = https://fosdem.org/2013/practical/beerevent/ Impasse de la Fidélité 4, Brusels http://www.deliriumcafe.be/ At 18:00 the Fosdem-people

[ANNOUNCE] Social tonight with free beer, The Edgar Wallace, Strand, WC2R 3JF

2012-09-06 Thread Nicholas Clark
The social is tonight, with free beer: On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 02:44:59PM +0100, Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker wrote: ilm...@ilmari.org (Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker) writes: Hi all, The September London.pm Social will be next Thursday, September 6th, at The Edgar Wallace in Aldwych/Strand

Call to beer: Tuesday August 7th, Dirty Dicks, Broadgate

2012-08-02 Thread Martin A. Brooks
Hi In order to celebrate the momentous occasion of me having an evening off Daddy Duty, I propose beer at Dirty Dicks, a home of chocolate and banana yumminess, on Tuesday August 7th. Combined with the dark forces of UKNOT, also invited, we shall take over as much of the 1st floor

FREE BEER at the ORTHODOX social

2011-08-20 Thread David Cantrell
Would some Clever People like to look at my code and make constructive comments in exchange for beer? There's links here: http://blogs.perl.org/users/david_cantrell/2011/08/adventures-in-self-documenting-code.html and the Free Beer will be at the ORTHODOX social on Thursday the 1st

Re: FREE BEER at the ORTHODOX social

2011-08-20 Thread Dave Cross
On 08/20/2011 12:46 PM, David Cantrell wrote: ORTHODOX social on Thursday the 1st of September. He's just trying to confuse people again. Orthodox socials are the day after the first Wednesday of the month. Heretical socials are on the first of the month. Dave... -- Dave Cross ::

Re: Free beer, and some computery/programmery stuff too.

2011-06-07 Thread Martin A. Brooks
- Original Message - From: Martin A. Brooks mar...@antibodymx.net To: London.pm Perl M[ou]ngers london.pm@london.pm.org Sent: Friday, 3 June, 2011 3:24:15 PM Subject: Free beer, and some computery/programmery stuff too. The Guardian are doing two events this month, one of which

Re: beer? weekend of the 24th June in London

2011-06-06 Thread Peter Corlett
pub to your hotel is the Princess Victoria, a few minutes walk east. It's what you get when you take a typical British boozer and actually clean it and serve decent beer. The prices are a bit fearsome and it's a trek even from Shepherd's Bush, which is why I rarely go there. It's not suitable

Re: beer? weekend of the 24th June in London

2011-06-06 Thread Mallory van Achterberg
On Mon, Jun 06, 2011 at 11:14:00AM +0100, Nicholas Clark wrote: On Mon, Jun 06, 2011 at 11:34:23AM +0200, Mallory van Achterberg wrote: Sorry, wasn't subscribed so couldn't reply. For future reference, that's not actually true. Non-subscriber mail hits the moderation queue, and human

Re: beer? weekend of the 24th June in London

2011-06-06 Thread Mallory van Achterberg
So, Bridge House at 18 Tower Bridge Road, London on Saturday evening 25th June? (DuckDuckGo brought up another Bridge House in London but this one seemed correct) I'm looking at the suggestions of Nicholas, and wondering who is best as sponsor of this. I suppose first we'd have to know who thinks

Re: beer? weekend of the 24th June in London

2011-06-06 Thread James Laver
On 6 Jun 2011, at 12:11, Mallory van Achterberg wrote: So, Bridge House at 18 Tower Bridge Road, London on Saturday evening 25th June? (DuckDuckGo brought up another Bridge House in London but this one seemed correct) That would be the one, yes. I'm looking at the suggestions of Nicholas,

Re: beer? weekend of the 24th June in London

2011-06-06 Thread Léon Brocard
On 6 June 2011 12:11, Mallory van Achterberg stommep...@stommepoes.nl wrote: So, Bridge House at 18 Tower Bridge Road, London on Saturday evening 25th June? (DuckDuckGo brought up another Bridge House in London but this one seemed correct) That sounds like a wonderful plan, and I can make it!

Re: beer? weekend of the 24th June in London

2011-06-06 Thread Ben Tisdall
On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 3:45 PM, Léon Brocard a...@astray.com wrote: On 6 June 2011 12:11, Mallory van Achterberg stommep...@stommepoes.nl wrote: So, Bridge House at 18 Tower Bridge Road, London on Saturday evening 25th June? (DuckDuckGo brought up another Bridge House in London but this one

beer? weekend of the 24th June in London

2011-06-01 Thread Mallory van Achterberg
Hallo mongers, I'm Mallory and I don't really do any Perl. But my husband does, and we'll be in London (a first for me) on the weekend of the 24th of June and was wondering if there'd be a possibility to just drink some beer and hang out with some Perlers somewhere that weekend? Dakkar suggested

Re: beer? weekend of the 24th June in London

2011-06-01 Thread Dave Hodgkinson
On 1 Jun 2011, at 15:02, Mallory van Achterberg wrote: Hallo mongers, I'm Mallory and I don't really do any Perl. But my husband does, and we'll be in London (a first for me) on the weekend of the 24th of June and was wondering if there'd be a possibility to just drink some beer and hang

Re: beer? weekend of the 24th June in London

2011-06-01 Thread Sue Spence
some beer and hang out with some Perlers somewhere that weekend? Dakkar suggested I ask here :) Emergency! Emergency!

Re: Beer: March 17th, The Dolphin, 47 Tonbridge St, WC1H 9DW

2011-03-17 Thread Martin A. Brooks
On 8 Mar 2011, at 09:10, Martin A. Brooks mar...@antibodymx.net wrote: I'll be on the ground during the day from around 6pm, my mobile is 07792 493 388 if you need help finding us The back end of the pub has plenty of seating so we can cheerfully take over. That's where i am lurking.

Re: Beer: March 17th, The Dolphin, 47 Tonbridge St, WC1H 9DW

2011-03-17 Thread Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker
cheerfully take over. That's where i am lurking. I'll be heading over shortly, but I'll have top pop by the Euston Tap to see if they have any of the Nøgne Ø/Mikkeller Tyttebær (lingonberry) beer left. http://eustontap.wordpress.com/2011/03/17/old-in-the-fridge-n%C3%B8gnemikkeller-tyttebaer

free beer at FOSDEM

2011-01-15 Thread Gabor Szabo
I think in my lightning talk at LPW I might have skipped over the slide about the Delirium Café where the attendees of FOSDEM meet on Friday. The evening before FOSDEM. They usually provide a certain amount of free beer. See details http://www.fosdem.org/2011/beerevent It is less than 3 weeks

Re: Beer Festival in Rye

2010-05-25 Thread David Cantrell
On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 06:35:56PM +0100, Denny wrote: Not very London, I know, but some friends of mine (including the guy who managed the Pembury until recently) are about to open a pub in Rye. Starting as they mean to go on, they're launching with a beer festival this bank holiday weekend

Beer Festival in Rye

2010-05-24 Thread Denny
Hi all, Not very London, I know, but some friends of mine (including the guy who managed the Pembury until recently) are about to open a pub in Rye. Starting as they mean to go on, they're launching with a beer festival this bank holiday weekend, starting on Thursday and running through to Monday

free beer (was Re: [ANNOUNCE] London.pm December social 2009-12-03, The Prince Bonaparte, W2 5BE)

2009-12-04 Thread Nicholas Clark
On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 07:26:41PM +0100, Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker wrote: Hi all, Apologies for the late announcement (I *told* Léon I was too unorganised to be Pub Tsar), but don't you worry, we have a pub for the December social. Because I'm lazy we're going west again, this time to The

Re: Beer [was Re: Anyone hiring at the moment?]

2009-10-01 Thread Ricardo Signes
* Mark Blackman m...@blackmans.org [2009-09-29T11:39:39] On 29 Sep 2009, at 16:26, Ricardo Signes wrote: fairly choose between them. There is a large culture of beer appreciation here. ...but there's also a large culture of beer ignorance. Would you care to speculate on the ratio

Re: Beer was Re: Anyone drinking at the moment?

2009-10-01 Thread David Cantrell
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 pt

Re: Beer was Re: Anyone drinking at the moment?

2009-10-01 Thread Tony Kennick
for some to be over hopped. 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? As I understand it the law is that draft beer must

Beer was Re: Anyone drinking at the moment?

2009-09-30 Thread Steve Mynott
, but they generally don't ship over here. I thought Sierra Nevada Pale Ale was *excellent*, although there was a tendancy for some to be over hopped. 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

Re: Beer was Re: Anyone drinking at the moment?

2009-09-30 Thread Billy Abbott
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

Re: Beer was Re: Anyone drinking at the moment?

2009-09-30 Thread Nicholas Clark
taste. I know the microbreweries in Portland are fantastic, but they generally don't ship over here. I thought Sierra Nevada Pale Ale was *excellent*, although there was a tendancy for some to be over hopped. BTW I read a report that beer in 2/3 pint measures was to be allowed in the UK

Re: Beer was Re: Anyone drinking at the moment?

2009-09-30 Thread 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 have seen it in some pubs

Re: Beer was Re: Anyone drinking at the moment?

2009-09-30 Thread Joel Bernstein
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

Re: Beer was Re: Anyone drinking at the moment?

2009-09-30 Thread Abigail
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

Re: Beer was Re: Anyone drinking at the moment?

2009-09-30 Thread Dave Cross
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

Re: Beer was Re: Anyone drinking at the moment?

2009-09-30 Thread Andy Wardley
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

Re: Beer [was Re: Anyone hiring at the moment?]

2009-09-29 Thread Mark Blackman
On 29 Sep 2009, at 16:26, Ricardo Signes wrote: fairly choose between them. There is a large culture of beer appreciation here. ...but there's also a large culture of beer ignorance. Would you care to speculate on the ratio of those populations in the US? (and/or outside).

Mailing lists - was Re: London.pm Beer Festival, Edgar Wallace, TOMORROW, Thursday 2009-07-16

2009-07-18 Thread Andrew Black
Léon Brocard wrote: 2009/7/17 James Laver james.la...@gmail.com: Our glorious leader prefers only to announce socials and techmeets, hence why I posted it to this list only. I think there is scope for a london.pm social list Not moderated and where you can post emergency socials, informal

Re: Mailing lists - was Re: London.pm Beer Festival, Edgar Wallace, TOMORROW, Thursday 2009-07-16

2009-07-18 Thread Ben Evans
Andrew Black wrote: Léon Brocard wrote: 2009/7/17 James Laver james.la...@gmail.com: Our glorious leader prefers only to announce socials and techmeets, hence why I posted it to this list only. I think there is scope for a london.pm social list Not moderated and where you can post emergency

Re: Mailing lists - was Re: London.pm Beer Festival, Edgar Wallace, TOMORROW, Thursday 2009-07-16

2009-07-18 Thread Martin A. Brooks
On 18/07/2009 10:17, Andrew Black wrote: Léon Brocard wrote: Emails posted to the -announce list also go to other non-Perl announce lists. We shouldn't spam them too often. Indeed. The main issue I am aware is that announce - gllug-social list where it raises hackles from anti perl brigade.

Re: London.pm Beer Festival, Edgar Wallace, TOMORROW,Thursday 2009-07-16

2009-07-17 Thread Chris Jack
Just so you know: I just got 4 emails about this (the earliest dated Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:07:38 +0100) in a London PM digest. Obviously not much use as it's now Friday - not that I was going to go anyway. And, yes, I know I could switch to receiving non-digested London PM postings. Just

Re: London.pm Beer Festival, Edgar Wallace, TOMORROW,Thursday 2009-07-16

2009-07-17 Thread the hatter
On Fri, 17 Jul 2009, Chris Jack wrote: Just wondering if there was a magic configuration that could be applied to the list's software to do something about this. You could subscribe to -announce non-digested while keeping the main list in digest mode. And arrange subtle reminders for any

Re: London.pm Beer Festival, Edgar Wallace, TOMORROW, Thursday 2009-07-16

2009-07-17 Thread David Cantrell
On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 12:16:49PM +0100, Chris Jack wrote: Just so you know: I just got 4 emails about this (the earliest dated Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:07:38 +0100) in a London PM digest. Obviously not much use as it's now Friday - not that I was going to go anyway. And, yes, I know I could

Re: London.pm Beer Festival, Edgar Wallace, TOMORROW,Thursday 2009-07-16

2009-07-17 Thread James Laver
On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 12:22 PM, the hatterlondon...@bang.meep.org wrote: You could subscribe to -announce non-digested while keeping the main list in digest mode.  And arrange subtle reminders for any event-posters to use the announce list (which will mirror it to the regular list too, if

Re: London.pm Beer Festival, Edgar Wallace, TOMORROW,Thursday 2009-07-16

2009-07-17 Thread Léon Brocard
2009/7/17 James Laver james.la...@gmail.com: Our glorious leader prefers only to announce socials and techmeets, hence why I posted it to this list only. Emails posted to the -announce list also go to other non-Perl announce lists. We shouldn't spam them too often. Leon

Re: London.pm Beer Festival, Edgar Wallace, TOMORROW, Thursday 2009-07-16

2009-07-16 Thread James Laver
This is tonight. Who's coming? --James -- On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 10:57 AM, James Laverjames.la...@gmail.com wrote: As I previously noted, there is a beer festival this week at the Edgar Wallace. Since most people on this list aren't that good at attending such things without cat herding

Re: London.pm Beer Festival, Edgar Wallace, TOMORROW, Thursday 2009-07-16

2009-07-16 Thread Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker
James Laver james.la...@gmail.com writes: This is tonight. Who's coming? *hans* -- ilmari A disappointingly low fraction of the human race is, at any given time, on fire. - Stig Sandbeck Mathisen

Re: London.pm Beer Festival, Edgar Wallace, TOMORROW, Thursday 2009-07-16

2009-07-16 Thread Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker
ilm...@ilmari.org (Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker) writes: James Laver james.la...@gmail.com writes: This is tonight. Who's coming? *hans* I have no idea who Hans is or what he's doing in my post, I meant *hand* (as in raises) obviously. -- ilmari A disappointingly low fraction of the human

Re: London.pm Beer Festival, Edgar Wallace, TOMORROW, Thursday 2009-07-16

2009-07-16 Thread James Laver
2009/7/16 Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker ilm...@ilmari.org: *hans* You're changing to a germanic name? --James -- See you there.

Re: London.pm Beer Festival, Edgar Wallace, TOMORROW, Thursday 2009-07-16

2009-07-16 Thread James Laver
I'm here wearing a distinctive red last.fm staff t-shirt cunningly nicked off a friend. --James On Jul 15, 2009 10:57 AM, James Laver james.la...@gmail.com wrote: As I previously noted, there is a beer festival this week at the Edgar Wallace. Since most people on this list aren't that good

London.pm Beer Festival, Edgar Wallace, TOMORROW, Thursday 2009-07-16

2009-07-15 Thread James Laver
As I previously noted, there is a beer festival this week at the Edgar Wallace. Since most people on this list aren't that good at attending such things without cat herding, lets make it official. I'll be standing around outside from 6:30pm with anyone else who comes along, and there'll probably

Re: London.pm Beer Festival, Edgar Wallace, TOMORROW, Thursday 2009-07-16

2009-07-15 Thread Martin Robertson
2009/7/15 James Laver james.la...@gmail.com: As I previously noted, there is a beer festival this week at the Edgar Wallace. Since most people on this list aren't that good at attending such things without cat herding, lets make it official. I'll be standing around outside from 6:30pm

Edgar Wallace beer festival

2009-07-12 Thread James Laver
Is on from monday to friday this week. Lets make it a london.pm event. Do we have a distinct preference for the thursday? Replies off-list please. Cheers, --James

Re: Anniversary Beer - Shovels needed

2009-06-29 Thread dave
Hi James, long time lurker, first time caller. as a really crap perl programmer but an avid beer consumer, I'd be willing to swap some gut size for guru status. I'm co9 over by Braintree , where are you ? have an estate so possible I can get the lot in ( unless you lot are really worse than me

Anniversary Beer - Shovels needed

2009-06-26 Thread James Laver
station in eastern zone 2 and proceed to help me carry beer to the social via the hammersmith and city line. 4. I organise a social at the bridge house for september and we have the beer then (august is YAPC, remember). I'm not sure I can cat-herd effectively enough to make option 3 happen, but does

Re: Anniversary Beer - Shovels needed

2009-06-26 Thread Jonathan Stowe
2009/6/26 James Laver james.la...@gmail.com: I got a call from the brewery this morning and they're not prepared to deliver to paddington for our next social, leaving us a little bit in the shit. Anyone got a shovel? I've formulated the following devious plans: 1. a kind, friendly soul with

Re: Anniversary Beer - Shovels needed

2009-06-26 Thread James Laver
On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 1:48 PM, Jonathan Stowej...@integration-house.com wrote: 2009/6/26 James Laver james.la...@gmail.com: I got a call from the brewery this morning and they're not prepared to deliver to paddington for our next social, leaving us a little bit in the shit. Anyone got a

Re: Anniversary Beer - Shovels needed

2009-06-26 Thread Bob MacCallum
That's near my folks' place, but alas I have no car and they have no immediate plans to drive to London, nor any storage space to spare. Otherwise, I would have been happy to help. Anyone have connections to Eddie Stobart? The brewery is in the arse end of essex, Mersea Island, which is not

Anniversary Beer - Plea for graphic artistry

2009-06-17 Thread James Laver
Hi guys, I'll be ordering anniversary beer today but there's one thing remaining - artwork. Last year, we were graciously donated a design by Kent Fredric of a camel going through tower bridge. This year, of all the suggestions, I think I like the idea of St. Pauls with a Perl Onion for a dome

Re: Anniversary Beer - Plea for graphic artistry

2009-06-17 Thread Philippe Bruhat (BooK)
. Is there anybody who will cut up some CC images and stick the onion on the dome for us? I also have in my possession a small text in Dave Cross' handwriting written on a piece of cardboard, saying roughly: The use of a glass of beer in association with the Perl language is copyright London.pm (the plan

Re: Anniversary Beer - Plea for graphic artistry

2009-06-17 Thread James Laver
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 1:03 PM, Philippe Bruhat (BooK) philippe.bru...@free.fr wrote: I also have in my possession a small text in Dave Cross' handwriting written on a piece of cardboard, saying roughly: The use of a glass of beer in association with the Perl language is copyright London.pm

Anniversary Beer

2009-06-12 Thread James Laver
Okay, I'm going to get around to ordering anniversary beer as soon as I come up with a venue for next month's social. If you asked for some, you should have received an email from me confirming your order. If you didn't, you forgot to email me or I've misplaced it (I searched my mailbox

Re: Anniversary Beer

2009-06-12 Thread James Laver
On 12 Jun 2009, at 09:31, James Laver wrote: Cases are of 12. If you have any number of complete cases, you get to choose which beer you want for them. Please write to me off-list indicating which of the bottle conditioned beers from http://www.merseawine.com/brewery.htm you'd like

Re: Anniversary Beer

2009-06-12 Thread James Laver
On 12 Jun 2009, at 10:34, James Laver wrote: Fortune smiles upon us as it transpires that we've got 12 cases on order, which means we can create mixed cases. If you've ordered beer and want a taste of all the beers (with the exception of the pilsner), can you show your hand and I'll go

Re: Anniversary Beer

2009-05-29 Thread Joel Bernstein
Did anything happen about this? Is anniversary beer still on? I'm guessing with June social just days away it's not happening /this/ month, but did enough people get involved to make it happen at all? /joel On 1 May 2009, at 08:50, James Laver wrote: We've almost got enough to make

Re: Anniversary Beer

2009-05-29 Thread James Laver
On 29 May 2009, at 14:34, Joel Bernstein wrote: Did anything happen about this? Is anniversary beer still on? I'm guessing with June social just days away it's not happening / this/ month, but did enough people get involved to make it happen at all? /joel We hit critical mass, I just

Anniversary Beer

2009-04-20 Thread James Laver
As some of you will remember, last year I organised commemorative beer for our 10th anniversary (go london.pm!) Yesterday, a london.pm member twittered about how much he enjoyed drinking some of it in the sunshine. This evening, another member IRCd about how much he enjoyed

Re: Anniversary Beer

2009-04-20 Thread Philippe Bruhat (BooK)
On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 10:30:38PM +0100, James Laver wrote: As some of you will remember, last year I organised commemorative beer for our 10th anniversary (go london.pm!) We need 120 bottles to make it worth their while and they'll deliver to the june social (which will fall on the 4th

Re: Anniversary Beer

2009-04-20 Thread James Laver
On 20 Apr 2009, at 22:52, Philippe Bruhat (BooK) wrote: On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 10:30:38PM +0100, James Laver wrote: As some of you will remember, last year I organised commemorative beer for our 10th anniversary (go london.pm!) We need 120 bottles to make it worth their while and they'll

Re: Anniversary Beer

2009-04-20 Thread David Cantrell
On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 10:58:51PM +0100, James Laver wrote: P.S. why haven't I heard of other PM groups organising anniversary beer? Perhaps it is related to the problem of orgynising a piss-up in a brewery? -- David Cantrell | Cake Smuggler Extraordinaire Just because it is possible to do

Re: Anniversary Beer

2009-04-20 Thread Pedro Figueiredo
On 20 Apr 2009, at 22:52, Philippe Bruhat (BooK) wrote: It'll be worth it, if only to watch people throwing in a lot of money for beer in the land of cheap beer... ;-) s/cheap beer/expensive ice-cold piss/

Re: Anniversary Beer

2009-04-20 Thread James Laver
On 20 Apr 2009, at 23:12, David Cantrell wrote: On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 10:58:51PM +0100, James Laver wrote: P.S. why haven't I heard of other PM groups organising anniversary beer? Perhaps it is related to the problem of orgynising a piss-up in a brewery? -- David Cantrell | Cake

Re: London.pm Social - Edgar Wallace WC2R, 7th May 2009 -- FREE BEER

2009-04-13 Thread James Laver
The May social is in 3 weeks, and I have good news -- there will be free beer! My own company is launching a new product and for shameless plugging purposes / drumming up vague enthusiasm, is going to put some money behind the bar. On 3 Apr 2009, at 19:38, James Laver wrote: This month

York beer festival

2008-09-18 Thread David Cantrell
Who's coming with me to the York beer festival on Sat 18 Oct? -- David Cantrell | http://www.cantrell.org.uk/david I hate baby seals. They get asked to all the best clubs.

Re: Beer experiment

2008-09-14 Thread David Dorward
Tara Andrews wrote: I wonder if we have critical mass for beer flash mobs yet. I am going to be in Paddington station in 45 minutes, with 2 hours to kill before my train. Come have a beer with me if you can. (Email me if you are going to show up, otherwise I might not be in the pub upstairs

Re: Beer experiment

2008-09-14 Thread Dave Hodgkinson
On 13 Sep 2008, at 13:46, Tara Andrews wrote: I wonder if we have critical mass for beer flash mobs yet. I am going to be in Paddington station in 45 minutes, with 2 hours to kill before my train. Come have a beer with me if you can. (Email me if you are going to show up, otherwise I

Beer experiment

2008-09-13 Thread Tara Andrews
I wonder if we have critical mass for beer flash mobs yet. I am going to be in Paddington station in 45 minutes, with 2 hours to kill before my train. Come have a beer with me if you can. (Email me if you are going to show up, otherwise I might not be in the pub upstairs.) -tara

Re: Beer experiment

2008-09-13 Thread Dave Hodgkinson
I would, but got other plans. Sorry. On 13 Sep 2008, at 13:46, Tara Andrews wrote: I wonder if we have critical mass for beer flash mobs yet. I am going to be in Paddington station in 45 minutes, with 2 hours to kill before my train. Come have a beer with me if you can. (Email me if you

Re: Beer experiment

2008-09-13 Thread Richard Foley
On Saturday 13 September 2008 14:46:14 Tara Andrews wrote: I wonder if we have critical mass for beer flash mobs yet. I am going to be in Paddington station in 45 minutes, with 2 hours to kill before my train. Come have a beer with me if you can. (Email me if you are going to show up

Re: Beer experiment

2008-09-13 Thread Tara Andrews
is no, then. Damn. We need more dedication to beer around here, people. -tara, mostly just happy to have got a seat on the Eurostar today after all

Re: High speed beer

2003-08-18 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Chris Heathcote ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Can anyone remember the trial of lager served below freezing? The glass was sprayed with water and rotated, and the beer was served below freezing under pressure. Ultrasound was used to stop it from freezing completely, but the beer did have

Re: High speed beer

2003-08-18 Thread Lusercop
On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 07:07:14AM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: And before one of you beardy weirdy, raving CAMRA 'old guzzlers drollop beer is especially fine due to the authentic gerbil droppings' lunatics chirp in, you can get good lager, you just have to go to Germany to get

Re: High speed beer

2003-08-18 Thread alex
And before one of you beardy weirdy, raving CAMRA 'old guzzlers drollop beer is especially fine due to the authentic gerbil droppings' lunatics chirp in, you can get good lager, you just have to go to Germany to get it. ;-) or Belgium. or the US. oh wait, no they serve beer-o-lade

Re: High speed beer

2003-08-18 Thread Andy Wardley
Paul Makepeace wrote: ``The technology will enable bar staff to pour ten pints in less than a minute'' Waiting for a beer at the bar could soon be a thing of the past... Yeah right. This device will allow the pubs to employ half as many staff to do twice as much work. We'll still be left

Re: High speed beer

2003-08-18 Thread David Cantrell
Lusercop wrote: On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 07:07:14AM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: And before one of you beardy weirdy, raving CAMRA 'old guzzlers drollop beer is especially fine due to the authentic gerbil droppings' lunatics chirp in, you can get good lager, you just have to go to Germany to get

High speed beer

2003-08-17 Thread Paul Makepeace
``The technology will enable bar staff to pour ten pints in less than a minute'' http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3156773.stm Looks like a coffee machine, producing a similarly sized froth/head. Hmm. Paul -- Paul Makepeace ... http://paulm.com/ What

Re: High speed beer

2003-08-17 Thread alex
``The technology will enable bar staff to pour ten pints in less than a minute'' http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3156773.stm Looks like a coffee machine, producing a similarly sized froth/head. Hmm. you have to wonder what the hell they're pumping into their beer to get it to do

Re: High speed beer

2003-08-17 Thread Robin Berjon
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: you have to wonder what the hell they're pumping into their beer to get it to do that - like Guinness extra cold with extra nitrogen, which i'm sure i can tell tastes different, but maybe that's all in my mind... I've seen a similar yet much less efficient device used

Re: High speed beer

2003-08-17 Thread Paul Makepeace
On Sun, Aug 17, 2003 at 05:16:51PM +0200, Robin Berjon wrote: I've seen a similar yet much less efficient device used in France that speeds things up by not requiring any bartender attention to the beer as it is being poured: simply putting the glass in and hitting a button is Or even, do

Re: High speed beer

2003-08-17 Thread alex
Or even, do away with the bartender altogether and put in a robot, http://www.wickednightclub.com/webgfx/venue/Cynthia%20pouring.jpg from http://www.wickednightclub.com/cyberzone.htm amazingly enough, a friend of mine applied to be robot wrangler there, but something else came up - it's

Re: High speed beer

2003-08-17 Thread alex
Or even, do away with the bartender altogether and put in a robot, http://www.wickednightclub.com/webgfx/venue/Cynthia%20pouring.jpg from http://www.wickednightclub.com/cyberzone.htm amazingly enough, a friend of mine applied to be robot wrangler there, but something else came up - it's

Re: High speed beer

2003-08-17 Thread Billy Abbott
On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: you have to wonder what the hell they're pumping into their beer to get it to do that - like Guinness extra cold with extra nitrogen, which i'm sure i can tell tastes different, but maybe that's all in my mind... the bar i used to work in had

Re: High speed beer

2003-08-17 Thread Chris Heathcote
of pipe going through the cooler, it goes through a double loop. That's the only difference (tho in 30 London pubs they were trialling a 20-30 second pouring system - never saw it). i can;t find a link for it, but the dumbest beer innovation that i've seen of late is the Fosters Head Tap, Can

Re: High speed beer

2003-08-17 Thread Tim Sweetman
Billy Abbott wrote: and yes, it does taste different - temperature affects taste, just try drinking lager at body temperature :) otherwise known as drinking lager in England... (;

Re: beer

2003-07-21 Thread Nicholas Clark
, above Conduit St. It lacks a little atmosphere, but london.pm can provide its own. I think it meets most of our requirements: central good beer food large with a sort-of seperate area big enough for us disabled-friendly I wouldn't suggest it for an emergency social though

Re: beer

2003-07-21 Thread David Cantrell
On Monday, July 21, 2003 7:50 pm +0100 Nicholas Clark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Or did you mean that we shouldn't use it to entertain visitors? (ie we should do a check it out emergency social instead?) Yes. -- David Cantrell

Re: beer

2003-07-14 Thread David Hodgkinson
On Monday, July 7, 2003, at 09:08 PM, David Cantrell wrote: is a fine pub, and the guvnor has excellent taste in both computers and beer. wrong endian, surely?

Re: beer

2003-07-14 Thread David Cantrell
On Monday, July 7, 2003 10:02 pm +0100 David Hodgkinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Monday, July 7, 2003, at 09:08 PM, David Cantrell wrote: is a fine pub, and the guvnor has excellent taste in both computers and beer. wrong endian, surely? I am not aware that he has any middle-endian machines

Re: beer

2003-07-07 Thread Nicholas Clark
On Fri, Jul 04, 2003 at 07:04:31AM -0500, Elaine -HFB- Ashton wrote: Jarkko and I will be in London the weekend of the 20th and 21st before riding down to Paris with those that are going. If anyone wants to meet up for a pint or three let us know as I don't think we'll be online at all I think

Re: beer

2003-07-07 Thread Elaine -HFB- Ashton
that it's next door but one *to Milroys of Soho, but I'm not sure when Milroys is open. If it has beer, it's perfect. :) It's a chore to find a decent wheat beer in Helsinki and after all the rye bread, rye cakes, rye biscuits, rye beer and rye everything else, London will seem like an oasis :) You

Re: beer

2003-07-07 Thread David Cantrell
its own. I think it meets most of our requirements: central good beer food large with a sort-of seperate area big enough for us disabled-friendly I wouldn't suggest it for an emergency social though, as it doesn't have the spark that makes a great pub. The Pillars of Hercules ... is a fine

Re: international beer summit

2003-06-06 Thread Kate L Pugh
On Thu 05 Jun 2003, Mark Fowler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now all we need is a venue. Now where did I put that pub minion? The Jerusalem Tavern's definitely too small. How about the Fullers Ale Pie pub on High Holborn? http://www.fancyapint.com/pda/pdafiles/colour/pdathepubs/pdapub71.htm

Re: international beer summit

2003-06-06 Thread Dave Cross
From: Kate L Pugh [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 6/5/03 2:03:56 PM On Thu 05 Jun 2003, Mark Fowler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now all we need is a venue. Now where did I put that pub minion? The Jerusalem Tavern's definitely too small. How about the Fullers Ale Pie pub on High Holborn?

Re: international beer summit

2003-06-06 Thread David Cantrell
On Thursday, June 5, 2003 10:43 +0100 Paul Mison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 05/06/2003 at 10:22 +0100, Simon Wistow wrote: I smell a trip to the Jerusalem Tavern. Well, yes, it's close to where Perrin is staying, and it's a nice pub. However, for a meeting involving more than about four people,

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