tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post6469329210243292232..comments2024-03-28T17:11:52.333+00:00Comments on The Pub Curmudgeon: Gassing about the dogCurmudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-14606040021660254652012-05-09T14:21:45.864+01:002012-05-09T14:21:45.864+01:00Can't wait to try it on Sunday, though I'v...Can't wait to try it on Sunday, though I've already put it lazily in the same pigeon hole as the Port Street.<br /><br />Talking of ambitious prices, I've just paid £4.55 for a 35cl fruit beer (admittedly superb) in a newish Sam Smiths pub in Gloucester !Martin, Cambridgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-5791936993214668552012-05-08T10:41:33.219+01:002012-05-08T10:41:33.219+01:00Some prices here, Cookie.Some prices <a href="http://tysonsbeerblog.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/brewdog-manchester.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>, Cookie.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-66801536107034798052012-05-08T10:24:33.355+01:002012-05-08T10:24:33.355+01:00How much? Good god, how much?
Fools and their mon...How much? Good god, how much?<br /><br />Fools and their money and all that.Cooking Lagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830924433230427226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-74349033118457261192012-05-08T00:16:59.936+01:002012-05-08T00:16:59.936+01:00Anon says "it illustrates so clearly how far ...Anon says "it illustrates so clearly how far from reality that bunch flutters". Funny - that's exactly what I was thinking about you, Anon.RedNevhttp://rednev-rearm.blogspot.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-60377201635273460222012-05-07T22:41:08.498+01:002012-05-07T22:41:08.498+01:00Wonderful stuff Anon - keep it up!Wonderful stuff Anon - keep it up!John Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00132845616834779091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-2817986009031794642012-05-07T19:04:09.750+01:002012-05-07T19:04:09.750+01:00Thanks John Clarke
praise ,although seldom,helps m...Thanks John Clarke<br />praise ,although seldom,helps me<br />through the year round emptiness<br />of Manchesters damp sterility this<br />past near five years<br />I often give Mugdie a few stars because he is one of only a few <br />who state the blatantly obvious <br />reason for the pub sector's decline.<br />Other popinjays cackle on about<br />obscure meads and amber<br />abstracts.<br />The current CAMRA crocodile tears about tax reduction to save pub is so lamentable ,it illustrates so clearly how far from reality that bunch flutters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-89246358804329426192012-05-07T17:23:05.361+01:002012-05-07T17:23:05.361+01:00You make a good point RedNev. I think Mudgie just ...You make a good point RedNev. I think Mudgie just saw this as another excuse to have one of his gratuitous pops at CAMRA a propos of bugger all really.John Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00132845616834779091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-22028500899640026992012-05-07T16:15:38.124+01:002012-05-07T16:15:38.124+01:00No shuffling of feet here, no embarrassed silence,...No shuffling of feet here, no embarrassed silence, no clearing of the throat at having the self-proclaimed new kid on the block sneak up on me unawares. Frankly, I don't give a damn, so why should I either praise or condemn it? If that's what some people want to drink, fine by me. I'd simply point out that it's only one bar out of all the thousands of pubs, bars and clubs in the North West. Perhaps it's you who have been taken in by Brewdog's customary hype to credit this bar with more significance than it deserves.RedNevhttp://rednev-rearm.blogspot.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-18492866360315085062012-05-07T14:41:24.094+01:002012-05-07T14:41:24.094+01:00Amsterdam. And your point is?Amsterdam. And your point is?John Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00132845616834779091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-39990494897343147672012-05-07T14:12:03.416+01:002012-05-07T14:12:03.416+01:00"you really do need to get out more"
So...<i>"you really do need to get out more"</i><br /><br />So where were you on the recent Stagger of your local neighbourhood? :pCurmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-59852029845328796612012-05-07T13:35:06.880+01:002012-05-07T13:35:06.880+01:00Glad to see Anonymous remains on superb barking fo...Glad to see Anonymous remains on superb barking form. More please!John Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00132845616834779091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-26071894628421097632012-05-07T12:20:40.206+01:002012-05-07T12:20:40.206+01:00Well put Muddgie,
The joint in question sounds lik...Well put Muddgie,<br />The joint in question sounds like another God forsaken retreat for backstabbers,bootlickers,pansy potters,bipedal snakes,detached studens,froth blowers and various other, surplus to requirement,<br />non producers and self acclaimed <br />middle burghers.probabably has a smoking area between shiny grids.<br /><br />Pennine OptimistAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-38292491046345772872012-05-07T12:12:37.540+01:002012-05-07T12:12:37.540+01:00I've spent years avoiding pubs with no cask be...I've spent years avoiding pubs with no cask beer and can't think of any good reason to start visiting them now-I'm attracted neither by the thought of "craft keg"-does anyone have a list of those beers which actually taste better full of gas compared to their cask equivalent?-nor by the thought of paying vastly over the odds for the privilege. The Brewdog debate is a well worn one-perhaps the brewers themselves aren't yet mature enough to know that the cask versions of their beers-the original 6 per cent Punk IPA being a starring example-are/were superb-and are still at an age were their beer must be served fizzy and not "flat"-I'm sure one day the penny will drop though.....realalemikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-86722924006728452502012-05-07T11:54:24.647+01:002012-05-07T11:54:24.647+01:00"has the great and good of CAMRA clearing the..."has the great and good of CAMRA clearing their throats and shuffling their feet, unable either to condemn it outright or unequivocally praise it"<br /><br />Setting aside the obervation that if there is some way you can lob a disobliging comment in CAMRA's direction you will clearly strain every sinew to do so, there is a simple reason for this so called "shuffling of feet".<br /><br />It's because the new Brew Dog Manchester has good and bad points that, taken together, mean that the operation as a whole merits neither unequivocal praise nor outright condemnation. It's got bugger all to do with anything slipping beyond anyone's control.<br /><br />You might understand this if you'd actually been along yourself but, not the first time may I add, you snipe from a position of relative ignorance. I keep saying - you really do need to get out more.John Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00132845616834779091noreply@blogger.com