Short posts as I’m on the move, and my battery is dropping fast.
On my drive into Gosport this morning I saw some stunning pub porn I knew you’d want to see. ..
That one is open.
The Royal Oak and whatever the Premier was are long dead. #pubmuderers
Since I’d stopped, I found the obligatory enthusiastic sweet shop and asked for a fivers worth of cough candy.
Outside, the old boy said “You first, Squire”.
Which raises 3 questions.
Which squire do I most look like?
Does “fivers worth” need an apostrophe?
Where on earth is Brockworth?
Blakes Brewery in Gosport was acquired by Brickwoods in 1926.
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I remember it well.
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Who acquired Brickwoods?
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Our old friends, Whitbread!
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Paul will know (one of them).
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Don’t go to the Village Home… 😉
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/uknews/12051012/which-pubs-closed-coronavirus-tests/
Stay safe…
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Martin, how can you possibly taste your beer, after scoffing all that cough candy?
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He doesn’t have to taste it, it’s usually Doom Bar.
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It’s sweet shops not pubs that the Health lobby should be targeting.
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Taste is a highly overrated component of beer, Paul.
The key ingredients are water, hop oils, and a price tag below £2 with your CAMRA cheap beer voucher.
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You are a tease Martin, especially as you know I will strongly disagree with that assessment. You won’t find any brewers of that opinion either!
So in the spirit of returning the wind-up, good beer is to be appreciated and enjoyed – preferably in the company of friends and like-minded people. It is not some cheap commodity intended to be consumed in swift halves, before rushing off to the next “tick.” Ouch!! 😉
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I agree with at least 120% of what you say, Paul.
A pint shared in a proper pub with Pauls and Peters and Charles and Citras etc is the best way to appreciate beer.
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That “Blake’s Ales & Stout From The Wood” suggests that much Hampshire beer by the mid 1920s was from metal casks which I wouldn’t have expected.
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