Beer is NEVER off-track!!!
Ray
At 08:57 AM 12/9/97 -0800, Chris Nevard wrote:
>Speckled Hen isn't a bad beer at all. The problem we have in this
>country is that the landlord of the pub doesn't always understand Real
>Ale. These beers, the ones from handpump or straight from the barrel
>aren't pasturised which means that they 'go off' if not consumed
>withing 3 to 4 days. The beers continue to *live* in the barrel
>fermenting further (this is what creates the head and sparkle). It is
>quite a skill for the landlord to know when the beer is ready to be
>served at its best. Because of this aquired skill pubs owned by the
>brewery are usually the best for sampling a good pint - the landlord
>will know the brew better. Pubs with the largest selection of ales
>will often have stale (warm / flat) beer 'cos they can't sell it in
>time.
>
>Chris
>
>maybe going well off track (as usual)
>
>
>
>
>---dmeadow@juno.com wrote:
>>
>> The word I got was to avoid Old Speckled Hen in favor of the many
>better
>> beers available. Classic problem of "so many beers, so little
>time."
>> I didn't sample it myself. YMMV.
>>
>> David Littlefield
>> Houston, TX
>>
>> On Tue, 9 Dec 97 08:46:20 -0000 Philip Raby
>> <philip.raby@eos-magazine.com> writes:
>> >On 8/12/97 10:38 pm Chris Nevard said
>> >
>> >>Please don't do what alot of tourists do in London and carry your
>> >>camcorder around your neck however - it looks daft and may attract
>> >the
>> >>wrong attention.
>> >Sound advice from Chris there
>> >>
>> >>Do try the English ales (served by a tall hand pump) especially the
>> >>ones from the smaller brewers . . . . .In London try Young's and
>> >>Fullers (do not confuse with Younger's).
>> >As you've probably gathered, Chris is a bit of a pisshead ;-) If you
>> >get
>> >near Oxford, do try a pint of Old Speckled Hen (hey, got an MG
>mention
>> >in
>> >there!)
>> >
>> >
>> >Philip Raby
>> >Editor, MG World
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>> >
>> >
>>
>
>==
>Chris Nevard
>
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