Cask Conditioned O'Hara's Red in the Bull and Castle.

Saruman

BeerNut wrote: »

But most of those show up in bottles or cans here. I will succeed in my plan to ban the use of the descriptor "bitter" for bottled beers. I will.

You have my backing. No more bitters in bottles, they are pale ales! Bitters are only in Cask/keg.

I can forsee some difficulties though.

BeerNut

Saruman wrote: »

I can forsee some difficulties though

Yes. But once we have the kangaroo-court-to-firing-squad process properly streamlined it'll be a lot easier.

oblivious

BeerNut wrote: »

Yes. But once we have the kangaroo-court-to-firing-squad process properly streamlined it'll be a lot easier.

Yep and you should be easy to track down with the twittering :p

Goibniu

whats the problem with calling beer in a bottle a bitter?

BeerNut

"Bitter", and "mild" for that matter, was a nickname that drinkers gave to the beer in the pub. The breweries referred to them as "pale ale" and "brown ale" respectively. In an age before pumpclips, the only place a drinker would see the term "pale ale" was on bottled beer. So it was a pale ale on the bottle label, but you asked for a bitter down the pub.

Red Sleeping Beauty

Cheers for the good info

Red Sleeping Beauty

Having another bottle of this Leann Follain stuff tonight.

Saruman

I am afraid I (pretty much*) finished off the cask of Mollys Bitches but the good news is that the Pale Ale went on that evening, alas many hours after I left though. I hope there is some left on Saturday.

*There was a little left and Geoff was considering bottling a little

BeerNut

Saruman wrote: »

I am afraid I (pretty much*) finished off the cask of Mollys Bitches but the good news is that the Pale Ale went on that evening, alas many hours after I left though. I hope there is some left on Saturday.

*There was a little left and Geoff was considering bottling a little

Um, no. There was about a litre of Malty Bitches left when I was in yesterday evening so I just got a chance to try it. Glad I did too, it's lovely.

Which pale ale is next?

Saruman

Ah Malty Bitches, I keep forgetting the name
Glad there was still a little left for you. It was lovely stuff and a little better carbonated on Friday though perfectly fine yesterday.

I "think" it was Galway hooker on cask but I could be wrong. Did you say hooker is not great on cask?

BeerNut

I did. But some people do enjoy it.

BeerNut

The new one is Goods Store IPA and it's absolutely fantastic.

MediaTank

BeerNut wrote: »

The new one is Goods Store IPA and it's absolutely fantastic.

I had a few pints of it yesterday evening and I concur. A very hoppy IPA.

Red Sleeping Beauty

BeerNut wrote: »

The new one is Goods Store IPA and it's absolutely fantastic.

Is this still on cask does anyone know ?

BeerNut

It was there on Tuesday. Just go: there'll most likely be something on. I think Rebel Red is cued up for some time in the future.

Saruman

I will be heading in this afternoon for a few

Red Sleeping Beauty

If I see a tall grey or white haired man with a large staff and a beard sipping a pint of something Irish I'll say hello

Saruman

Alan Rouge wrote: »

If I see a tall grey or white haired man with a large staff and a beard sipping a pint of something Irish I'll say hello

If you were there you would have missed me. OK I am 6 feet tall so I am tall enough I suppose but I just turned 30 last week and have no beard nor grey hair so you would be disappointed

MediaTank

I was under the impression too that beer geeks wore tweed jackets and sported a good beard

BeerNut

MediaTank wrote: »

I was under the impression too that beer geeks wore tweed jackets and sported a good beard

That's CAMRA you're thinking of. How very anglo-centric of you

MediaTank

BeerNut wrote: »

That's CAMRA you're thinking of. How very anglo-centric of you

More like Michael Jackson and Roger Protz!

BeerNut

MediaTank wrote: »

More like Michael Jackson and Roger Protz!

That would be Jackson the chief spokesman for Real Ale in CAMRA's early days, and Protz its current mouthpiece? The prosecution rests

oblivious

MediaTank wrote: »

More like Michael Jackson and Roger Protz!

I think they more fitted the look of some of the more fanatical members, rather been overtly beard and sandals types

Vis did a good strip about beard and sandals types, The Real Ale Twats

Red Sleeping Beauty

Saruman wrote: »

If you were there you would have missed me. OK I am 6 feet tall so I am tall enough I suppose but I just turned 30 last week and have no beard nor grey hair so you would be disappointed

It was pretty quiet last night, were you upstairs or downstairs or outside ?
I was over behind the window into the storage bit across frmo the bar.

They were out of the cask stuff. I asked about a cask O'Hara's stout. Barman didn't know if there were plans for another one.

Fat Joe

I,ll be up there tonight Anyone know what is on at the mo?

Anoeta

Anyone know if there's anything on Cask this weekend?

Saruman

There is usually something on barring a disaster like an exploding cask

Last weekend it was O'haras stout but I know they have others there waiting to be tapped so if that is gone, something else will be there.

Red Sleeping Beauty

O'Hara's stout as of tonight.

I had a pint tonight and boy was I put in my place. I could barely finish it
(some Guinness drinker I am -rolleyes-)

BeerNut

The spankingly amazing Goods Store IPA went back on today. It's a definite contender for the best Irish beer ever made, IMO.

MediaTank

BeerNut wrote: »

The spankingly amazing Goods Store IPA went back on today. It's a definite contender for the best Irish beer ever made, IMO.

I'm on my way, any one else?