Off Topic Not 606 Beer Festival

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Robby's is the brewery that serves around 3-4 pubs in the town I live in. One of them usually has Trooper in, on tap. It's far superior to having it out of the bottle. Good brewery as long as the landlords keep the pumps clean. Some good session beers & guaranteed to give you overactive & stinky bowel gas.
Ill try to remember to pick some up next time I go to the specialty store.
 
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I'm disappointed no on has picked up on Ben shopping at waitrose.

What's that all about Ben?

I do like Thornbridge Jaipur IPA that I grab regularly from my local Waitrose. They also stock a fine selection of Wold Top Ales. How's your Carlsberg btw?

Need to nip to Frodsham Brewery - their Titan's Bolt ale is legendary by all accounts but were out of it last time I went.
 
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Purity's UBU- bit of a local (West Midlands) gem. It's excellent when hand pulled and bloody good in bottles. The only one I'm 100% sure sells it in E. Yorks is Waitrose but our local Tesco sell it now so you may be lucky?
https://puritybrewing.com/beers/pure-ubu/

Then I'm getting stuck into Ringwood Brewery's Boondoggle- just lovely!
http://www.ringwoodbrewery.co.uk/ales/id#boondoggle

With these two buggers and City on telly...

... I really can't see the nippers room getting decorated!

Bugger it! I've got until New Year's Day before he/she arrives!
Loadsa time.....
 

I'm still waiting for a final appointment with my consultant, following my fifth scan and set of blood tests, but at the moment they've told me I should 'avoid alcohol completely from now on.'

After 2 1/2 months of not drinking at all, I've had the odd glass of wine this week, just to see what happened and so far I've been okay.

Obviously I'll keep changing consultants until I get one that tells me it's okay to drink...
 
Disappointed to find no Wold Top on tap in Lloyds yesterday for my ritual friday lunchtime drink.

They did have Sharp's Doom Bar though, so slipped a few of those down. £1.39 a pint. That's insane.
 
They have these
Sierra Nevada Hop Hunter IPA 6.2% 355Ml £ 3.60
Sierra Nevada Torpedo Extra IPA Can 7.2% 473Ml £ 3.90
You can get Sierra Nevada Torpedo in Mo
They have these
Sierra Nevada Hop Hunter IPA 6.2% 355Ml £ 3.60
Sierra Nevada Torpedo Extra IPA Can 7.2% 473Ml £ 3.90

You can get Sierra Nevada Torpedo from Mossisons for £1.99 for a 330ml bottle ( actually thinking about it it's likely it's bigger than that, most of the American ones seem to be about 350ml I think...probably the conversion from their "ounces" sizes? Anyway it was so nice I forgot to look how big it was!)
Morrisons have quite a few nice craft and U.S. beers at 4 for £6 too, including Goose Island which I like
 
I do like Thornbridge Jaipur IPA that I grab regularly from my local Waitrose. They also stock a fine selection of Wold Top Ales. How's your Carlsberg btw?

Need to nip to Frodsham Brewery - their Titan's Bolt ale is legendary by all accounts but were out of it last time I went.

I heard a while back that Frodsham Brewery is up for sale & at a reasonable price.

Maybe we should have a Not606 whip round, we did ok with the banners.
 
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A bit of a mixed bag this week drinking wise, mainly because I've been off work so lunchtimes have also been involved!
I was in that London for a few days and had a 2 hour bottomless cocktail lunch at the Rum Kitchen in Notting Hill. Spiciest Bloody Mary I've ever tasted, too spicy, but the sweet cocktails with Kraken (?) rum were excellent. Also had prosecco to finish as that was in the deal (that feels slightly confessional!)
Went from there to Beach Blanket Babylon (also Notting Hill) for the ladies to have some ridiculously priced cocktails that smelt amazing and had flowers in them. Clearly I went back to beer and was drinking Chapeldown Curious IPA, 5.6% and it was very drinkable. I would like to try it again when my taste buds aren't put off by spending £6.50 for each 330ml bottle!
Also in London had alcoholic milk shakes in a bowling alley on Brick Lane. Very nice but I can't really remember what was in them. (Rum and Oreos or something like that)
Back in Hull I've veered between Red wine (Pinot Noir and Malbec mainly) Guiness, Peroni and the previously mentioned US IPAs ( Goose Island, Sierra Nevada Torpedo and Lagunitas)
I need to go back to work to dry out really, but today it will be a simple lager ( Carlsberg Export ) and pretzel and nut snacks for a day of watching City and other sport on telly with family and friends

By the way I think the best ranges of interesting beers out at the moment are 80 days on Princes Ave which my daughters friends own (loads of Belgian beers and IPAs etc), Henry Yeasts on Newland Avenue for food and a great beer menu and (surpringly maybe) Fruit on Humber St...beer menus on the bar with a great range of bottles. I also used to go in Hop & Vine on Albion St for real ale, but I haven't been in for a while.

I'm thirsty now!
 
A bit of a mixed bag this week drinking wise, mainly because I've been off work so lunchtimes have also been involved!
I was in that London for a few days and had a 2 hour bottomless cocktail lunch at the Rum Kitchen in Notting Hill. Spiciest Bloody Mary I've ever tasted, too spicy, but the sweet cocktails with Kraken (?) rum were excellent. Also had prosecco to finish as that was in the deal (that feels slightly confessional!)
Went from there to Beach Blanket Babylon (also Notting Hill) for the ladies to have some ridiculously priced cocktails that smelt amazing and had flowers in them. Clearly I went back to beer and was drinking Chapeldown Curious IPA, 5.6% and it was very drinkable. I would like to try it again when my taste buds aren't put off by spending £6.50 for each 330ml bottle!
Also in London had alcoholic milk shakes in a bowling alley on Brick Lane. Very nice but I can't really remember what was in them. (Rum and Oreos or something like that)
Back in Hull I've veered between Red wine (Pinot Noir and Malbec mainly) Guiness, Peroni and the previously mentioned US IPAs ( Goose Island, Sierra Nevada Torpedo and Lagunitas)
I need to go back to work to dry out really, but today it will be a simple lager ( Carlsberg Export ) and pretzel and nut snacks for a day of watching City and other sport on telly with family and friends

By the way I think the best ranges of interesting beers out at the moment are 80 days on Princes Ave which my daughters friends own (loads of Belgian beers and IPAs etc), Henry Yeasts on Newland Avenue for food and a great beer menu and (surpringly maybe) Fruit on Humber St...beer menus on the bar with a great range of bottles. I also used to go in Hop & Vine on Albion St for real ale, but I haven't been in for a while.

I'm thirsty now!
You're an alcofrolic.
 
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I'm still waiting for a final appointment with my consultant, following my fifth scan and set of blood tests, but at the moment they've told me I should 'avoid alcohol completely from now on.'

After 2 1/2 months of not drinking at all, I've had the odd glass of wine this week, just to see what happened and so far I've been okay.

Obviously I'll keep changing consultants until I get one that tells me it's okay to drink...

Obviously!
As Frank Sinatra said in "Pal Joey" (I think) when warned by his Doctor to stop drinking "I've seen more old drunks than I've seen old Doctors"! I never forgot that!<laugh><cheers>
 
I'm still waiting for a final appointment with my consultant, following my fifth scan and set of blood tests, but at the moment they've told me I should 'avoid alcohol completely from now on.'

After 2 1/2 months of not drinking at all, I've had the odd glass of wine this week, just to see what happened and so far I've been okay.

Obviously I'll keep changing consultants until I get one that tells me it's okay to drink...
If it's not too personal a question, what's actually up with you?
 
Change of plan for today. Due to this mornings cheap offer at Morrisons it's Kronenbourg for sporting TV marathon today (£15 for 36 bottles! ...42p a bottle!)