Our system detected that your browser is blocking advertisements on our site. Please help support FoxesTalk by disabling any kind of ad blocker while browsing this site. Thank you.
Jump to content
 Share
Unabomber

Your last Pint?

By Unabomber, in General Chat

Recommended Posts

Lako42

Lako42

Posted
Posted
On 27/11/2024 at 07:50, Livid said:

Went to Everards Meadows for an early Christmas meal with friends last night. Had a pint of their Cast No Shadow Nitro Stout. 
 

Loved it, incredibly smooth but unfortunately had to limit myself to just the one as I was driving. 
 

 

Should be available in more pubs 

  • Like 2
bovril

bovril

Posted
Posted
1 minute ago, Bordersfox said:

Dark side of the moose.  The Australia, Porthmadog. 

Just thinking how difficult to decipher this post would be out of the context of this thread.  

  • Haha 1
Bordersfox

Bordersfox

Posted
Posted
2 minutes ago, bovril said:

Just thinking how difficult to decipher this post would be out of the context of this thread.  

Tbh pal I thought i was tripping myself, the whole venue (which is lovely) seems totally out of place in Porthmadog

  • Popular Post
westernpark

westernpark

Posted
  • Popular Post
Posted

Had a couple in the Blue Boar earlier this week, reminded me of what a great pub it is. Always busy, great staff, good pricing and great selection. 
 

Real Ale Classroom, decent selection but so cold in this weather and my arse gets numb on the children’s seating. I get the aesthetic but the actual result ain’t great.

  • Like 5
CosbehFox

CosbehFox

Posted
Posted

Trawled around London yesterday 

 

Black Dog Beer House near Griffin Park 

 

Very solid showing - a trio of Deya, Ayinger and some session IPA from a local brewery 

 

Old Guards Horseman 

 

Irish boozer with about six screens and Guinness at £5.30 a pint. Also saw a bloke with haslet meat vaccum packed in his hand, so extra point there 

 

Dont even know it’s name - some rank nothing pub in Chiswick 

 

Dreadful but need a half time break on way to Shepherds Bush 

 

Some wanky place called something Social, Shepherds Bush 

 

Solid Guinness - most people in there were nobs. 
 

Some grub at Chet’s - 7/10 showing 

 

Managed a final pint of Guinness at King Charles 1. What a lovely boozer that 

 

Anyways, onto Turin next week and we hang up the trawling boots bar a 12 pubs of Leics on 29th subject to approvals. Then Brum On 4th Jan 

  • Like 2
Stadt

Stadt

Posted
Posted

Back from Amsterdam this evening. Fantastic pub culture. Autochthonous beers are always better but I was still surprised how easily the Heineken went down. The Brewery tour was far better than the Staropramen equivalent.

 

That’s being said - Brouwerij ‘T Ij’s pils is nicer than Heineken, their cafe in the middle of Vondelpark is a cracker, it’s what the pavilion at Victoria Park could be like.

 

Krem, Oosterling, De Dokter, English Arse, In De Wildeman, De Wetering all fantastic.

  • Like 1
Voll Blau

Voll Blau

Posted
Posted
11 hours ago, Stadt said:

Back from Amsterdam this evening. Fantastic pub culture. Autochthonous beers are always better but I was still surprised how easily the Heineken went down. The Brewery tour was far better than the Staropramen equivalent.

 

That’s being said - Brouwerij ‘T Ij’s pils is nicer than Heineken, their cafe in the middle of Vondelpark is a cracker, it’s what the pavilion at Victoria Park could be like.

 

Krem, Oosterling, De Dokter, English Arse, In De Wildeman, De Wetering all fantastic.

That, and their boozer in a windmill were the two places I was gutted not to make it to when we were over.

 

Do love a good brown cafe over there. Probably the closest thing to an English boozer type atmosphere that you get on the continent?

CosbehFox

CosbehFox

Posted
Posted

Slightly away from the beer but slightly related. Going to the Black Dog, I got off at South Ealing. I don't think you could get two more contrasting walks to the same football ground. South Ealing felt well, normal. Chiswick is like middle class Disneyland - a pretty but totally soulless area. 

bovril

bovril

Posted
Posted
1 hour ago, CosbehFox said:

Slightly away from the beer but slightly related. Going to the Black Dog, I got off at South Ealing. I don't think you could get two more contrasting walks to the same football ground. South Ealing felt well, normal. Chiswick is like middle class Disneyland - a pretty but totally soulless area. 

I like Chiswick. The high street is ok and the area around Gunnersbury and Strand on the Green is very nice. Don't think it's soulless, it's pretty quiet and residential. 

  • Like 1
grobyfox1990

grobyfox1990

Posted
Posted
11 minutes ago, bovril said:

I like Chiswick. The high street is ok and the area around Gunnersbury and Strand on the Green is very nice. Don't think it's soulless, it's pretty quiet and residential. 

The gunnersbury outside the tube station was good, really diverse keg line up, one cask.

  • Like 1
Stadt

Stadt

Posted
Posted (edited)
4 hours ago, Voll Blau said:

That, and their boozer in a windmill were the two places I was gutted not to make it to when we were over.

 

Do love a good brown cafe over there. Probably the closest thing to an English boozer type atmosphere that you get on the continent?

Yeah I had the same thought. Lager and ale on, seasoned interiors, mix of young and old clientele.

 

There's not many places I visit and would be happy to go again inside 6 months but Amsterdam is one of them. Feels like we scarcely scratched the surface.

Edited by Stadt
  • Like 1
Stadt

Stadt

Posted
Posted
2 minutes ago, Manini said:

@StadtI’m going to Amsterdam on Friday, so your post is timely. Pinning those Rec’s on a map as we speak. 

European Bar Guide is where I picked them up from, aside from Cafe Krem (which would totally be in there if the author visited). Art deco with a jukebox, cat and a bit more economical than the standard.

 

https://theeuropeanbarguide.com/netherlands/

https://theeuropeanbarguide.com/maps/

  • Thanks 1
Chris_OGrady

Chris_OGrady

Posted
Posted

Had some good pints in the Kazimierz district of Krakow at the weekend. Great vibe round there and lots of cool bars/pubs. Managed to tick off quite a few from the European Bar Guide suggested crawl. Got stuck into quite a few of the wheat beers and found their macro beers to be decent. Also expected the food to be bang average, but it was actually really nice. 

  • Like 4
Chris_OGrady

Chris_OGrady

Posted
Posted

Had a nice Black Iris APA in the Malt Cross in Nottingham last night. It's an excellent venue (old music hall) with top cask and keg selection. Nottingham does indeed have some good pubs, but the city seems on it's arse like a lot of places in the UK. 

  • Like 2
Stadt

Stadt

Posted
Posted
On 02/12/2024 at 19:56, Chris_OGrady said:

Had some good pints in the Kazimierz district of Krakow at the weekend. Great vibe round there and lots of cool bars/pubs. Managed to tick off quite a few from the European Bar Guide suggested crawl. Got stuck into quite a few of the wheat beers and found their macro beers to be decent. Also expected the food to be bang average, but it was actually really nice. 

It’s a travesty how we water down beers here. The Tyskie in Poland is really sweet for the ABV.

 

Domestic Stella, San Miguel etc are the same.

  • Like 1

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

Loading...
×
 Share
Go to topic listing

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
×
×
  • Create New...