Your last Pint?

[bovril]

1 minute ago, Voll Blau said:

Starting the night with a bottle of Robinson's Old Tom to get me going pre-Chinese.

 

Bought by my father-in-law as a reminder of when he and his mate got me so pissed on it at a northern pub's Christmas darts night that I struggled to hit a second board. Mad gear that apparently most Lancashire boozers do their own version of at this time of year.

You know anything northern with Old in the name is going to be bad news

[Voll Blau]

6 minutes ago, bovril said:

You know anything northern with Old in the name is going to be bad news

Got a range of ales brewed in drystone walls with incomprehensible slang names to work through tonight. Quite thoughtful from him as it's stuff you rarely see outside the North-West.

 

Not sure whether to go for the Riggwelter or Sneck Lifter next...

Edited 31 December 2025 by Voll Blau

[goody2028]

On 30/12/2025 at 15:55, Muzzy_no7 said:

 

Last nights tipple. Stone the crows. 

Absolute belter. Was glad to find it in Harborough bottle store recently

[Livid]

A can of Merula Nitro Stout from Hook Norton Brewery. Had a few pints of nitro stout when out and about but this was the first time from a can. 

 

Nice and smooth pint when ice cold but I let it get to room temperature and it wasn’t at its best. 

 

My first mistake was pouring it like a Guinness when you really need to throw it into the glass to get a head on it. Had to re-pour at speed into another glass, the head appeared but didn’t hang around long. Does say pour fast drink slowly on the can.

 

Got another can to drink but I think it’s one that is better on tap. 

 

 

 

 

[Footballwipe]

I'm thinking of driving over to The Offie today to have a look and get some beers. Heard good things. Has anyone been themselves to recommend/review?

[SemperEadem]

9 minutes ago, Footballwipe said:

I'm thinking of driving over to The Offie today to have a look and get some beers. Heard good things. Has anyone been themselves to recommend/review?

Yeah the selection is very good.

[grobyfox1990]

Tried the new Guinness brewery/tap room in Covent Garden. Was good. Rooftop bar and loads of interesting things on tap 

[Muzzy_no7]

I’m on the lookout for a Beamish if anyone could help me? 

[Chris_OGrady]

I know it’s been discussed on here before, but I do find the Guinness hype annoying. We’re going to see Heineken launch its Murphy’s and Beamish brands through all the pubcos and chains in 2026 as they try and feed into the Diageo marketing con

[Stuntman_Mike]

11 hours ago, Muzzy_no7 said:

I’m on the lookout for a Beamish if anyone could help me? 

London

• Chesham Arms – 15 Mehetabel Rd, London E9 6DU

• Daffodil Mulligans & Gibney’s– 70-74 City Rd, London EC1Y 2BJ

• Dog & Bell – 116 Prince St, London SE8 3JD

• Feed the Yak Deptford - Creekside, SE8 4SA

• Feed the Yak Elephant and Castle - 2 Sayer St, London SE17 1FG

• Feed the Yak Wembley - 51 Olympic Way, Wembley Park, Wembley HA9 0EG 

• Howl at the Moon, 178 Hoxton St, London N1 5LH 

• Smugglers Tavern - 28 Warren St, London W1T 5ND
• The Colonel Fawcett - 1 Randolph Street Camden NW1 0SS

• The Cow – 89 Westbourne Park Rd, London W2 5QH

• The Lucky Saint – 58 Devonshire St, London W1W 5EA 

• The Porterhouse – 21-22 Maiden Ln, London WC2E 7NA 

• The WB Yeats - 20 Fonthill Rd, Finsbury Park, London N4 3HU

Greater Manchester

• Salmon of Knowledge - Manchester - 26 Lever St, Manchester M1 1DW

• Salmon of Knowledge – Media City - Media City, Salford, M50 2HF

• Salmon of Knowledge - Didsbury - 655-657 Wilmslow Road Didsbury, M20 6RA

Leeds

• The Brunswick – 82 North St, Leeds LS2 7PN

Liverpool

• Ye Cracke - 13 Rice Street, Liverpool L1 9BB

Edinburgh

• Seamus – 15 Brougham Pl, Edinburgh EH3 9JX
• The Finch - 2-4 Bath Rd, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 7JT

Glasgow

• Ryan's Bar – 165 Allison St, Govanhill, Glasgow G42 8RX
• Old Toll Bar - 1-3 Paisley Rd W, Kinning Park, Glasgow G41 1HU

[Stuntman_Mike]

5 minutes ago, Stuntman_Mike said:

London

• Chesham Arms – 15 Mehetabel Rd, London E9 6DU

• Daffodil Mulligans & Gibney’s– 70-74 City Rd, London EC1Y 2BJ

• Dog & Bell – 116 Prince St, London SE8 3JD

• Feed the Yak Deptford - Creekside, SE8 4SA

• Feed the Yak Elephant and Castle - 2 Sayer St, London SE17 1FG

• Feed the Yak Wembley - 51 Olympic Way, Wembley Park, Wembley HA9 0EG 

• Howl at the Moon, 178 Hoxton St, London N1 5LH 

• Smugglers Tavern - 28 Warren St, London W1T 5ND
• The Colonel Fawcett - 1 Randolph Street Camden NW1 0SS

• The Cow – 89 Westbourne Park Rd, London W2 5QH

• The Lucky Saint – 58 Devonshire St, London W1W 5EA 

• The Porterhouse – 21-22 Maiden Ln, London WC2E 7NA 

• The WB Yeats - 20 Fonthill Rd, Finsbury Park, London N4 3HU

Greater Manchester

• Salmon of Knowledge - Manchester - 26 Lever St, Manchester M1 1DW

• Salmon of Knowledge – Media City - Media City, Salford, M50 2HF

• Salmon of Knowledge - Didsbury - 655-657 Wilmslow Road Didsbury, M20 6RA

Leeds

• The Brunswick – 82 North St, Leeds LS2 7PN

Liverpool

• Ye Cracke - 13 Rice Street, Liverpool L1 9BB

Edinburgh

• Seamus – 15 Brougham Pl, Edinburgh EH3 9JX
• The Finch - 2-4 Bath Rd, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 7JT

Glasgow

• Ryan's Bar – 165 Allison St, Govanhill, Glasgow G42 8RX
• Old Toll Bar - 1-3 Paisley Rd W, Kinning Park, Glasgow G41 1HU

Credit @CosbehFox I believe they shared this previously. 

 

I went Daffodil Mulligans/ Gibneys near Old Street.

[Voll Blau]

Few in Rugby for a mate's birthday yesterday.

 

The Merchants' Inn would be a top tier boozer if it wasn't so insistent on showing rugby union on all of its screens instead of football. It was invented over the road, WE GET IT.

[westernpark]

Now I have stopped ticking, enjoying having my favourites again and again. A pint of Braybrooke Black Lager which is the best of its kind I’ve ever had, in the two tailed lion.

A pint of wipeout on cask which I’d normally had on Keg, in the Blue Boar. 
Few pints in the Kings Head, one was Ghost Ship by Adnams.

[Chris_OGrady]

13 minutes ago, Voll Blau said:

Few in Rugby for a mate's birthday yesterday.

 

The Merchants' Inn would be a top tier boozer if it wasn't so insistent on showing rugby union on all of its screens instead of football. It was invented over the road, WE GET IT.

I’ve heard it’s good in there. Tbh I find prem football so dull these days I’d rather watch rugby than Man U or liverpool

[Chris_OGrady]

6 minutes ago, westernpark said:

Now I have stopped ticking, enjoying having my favourites again and again. A pint of Braybrooke Black Lager which is the best of its kind I’ve ever had, in the two tailed lion.

A pint of wipeout on cask which I’d normally had on Keg, in the Blue Boar. 
Few pints in the Kings Head, one was Ghost Ship by Adnams.

Why did you come off Untapped?

[westernpark]

1 minute ago, Chris_OGrady said:

Why did you come off Untapped?

Massively overindulging and I’d become boring(feedback from friends and family)! I’d go somewhere with friends or partner, and I’d have to get the entire menu(halves and thirds) of what I’d not ticked! In the end I wasn’t enjoying that way of drinking, so deleting account was only way to stop it. You use it a much more economical and rational way.

 

Have signed up for an ultra marathon in July, so training will hopefully replicate the buzz of getting a tick 🤣

[Voll Blau]

32 minutes ago, Chris_OGrady said:

I’ve heard it’s good in there. Tbh I find prem football so dull these days I’d rather watch rugby than Man U or liverpool

Yeah, a town that's worth a visit. In fairness, at least the volume on the rugger's kept down.

[CosbehFox]

Most looking forward to the pinting in Cheltenham on Saturday 

[Tommy G]

On 03/01/2026 at 22:21, Muzzy_no7 said:

I’m on the lookout for a Beamish if anyone could help me? 

Split the B?

[Tommy G]

 

[grobyfox1990]

1 hour ago, CosbehFox said:

Most looking forward to the pinting in Cheltenham on Saturday 

I went when we had the friendly there in 2019. Deya brewery is the standout but there were lots of other good boozers

[Chris_OGrady]

32 minutes ago, Tommy G said:

 

It's basically John Smiths with excellent marketing. I think it would be fascinating to work in beer marketing. For mainstream beer the glass and logo are more important than the actual beer. 

[Tommy G]

11 minutes ago, Chris_OGrady said:

It's basically John Smiths with excellent marketing. I think it would be fascinating to work in beer marketing. For mainstream beer the glass and logo are more important than the actual beer. 

I think the most toe curling statement is when people say '' the Guinness is good in here'' or ''kept well here'' I don't think there is a material difference with Guinness anywhere, not one that you can notice to turn you off drinking a pint of it, unless it's in a can of course, but that's different.

[Chris_OGrady]

24 minutes ago, Tommy G said:

I think the most toe curling statement is when people say '' the Guinness is good in here'' or ''kept well here'' I don't think there is a material difference with Guinness anywhere, not one that you can notice to turn you off drinking a pint of it, unless it's in a can of course, but that's different.

I believe, in theory, it should be no different to Carling and John Smiths. It's a keg stout which is pasteurised/filtered, so the yeast is killed off meaning it lasts for ages. It just needs keeping at the right temp, lines cleaning, and the CO2/nitrogen to be at the right pressure, and to be served properly (basically all the same standard stuff you'd need for Carling and John Smiths). I probably would have fallen for the "perfect Guinness" allure in my 20s. I'm sure there are places that do it better than others, but this is also true of all mainstream lagers. 

 

Coming from the CAMRA nerd perspective, it's a shame as there's so many more interesting beers to drink in this country, and independent breweries to support. Like I said above, Heineken are going to be all over this with their Beamish and Murphys brands and we'll have to watch the same thing unfold over 2026. 

Edited 7 January by Chris_OGrady

[Samilktray]

Guinness is class and you can definitely taste the difference place to place between a good and bad pint of it