Wetherspoons Real Ale festival

Two Gun Bob said:
Just arrived at Jolly Tars and a slight disappointment on the choice of ales available. It's a smaller spoons so was to be expected, but is our glass half empty or half full.

Started off with a bottle of Trivento Malbec Mendoza for the wife which is a master of wine winner 2021 and also best of Argentina scoring 91. Smacks of value at £12 and far far superior to Havens £20 house offering at the Mash n Barrel yesterday that was dreadful.

I've kicked of with a Shipyards IPA to line the stomach for an upcoming pint of Old Growler porter.. Can't see the Goblin on tap which I was looking forward to, but no mither and may give the Salopian Darwins Origin a sniff. Special thanks to Tim for looking after his real ale aficionados. Best Landlord ever!
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Little bit disappointed Mr two gun that you have opted for the shipyard. There is plenty of good ales on pump as I have just checked on the app . Time to get in the festival mood and partake in some real ale ÷/
 
manclad said:
My Dad used to tell me that the Harbord Harbord building used to be a Burtons (50 bob) tailor back in the 1950s.
I only remember it being Woolworths in the 1960s , until they moved into The Arndale Centre in 1971 and became known as Woolco .
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Always wondered what it used to be.

What it is now though is pure comedy gold. A brilliant place.
 
Xhavenjoe said:
You're not the train driver, by any chance?
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Ha ha this reminds me of someone I knew when I lived in Dover. This guy was an absolute pissed up nutter, off his head. I was absolutely gobsmacked when i heard he'd wiped out half of Maidstone train station by crashing a train. Not that he'd done it but the fact he was a train driver! I knew he worked on the railways but thought it was maintenance or something. You wouldn't trust this bloke to drive a pushbike. The only reason he didn't kill anybody was the crash happened in the early hours when no passengers were there.

Train driver whose crash cost pounds 2.5m is jailed

A MAN who destroyed a railway station when he drove a goods train after drinking the equivalent of nearly a bottle of vodka was yesterday jailed for 12 months.
www.independent.co.uk www.independent.co.uk
 
Stephen Ireland's pants said:
Little bit disappointed Mr two gun that you have opted for the shipyard. There is plenty of good ales on pump as I have just checked on the app . Time to get in the festival mood and partake in some real ale ÷/
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The lemon in the IPA lines the stomach acting as a sort of medicinal aid for the debauchery to follow.

I've broken another rule in that I had a pint of 6.6% Effess with my barbeque pannina and chips. I did this as effes represents the best value combo with the meal as Effes sells £4.40 a pint. Therefore my panni and chips were costing @£2.20. I would not have slept tonight if I had of combined a real ale at only £2.50: Hoozah
 
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A flaggon of real ale mixed with a splash of olde English folk music: Whats not to like.


But never ever in a Wetherspoon.
 
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Two Gun Bob said:
The lemon in the IPA lines the stomach acting as a sort of medicinal aid for the debauchery to follow.

I've broken another rule in that I had a pint of 6.6% Effess with my barbeque pannina and chips. I did this as effes represents the best value combo with the meal as Effes sells £4.40 a pint. Therefore my panni and chips were costing @£2.20. I would not have slept tonight if I had of combined a real ale at only £2.50: Hoozah
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With all due respect I think you mean "Leffe". I employ a similar strategy.

Indeed, the biggest sin in Wetherspoons is going for a £1.77 pint of Ruddles as your "includes a drink" choice.
 
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