tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post4540909260785050444..comments2024-03-28T07:02:44.451+00:00Comments on The Beer Nut: More tea, vicar?The Beer Nuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14105708522526153528noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-85874398219562311692008-05-03T23:26:00.000+01:002008-05-03T23:26:00.000+01:00Saltaire XB is the best Yorkshire beer I have had ...Saltaire XB is the best Yorkshire beer I have had in recent times.Kieran Haslett-Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04562970144894398803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-61571877292577011362008-04-28T19:35:00.000+01:002008-04-28T19:35:00.000+01:00Cropton are not a good example of Yorkshire brewin...Cropton are not a good example of Yorkshire brewing. Or indeed, of any good brewing at all really. I'm surprised that M&S went for them. Or am I?<BR/>Anyway, should you get the chance, I think you will enjoy the others in the range much more.Sat In A Pubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08123038980796000837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-61139129737113565572008-04-27T06:49:00.000+01:002008-04-27T06:49:00.000+01:00Apart from the Balmy Mild that I had just the othe...Apart from the Balmy Mild that I had just the other day, every Cropton beer I have ever had has had a very pronounced sour note. I suspect there is something going on in the brewery that appears after a trip to bottom of the world , or in your case a long time spent on a shelf.Kieran Haslett-Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04562970144894398803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-58342488363852855862008-04-25T21:49:00.000+01:002008-04-25T21:49:00.000+01:00Loved your comment about two fingers to our banana...Loved your comment about two fingers to our banana republic govt and their pathetic efforts to help their paymasters in the guise of socially beneficial legislation; had a similar feeling myself when I bought £145 worth of ale in Sainsbury's last week. Keep up the good work...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-22236076870049197412008-04-25T19:23:00.000+01:002008-04-25T19:23:00.000+01:00Now there's a recipe for liver failure.Now <I>there's</I> a recipe for liver failure.The Beer Nuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14105708522526153528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-8382445197391041702008-04-25T18:34:00.000+01:002008-04-25T18:34:00.000+01:00Thanks for the suggestion. Perhaps I'll have a bee...Thanks for the suggestion. Perhaps I'll have a beer or two while waiting for blogger to sort out their problems.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-46315992309927298412008-04-24T21:39:00.000+01:002008-04-24T21:39:00.000+01:00Great post, I really enjoyed it. I will have to bo...Great post, I really enjoyed it. I will have to bookmark this site for later.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-61685504852209802112008-04-24T13:41:00.000+01:002008-04-24T13:41:00.000+01:00I grew up in Yorkshire and lost my virginity to a ...I grew up in Yorkshire and lost my virginity to a barmaid after she'd poured me six pints of Tetley's Bitter.<BR/>Naturally it lead to a lifetime's interest in both pursuits.<BR/>Yorkshire now is full of lager-drinking ASBO Chavs and not a nice place.<BR/>The style of Yorkshire beer - a very bitter bitter -has gone the way of much of the regional beer in the UK,namely bland and non-confrontational.<BR/>And you're absolutely right about the old beer being unloaded onto Ireland - I'm surprised it hasn't turned up in Lidls.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-34228138224308796272008-04-23T23:03:00.000+01:002008-04-23T23:03:00.000+01:00I wouldn't have the source material to make that c...I wouldn't have the source material to make that call. While this seems to me to be the same sort of beer as, say, Theakstons and Black Sheep, I wouldn't say it's bitterer than the likes of Young's or Bateman's XXXB.<BR/><BR/>Short answer: dunno.The Beer Nuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14105708522526153528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-51262954683274929912008-04-23T22:34:00.000+01:002008-04-23T22:34:00.000+01:00It's no wonder you do so much travelling with poli...It's no wonder you do so much travelling with policies like that one at home!<BR/><BR/>On a different note, is Yorkshire Bitter a style in it's own right? To me it would be a copper to mid brown colour, bitterer than normal bitter and packed with fuggles and goldings all crowned with a lovely creamy (sparklered) head. Does this seem right or am I aerating the wrong wort?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com