tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post7752500477841211753..comments2024-03-28T07:02:44.451+00:00Comments on The Beer Nut: Murky cygnus manoeuvreThe Beer Nuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14105708522526153528noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-25658576753436679482011-09-21T10:18:33.772+01:002011-09-21T10:18:33.772+01:00I've certainly heard that the whiskey is more ...I've certainly heard that the whiskey is more than a little tokenistic. Declan who used to work in the Bull & Castle and Against the Grain had a fantastic cream liqueur recipe he inherited from his mum. It required what tasted like a fairly generous dose of poitín.The Beer Nuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14105708522526153528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-73976319679459087132011-09-20T19:06:40.359+01:002011-09-20T19:06:40.359+01:00Shame. Did you know most of the alcohol in "I...Shame. Did you know most of the alcohol in "Irish cream liqueurs" (including Bailey's) comes from fermenting whey left over from cheese-making? They put just enough real whiskey in it to enable it to appear on the label as one of the ingredients …Martyn Cornellhttp://zythophile.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-16724929038181381242011-09-19T20:42:37.976+01:002011-09-19T20:42:37.976+01:00That bit of literary heritage has already been plu...That bit of literary heritage has already been plundered by a cream liqueur company.The Beer Nuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14105708522526153528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-11550499996820794542011-09-19T19:43:56.049+01:002011-09-19T19:43:56.049+01:00The dyers mark their swans with one nick on the be...The dyers mark their swans with one nick on the beak, the vintners with two, which gave rise to the inn sign Swan with Two Nicks (later changed, in many cases, by folk etymology to Swan with Two Necks).<br /><br />BN, you should take six cases of this beer out to Coole Park in Galway, drink one, take a picture of the remaining bottles in the park, and post it under the appropriate title on the internet, just to confuse the feck out of Yeats fans.Martyn Cornellhttp://zythophile.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-64845645288600999902011-09-19T12:46:47.421+01:002011-09-19T12:46:47.421+01:00The Wild Swans are a good band from Liverpool. Sta...The Wild Swans are a good band from Liverpool. Started in the early 80's by Paul Simpson and Ged Quinn (formerly in The Teardrop Explodes). Went quiet for a while, and they're now playing and recording again...Sid Bogglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07452473947039475736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-62708379051927900732011-09-19T11:37:11.541+01:002011-09-19T11:37:11.541+01:00No, just a silly idea I had about Wild Swan, altho...No, just a silly idea I had about Wild Swan, although that reminds me - we ordered that pump for the 1bbl kit ages ago and it still hasn't arrived.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-84183224308208537942011-09-19T09:51:15.158+01:002011-09-19T09:51:15.158+01:00Mudgie: No idea, and don't really care. Perhap...Mudgie: No idea, and don't really care. Perhaps Dom can tellus.<br /><br />Dave: Our forefathers died in the GPO so we would have the right to eat our own swans. Any shifty foreign types eyeing up my swans will get what's coming to them. Probably from the swan, actually.<br /><br />Dom: Sounds fun. Is this a pre-pilot brewery?The Beer Nuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14105708522526153528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-45886463853286164332011-09-19T09:37:03.207+01:002011-09-19T09:37:03.207+01:00Funnily enough, I have 3 different Witbier yeast s...Funnily enough, I have 3 different Witbier yeast strains ready to ferment some Wild Swan wort as soon as I get round to sanitising some homebrew tubs. I'll let you know the results!<br /><br />Dominic<br />Thornbridge BreweryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-61251870151202205212011-09-19T09:30:55.756+01:002011-09-19T09:30:55.756+01:00There is a whole Daily Mail angle to this Queen ow...There is a whole Daily Mail angle to this Queen owning the swans meme<br />"Muslim jailed for killing British queen’s swan to breakfast" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006%5C11%5C23%5Cstory_23-11-2006_pg7_3<br /><br />'Asylum seekers eat swans' http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-5603545-asylum-seekers-eat-swans.do<br /><br />Does jailing someone for eating not seem a bit Robin hood? You know the bit where the Sheriff of Nottingham hangs the 9 year old poacher for eating one of the kings rabbits.Iamreddavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02768287658329807075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-33347461391438753302011-09-19T09:24:51.871+01:002011-09-19T09:24:51.871+01:00Is this meant to be hazy? I've never actually ...Is this meant to be hazy? I've never actually had it in bottle, but certainly the examples of Kipling and Jaipur I've had have been crystal clear.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-25314919736756053462011-09-19T09:23:16.116+01:002011-09-19T09:23:16.116+01:00I think the least those shiftless dyers could do i...I think the least those shiftless dyers could do is provide us with swans in more interesting colours.The Beer Nuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14105708522526153528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-80283116027575648232011-09-19T09:17:35.892+01:002011-09-19T09:17:35.892+01:00"Today, the Crown retains the right to owners..."Today, the Crown retains the right to ownership of all unmarked mute swans in open water, but The Queen only exercises her ownership on certain stretches of the Thames and its surrounding tributaries.<br /><br />This ownership is shared with the Worshipful Company of Vintners and the Worshipful Company of Dyers, who were granted rights of ownership by the Crown in the fifteenth century"<br />http://www.royal.gov.uk/RoyalEventsandCeremonies/SwanUpping/SwanUpping.aspx<br /><br />When you hear them moaning on the radio the Vintners never mention how they have cornered the swan market.Iamreddavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02768287658329807075noreply@blogger.com