Beer

[BillyDee]

Love a Sam Smith's pub

 

[Mel Evo]

Grew up with one as my local. It’s pretty grim beer, but the lager was ‘effective’.

 

[BillyDee]

Used to pop into the one round the corner from Tottenham Court Road on the way to the Astoria. I recall liking the beer, but that was a very long time ago, I may just have been young and foolish...

 

[leedswolf]

Love a Sam Smith's pub

They are generally pretty terrible (certainly the ones in leeds) with shite beer.

 

[leedswolf]

Grew up with one as my local. It’s pretty grim beer, but the lager was ‘effective’.

Ayinger Brau by any chance?

 

[Mel Evo]

Ayinger Brau by any chance?

Precisely!! I mean, that stated % had no bearing to reality.

 

[Mel Evo]

Interesting read on a deeply odd man

Humphrey’s world: how the Samuel Smith beer baron built Britain’s strangest pub chain

Since the 1970s, Humphrey Smith has acquired scores of pubs and historic properties around the UK. But time after time, he has left the buildings empty. Why has he allowed his empire to moulder?

www.theguardian.com

Really is an astonishing read on various levels.

 

[leedswolf]

Precisely!! I mean, that stated % had no bearing to reality.

Yeah, Sam's originally brewed it under licence at Tadcaster. Humphrey decided not to renew and brewed their own version - 'Taddy' IIRC. They also brewed Double Four as another competitor to swill like Carling and a low alcohol version called Alpine.

I remember the iconic Ayinger 'man in a box' pump head

 

[SSB]

I got told off in one in Bradford once on an away day for swearing!

 

[Mel Evo]

The best thing you can say about the beer is that it’s cheap. Bloody rough though. Which is odd, as they seem to have spent decades trying to perfect the same Yorkshire bitter right in the heart of first class brewing country. Putting the way they (he) run the estate to one side, you’d guess the beer is one bit they’d get right?

 

[leedswolf]

I got told off in one in Bradford once on an away day for swearing!

Yep. No swearing, no devices, mobile phones or TV. Managers sacked for not having a sufficient head on the beer. Humphrey really is a strange character.

 

[leedswolf]

The best thing you can say about the beer is that it’s cheap. Bloody rough though. Which is odd, as they seem to have spent decades trying to perfect the same Yorkshire bitter right in the heart of first class brewing country. Putting the way they (he) run the estate to one side, you’d guess the beer is one bit they’d get right?

There are plenty of people who like the beers though. I personally can't abide them. They're just not my taste.

 

[Tredman]

The best thing you can say about the beer is that it’s cheap. Bloody rough though. Which is odd, as they seem to have spent decades trying to perfect the same Yorkshire bitter right in the heart of first class brewing country. Putting the way they (he) run the estate to one side, you’d guess the beer is one bit they’d get right?

Trying to get it right, or trying to get it to taste as it did in some mythical past?