: Wed Feb 20, 2008 8:43 pm  

i think so .
Go to the Punchbowl & try the Old Mill then to the Windmill.

: Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:23 pm  

Wouldn't it be great if we could get the Windmill serving a (very) locally produced real ale.

: Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:52 pm  

Wilf Grimshaw wrote:

Mass produced ale from a brewery that is slowly loosing (if not lost)its independent tag. Wildly available now at a lot of outlets and becoming the John Smiths of the real ale world. Obviously the draw is the price and some folk will supp anything while the smaller independents struggle to keep level at those prices. Weatherspoons also have a habit of keeping their real ale at a temperature that masks the flavours (too cold)Stands back for the wind up

Wilf.
I had you down as a balanced character, and not one to buy into the anti-Wetherspoons calumny.
As for Abbot it comes as no surprise to see its proliferation. It's good, simple as. Please don't compare it to the vile p/ss that is John's.
As for temperatures, if Wetherspoons don't know about the optimum temperatures for serving beers and lagers, then excuse me.
I'll repeat it. NOBODY has won more casque mark awards than Wetherspoons. So get real.
And nobody has offered so many different ales to this region.
Your turn.

: Wed Feb 20, 2008 10:00 pm  

The entire posting was devoted to the bottom line. I win.

As for Weatherspoons, excellent job, but they are not all the same and some are downright scruffy and should be avoided even at £1.49.

Your turn

: Wed Feb 20, 2008 10:05 pm  

Wilf Grimshaw wrote:

The entire posting was devoted to the bottom line. I win.

As for Weatherspoons, excellent job, but they are not all the same and some are downright scruffy and should be avoided even at £1.49.

Your turn

I saw the wind-up bit.
But I felt wound-up nervertheless.
Don't damn the entire Wetherspoons chain because some are sh/tholes and serve sh/t ale.
Why, I know many a pub that does that, but I wouldn't say that all non-Wetherspoons pubs are sh/te as a consequence.

[Wanderer]

: Thu Feb 21, 2008 12:18 pm  

On a recent visit to Derby, I visited the Babington Arms (Weatherspoons) - 18 handpumps each with a different Real Ale. Pity we were on a Real Ale trail and only had time for a couple in there!

: Thu Feb 21, 2008 4:57 pm  

A real little gem on the bus route from Doncaster to Barnsley is the Hickleton Village Hall and Social Club. Members only, £1 a year, for six ever-changing guest beers, constantly rotating, all kept as real ale should be.

: Thu Feb 21, 2008 5:19 pm  

WANDERER wrote:

On a recent visit to Derby, I visited the Babington Arms (Weatherspoons) - 18 handpumps each with a different Real Ale. Pity we were on a Real Ale trail and only had time for a couple in there!

Gary Im sure I saw something about a Beer Festival in Harrogate coming soon. Enjoy your pint.

: Thu Feb 21, 2008 7:43 pm  

Been looking at the beer list for the Festival at the Hub at the end of March. Some cracking stuff for sampling. If Foxfield Pale Ale (Cumbria) is on (yet to be confirmed) I can recommend it. It was my favourite at last weekends Oakwood Festival at Rotherham.

[Wanderer]

: Fri Feb 22, 2008 7:49 am  

miner wrote:

Gary Im sure I saw something about a Beer Festival in Harrogate coming soon. Enjoy your pint.

28 Feb to 1 Mar 2008.