: Wed Jul 02, 2008 8:52 pm  

Satanic Mills by Wells is a very good porter and available from Asda. I haven't tried their Burning Gold yet, but my son tells me it's a fine summer ale.

All the best for Sunday. I hope it's a great advertisement for the sport and I know the supporters of both teams will be the usual advertisement for sportsmanship we always see in this game.

[Wanderer]

: Fri Jul 04, 2008 12:05 pm  

Real Ale reports from Blackpool here please ... ...

: Mon Jul 07, 2008 3:16 pm  

originaldragon wrote: This is a website you might all be interested in www.thornebrewery.com Would you be Mark Burton yourself then? You intimated that there might be an ale on from a local brewery at the Keepmoat some time in the future, so I've put two and two together. Whatever...please pass on my best wishes for the resounding success of this venture. Moving on. I unfortunately couldn't make it to Blackpool this weekend with my family commitments but it sounds like we acquitted ourselves well despite the result. I stumbled upon the Derbyshire CAMRA pub of the year 2008, the Arkwright Arms in Duckmanton. They have no less than 14 handpumps on the bar together with at least 6 real ciders and two perries! I sampled Batemans' Valiant, Thornbridge Kipling and one called Hophead, all of which I would revisit. The menu was very reasonably priced ( kids' meals only £1.95! ). Definitely worth a moment of your time, if you're out that way. It's less than a mile from the new 29A Junction of the M1 on the A632 between Bolsover and Chesterfield.

originaldragon wrote: This is a website you might all be interested in www.thornebrewery.com Would you be Mark Burton yourself then? You intimated that there might be an ale on from a local brewery at the Keepmoat some time in the future, so I've put two and two together. Whatever...please pass on my best wishes for the resounding success of this venture. Moving on. I unfortunately couldn't make it to Blackpool this weekend with my family commitments but it sounds like we acquitted ourselves well despite the result. I stumbled upon the Derbyshire CAMRA pub of the year 2008, the Arkwright Arms in Duckmanton. They have no less than 14 handpumps on the bar together with at least 6 real ciders and two perries! I sampled Batemans' Valiant, Thornbridge Kipling and one called Hophead, all of which I would revisit. The menu was very reasonably priced ( kids' meals only £1.95! ). Definitely worth a moment of your time, if you're out that way. It's less than a mile from the new 29A Junction of the M1 on the A632 between Bolsover and Chesterfield.

[Wanderer]

: Wed Jul 09, 2008 11:45 am  

Blackpool report ...

Saturday
Pump & Truncheon - Moorhouse Black Cat
Old Bridge House - Wells Bombadier
The Auctioneer - Phoenix Wobbly Bob and Abbot Ale
thereafter into a sports bar to watch Harlequins v Saints - no real ales!
Wander round Blackpool before supper - further beers but sadly no further real ale.

Sunday
Old Bridge House - drank them dry of Bombadier, last drink there before match a pint of Johns Smooth in a plastic glass!

: Wed Jul 09, 2008 12:56 pm  

In the best traditions of comic books I must keep my identity a secret, but please do keep checking www.thornebrewery.com Please leave a good luck message on the guest book, and keep checking back for details on how to buy a share.

In the best traditions of comic books I must keep my identity a secret, but please do keep checking www.thornebrewery.com Please leave a good luck message on the guest book, and keep checking back for details on how to buy a share.

: Wed Jul 09, 2008 8:27 pm  

originaldragon wrote: In the best traditions of comic books I must keep my identity a secret, but please do keep checking www.thornebrewery.com Please leave a good luck message on the guest book, and keep checking back for details on how to buy a share. Teaser . With my unfortunate OCD, which is supping as many different types of real ale as I can manage, I look forward to tasting the all-new Thorne brews. Although much-maligned, I did enjoy one or two cracking pints of Darley's at the Crooked Billet in Owston Ferry a decade or so back.

originaldragon wrote: In the best traditions of comic books I must keep my identity a secret, but please do keep checking www.thornebrewery.com Please leave a good luck message on the guest book, and keep checking back for details on how to buy a share. Teaser . With my unfortunate OCD, which is supping as many different types of real ale as I can manage, I look forward to tasting the all-new Thorne brews. Although much-maligned, I did enjoy one or two cracking pints of Darley's at the Crooked Billet in Owston Ferry a decade or so back.

: Wed Jul 09, 2008 8:27 pm  

originaldragon wrote: In the best traditions of comic books I must keep my identity a secret, but please do keep checking www.thornebrewery.com Please leave a good luck message on the guest book, and keep checking back for details on how to buy a share. Teaser . With my unfortunate OCD, which is supping as many different types of real ale as I can manage, I look forward to tasting the all-new Thorne brews. Although much-maligned, I did enjoy one or two cracking pints of Darley's at the Crooked Billet in Owston Ferry a decade or so back.

originaldragon wrote: In the best traditions of comic books I must keep my identity a secret, but please do keep checking www.thornebrewery.com Please leave a good luck message on the guest book, and keep checking back for details on how to buy a share. Teaser . With my unfortunate OCD, which is supping as many different types of real ale as I can manage, I look forward to tasting the all-new Thorne brews. Although much-maligned, I did enjoy one or two cracking pints of Darley's at the Crooked Billet in Owston Ferry a decade or so back.

: Wed Jul 09, 2008 10:43 pm  

Thwaites at Swinton tonight.
Niiiiiiicccccceeeee!

[Wanderer]

: Thu Jul 10, 2008 6:58 am  

A couple of pints of Lancaster Bomber in the Parkfield Inn (200 yds from the ground) before kick-off. Passed a Joseph Holt house (1/2mile away) which I will try to visit next time we're out that way.

[Wanderer]

: Thu Jul 10, 2008 11:24 am  

... The Holts pub was the Eagle and Child on Higher Lane.