So who is drinking where, now that the Bert is closed?

[Mrs Magpie]

Well I'd acouple of pints in the Beehive on Friday followed by The Trinity- a very nice discovery .. I really really dunno what you lot see in the Albert..

Proximity and the little garden and room to spread out a newspaper with a lunchtime pint, for me. And the possibility of a conversation with fanta.

 

[IntoStella]

I met a reader of a certain horticulture magazine in the Trinity on Friday. Well chuffed.

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Great...what did they think of the Passion Flower featue?

 

[IntoStella]

Great...what did they think of the Passion Flower featue?

They didn't say but I got the impression that passion could, indeed, flower.

Yes, a presentable, educated, straight male HW reader under 90. Amazing.

 

[Hollis]

Proximity and the little garden and room to spread out a newspaper with a lunchtime pint, for me. And the possibility of a conversation with fanta.

okay.. I understand. Much the same reasons I end up in the Goose at Wood Green then.

 

[gaijingirl]

I don't want to bust your bubble, but the fruit and veg market has consisted of a whole one stall every time I've ventured down. It's a nice enough stall mind, but you're probably still better off with a trip to Esme's and the market if you're not really close.

There is always the compensation of a richly deserved pint if you shop virtuously by the Landing though I suppose...

Bubble well and truely burst. Bonfire pissed all over... TBH, I get my Abel & Cole delivery on Fridays, so not much need to buy more veg on a Saturday.. but I had visions of homemade pickle stalls and jams and improbably named cheeses.... It's a blessing in disguise as I'd only spend money I haven't really got..

 

[Ms T]

They didn't say but I got the impression that passion could, indeed, flower.

Yes, a presentable, educated, straight male HW reader under 90. Amazing.

Gossip!

 

[Hollis]

last thoughts on the subject

I could see the Trinity as a destination pub you'd go out your way to get to... its nice inside & loads of good beer.

 

[lang rabbie]

I could see the Trinity as a destination pub you'd go out your way to get to... its nice inside & loads of good beer.

I believe it is SW London CAMRA's "pub of the year" 2005.

 

[Hollis]

I'll go and give myself a pat on the back for my own good taste then!

 

[Donna Ferentes]

Well if we're talking cheap offys! The imaginatively named "Food and Wine" next to the Two Cockroaches...

"Two Woodlice", surely?

 

[gaijingirl]

"Two Woodlice", surely?

Ah.. I hadn't heard that one before... but yes... it could be that too!!

 

[IntoStella]

Gossip!

Moi?

 

[hipipol]

For a calm bev

Mango Landing, ex Babushkas. is rather fine
Equally, Harrys Bar at the Hilton does and excellent Manhatten
I look forward to seeing you all at both

 

[RaverDrew]

Anyone fancy a drink this evening ?

 

[IntoStella]

I fancy a drink EVERY evening.

 

[LDR]

I could see the Trinity as a destination pub you'd go out your way to get to... its nice inside & loads of good beer.

After having a drink there on Friday, I cannot understand why people go to the Albert. The editor did say to me that it's quiet on weeknights but on Friday night, it was perfect.

It could be my new favourite pub in Brixton

 

[William of Walworth]

I could see the Trinity as a destination pub you'd go out your way to get to... its nice inside & loads of good beer.

After having a drink there on Friday, I cannot understand why people go to the Albert. The editor did say to me that it's quiet on weeknights but on Friday night, it was perfect.

It could be my new favourite pub in Brixton

I second those beer-fuelled emotions!!

I can never truly like the Albert for so long as it remains a proper beer free zone, with only Staropramen to recommend itself as any kind of acceptable second-best to real ale. I know the all new, all refurbished Albert has new, proper beer promised for it, but I don't now know whether that'll just be Greene King IPA (which is OK but fairly bland) or something else ...

You lager drinkers can drink ANYWHERE, us proper beer drinkers are forced to be fussier, it's not just preciousness or posing on our part, as is far too often hinted ...

Brixton, with the very qualified! exception of the Beehive, is largely a beer desert, and the Trinity, however rugby shirted its clientele occasionally is, is a shining exception. And I'm not even a particular fan of Youngs, but needs must! (They look after the Special very well at the Trinity mind )

Looking forward to seeing some people there on Thursday for Kinsales and Treefrog's little gathering

 

[Donna Ferentes]

I miss my evenings at the Trinity very much, I must say. Two bottles of Celebration or the Double Chocolate Stout and a copy of the London Review of Books.

 

[William of Walworth]

Just remembered some stories on Urban about them being deeply overzealous at chucking out time. Last time I was there, I didn't have that experience, but it would be one offputting factor ...

 

[gabi]

My number 1 in the absence of the Albert is the Hope & Anchor on Acre Lane. Fantastic huge garden, nice staff and great food (if a little bit pricey).

I have to admit I'm missing the Albert hugely though. Any word on how the renovations are going?

The Trinity's a bit 'rugby-shirted' as someone else said.. Tally-ho!

 

[editor]

After having a drink there on Friday, I cannot understand why people go to the Albert.

For me the Albert wins because it's (generally) got a more eclectic range of drinkers, it's more lively, it's more friendly, it's got history, there's far more chance of hearing about a local party, the location is a bit more 'avin' it Brixton-stylee and it remains the pub where I've met more new people than any other pub I've ever been to.

I like the Trinity a lot, but it's not a place to go if you're on your own and you fancy a random chat.

It's booting out at closing time regime is pretty damn mean too (helped in no small part by the yuppie scum who moved in recently and starting whining about the noise).

 

[editor]

I have to admit I'm missing the Albert hugely though. Any word on how the renovations are going?

As soon as I'm feeling a bit chipper, I'll post up some photos I took inside the Albert at the beginning of the renovation.

They weren't messing about, I can tell you!

 

[Pie 1]

Just remembered some stories on Urban about them being deeply overzealous at chucking out time. Last time I was there, I didn't have that experience, but it would be one offputting factor ...

Fergal runs a fucking good pub, he's easily one of the best landlords I've had at my local. As editor said, the main reason he's a bit on the sharp side at 11.30 is due to one particular arsehole who moved into the square about 3 years ago. He's just playing the sensible card.

gabi:
The Trinity's a bit 'rugby-shirted' as someone else said.. Tally-ho!

Sorry, but this is bollocks AFAIC. I really haven't seen a 'rugger bugger' in there and I ve been drinking there for 3 years.
Suits from the town hall & local busineses, yes. Some of the better off residents of the square & surrounding streets, yes. But not (IMO) 'rugger buggers'.

 

[Choc]

i will call on the fab duke of edinburghs beergarden tonight if the weather stays like this..

 

[Donna Ferentes]

Incidentally, what's the beer garden that's on your right when you're in the train approaching Brixton from the Battersea Park/Wandsworth Road direction?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Incidentally, what's the beer garden that's on your right when you're in the train approaching Brixton from the Battersea Park/Wandsworth Road direction?

I've been wondering that. I get train from Victoria to Denmark Hill every day, but as I've no sense of direction whatsoever, I can't figure out where it is.

 

[Pie 1]

Incidentally, what's the beer garden that's on your right when you're in the train approaching Brixton from the Battersea Park/Wandsworth Road direction?

Duke Of Edinburgh

 

[Gramsci]

Sorry, but this is bollocks AFAIC. I really haven't seen a 'rugger bugger' in there and I ve been drinking there for 3 years.
Suits from the town hall & local busineses, yes. Some of the better off residents of the square & surrounding streets, yes. But not (IMO) 'rugger buggers'.

It did use to have that reputation and I remember it being a bit like that when I first came to Brixton.The Albert was deserted when I first came to Brixton.It gradually became the pub of choice for the "sane" alternative crowd.

 

[top_biller]

Popped into the Queen on Sunday to catch the football and noticed the horrible grafitti that they'd had done in the garden. Looked totally out of place and a waste of an opportunity with that garden, which could have been done quite nicely. And thats as a great admirer of real grafitti.

They never seem to have the draught ale working either.