Dave Mullen
Bolt Ya Radge!
editor said:
Don't worry there wont be much danger of that.
The Albert and real ale
- Thread starter Mrs Magpie
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Don't worry there wont be much danger of that.
Mrs Magpie
On a bit of break...
Huzzah!
Dave Mullen said:
Grumpy sod!!
Get yourself down and introduce yourself to one oir two Urbanites!
DM is a nice bloke in real life
and lives not far off, and I'd have no probs buying him a pint to persuade him that the Albert is by no means bad at all! 
You know him too?William of Walworth said:DM is a nice bloke in real life
Dave Mullen
Bolt Ya Radge!
IntoStella said:You know him too?
Yes I met him & Stig at the GBBF at Olympia.
Dave Mullen
Bolt Ya Radge!
William of Walworth said:Grumpy sod!!
Get yourself down and introduce yourself to one oir two Urbanites!
DM is a nice bloke in real life
I might surprise you all and do that one day. Just make sure my body armour still fits.
Are you still up for arranging a night out at the Dog & Bell?
Mrs Magpie
On a bit of break...
One of the biggest real ale fans I know (not William or Stig) says the Abbots at the Albert is the best kept he's tasted in a long long time. He wasn't prepared to be as impressed as he was, I don't think.
Dave Mullen
Bolt Ya Radge!
editor said:
How does not liking a certain pub or the brand of beer it sells make one cantankerous?
Dave Mullen said:
Yeah, that idea got lost with all the summer commitments, but we intend to revive it! Look out for thread soon, I'll post something on the London Forum before long, or possibly Community.
It'll probably be October, now, but hopefully not too late in the month.
William of Walworth said:I have a potential thread (for elsewhere on this site) about the conflict between Real Ale and unrestrained big-scale Capitalism, and how in fact seeking out and drinking proper beer is anti-capitalist action at its best!
Glad to see Albert regulars getting active!
Thread to be started when I'm not too drunk, or hungover, or lazy ...
yippee! the revolution is underway!
Ms T said:
beware of the effects of Abbotts, it's out of this world.....
Folk rumour claims that an older recipe of Abbott contained mild hallucinogens ...
Or some old drunk from East Anglia told me
Or some old drunk from East Anglia told me
Dave Mullen
Bolt Ya Radge!
William of Walworth said:Folk rumour claims that an older recipe of Abbott contained mild hallucinogens ...
Or some old drunk from East Anglia told me
And the Current High Heid yins at GK probably took that out and reduced the alcohol content to pay less duty. They also had a beer called Triumph during the late 90's which was a lovely pint but it seems to have been discontinued.
William of Walworth said:Folk rumour claims that an older recipe of Abbott contained mild hallucinogens ...
Or some old drunk from East Anglia told me
well, it still does...
hallucinogenic ale
Hopback's Summer Lightning has much the same effect, as has been discussed here on several occasions.guinnessdrinker said:
They don't call it Summer Frightening down the Beehive for nothing.
Mrs Magpie
On a bit of break...
I spoke to the landlord yesterday and he's going to give me a list of the the ales he can choose from for a guest ale so that there can be merry polling fun.....
IntoStella said:Hopback's Summer Lightning has much the same effect, as has been discussed here on several occasions.
They don't call it Summer Frightening down the Beehive for nothing.
summer lightning, eh? I should pay this beehive a little visit, one of these days...
Mrs Magpie said:
with a bit of luck, Harveys ales?
You would love it but get in there quick -- the locals usually drink it all in about five minutes.guinnessdrinker said:
Get William to introduce you -- you'd get on like a house on fire down there.
Mrs Magpie said:
Wayhey!
Should be able to get to Brixton more often before long what with the summer Festival season coming to an end
Mmmm Summer Lightening ... but does the supply of that dry up in the Winter??
Then they get in Winter Lightning, which is twice as lethal.William of Walworth said:
Mmmm Summer Lightening ... but does the supply of that dry up in the Winter??
Dave Mullen
Bolt Ya Radge!
IntoStella said:Then they get in Winter Lightning, which is twice as lethal.
I think Summer Lightning is available all year round the first time I tried it was November.
And also
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)blueAsbestos
space harrier
When I used to work in the Albert we sold Poachers. A pint of this used to have Guiness, Stella and all sorts in it and would generally be a fairly consistent mid brown colour. Very popular with the poetry community.
liquorice?
blueAsbestos said:
were you recycling the dregs
?
nino_savatte
No pasaran!
blueAsbestos said:
In other words it was a typical pint of Whitbreads keg fizz. In some parts of the country you can still get Tankard and even Trophy (Whitbread big head Trophy Bitter, the pint that thinks it's a quart...as the ad jingle used to say).
nino_savatte
No pasaran!
So I take it The Albert has an actual cellar person to look after the ale. Stocking and selling the stuff is one thing, looking after it properly is an entirely different cask of beer.
