Why weren't you at the game!!!!!

Because I was in the pub.

I admire your prioritising.

Watched the excuse for football in the Sal again and started with a pint of Batemans England Expects 4.0% ... at least the beer delivered even if the players didn't. Pint of Hobgoblin followed by a pint of Harviestoun Schiehallion 4.8% a lager beer which is not one I could drink all night but as a one-off was very drinkable.

Popped in the Yorkshire Grey for a pint of Best ... pity about the plastic 'glass'.

Night out in Thorne last night a pint of Snaith Brewery Blondbombshell a light coloured beer and a pint of the Bitter , both very nice but different in taste . Then to the Windmill chose the Black Sheep as no Thorne Brewery fare on offer .

Manchester today to visit a few pubs missed last time ...

Paramount (Oxford Street) JDW's ... Pint of J D World 3.7% brewed by Coach House Brewing Company ... reasonable if unspectacular bitter.

Lass O'Gowrie (Charles Street)... Pint of Hardy & Hansons Kimberley Ale 3.9% ... warm and cloudy (didn't finish it) ... the other drink purchased at the same time was also warm ... Apparently this pub has won awards, I have no idea why! [size=110One to avoid at all costs.[/size

Bulls Head (London Road) ... Pint of Wychwood Wizards Staff 4.0% ... Palatable seasonal hoppy bitter.

Ape & Apple (John Dalton Street) ... Pint of Holts Bitter 4.0% ... Another perfectly acceptable if unspectacular drink.

Dutton Hotel (Park Street) ... Pint of Hydes Original 3.8% ... And again acceptable / unspectacular (must be getting very choosy).

Old Wellington Inn (Cathedral Gates) ... Pint of Thwaites Lancaster Bomber 4.4% ... best pub of the day in a pleasant setting near the Cathedral and 'Eye' and best drink of the day. Finished on a winning note.

Yes it's still me, despite the minor amendment.

Two brewpubs visited recently were the Nook at Holmfirth with its gorgeous Cherry Stout and Berry Blond and the Half Moon Inn at Willingham by Stow, home of Grafters Brewery, with the very drinkable Wobble Gob and Moonlight.

I really must go back to the Church Inn at Uppermill, Saddleworth. Proper chips and Shaft Bender at £1.50 a pint! What more could a ( Yorkshire ) man want?

The other Gary

Why the name change?

He's had a sex change?

Don't have access to the e-mail address I opened the account on, so have had to re-register.

Didn't think I'd be allowed to log on as "seuseuwho?". Thought it would look a little suspect.

Oi, S-O. How did you know?

As far as I understand you can log on anywhere as long as you have your Username and Password ... Am I missing something?

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Nuff said ... back to the beer then ...

A nice variety of ales on offer in the Sal yesterday ... sampled the following ...

Wells Waggle Dance 4.0%
Thornbridge Jaipur 5.9%
Beartown Peach Melbear 4.4%
Black Sheep Best Bitter 3.8%

and the Old Angel again had Leeds Midnight Bell on.

You lucky bugger....Waggle Dance is the honey beer is it not....bees do the waggle dance. Very nice brew.
And Jaipur is my personal favourite beer of all time. Did you like it??? I can't see you liking that....unless you've seen the light...nothing malty there.
Black Sheep a top brew

I am going to the Sal tomorrow then to see if they have any Jaipur left....I bet they don't.

Waggle Dance is the honey beer as you rightly state. I've had the Jaipur before and whilst I prefer the Lord Marples and the Ashford from that camp the positive with Thornbridge is that the vast majority of their beers are brewed to a decent strength (no wishy-washy stuff here).

To be honest, Waggle Dance, Jaipur and the Beartown Peach Melbear are not ales that I could drink all night but I don't mind the odd one. Having had three (out of four if you count the Black Sheep) I was ready for something a touch more to my taste.

It would have been Yorkshire Grey Best if we had been able to get through the Yorkshire Grey doors but as we couldn't, we settled for the Old Angel and as you would know I wasn't disappointed to see the Midnight Bell on offer.

Went to the Sal as promised...lured by the promise of Jaipur.
All to no avail...it lasted but ONE night according to one of the girls.
However had a couple of pints of EPA (English Pale Ale).....very nice and hoppy.
Bumped into, and chatted with, Moonlight (Alan) and his father-in-law Glynn, which was very enjoyable.

Went into the Sal myself after last nights match (although didn't get there until about 10.15pm) and tried the Milestone St Georges Legend 4.0%.

Also last night ...
Acorn Old Moor Porter 4.4% in the Red Lion and
Springhead Old Tom 3.8% in the Gatehouse.

Moonlight...if you're looking in. This is the beer I couldn't remember by Wentworth Brewery....which I though was gorgeous... This is an old quote I found by someone. Quote We opted for pints of Rockingham Spalt (4.5% ABV, Wentworth Brewery Ltd, Rotherham, South Yorkshire)This is a lovely beer with a nice chewy bitter taste, grapefruity with a golden colour. '" No wonder I liked it......note the grapefruit bit.....just as you said with Jaipur. It looks like they don't make it anymore. I was right about the spalt bit...it's a hop producing region in Germany. And the other one....the treacly one at 6.2% was this... 5th one down... www.beerhere.co.uk/acatalog/Wentworth_ales.html

Moonlight...if you're looking in. This is the beer I couldn't remember by Wentworth Brewery....which I though was gorgeous... This is an old quote I found by someone. Quote We opted for pints of Rockingham Spalt (4.5% ABV, Wentworth Brewery Ltd, Rotherham, South Yorkshire)This is a lovely beer with a nice chewy bitter taste, grapefruity with a golden colour. '" No wonder I liked it......note the grapefruit bit.....just as you said with Jaipur. It looks like they don't make it anymore. I was right about the spalt bit...it's a hop producing region in Germany. And the other one....the treacly one at 6.2% was this... 5th one down... www.beerhere.co.uk/acatalog/Wentworth_ales.html

Rampant Gryphon ... used to be a regular in the Sal some years ago. Very nice.

I may try that this afternoon ... can't guarantee to like it as much as yourself though.

Cheers SO, very agreeable evening throughout. It will be interesting when Sue puts the barrel of Jaipur on that she has in the cellar. I will contact the Sal and find out. May get a sniff of it this time and not let Gary finish half a barrel on one night.



The Marstons EPA was a worthy substitute but just edged out (flavour wise) IMO by The Old Empire IPA that they make.

went into the corner pin after last nights game and stayed there till it shut at 1, so much for a quick pint on way home!!. a couple of superb dark ales on in there at the minute, including one from a whitby brewery.

Went to beer festival in clifford last weekend, and had a georgous pint, Saltaire Triple Chocoholic. The landlord says he is hoping to have this on in the pin in about2 or 3 weeks time.

how many dons fans are members of Camra?. I am a member of Lagrad (which is a subsidiary of camra) camra (campaign for real ale) and lagrad (lesbian and gay real ale drinkers).

Just wondering if we could have a subsidiary group for Dons Real Ale Drinkers. The membership could be a couple of quid extra to the camra membership. And what could the initials be for the group?

whats people think, maybe then if we had a group we might be able to put pressure on the keepmoat to provide real ale. at the previous home game to last night, i spoke to one of the bar managers and he said it had been thought of, but they would need to guarantee they can shift a barrell when they put it on, as it would not keep until the next game. so get asking for it, and we may get a barrell on

I think a good few of us Rob. Myself and my good lady are members of Camra. Just renewed our membership and got a a decent amount of 50p off vouchers for Weatherspoons/Lloyds No 1.