it's just the beer talking

Wow..!! Such a nice post. I like the way you write...

2012-06-02T05:57:30.760+01:00

Wow..!! Such a nice post. I like the way you write.Keep posted...

Also guilty. Perhaps the bigger crime, in this cas...

2012-05-08T12:15:07.780+01:00

Also guilty. Perhaps the bigger crime, in this case, is describing yourself as a creative writer? For the rest of us, cliches are important tools (as per Glyn's comment!) :D

As a self declared SHIT writer, please don't b...

2012-04-30T17:07:48.374+01:00

As a self declared SHIT writer, please don't ban these terms, i'm not nearly intelligent enough to come up with new ones! Awesomely yours. RBF ;)

Use of the word "awesome" ought to carry...

2012-04-30T13:03:43.672+01:00

Use of the word "awesome" ought to carry the penalty of 1 years mandatory attendance at CAMRA branch meetings.

Ban all the ones I'm guilty of (hoppy, malty, ...

2012-04-30T12:09:52.272+01:00

Ban all the ones I'm guilty of (hoppy, malty, fruity, tropical, 'big IPA') before I use any of them again!

Whilst we're doing it, can we send 'reaching out' to the business cliché Room 101 as well please?

Blimey, I'd forgotten about "a hefty"...

2012-04-30T11:15:05.464+01:00

Blimey, I'd forgotten about "a hefty". That's double bad.

hoppy, malty, IBUs, on stream, awesome

2012-04-30T10:57:07.588+01:00

hoppy, malty, IBUs, on stream, awesome

I'm very very guilty of "Weighing in at&q...

2012-04-30T10:49:25.225+01:00

I'm very very guilty of "Weighing in at", m'lud. Often followed by "a hefty", which should carry a worse sentence than Fosters. Eve, maybe, or Animée.

You're right Phil, and I hadn't have wonde...

2012-04-27T13:45:21.323+01:00

You're right Phil, and I hadn't have wondered the same thing I wouldn't have blogged about it in the first place. I was just saying the guy seemed genuine when I spoke to him about it - again, it remains to be seen if it keeps happening.

Not saying you're a mug, but it does seem like...

2012-04-26T00:01:30.297+01:00

Not saying you're a mug, but it does seem like a bizarre coincidence that staff at three different BrewDog bars, hundreds of miles apart, should all have formed the same mistaken view about full measures and top-ups.

Hi folks. I had the chance to have a chat with Max...

2012-04-25T09:16:05.478+01:00

Hi folks. I had the chance to have a chat with Max at BD Notts yesterday, see post here: http://beeradvice.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/catharsis.html I've got no reason to doubt what he said, which I'm sure is going to brand me a complete mug in the eyes of some! I guess whether it does prove to be true will show in the fullness of time.

Yes Phil, CAMRA's campaign is for lined pints ...

2012-04-25T08:47:43.552+01:00

Yes Phil, CAMRA's campaign is for lined pints in oversized glasses. That's not what we favour. The current system is fine as long as transgressors are pulled up.

Cheers - that's the one. So we've got shor...

2012-04-24T23:39:42.776+01:00

Cheers - that's the one. So we've got short measure being reported at BrewDog Newcastle and BrewDog Nottingham, and someone who works for BrewDog in London saying that he refuses requests for a top-up as "the beer falls just short of the line because by law there is an allowance for head".

It's almost as if they were serving short measures as a matter of company policy.

If you choose to do business with Brewpooch don...

2012-04-24T22:43:34.206+01:00

If you choose to do business with Brewpooch don't be surprised when they pull shit like this. Everyone should know what they're like by now, surely.

http://beeradvice.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/would-you...

2012-04-24T22:19:01.196+01:00

http://beeradvice.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/would-you-mind-topping-that-up-please.html

phil, i think this is the post you mention?

we do not support the organisation's Full P...

2012-04-24T20:10:39.394+01:00
we do not support the organisation's Full Pint campaign

You're against short measure, except if CAMRA are talking about it at the time?

Snark aside, this has been noted elsewhere, although I can't find the post now. Somebody pointed out that they'd be getting more pints per keg than they would to the equivalent-sized cask anyway, even with full measure - and everything I've seen suggests they charge more for a pint of keg than what used to be the price of a pint of cask BD beer. (Sorry for the convoluted syntax, but you know what I mean.) Naughty, naughty BrewDog.

Up in BrewDog Aberdeen short measure has never bee...

2012-04-24T17:22:08.011+01:00
Up in BrewDog Aberdeen short measure has never been a problem.
But I do wonder at their 'Guest'. Do they run a keg until it's dry or do they take them off part empty only to re-appear later?
Looking at recent guests, particularly from Hitachino, I strongly suspect the latter.
And BrewDog bang on a bout fresh beer being best. If I'm right I wonder how long some of those kegs have been on the go.

Fashions come, fashions go.

2012-04-24T16:12:25.397+01:00
Fashions come, fashions go.

We're not "take it to the toppers" e...

2012-04-24T14:58:08.537+01:00
We're not "take it to the toppers" either but, now I think about it, I don't think I've ever had to ask for a top up anywhere, anyway. Opened my mouth to do so in a St Austell pub a while back and, before I had chance, the barmaid had snatched the pint from my hand, apologised, and sorted it. In fact, we do the opposite more often: "Don't pour that perfect head away!"

Sounds like there's something funny going on at BD Newcastle, but hopefully crossed-wires rather than outright cynical moneygrubbing. Otherwise, a shark-jumping moment for them.

On second thoughts, Jeff, don't you realise th...

2012-04-24T14:34:50.146+01:00
On second thoughts, Jeff, don't you realise that banging on about short-measure marks you out as a penny-pinching fuddy-duddy-fogey which is NOT AWESOME. Happen the COOL KIDS are happy to be ripped-off by tattooed barcandy as long as they get to see some piercings. It's part of the CRAFT EXPERIENCE. You dig, dog?

2012-04-24T14:26:34.647+01:00
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A bus?

2012-04-10T11:08:49.946+01:00
A bus?

Thanks Zak. Indeed it was a cannula.

2012-03-06T12:57:40.427Z
Thanks Zak. Indeed it was a cannula.

How alarmingly unpleasant - I hope you're all ...

2012-03-06T12:30:21.761Z
How alarmingly unpleasant - I hope you're all better now.

Just to demonstrate how irritating an individual I really am, I think you probably had a cannula in your arm - I'd hope the doctor would have stopped the students had they tried the same thing with a catheter.

hope you feel better soon.

2012-03-02T21:01:01.462Z
hope you feel better soon.