Re: O/T Another Round - More tales of Real Ale : Sat Jun 26, 2010 11:29 pm  

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.

[Wanderer]

Re: O/T Another Round - More tales of Real Ale : Sun Jun 27, 2010 8:32 am  

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.

Re: O/T Another Round - More tales of Real Ale : Sun Jun 27, 2010 8:51 am  

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. 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... http://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. 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... http://www.beerhere.co.uk/acatalog/Wentworth_ales.html

[Wanderer]

Re: O/T Another Round - More tales of Real Ale : Sun Jun 27, 2010 9:32 am  

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

[Wanderer]

Re: O/T Another Round - More tales of Real Ale : Sun Jun 27, 2010 11:11 am  

Stand-Offish wrote:

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.

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

Re: O/T Another Round - More tales of Real Ale : Sun Jun 27, 2010 1:12 pm  

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.

Re: O/T Another Round - More tales of Real Ale : Sun Jun 27, 2010 1:40 pm  

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.

Re: O/T Another Round - More tales of Real Ale : Sun Jun 27, 2010 1:45 pm  

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

Re: O/T Another Round - More tales of Real Ale : Sun Jun 27, 2010 5:25 pm  

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.

Re: O/T Another Round - More tales of Real Ale : Sun Jun 27, 2010 9:09 pm  

Dons Real Ale Tipplers.....DRAT!
The DRAT pack!