Re: O/T Another Round - More tales of Real Ale : Fri Sep 17, 2010 1:40 pm  

Wanderer wrote:

The Mature Toad is very nice. If you like that you'll probaly enjoy Tadpole too.

He might get legless on Tadpole.

[Wanderer]

Re: O/T Another Round - More tales of Real Ale : Fri Sep 17, 2010 6:20 pm  

I'll tee 'em up ... you hit 'em!

[Wanderer]

Re: O/T Another Round - More tales of Real Ale : Mon Sep 20, 2010 6:36 pm  

Sampled the Pivni house ale brewed by Thornbridge yesterday at the World Beer Freehouse in York and also a pint of Wadworth 6x in the Punch Bowl (the one opposite the Yorkshire Terrier - as opposed to the Wetherspoons house).

[Wanderer]

Re: O/T Another Round - More tales of Real Ale : Wed Sep 22, 2010 7:21 pm  

Burton Bridge Damson Porter 4.5%
Northumberland Brown Ale 4.6%
Ilkley Best 4.0%
Raw JR Best 4.2%
all sampled in Cask Corner last night along with yet another pint of Mature Toad.

Re: O/T Another Round - More tales of Real Ale : Thu Sep 23, 2010 10:16 am  

Wanderer wrote:

Burton Bridge Damson Porter 4.5%
Northumberland Brown Ale 4.6%
Ilkley Best 4.0%
Raw JR Best 4.2%
all sampled in Cask Corner last night along with yet another pint of Mature Toad.

I read that the Toad Brewery were hoping to open to the public and sell ale on match days ... sometime in the future.
That would be Rovers match days I presume.

They also get their water from their own borehole.

[Wanderer]

Re: O/T Another Round - More tales of Real Ale : Thu Sep 23, 2010 11:22 am  

Stand-Offish wrote:

That would be Rovers match days I presume.

Correct.

Re: O/T Another Round - More tales of Real Ale : Thu Sep 23, 2010 1:43 pm  

Visited the Black Lion at Firbeck yesterday. The owner bought the pub from Punch Taverns last year and it shows. Five ales on of which two were from microbreweries and some stonkingly good fare to boot. Pub was full on a Wednesday evening, which says something when they're out in the sticks. Both beers I had were in good form, Bryson's Hurricane Bitter and Westgate ( Greene King ) Bonkers Conkers.

[Wanderer]

Re: O/T Another Round - More tales of Real Ale : Sat Sep 25, 2010 2:40 pm  

I note that the entries for Doncaster town centre in the 2011 Good Beer Guide remain the same as for 2010;

Corner Pin
Gatehouse
Plough
Red Lion
Salutation
Tut 'n' Shive

Good to see the Toad Brewery in there.

[Wanderer]

Re: O/T Another Round - More tales of Real Ale : Tue Sep 28, 2010 6:58 pm  

Tried the latest offering from the Toad Brewery in Cask Corner at the Weekend. The Da Vinci Toad 5.5% and very nice it is too.

Re: O/T Another Round - More tales of Real Ale : Tue Sep 28, 2010 9:37 pm  

Wanderer wrote:

Tried the latest offering from the Toad Brewery in Cask Corner at the Weekend. The Da Vinci Toad 5.5% and very nice it is too.

Da Vinci Toad ... I ask you?
If they want crap names like that ... they only have to ask.