The Dead Pints Society.. Nostalgia is....

Discussion in 'United Kingdom & Ireland' started by Aye, May 19, 2013.

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  1. Aye

    Aye Initiate (0) Jul 21, 2011 England

    ..the British disease.

    Don those rose tinted spectacles and indulge in a trip down Memory Lane, across Hazy Recollection Heath, round Confabulation Corner to that comfy old pub where the spirits of long gone beers live on in a miasma of smoke, long sentences, heavy handed mixed metaphor and depleted brain cells.

    Mine's a pint of Butterknowle Conciliation Ale when you've got a minute please. A regular guest in my usual haunt at the time,Conciliation was full of flavour and not too strong at 4.2%. It had that moreish quality that overcame my tendency to drink my way down a bank of hand pulls and stopped me drinking nowt but dark beers in winter. Alas, gone, along with the brewery and their other gems such as High Force, Lynesack Porter and Old Ebenezer.
    Then the free house was bought by a brewery, the beer and the regulars changed, I moved on.

    What's yours?
     
    #1 Aye, May 19, 2013
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  2. reprob8

    reprob8 Initiate (0) May 22, 2008 England

    Barnsley Bitter, the original Barnsley Bitter not the Acorn version. Of more 'recent' brews Kitchen Raisin Stout.
     
    #2 reprob8, May 19, 2013
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  3. marquis

    marquis Pooh-Bah (2,313) Nov 20, 2005 England
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    Was the Conciliation Ale one of John Constable's brews? We used to see a lot of Butterknowle beers in the Rose and Crown including High Force and also Carl's Tipple , lovely stuff but 6.3% so I needed a driver!
    Where shall we begin? Adnam's Extra is sorely missed, a cracking pint.
    Our local brews were pretty good (we largely escaped the nationals in this area) though thankfully Shipstone's Mild and Bitter are still replicated in the Belvoir Brewery by their ex-brewer.I also miss the 7 1/2 pence a pint it was when it first passed my lips.
    Boddington's as it was.No longer fit for purpose.
     
    #3 marquis, May 21, 2013
  4. Aye

    Aye Initiate (0) Jul 21, 2011 England

    It was indeed John Constable's brewery.
     
    #4 Aye, May 21, 2013
  5. EmperorBevis

    EmperorBevis Grand High Pooh-Bah (9,338) Sep 25, 2011 England
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    My initial answer is Green Bullet by Dobbins, a super hopped beer from 20 years ago but with a real bitter edge
    but I miss all of Dobbins brews like Guiltless Stout and old Sop,
    come back to Manchester, Brendan.

    My first regular pint was Marston's Merry Monk I wonder if they brewed it to the original recipe and perfectly recreated (which I am sure they didn't when they did some master brews)
    than dropped it again would I miss it after drinking it with a more mature palate?
     
    #5 EmperorBevis, May 21, 2013
  6. marquis

    marquis Pooh-Bah (2,313) Nov 20, 2005 England
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    Merry Monk is Pedigree with added caramel, I drank some not all that long ago.
    Like the Dobbins, my old Shipstone's Star Bitter was super hopped.It took some people unawares and people either loved it or hated it.You could smell the hops across the table from a well kept pint.
     
    #6 marquis, May 22, 2013
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  7. EmperorBevis

    EmperorBevis Grand High Pooh-Bah (9,338) Sep 25, 2011 England
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    That's it I was trying to remember how they altered Pedigree to make it, though funnily never really enjoyed ped

    One of those much missed breweries wasn't it those shit mongers Greenalls that did it
    I tell you what I am glad is gone GW bitter and that turd farm in Warrington.
     
    #7 EmperorBevis, May 22, 2013
  8. marquis

    marquis Pooh-Bah (2,313) Nov 20, 2005 England
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    I had a brilliant brewery trip there. They must have been good at the hospitality thing because I once described what had happened without mentioning the brewery and Ron Pattinson wrote in saying "Was that Shipstones you mentioned ?"
     
    #8 marquis, May 22, 2013
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