Alcohol Age Indicator

[az city]

Re: Alcohol Age Indicator

I had the odd pint of bitter as a 16/17 year old in pubs in north Cheshire and south Manchester - but didn't have a regular brew until I moved to Bristol to go to college when I was 18.

Then it was 6X or Courage Best/Directors.

Until the great Courage brewery strike of 1980 when it was Felinfoel Double Dragon brought over the bridge to keep the Courage pubs open. It was only later that I realised I was helping to break a strike with every pint. My shame lasted years!

Always bitter for me. Something not right about lager drinking - unless it is just to cool down with fizzy piss on a hot day, and even then best to do it with the glass hidden in a paper bag.

I have just turned 65. Still drink bitter on some nights out - but more wine or whiskey these days.

Is The Fat Cat still alive and well?

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

Re: Alcohol Age Indicator

Never liked alcohol

The taste of SA in particular was dreadful

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

Re: Alcohol Age Indicator

At college I could tolerate bottles of Newcastle Brown Ale which if chilled enough were almost like coke

[bobh]

Re: Alcohol Age Indicator

Never liked alcohol

The taste of SA in particular was dreadful

Blasphemer!!

[Jordi Culé]

Re: Alcohol Age Indicator

They had Hurlimans over St Albans Club, known as Hooligans, it wasn’t there long.

Had a Friday afternoon/evening on Hurlimanns before a City game early 90s. Went for a lie down in the Bob Bank and playing football the day after was a shit show.

Never again.

[Tuerto]

Re: Alcohol Age Indicator

Was it Caffrey's that went down with ease but caused the mother of all hangovers the next day? i'm sure they reduced the strength of it.

[Jordi Culé]

Re: Alcohol Age Indicator

Was it Caffrey's that went down with ease but caused the mother of all hangovers the next day? i'm sure they reduced the strength of it.

You're right.

Initially Caffreys on draught was 5%ish. It's not that now.

[the other bob wilson]

Re: Alcohol Age Indicator

At the Cowbridge road end of Wyndham Crescent at the entrance to what is now a car park was a pub I think it was called the Crown. There was a sliding window near the door to the rear bar. Barman couldn’t even see your face. Brains bitter was the only drink I could think of

Playing pool in the Crown was interesting, that’s where I accidentally learned how to play what passed as masse shots - at least one of the walls was too close to the table to play normal shots - there was one pub (think it might have been the original Canal Boat on North Road, thinking back, the Wyndham had one as well) that had a cue about two foot long for such shots.

[the other bob wilson]

Re: Alcohol Age Indicator

It was called the Hope, not the Canal Boat wasn’t it.