No pipes in Micropubs! Straight from the cask and poured using simple, good old gravity. I recently completed my Cask Marque Cellar Management course, at the Griffin Brewery, Chiswick! Too many modern pubs run down their ales during a session and don't change the beer or even replace with the same ale. Micropubs have the casks racked, vented, conditioned and tapped ready for immediate use when required.
Congrats on your cellar management qualification, Riviera. How will you control the temperature of your casks? I know there are cooling jackets, and recently read a reference to a device that is located within the cask itself. What is this and how does it work?
In August I enjoyed a week's walking holiday on Romney Marsh; another visit to the Red Lion at Snargate, known locally as Doris's, was essential. The pub is renowned nationally among aficionados of unspoilt rural beer-houses: it has been run by the Jemison family since 1911 and comprises three small low-ceilinged rooms, one with a marble counter serving ale and cider direct from the cask. Doris has been behind the bar for 63 years and licensee for 27 of them; her daughter Kate helps out. There is no draught lager, just four or five optics, no food other than crisps and pickled eggs, and entertainment is provided by toad-in-the-hole, which entails pitching coins into a small wooden box from four yards. On my previous visit about five years ago, Doris gave me a peach as big as a cricket ball plucked from her garden.
The only down-side to this idyll is that the casks on a stillage behind the counter are not cooled, and in the heat of August the beers and local cider are disappointingly tepid.
Good article, and liking the stubble! Looks like I'll be bringing my Fosters cans from the offy, so let me know the corkage charge :-)
You just cannot drop the lager can you? Although I bet you have!
I assure you and all other non-believers that the range of cask conditioned ales available these days is so vast that there really is something for everyone. The two myths about Real Ale are that it is warm and flat. We'll believe me those two statements could not be further from the truth. Cask conditioned ale is a live living product, everyday keg lager is not. Although of course there are cask conditioned lagers available too. The beer produced by modern microbreweries like our local, Hopstuff in Woowich is very popular with young people, male and female. The days of real ale being just for fat, middle aged, beardy trainspotters are over, although those chaps are more than welcome in The Long Pond along with everyone else.
Good article, and liking the stubble! Looks like I'll be bringing my Fosters cans from the offy, so let me know the corkage charge :-)
You just cannot drop the lager can you? Although I bet you have!
I assure you and all other non-believers that the range of cask conditioned ales available these days is so vast that there really is something for everyone. The two myths about Real Ale are that it is warm and flat. We'll believe me those two statements could not be further from the truth. Cask conditioned ale is a live living product, everyday keg lager is not. Although of course there are cask conditioned lagers available too. The beer produced by modern microbreweries like our local, Hopstuff in Woowich is very popular with young people, male and female. The days of real ale being just for fat, middle aged, beardy trainspotters are over, although those chaps are more than welcome in The Long Pond along with everyone else.
What? Palace supporters welcome?
We are a neutral pub as far as football and politics are concerned. However no Essex or Surrey supporters allowed.
No pipes in Micropubs! Straight from the cask and poured using simple, good old gravity. I recently completed my Cask Marque Cellar Management course, at the Griffin Brewery, Chiswick! Too many modern pubs run down their ales during a session and don't change the beer or even replace with the same ale. Micropubs have the casks racked, vented, conditioned and tapped ready for immediate use when required.
Congrats on your cellar management qualification, Riviera. How will you control the temperature of your casks? I know there are cooling jackets, and recently read a reference to a device that is located within the cask itself. What is this and how does it work?
In August I enjoyed a week's walking holiday on Romney Marsh; another visit to the Red Lion at Snargate, known locally as Doris's, was essential. The pub is renowned nationally among aficionados of unspoilt rural beer-houses: it has been run by the Jemison family since 1911 and comprises three small low-ceilinged rooms, one with a marble counter serving ale and cider direct from the cask. Doris has been behind the bar for 63 years and licensee for 27 of them; her daughter Kate helps out. There is no draught lager, just four or five optics, no food other than crisps and pickled eggs, and entertainment is provided by toad-in-the-hole, which entails pitching coins into a small wooden box from four yards. On my previous visit about five years ago, Doris gave me a peach as big as a cricket ball plucked from her garden.
The only down-side to this idyll is that the casks on a stillage behind the counter are not cooled, and in the heat of August the beers and local cider are disappointingly tepid.
Casks stored on a stillage in a temperature controlled beer room. A 6kw J&E Hall air handling unit maintains the optimum temperature for ale, 11-13C.
Ha, I hardly recognise you, although tbf I don't even recognise myself these days & 1987 is some time ago.
I'll pop over when you open.
Me, you and our Millwall mate Kevin. I wonder where Rob Crisp and Geoff Wicker are? You don't look much different, seen you at away games, a thin Rodney Bewes. I am 5 stone heavier than we worked together, 27 years ago.
Ha, I hardly recognise you, although tbf I don't even recognise myself these days & 1987 is some time ago.
I'll pop over when you open.
Me, you and our Millwall mate Kevin. I wonder where Rob Crisp and Geoff Wicker are? You don't look much different, seen you at away games, a thin Rodney Bewes. I am 5 stone heavier than we worked together, 27 years ago.
I reckon Rob may live in Chislehurst. I saw him on the last Ch X train to Chislehurst, Petts Wood & Orpington about a year ago, but he was half asleep, so I didn't say anything.
He was a Money Broker like me but disappeared from the City before I did. Kevin STILL works for Barclays! My last job at BGC was at the Barclays H/O in CW and Kev was there too. Be good to have a little Barclays Bank Bromley reunion, we could get Rob Glazebrook to perform!
Elfin 'ell! You're not my supervisor anymore! Jeff, Geoff or Fred. Who gives a toss? Grahame Sladden is barred. Do you know or did you realise how corrupt that Senior Securities Section was? So many sacked for dodgy lending.
this thread is taking an interesting turn. Corrupt? British retail banking? Shorely shum mishtake, I understood it was just a few bad eggs in the City.
I think I'm going to learn a lot, at the Long Pond...:-)
I see the Old Loyal Britons in Greenwich has been awarded an entry in the 2015 Camra Good Beer Guide. That's quite an achievement for a new venture. Well done, Strasburger.
I see the Old Loyal Britons in Greenwich has been awarded an entry in the 2015 Camra Good Beer Guide. That's quite an achievement for a new venture. Well done, Strasburger.
I wonder how the planning app for the building is progressing. Last I looked there were quite a few formally opposing the development on the councils website.
He was a Money Broker like me but disappeared from the City before I did. Kevin STILL works for Barclays! My last job at BGC was at the Barclays H/O in CW and Kev was there too. Be good to have a little Barclays Bank Bromley reunion, we could get Rob Glazebrook to perform!
If you want good beer and Rob Glazebrook, he's appearing this Friday night at the excellent Grape & Grain (discount for CAMERA members) in Upper Norwood...
I'm sure he would love to play in your place when it opens Riv.
That's the one. Builders on their 3rd week, believe me plenty of life inside. It's a very long shop and most of the work being done at the rear end. It looked like this when I took it over
I see the Old Loyal Britons in Greenwich has been awarded an entry in the 2015 Camra Good Beer Guide. That's quite an achievement for a new venture. Well done, Strasburger.
I wonder how the planning app for the building is progressing. Last I looked there were quite a few formally opposing the development on the councils website.
An old chum from university 30 years ago came up to London from Manchester for the weekend, so I took him on a pub crawl on Friday night. He likes to cop entries in the Camra Good Beer Guide; the first two are in the 2015 edition: Royal Standard, Blackheath; Pelton Arms, east Greenwich; then along the river: Cutty Sark, Yacht, and Trafalgar Tavern. Hoped to finish at the Old Loyal Britons, but was shocked to find it boarded up! What has happened, Strasburger? So we repaired to the Spanish Galleon for pints of Shep's Master Brew. Being a Friday night the pubs were boisterous, noisy, and terrific fun.
That's the one. Builders on their 3rd week, believe me plenty of life inside. It's a very long shop and most of the work being done at the rear end. It looked like this when I took it over
Open before Christmas? Hope so, really looking forward to this.
The Trust would love to meet Clive Efford for a beer to talk about the Labour Party footie plans and other CAFC matters, just wondering if you are on good enough terms to persuade him to maybe have a beer with us at your gaff.
Good article, and liking the stubble! Looks like I'll be bringing my Fosters cans from the offy, so let me know the corkage charge :-)
You just cannot drop the lager can you? Although I bet you have!
I assure you and all other non-believers that the range of cask conditioned ales available these days is so vast that there really is something for everyone. The two myths about Real Ale are that it is warm and flat. We'll believe me those two statements could not be further from the truth. Cask conditioned ale is a live living product, everyday keg lager is not. Although of course there are cask conditioned lagers available too. The beer produced by modern microbreweries like our local, Hopstuff in Woowich is very popular with young people, male and female. The days of real ale being just for fat, middle aged, beardy trainspotters are over, although those chaps are more than welcome in The Long Pond along with everyone else.
What Ales would you recommend to lager drinkers then mate?
I'm a stella drinker and apart from the occasional old wallop down bangers (although it's been a while) never even look at ale so, where would be a good start?
Good article, and liking the stubble! Looks like I'll be bringing my Fosters cans from the offy, so let me know the corkage charge :-)
You just cannot drop the lager can you? Although I bet you have!
I assure you and all other non-believers that the range of cask conditioned ales available these days is so vast that there really is something for everyone. The two myths about Real Ale are that it is warm and flat. We'll believe me those two statements could not be further from the truth. Cask conditioned ale is a live living product, everyday keg lager is not. Although of course there are cask conditioned lagers available too. The beer produced by modern microbreweries like our local, Hopstuff in Woowich is very popular with young people, male and female. The days of real ale being just for fat, middle aged, beardy trainspotters are over, although those chaps are more than welcome in The Long Pond along with everyone else.
What Ales would you recommend to lager drinkers then mate?
I'm a stella drinker and apart from the occasional old wallop down bangers (although it's been a while) never even look at ale so, where would be a good start?
Personally I find IPA a bit wishy-washy but I guess that would make it ideal for a lager drinker. I think a big issue for a lot of lager drinkers is that they are accustomed to drinking their beer cold. The 11° of a pub real ale or 20° of a typical bottle at home can come as a bit of a shock. For that reason I'd recommend breaking yourself in gently with something that you can put in the fridge. Perhaps a Sierra Nevada pale ale, an Old Speckled Hen or even a Marsden's Pedigree. Alternatively (and it's not really the best time of year to start) why not try a nice summer ale? Something like Brewers Gold, Exmoor Gold or just about anything else with 'gold' in its name. There are loads of great beers out there Dave, it's fantastic that you're prepared to give some a go.
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In August I enjoyed a week's walking holiday on Romney Marsh; another visit to the Red Lion at Snargate, known locally as Doris's, was essential. The pub is renowned nationally among aficionados of unspoilt rural beer-houses: it has been run by the Jemison family since 1911 and comprises three small low-ceilinged rooms, one with a marble counter serving ale and cider direct from the cask. Doris has been behind the bar for 63 years and licensee for 27 of them; her daughter Kate helps out. There is no draught lager, just four or five optics, no food other than crisps and pickled eggs, and entertainment is provided by toad-in-the-hole, which entails pitching coins into a small wooden box from four yards. On my previous visit about five years ago, Doris gave me a peach as big as a cricket ball plucked from her garden.
The only down-side to this idyll is that the casks on a stillage behind the counter are not cooled, and in the heat of August the beers and local cider are disappointingly tepid.
I'll pop over when you open.
Do you know or did you realise how corrupt that Senior Securities Section was? So many sacked for dodgy lending.
I think I'm going to learn a lot, at the Long Pond...:-)
Or are you referring to the tosser behind the bar?
:-)
I'm sure he would love to play in your place when it opens Riv.
I've been past this week & there are no signs of life.
Open before Christmas? Hope so, really looking forward to this.
The Trust would love to meet Clive Efford for a beer to talk about the Labour Party footie plans and other CAFC matters, just wondering if you are on good enough terms to persuade him to maybe have a beer with us at your gaff.
I'm a stella drinker and apart from the occasional old wallop down bangers (although it's been a while) never even look at ale so, where would be a good start?