Beer festival 08

[Froglegs]

Went to the Robin Hood beer festival at Nottingham castle last night,and with over 500 real ales to try with names like Piddle,Gadd's dogbolter,Scutchamans thingy,and Croak and Stagger,a good time was had by all.My favorite was Beljing black from the Potbelly brewery in Kettering,a nice dark mild had to try that one twice. ::).The one thing that did strike me as strange is that real ale drinkers(including me)all have beards and would not look out of places in the group Jetho Tull. :-[i wonder if its something they put in the beer :-\ .But after last nights cervisial, i feels like I'm wearing my belaclava inside my head,so will not get much done in the garden today as the sun is to Strong for my poor eyes . 8)

[Froglegs]

[ACE]

I would think you would need a beard to filter the lumps out of some of those brews ;D

The dark mild sounds good, a drink of the past down this way, a good social drink in its time. So weak you could still drive home after 6 pints.

[OllieC]

The beard thing is intersting - Annabelle calls Beer "beard", and thinks that that is what makes you grow a beard the next day (stubble). The other day she said, "Daddy, why doesn't clever juice (the other name for beer) give mummy a beard?".

[redimp]

I don't have a beard or a pot belly and I only drink real ale and frequently frequent festivals.  However, I do concede that I am the exception and not the rule.

[Froglegs]

I would think you would need a beard to filter the lumps out of some of those brews ;D

The dark mild sounds good, a drink of the past down this way, a good social drink in its time. So weak you could still drive home after 6 pints.

I don't think you would wont to get behind the wheel after 6 pints,some of them were over 5%, did not try this one but Fullers Golden pride was 8% that would put a cease in ya trousers. :P
Clever juice...i.like it ;D

Did not see one potbelly all night....honest. ::)

[ACE]

Fullers Golden pride was 8%

Did it have 'please drink sensibly' on the label.

[Froglegs]

Fullers Golden pride was 8%

Did it have 'please drink sensibly' on the label.

Two........i...think....but by the time i got to this one i was mostly seeing two of everything :P ;)

[allaboutliverpool]

Strange..

I went to the 4 day beer festival in Liverpool on Friday night.

Not a beard, curly hair or shell suit in sight, just shaven heads, football strips and beer bellies (except me, no football strip or shaven head)

[Froglegs]

It must be only in Notts then that you need a beard to drink real ale.

[ACE]

I bet you all dropped in to get a kebab on the way home!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/3196415/Kebab-boss-prepared-food-as-worker-lay-dead-nearby.html

Makes you wonder what the hell's in the elephants leg.

Dirty Barstewards.

[redimp]

No mate - veggie and that includes eating dead employees! :-X

[saddad]

I'm a Derby Camra memeber and I don't have a beard either!
  ::)

[Froglegs]

I'm a Derby Camra memeber and I don't have a beard either!
  ::)

If i remember rightly its the lady beer drinkers in derby who have the beards. ;)