We had a really nice Vino Nobile di Montepulciano last night - pricey, but worth every penny. It went very well with my sausage red pepper tomato sauce pasta but was probably conceived to go with better things.
Ontario-based Malivoire is selling a mixed 6-bottle case of its Gamay Noir wines, including a few experimental bottles. Gamay does very well in Ontario and Malivoire is serious about theirs. I have invested in a case for experimentation with friends…
I ended up in a pub last night. They had 5 handpumps but only one beer available from any of them. It was dartmoor legend and perfectly nice.
I would have liked choice, but at least there was a good ale.
This situation does seem happen a fair bit in my experience.
Is it like that in your neck of the woods?
I ended up in a pub last night. They had 5 handpumps but only one beer available from any of them. It was dartmoor legend and perfectly nice.
I would have liked choice, but at least there was a good ale.
This situation does seem happen a fair bit in my experience.
Is it like that in your neck of the woods?
Given cask ale only lasts four or five days once the cask is opened, I'd far sooner pubs reacted to reduced demand by reducing the choice than by letting it go off, at least until as a nation we come to our senses and come back to the real stuff - I've had some vinegar recently where cask ale turnover is low and they've tried to still have several on.
I ended up in a pub last night. They had 5 handpumps but only one beer available from any of them. It was dartmoor legend and perfectly nice.
I would have liked choice, but at least there was a good ale.
This situation does seem happen a fair bit in my experience.
Is it like that in your neck of the woods?
Given cask ale only lasts four or five days once the cask is opened, I'd far sooner pubs reacted to reduced demand by reducing the choice than by letting it go off, at least until as a nation we come to our senses and come back to the real stuff - I've had some vinegar recently where cask ale turnover is low and they've tried to still have several on.
As you all know, I can no longer drink due to non alcohol liver damage. I am no going to bars and pubs asking the managers if they have ever considered providing non alcohol spirit alternatives. More bars are offering non alcohol beers. A few are now looking at offering mocktails.
Non alcohol spirits seem to be a growing sector in the supermarkets this side of the pond.
Non alcohol beer has greatly improved of late. I had adnams offering at a gig last night due to driving.
I did have some rather special whisky with a dear pal when we got home.
Oh yes. I’m old enough to remember stuff like Barbican and Kaliber which were truly vile. Alcohol free beers nowadays aren’t at all bad. It just annoys me that it costs the same as regular beer
Oddly, if you buy it in the supermarket you still have to be age checked
I believe this is related to the informal consensus around the advertising rules that these drinks shouldn't be 'prompted' to those who are underage - on the basis that this might also encourage consumption of alcoholic drinks, aka:
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Ontario-based Malivoire is selling a mixed 6-bottle case of its Gamay Noir wines, including a few experimental bottles. Gamay does very well in Ontario and Malivoire is serious about theirs. I have invested in a case for experimentation with friends…
I would have liked choice, but at least there was a good ale.
This situation does seem happen a fair bit in my experience.
Is it like that in your neck of the woods?
Given cask ale only lasts four or five days once the cask is opened, I'd far sooner pubs reacted to reduced demand by reducing the choice than by letting it go off, at least until as a nation we come to our senses and come back to the real stuff - I've had some vinegar recently where cask ale turnover is low and they've tried to still have several on.
Good point
Non alcohol beer has greatly improved of late. I had adnams offering at a gig last night due to driving.
I did have some rather special whisky with a dear pal when we got home.
But, then, soft drinks are pricey in pubs and restaurants.
I think the issues are it's smaller production runs, and it requires extra treatment to remove the ethanol.
That's just ridiculous. Especially as a lot of fruit is over 0.5% ABV.
I believe this is related to the informal consensus around the advertising rules that these drinks shouldn't be 'prompted' to those who are underage - on the basis that this might also encourage consumption of alcoholic drinks, aka:
https://www.asa.org.uk/advice-online/alcohol-alcohol-alternatives-and-zero-alcohol.html