Recent content by Beebee31

I got quite a taste for Weizen beer while drinking (sorry, ‘studying’) for a year near Stuttgart but that was pretty much exclusively bottled. Probably because I was skint most of the time!

That’s a new one on me...

Definitely.

You’re right of course....yet they do. It’s the same argument as “Best in Show” at Cruft’s really.... a fairly academic exercise tbh

Hi Richard, it’s a bit hazy to be honest but I think it was €11. It was after a few ;) they said the bottle was about 4 or 5 Euro at the monastery gate, but their petrol/time etc to and from Amsterdam tended to push the price up (especially with the per-person limit the monks set). I remember...

I was reminded of this episode by the “7.60 a pint” discussion. while I was living in Amsterdam, one of my favourite haunts was Bar Gollem which was one of those 720-different-beers type places. Where they apologise if the glass doesn’t match the beer, you know? I was sitting at the bar when I...

PS sorry I’m late to the party!

So....I think it’s sharp practice to re-date stuff but the malt extract wouldn't go off IMO. If you have any issue with the brew, I’d send another snotty email and advise you’re disappointed that he altered BB dates. If he still insists, you could point to the fact that various members of this...

He’s only got 40k! 😉

The South of Wales is traditionally more welcoming to non-Welsh and if you fancied opening as a little B&B, there will only be more trade in years to come as the £ devalues and foreign travel gets dearer and dearer.

As a half-serious reply, South Wales has some beautiful places and with global warming and the Gulf Stream, I can’t see them having terrible winters, not compared to PNW USA...

You’d just be scratching the surface in 10 years. 😉

Strut

yup I think I put an extra fiver in someone’s pocket....oh well.

Ummm. What’s the right price for a Coopers? 🙄. I may have overpaid.... And where would the best place to get them at that price...?