tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post4933488943427672793..comments2024-03-29T07:17:26.082+00:00Comments on Tandleman's Beer Blog: Not a Warm Pint in SightUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-76439608290449563572015-10-14T10:13:48.859+01:002015-10-14T10:13:48.859+01:00Thanet is one of my favourite places to drink. Sha...Thanet is one of my favourite places to drink. Shame it is a 500 mile round trip.Not only Ramsgate, but Broadstars and Margate have got the micropub scene just right. <br />http://fozzy21.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/kent-touch-this.htmlSteve Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06725444056654111446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-37570554289542875622015-10-13T13:24:58.365+01:002015-10-13T13:24:58.365+01:00Shhh! Don't say it too loudly, we don't wa...Shhh! Don't say it too loudly, we don't want these places full of those bloody Down From London types!Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09280318504737098116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-78112762933499664942015-10-08T14:53:37.002+01:002015-10-08T14:53:37.002+01:00Er. Didn't say we were lone customers in the s...Er. Didn't say we were lone customers in the second micropub.Tandlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804499573827044693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-66237621162530661272015-10-08T14:26:46.893+01:002015-10-08T14:26:46.893+01:00Lovely report. But where was the second micropub i...Lovely report. But where was the second micropub in which we were the lone punters? Don't say it's the Artillery Arms -- a proper, though small, boozer, not at all a micropub! Next time, we'll have to end there, since it's a riot in the evening with the locals. A bit quicker to the station from there than from the Monte, and it is less of a climb.<br /><br />I'm glad you didn't list off "went here, drank that". That'd be painful to scroll through. The micropubs all seem to price their beer at 3 quid, regardless of strength. Well, except for that one 6.1% one we saw at the first place...IIRC. <br /><br />AFA temperature goes, I've been in Thanet in all four seasons, and temps have never been a problem at any of these places. There have been other places, either outside of Thanet (Canterbury & environs) or not worthy of the Tand, where beer has been warm and/or off. Fairly consistently IME. And I'm about ready to stop giving them revisits.<br /><br />Since temperatures were fine, what about condition? And not a sparkled beer all day -- how's a Northerner to cope?<br /><br />I'm glad you liked the Ravensgate Arms, I wasn't sure how that would work out for you. Others I've been in with haven't liked it much, but it's grown on me. Except for my last visit, when he'd just put on a cask of Jaipur, of all things, and it was very much meh. I wonder if he just shouldn't have waited longer. Especially pleased that it being run by a half-colonist (Canadian/English) isn't problematic. They're a nice, very young couple, it's heartening to see them getting into and enjoying the trade. <br /><br />Did you note that he's got 14 taps: 6 cask, 6 keykeg, and 2 ciders? All are done with the Jetflow pumps or whatever they're called.<br />Erlangernickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09564871714656285737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-85037469403707174822015-10-08T10:19:29.678+01:002015-10-08T10:19:29.678+01:00That's the first for ages. i think if you stop...That's the first for ages. i think if you stop it as I did for about a year, you drop off the list as it were.Tandlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804499573827044693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-66159719120353263482015-10-08T09:44:20.149+01:002015-10-08T09:44:20.149+01:00Did you turn the captcha off for a while and thus ...Did you turn the captcha off for a while and thus get an avalanche of spam?Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-29009271684005544802015-10-08T00:00:43.441+01:002015-10-08T00:00:43.441+01:00I'm finding this to be a pretty good time of y...I'm finding this to be a pretty good time of year for beer temperature. <br /><br />As soon as pubs stick the heating on (with the radiators waaaay too close to the cask lines) it'll all go to pot. Ben Viveurhttp://www.benviveur.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-82587866212739566022015-10-07T20:34:26.377+01:002015-10-07T20:34:26.377+01:00For quite a while, Ind Coope Burton was my favouri...For quite a while, Ind Coope Burton was my favourite pint. I see little point in reviving a beer if the flavour isn't going to be matched.<br /><br />You'll be a pub man for a good while yet, TM!Neville Grundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10923209266005338452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-4175675339966149522015-10-07T18:59:11.162+01:002015-10-07T18:59:11.162+01:00There's a particular combination of geography ...There's a particular combination of geography and social mix that supports this kind of lively local pub scene, but very hard to define it precisely. Love your reference to "the many bearded denizens" :-)Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-26766254751097978832015-10-07T16:15:05.997+01:002015-10-07T16:15:05.997+01:00In the brave new world Cookie there is no place fo...In the brave new world Cookie there is no place for dinosaurs such as me. When I go, the piss up as we know it will die with me. Well there is Stonch. He just looks old, but I suppose he may keep it all going a bit.<br /><br />Sensory matching of lunatically strong beer with odd non beery things things in it while eating placenta flavoured scotch eggs to the sound of bands that you've never heard of and never will- that's the fture. Embrace it. I'd love to say you heard it here first, but you didn't. It's already out there.<br /><br />The future may not be dark, but it will be murky.Tandlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804499573827044693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-38961007185866656372015-10-07T16:08:19.452+01:002015-10-07T16:08:19.452+01:00You should organise official TANDLEMAN piss ups ju...You should organise official TANDLEMAN piss ups just like other bloggers do how to beer blog evenings or beer/food matching or god forbid, beer and music matching.<br /><br />Teach the kids how to become pub men.Cooking Lagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830924433230427226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-90635058035179486062015-10-07T15:29:14.822+01:002015-10-07T15:29:14.822+01:00That's very bad news about the DBA.That's very bad news about the DBA.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13844169940650659196noreply@blogger.com