tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post6399258328178624945..comments2024-03-23T04:23:48.076+00:00Comments on Tandleman's Beer Blog: A Few Minor ThingsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-12417245613599692062015-01-16T15:14:05.072+00:002015-01-16T15:14:05.072+00:00I've honestly never liked Marble's beers a...I've honestly never liked Marble's beers as much as their guests, nor what you can get just down the road. And that from me, with my deep, long history of maybe a dozen visits going back at least a half-dozen years!<br /><br />*Really* like the format of the spreadsheet list of beers they've done.Erlangernickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09564871714656285737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-59523062020609857672015-01-15T15:42:49.022+00:002015-01-15T15:42:49.022+00:00There's a lot of chatter in town that Marble a...There's a lot of chatter in town that Marble aren't the go-to beers that they used to be. Sat In A Pubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08123038980796000837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-75548310717362221802015-01-15T15:17:34.975+00:002015-01-15T15:17:34.975+00:00I shall fill in a staff form for the beardy piss u...I shall fill in a staff form for the beardy piss up and greet every punter with "You all right there?"Cooking Lagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830924433230427226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-49267422572939246832015-01-15T11:19:43.174+00:002015-01-15T11:19:43.174+00:00I had a pint of Wainwright the other day. I notice...I had a pint of Wainwright the other day. I noticed it was different to my memory of it. Not better, not worse. Your description - "dried the beer out" - sums it up. Jeff Pickthallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06343140031285101096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-26271478102611360542015-01-14T23:24:29.679+00:002015-01-14T23:24:29.679+00:00thats an interesting one because over in the wilds...thats an interesting one because over in the wilds of East Anglia, "you alright there?" would be considered a friendly greeting, and yes you reply back "yeah you alright?" in return its essentially just a different way of saying hello in this part of the world :)<br /><br />though funnily enough,you wouldnt get it in pubs,the bar staff generally just stand there and wait for you to place your order before anyone even says anything.<br /><br />whioh can be more frustrating sometimes, even if you expect it as you get that pregnant pause of are you serving me or not kind of thing going onStonohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656315721111561414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-67104591119800107482015-01-14T21:06:54.493+00:002015-01-14T21:06:54.493+00:00IMV "You all right there?" comes across ...IMV "You all right there?" comes across as brusque and offhand. I wrote about this <a href="http://curmudgeoncolumns.blogspot.co.uk/2010_12_01_archive.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> (third piece down).Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-91253302655231101112015-01-14T20:58:47.612+00:002015-01-14T20:58:47.612+00:00So that is the reason for the change in Wainwright...So that is the reason for the change in Wainwright. I thought they had simply chosen to make the beer lighter and blander and unlikely to offend anyone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-61641681569640956012015-01-14T19:34:02.248+00:002015-01-14T19:34:02.248+00:00Didn't realise that about Wainwright. I sent ...Didn't realise that about Wainwright. I sent a pint back on Sunday; not because it was off but because I thought they'd poured me the wrong beer. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-69271069227827474652015-01-14T18:56:38.256+00:002015-01-14T18:56:38.256+00:00Idiot.Idiot.Tandlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804499573827044693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-61490125807891942222015-01-14T18:23:39.801+00:002015-01-14T18:23:39.801+00:00My god, the horrors of having a barman greeting yo...My god, the horrors of having a barman greeting your in a friendly manner rather than simply cutting straight to the business transaction. Anyone would think pubs were places people went to socialise.pynoreply@blogger.com