Anyway this
week’s pint is Forest Fruits, with the smell of bramble berries, and
comes from the Wychwood Brewery. And the verdict: well, remember that medicine you used to have to take as a kid....
Friday, August 9, 2013
Fursty Friday – Week 8
As a rule I
tend to stay away from fruity beers. A taste of honey or hint of chocolate are
OK. I was reminded of them during the recent series of The Apprentice when they had to concoct their own flavoured beer.
The end results of chocolate orange (A
Bitter This) and rhubarb and caramel (Rhubarb
& Riches) failed to impress and Lord Sugar finally had the legitimate
excuse to admonish the contestants about “piss ups” and “breweries”.
Friday, August 2, 2013
Fursty Friday – Week 7
A few months
ago when I went to visit former colleagues at City of York Council they’d not
long moved into swish new office accommodation (converted railway company
premises and a former station) on Station Rise.
It was a
move designed to make for an improved and more efficient working environment
and to save money rather than having staff scattered all over the city. I must
admit I had rather a soft spot for my old basement office at St Leonard’s Place
even with its limited views of passing buses and people’s feet!
It’s mere
coincidence that the new office block is just round the corner from the York Brewery
on Toft Green and no coincidence at all that I’ve chosen this week’s pint as
Yorkshire Terrier as yesterday was Yorkshire Day. Apparently one of the original brewers at York
used to take his little terrier dog into work and tied him up to the mash tun.
The dog also gives its name to the pub in Stonegate, where, on occasion in the
past, I enjoyed the odd pint or two of said brew.
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