Northern beer

Originally Posted by Richie

Should have tried some Black Sheep or Theakstons from Masham... They are my fav...

+1 to the creamy head :0)

See that is the weird thing, I tried loads, including Black Sheep, the Pippin, Copper Dragon etc, but they all had a weird head. I have even had a whole keg of Black sheep at a party that didn't have a head, so I know it exists without one!

Stop ruining your beer, northerners

Originally Posted by Bluepete

I agree about the gassy, frothy head - it's awful.

I come from Herefordshire where beer is served as it comes. Having said that, real ale pubs are getting fewer and further between. "Beer" (and I use that phrase very loosely) like John Smiths draught flow is only good for, well, nothing really.

That's why I brew my own.

Pete

I thought of you when zooming past Manchester in my bro's VXR

Originally Posted by Warthog

And the CO2 makes it taste all the same.

It doesn't have CO2 in it at all. It is served by forcing the beer through a sparkler (the plastic bit on the end of the pump) which aerates the beer, giving it the head and releasing the flavour. In the south, there is either no sparkler on the pump or it is very loosely attached, giving the flatter pint.

[dizzyblonde]

I think you'll find its the southerners that ruin their real ale. Thing is the southern shandy drinker likes to get every mm of ale into a pint glass. There has to be a head, so that Amos Brearley has it stuck to his tash..

ohhh and Landlord is rather nice, most prefer that to the dishwather of Black sheep round here.

Or was it that the pubs you were frequenting realised 'you weren't from these parts' and were giving you the pee outta trough lad.

[fizzwheel]

Originally Posted by dizzyblonde

I think you'll find its the southerners that ruin their real ale.

I think you'll find theres a couple of pubs near to me, that would prove you very very very wrong.

Originally Posted by fizzwheel

I think you'll find theres a couple of pubs near to me, that would prove you very very very wrong.

Nawh every one knows that every southerner ruins there ale

I'm not a fan of the frothy bevvy...prefer it with amber liquid to the top thank you!

Originally Posted by fizzwheel

I think you'll find theres a couple of pubs near to me, that would prove you very very very wrong.

I bet its the ones which look the worst from the outside?

[Sid Squid]

Originally Posted by Woz

It's not where it comes from, it's how it is served that makes the pint.

Also true, but no matter what you did with Sam Smiths when serving it, it would still be awful.

Originally Posted by Woz

Real ale MUST have a head on it. If it's flat, it goes straight back to the bar.

Rather prescriptive - some beers aren't like that.

[fizzwheel]

Originally Posted by Sally

I bet its the ones which look the worst from the outside?

That they do, they dont look particularly brilliant on the inside either