tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722137562852954269.post5366602090763031650..comments2024-03-29T12:39:30.010+00:00Comments on Paul's Beer & Travel Blog: Last Night at the PunchPaul Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09678639237696546268noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722137562852954269.post-84416161756998712952016-01-14T20:44:28.493+00:002016-01-14T20:44:28.493+00:00I think the darts tournament helped to pull the pu...I think the darts tournament helped to pull the punters in Martin, but all the same it was good to see the pub busy. It’s too early to say whether dark beers are having a renaissance; but they do seem to be more common than they once were.<br /><br />You could be right about porters and stouts not being to everyone’s taste, Mudge. I realise there is often little to distinguish between the two, but I am much more likely to plump for a porter than I am a stout. Pure prejudice, and impossible to rationalise, but with the same lack of logic which leads me to avoid wheat beers, my brain seems wired against stouts.<br /><br />King & Barnes used to brew a cracking Old Ale, but I only have very vague memories of those brewed by Brakspears and the late lamented Gales. Like Harvey’s Old, these beers were all brewed to a sensible strength, and like the other evening, it was perfectly possible to spend a session drinking them.<br />Paul Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09678639237696546268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722137562852954269.post-43767878650312394682016-01-12T23:28:21.939+00:002016-01-12T23:28:21.939+00:00Good to hear of a CAMRA branch meeting combining c...Good to hear of a CAMRA branch meeting combining constructive discussion with socialising, given all the moaning we hear from some quarters about them.<br /><br />I do wonder whether some of the apparent prejudice against dark beers is actually specifically related to stouts and porters, which aren't to everyone's taste. Not sure I've ever had Harveys, but I used to enjoy the beers in that style from Brakspears, Gales and King & Barnes when I lived down there. And they were at a drinkable strength so they weren't just an "end of evening" beer.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722137562852954269.post-81560501033809864122016-01-12T21:48:54.288+00:002016-01-12T21:48:54.288+00:00Good to get a decent crowd on a Monday Paul. Just...Good to get a decent crowd on a Monday Paul. Just back from the South West, where several pubs were closed on Monday, and dark beers practically non-existent, to my sister's disappointment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com