Viktor
Warp Speed Chic
I was in the Poacher on Friday, was a bit quieter on than I remember on a Friday after work but wasn't far away.
The garden was full.
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The garden was full.
Lefkasman
Steve Chettle
It is hard. My grandmother and grandfather had a brilliant social life around the pubs in lenton. When my grandad died my mam offered to take my grandmother to the pub. My mam was never a pub person she loved her dancing. I think they went twice to the pub when my grandmother said you aren't enjoying this are you?
Don't think my grandmother ever got to go in a pub again, it was a bottle of shipstones nut brown mixed with a bottle of gold star after that.
It's nice when you get a pub with a good crowd it can make the place. Far too many seem to be frequented by nob heads though.
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Lefkasman
Steve Chettle
The Poacher would do alot better if the landlord wasn't a class one fucking idiot.
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Strummer
Orel Mangala Fan Club
Is the pub across the street from the Bacchus in Sutton still going? That used to be alright, back when it was a Mansfield house.
Mind you, its probably been turned into a wine bar or something equally poncy now.
Viktor
Warp Speed Chic
Which one is the landlord? I quite like them all in there
Strummer
Orel Mangala Fan Club
One of these lot, maybe?
Must admit, on the limited occasions I have been to the Poacher on trips to Nottingham, I have found it really enjoyable, with well kept beers and reasonable prices?
Lefkasman
Steve Chettle
It's a coffee bar now. Don't think they sell any alcohol at all but I could be wrong.
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Viktor
Warp Speed Chic
Well a pint cost me nearly £8 on Friday, but I don't mind spending that much on something craft (though it wasn't amazing)
The rest of the Cask stuff was about £4 a pint, I think it's cheaper for things like Elsie Mo.
Lefkasman
Steve Chettle
The big guy behind the bar is his brother, lovely bloke and a good laugh. I doubt you'd know the landlord he's rarely behind the bar. Serving people isn't his thing. He's usually pissed too.
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Strummer
Orel Mangala Fan Club
EIGHT QUID A PINT? Fuck me, what was it, Petrol?
I must admit, I usually just sup the stuff off the bar, like Harvest Pale or Elsie Mo. Around four quid a pint sounds about right.
Strummer
Orel Mangala Fan Club
Yeah, the big lad with the beard in that photo was serving the last time I went in there. Lovely chap, and made a proper fuss of my daughter too, which was nice.
Morpeth_Edgar
A none cap wonder
Definitely depends where you go. I go to crafty places too and if you get something at say 7%, you can easily be stung for £8. My local sell my favourite, a 6.3% Jakehead from Wylam for £4.50 (£4 before Covid). You can buy a can of it in other crafty shops for £5.75 which is only 400ml, so just go to the pub I say.
Viktor
Warp Speed Chic
Ah right, yeah he's sound. Usually see him at beer festivals as well, but he's hard to miss cus I'm sure he's about 7 foot
It was Revolution in Limbo by Turning Point, it was okay but I wouldn't have it again.
I find the core Castle Rock stuff to be quite dull but fine in a pinch, thankfully there's usually a few of their specials on and some guest stuff in Poacher. Had 'Let England Shake' which was lovely, but the winner was Sonoma by Track. Fucking lovely pint that.
Strummer
Orel Mangala Fan Club
I know once when I went in, they had „Brian Clough“ on the bar, and I got a bit hammered on that after a proper session!
The normal Castle Rock beers are absolutely fine if you just fancy a cheeky pint; for me, they are always a little bit of a taste of home (similar to the offerings from Nottingham Brewery too) so I always try and seek a few out, when I make a visit to Nottingham.
Strummer
Orel Mangala Fan Club
In my favourite Biergarten in Stuttgart, a half-litre of „Kellerpils“ is €4,20, which at current rates is 3.50 of Her Majesty‘s money, and that is an absolutely lovely Bier, brewed by the local Schwaben Bräu brewery.
That said, Bier is considerably cheaper in Germany than in the UK, in supermarkets too.
Which is nice (for me, anyway).
That said, Bier is considerably cheaper in Germany than in the UK, in supermarkets too.
Which is nice (for me, anyway).
Bryn Gunn
The Foam Hand
How did you guess?
Some good points made. To answer Congo if it’s something nice like a decent Ale that you sit and savour I can understand it. But stuff like Carling and Fosters…
Agree that supermarkets have been killing off the pub trade as well. The Shed culture that seems common now is an example, I know some folk with a proper bar, jukebox and pool table in their ‘shed’.
How much is a crate of Carling, about £9.99 for 60 cans?
Project Zeus
Stuart Pearce
BP posts record profits. Triple the amount from the same quarter last year.
In a time where people are skipping meals and freezing to death in their homes because it's so expensive, this is absolutely disgusting.
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In a time where people are skipping meals and freezing to death in their homes because it's so expensive, this is absolutely disgusting.
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Lefkasman
Steve Chettle
This could be Truss,s campaign song.https://youtu.be/4cia_v4vxfE
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Lefkasman
Steve Chettle
I see Shilton has made an appearance on GB news with Farage. 2 twats together.
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Captain Sinister
Senior doom Monger
I thought about the starving millions when I sold my BP shares this morning.
I couldn't look at myself in the bathroom mirror if I had kept those shares.
Fitzcarraldo
Ian Storey-Moore
You look around at the madness and the craziest feature of all is someone profiting from it. Second only to the knowledge we all have that things can and should be different, and yet we do nothing.
Thought for the day: People are less interested in equality and freedom than owning the symbols that make them appear to be equal and free.
Thought for the day: People are less interested in equality and freedom than owning the symbols that make them appear to be equal and free.
Barry
Where's me hammer?
Why? You brought shares and they did what they were supposed to do.
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Captain Sinister
Senior doom Monger
I was being a bit tongue in cheek...
I have to live in the real world, and that means like Fagin, I have earn a bob or two now and again.
Captain Sinister
Senior doom Monger
Freedom isjust another word for nothing left to lose.
Freedom is an illusion.
Lefkasman
Steve Chettle
That's where I've gone wrong. My principles have cost me over the years but as my mam always said, at least we can sleep at night lad.
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