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Monday, February 15, 2010

Ale, steak and rugby

Good evening to all my followers, (well all two of you), although i haven't written anything for a week, there's not a lot to report. I've only been out twice this week, last Tuesday and last night.
Tuesday i went out visiting a couple of my regular haunts and one or two that i haven't visited for a while, and partaking of a few of my favorate ales including London Pride and Bombadier.
Then yesterday i set out for the Clocktower to watch the last half hour of the rugby, on entering the pub i was pleased to be told that they were now serving a second ale, i'm not sure if this will be on a changing "guest ale" basis or a permanent ale. The offering yesterday was Tribute from the St. Austell brewery, my intention was to start with a Tribute then go on to a London Pride (their other regular ale) but the Tribute was so good i had downed 3 or 4 pints by the end of the rugby and second half of the Crystal Palace v Aston Villa match. On leaving the Clocktower i decided i needed to get something to eat so headed up town to a restaurant called Camelot where i tucked into a nice stilton stuffed sirloin steak, sadly no ale on offer so i had to settle for a pint of John Smith smoothflow. Next stop was 2 doors up from the restaurant, the Blue Cargo, up until this week they sold Bombadier but now sell Dartmoor breweries Best Bitter on draught, but i also spotted bottles of Fullers London Pride and Tribute in the fridge.
My final stop was JDW's Green Ginger where i supped a couple of pints of Skinner's Figgy Brew then because i had an early start this morning it was time to take a taxi home.

2 comments:

  1. Dear Mark, Your BIG(?) brother would like to report to you, that they have a very nice ale in King's Arms. Sadly you can't be here today, and the barrel surely will not last that long.... :(
    Teignworthy scrum down ale it's called. It is a "malty bitter with some red fruit, caramel earthiness and a decent bitter finish" and 4,1% to boot:)
    Regards
    PS. How much did you pay for the steak???

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  2. WOW get you with the taste notes....lol
    Btw get him to save me a pint or two lol
    The steak cost about £15 i think.

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