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- From: S.S.B.Glover@bradford.ac.uk (SSB GLOVER)
- Newsgroups: alt.beer
- Subject: Re: Buffalo Beer Fest 1992
- Message-ID: <1992Nov22.184812.10246@bradford.ac.uk>
- Date: 22 Nov 92 18:48:12 GMT
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- In article <BxH0rn.IyM@acsu.buffalo.edu> v057p7nk@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Andrew W Korbut) writes:
- >Well, I've finally sobered up from the Buffalo Beer Fest 1992, held at the
- >Abbott Square Beer Hall/Buffalo Brewing Co. Here's a little rundown of who
- >was there, what was good, and what was GREAT.
-
- >2. Adjacent to Anchor was Bulmar's from England. They had Watney's and
- >Woodpecker, and were making Snakebites of which I sampled about 5. This was
- >REALLY good.
-
- >5. Guinness and Harp. We then had Guinness, Black & Tans (Guinness on top),
- >and Half & Halfs (Guinness on bottom).
-
- What in Ghu's name were Watney's (known as "grotneys") in the UK and Bulmers
- doing at what seems otherwise to have been a damn' good fest?
-
- What you want is some DECENT British beer (NB: I'm not implying that all Brit
- Beer is automatically the best in the world and that 'cross the pond stuff is,
- well, pondwater), and as for cider, Woodpecker is mostly drunk by under-age
- kids who need at least as much of a sugar hit as they do of ethanol...
-
- Good to see Guinness with a presence, even if they did bring the execrable harp
- with them -- a true "Black and Tan" (Ask Ulick for the derivation ;-)) is made
- from stout and bitter, not stout an lager -- lager tends to be too thin.
-
- To change the subject, I ran into a couple of American Beer Hunters at a fest
- here in yorkshire a while ago. I think they may have been taking samples and
- copious notes to aid in stocking their bar (hopes: where they taking yeast
- samples? I can't remember).
-
- Anyway, they were a Mr & Mrs Tupper, of "The Brickskeller" 1523 22nd St NW
- Washington DC 20037 -- they also run beer seminars and tastings.
-
- Steve Glover
-