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- Path: sparky!uunet!mcsun!uknet!acorn!eoe!dhembrow
- From: dhembrow@eoe.co.uk (David Hembrow)
- Newsgroups: alt.beer
- Subject: Re: Double Diamond Ale
- Message-ID: <1488@eouk5.eoe.co.uk>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 16:04:13 GMT
- References: <1992Dec22.211653.21402@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
- Organization: EO Europe Limited, Cambridge, UK
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- James M Hoskins (jhoskins@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu) wrote:
- :
- : I had an English Ale over the weekend, Double Diamond,
- : from Trent, England.
- :
- : It was, well, excellent. Balanced, good foamy head,
- : interesting flavour.
- :
- : It even came in green bottles and was not skunked.
- :
- : I am always interested to hear reactions others have
- : to beers I've tried. In particular diverse reactions
- : like "Over here in England we wouldn't let out dogs drink
- : that bilge water" or "The Queen drinks it" are
- : illuminating.
- :
- : Jim
-
- Dear Jim,
-
- I found your posting most illuminating. It is in fact true that we
- here in Britain would not let our dogs touch the stuff !
-
- There are some truly excellent beers available in the UK and I'm
- afraid that DD is not one of them. Oh well.
-
- To the best of my knowledge, the Queen does not in fact drink DD.
-
- Smileys all round ( though it's a pretty dire beer )
-
- David.--
- David Hembrow EO Europe Ltd.,
- email: dhembrow@eoe.co.uk Abberley House, Granhams Road,
- Great Shelford, Cambridge CB2 5LQ, England
-