http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/essex/4648307.stm

With so much interest in Jennings, do we see this one coming?

David

David Thornhill wrote:

> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/essex/4648307.stm
>
> With so much interest in Jennings, do we see this one coming?
>

And on Independence day, slight irony there.

"Mike Jones"  wrote in news:Wkdye.16032$ZR1.5882@newsfe2-
gui.ntli.net:


> David Thornhill wrote:
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/essex/4648307.stm
>>
>> With so much interest in Jennings, do we see this one coming?
>>
> And on Independence day, slight irony there.
> 
> 
> 


Oh No! Old Bob was my favourite beer. I'm from Essex, but I live in the 
USA. so I'll never taste a pint of Old Bob again. Aaaaagh!

On 4 Jul 2005 17:51:11 GMT, "Alun L. Palmer" 
wrote:


>"Mike Jones"  wrote in news:Wkdye.16032$ZR1.5882@newsfe2-
>gui.ntli.net:
>
>> David Thornhill wrote:
>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/essex/4648307.stm
>>>
>>> With so much interest in Jennings, do we see this one coming?
>>>
>> And on Independence day, slight irony there.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>
>Oh No! Old Bob was my favourite beer. I'm from Essex, but I live in the 
>USA. so I'll never taste a pint of Old Bob again. Aaaaagh!




Perhaps we should all boycott the Greene King bar at Olympia this
year. It won't be a loss, there's plenty of other beers to try.


Dave

60+ Brewery jobs to go as it closes Sept/Oct
46M is the quoted price
74 Pubs.

Ridleys IPA and Old Bob is the only good bit of Ridleys, as they lost 
their way many years ago - Like my car it was just rusting away with no 
maintenance and plonkers Nicholas and Neilon with suspect managing 
directors.

IPA will cease.  [GK Spokesman]
Well if GK think I'll be drinking their excuse for a beer they can think 
again.  BUGGER BUGGER BUGGER  That's two excellent pubs that I won't be 
visiting. I suspect the Walnut Tree [Follow URL in sig block] locals 
will clear off to the Rose (Free) in disgust.

Ridleys blamed "the national decline in cask sales".  Umm.

Q: What would be the official procedure for disbanding the 4th Ridley 
Lancers?

I anticipate some farewell to Ridleys events and last cask nights for 
those that have enjoyed it for decades.

-- 
PETER FOX Not the same since the adhesive company came unstuck
peterfox@eminent.demon.co.uk.not.this.bit.no.html
2 Tees Close, Witham, Essex.
Gravity beer in Essex  <http://www.eminent.demon.co.uk>

Shoudnt thiunk it would make a haporth of difference to GK
Pete
"David"  wrote in message
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> On 4 Jul 2005 17:51:11 GMT, "Alun L. Palmer" 
> wrote:
>
> >"Mike Jones"  wrote in

news:Wkdye.16032$ZR1.5882@newsfe2-

> >gui.ntli.net:
> >
> >> David Thornhill wrote:
> >>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/essex/4648307.stm
> >>>
> >>> With so much interest in Jennings, do we see this one coming?
> >>>
> >> And on Independence day, slight irony there.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Oh No! Old Bob was my favourite beer. I'm from Essex, but I live in the
> >USA. so I'll never taste a pint of Old Bob again. Aaaaagh!
>
>
>
> Perhaps we should all boycott the Greene King bar at Olympia this
> year. It won't be a loss, there's plenty of other beers to try.
>
>
> Dave

In article ,
   David  wrote:

> On 4 Jul 2005 17:51:11 GMT, "Alun L. Palmer" 
> wrote:

> >"Mike Jones"  wrote in news:Wkdye.16032$ZR1.5882@newsfe2-
> >gui.ntli.net:
> >
> >> David Thornhill wrote:
> >>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/essex/4648307.stm
> >>>
> >>> With so much interest in Jennings, do we see this one coming?
> >>>
> >> And on Independence day, slight irony there.
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >
> >Oh No! Old Bob was my favourite beer. I'm from Essex, but I live in the 
> >USA. so I'll never taste a pint of Old Bob again. Aaaaagh!



> Perhaps we should all boycott the Greene King bar at Olympia this
> year. It won't be a loss, there's plenty of other beers to try.


Or you could go there, refuse to buy any beer and vent your spleen at
whoever's behind the stall.... sitting ducks or what!




> Dave


-- 
Christine Ramsbottom

If CAMRA had any balls- it would refuse to take the money from GK at this beer festival and not allow them in at all unless they
promise to keep brewing Ridleys beer for at least a decade.
But they won't of course. All CAMRA head honcho's are interested in is lining their own pocket and justifying their existence
through well rehearsed media talk, which they have all been trained in.
It's time for someone else to take the mantle, Camra IS FINISHED. Local branch members are well intentioned but too busy arguing
with each other and organising beer festivals and voting for the pub of the year to be of any consequence. There was a time in CAMRA
that members knew that they actually made a difference. That is long gone I'm afraid.
Bye bye Ridleys- you will be sadly missed..... along with all the others!

"Christine"  wrote in message news:4d85a6d9b8chris.ramsbottom@dsl.pipex.com...

> In article ,
>    David  wrote:
> > On 4 Jul 2005 17:51:11 GMT, "Alun L. Palmer" 
> > wrote:
>
> > >"Mike Jones"  wrote in news:Wkdye.16032$ZR1.5882@newsfe2-
> > >gui.ntli.net:
> > >
> > >> David Thornhill wrote:
> > >>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/essex/4648307.stm
> > >>>
> > >>> With so much interest in Jennings, do we see this one coming?
> > >>>
> > >> And on Independence day, slight irony there.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >Oh No! Old Bob was my favourite beer. I'm from Essex, but I live in the
> > >USA. so I'll never taste a pint of Old Bob again. Aaaaagh!
>
>
>
> > Perhaps we should all boycott the Greene King bar at Olympia this
> > year. It won't be a loss, there's plenty of other beers to try.
>
> Or you could go there, refuse to buy any beer and vent your spleen at
> whoever's behind the stall.... sitting ducks or what!
>
>
>
> > Dave
>
> --
> Christine Ramsbottom

On Mon, 4 Jul 2005 18:05:42 +0000 (UTC), deecee@cix.co.uk (David)
wrote:

>On 4 Jul 2005 17:51:11 GMT, "Alun L. Palmer" 
>wrote:
>
>>"Mike Jones"  wrote in news:Wkdye.16032$ZR1.5882@newsfe2-
>>gui.ntli.net:
>>
>>> David Thornhill wrote:
>>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/essex/4648307.stm
>>>>
>>>> With so much interest in Jennings, do we see this one coming?
>>>>
>>> And on Independence day, slight irony there.
>>
>>Oh No! Old Bob was my favourite beer. I'm from Essex, but I live in the 
>>USA. so I'll never taste a pint of Old Bob again. Aaaaagh!
>
>Perhaps we should all boycott the Greene King bar at Olympia this
>year. It won't be a loss, there's plenty of other beers to try.


Personally I think it's disgraceful that cynical monopolists like GK
are even allowed to operate a bar at GBBF. Oh sorry, I forgot,  they
pay some money don't they :-)

Don't get me started on GK IPA again...

Best regards, Paul
--
Paul Sherwin Consulting     http://paulsherwin.co.uk

On Tue, 05 Jul 2005 12:02:53 +0000, Paul Sherwin wrote:


> Don't get me started on GK IPA again...


I think my friend wanted to ask the barmaid if the GK IPA half he
tried in London wasn't really dirty dishwater pumped through the
rear end of a cat. I didn't think it was good either :-)

Wayne
-- 
Registered Linux user #375994
I was in love once. It was the worst 30 seconds of my life
You can try sending mail to the address in the headers but it
might not get read for a while, if at all.

On Tue, 05 Jul 2005 21:54:17 +0900, Wayne  wrote:


>On Tue, 05 Jul 2005 12:02:53 +0000, Paul Sherwin wrote:
>
>> Don't get me started on GK IPA again...
>
>I think my friend wanted to ask the barmaid if the GK IPA half he
>tried in London wasn't really dirty dishwater pumped through the
>rear end of a cat. I didn't think it was good either :-)


Best bitter in Britain mate, CAMRA says so :-)

Best regards, Paul
--
Paul Sherwin Consulting     http://paulsherwin.co.uk

On Tue, 05 Jul 2005 13:11:25 +0000, Paul Sherwin wrote:


>>I think my friend wanted to ask the barmaid if the GK IPA half he tried
>>in London wasn't really dirty dishwater pumped through the rear end of a
>>cat. I didn't think it was good either :-)
> 
> Best bitter in Britain mate, CAMRA says so :-)
> 
> Best regards, Paul


When the rain stops I'll pop along to my local off licence
and get a tank of CO2, once I've cleaned my beer dispenser
I'll phone up GK in the UK and ask if they'll send me a
couple of kegs on CAMRA's recommendation!...... Not! :-)

Cheers

Wayne
-- 
Registered Linux user #375994
I was in love once. It was the worst 30 seconds of my life
You can try sending mail to the address in the headers but it
might not get read for a while, if at all.

In article ,
   Paul Sherwin  wrote:

> On Tue, 05 Jul 2005 21:54:17 +0900, Wayne  wrote:

> >On Tue, 05 Jul 2005 12:02:53 +0000, Paul Sherwin wrote:
> >
> >> Don't get me started on GK IPA again...
> >
> >I think my friend wanted to ask the barmaid if the GK IPA half he
> >tried in London wasn't really dirty dishwater pumped through the
> >rear end of a cat. I didn't think it was good either :-)

> Best bitter in Britain mate, CAMRA says so :-)


What Camra said was that Pale Rider was the best beer in Britain - and
that's a bitter, isn't it? Didn't GKIPA get second or something? Or is that
really something the anti-GK brigade want to forget - that a small
independent brewery actually won the damm thing?


> Best regards, Paul
> --
> Paul Sherwin Consulting     http://paulsherwin.co.uk


-- 
Christine Ramsbottom

On Tue, 05 Jul 2005 15:10:28 +0100, Christine
 wrote:


>In article ,
>   Paul Sherwin  wrote:
>> On Tue, 05 Jul 2005 21:54:17 +0900, Wayne  wrote:
>> >On Tue, 05 Jul 2005 12:02:53 +0000, Paul Sherwin wrote:
>> >
>> >> Don't get me started on GK IPA again...
>> >
>> >I think my friend wanted to ask the barmaid if the GK IPA half he
>> >tried in London wasn't really dirty dishwater pumped through the
>> >rear end of a cat. I didn't think it was good either :-)
>
>> Best bitter in Britain mate, CAMRA says so :-)
>
>What Camra said was that Pale Rider was the best beer in Britain - and
>that's a bitter, isn't it? Didn't GKIPA get second or something? 


You certainly wouldn't know it from the GK IPA pumpclips in all their
pubs. GK don't care what beer anoraks like us think won CBOB, it's all
about mass marketing.


>Or is that
>really something the anti-GK brigade want to forget - that a small
>independent brewery actually won the damm thing?


It doesn't actually matter if micros like Kelham Island win CAMRA
awards, that's to be expected, we all know their beer is good. It
*does* matter if GK are handed a marketing coup on a plate.


>> >On Tue, 05 Jul 2005 12:02:53 +0000, Paul Sherwin wrote:
>> >
>> >> Don't get me started on GK IPA again...


I did warn you :-)

Best regards, Paul
--
Paul Sherwin Consulting     http://paulsherwin.co.uk

Christine wrote:


> 
> What Camra said was that Pale Rider was the best beer in Britain - and
> that's a bitter, isn't it? 

Well, Strong Bitter class.


Didn't GKIPA get second or something? Or is that

> really something the anti-GK brigade want to forget - that a small
> independent brewery actually won the damm thing?


No, GKIPA got 1st for the Bitter class, and 2nd (to KIPR) in the Beer of 
Britain class.

KeithS

In article , cobblers
 writes

>If CAMRA had any balls- it would refuse to take the money from GK at this beer 
>festival and not allow them in at all unless they
>promise to keep brewing Ridleys beer for at least a decade.

That's a good idea, and I have passed it on to CAMRA HQ.


>But they won't of course. All CAMRA head honcho's are interested in is lining 
>their own pocket and justifying their existence
>through well rehearsed media talk, which they have all been trained in.
>It's time for someone else to take the mantle, Camra IS FINISHED. Local branch 
>members are well intentioned but too busy arguing
>with each other and organising beer festivals and voting for the pub of the year 
>to be of any consequence. There was a time in CAMRA
>that members knew that they actually made a difference. That is long gone I'm 
>afraid.


The rest of this posting is a load of bollocks.
-- 
Roy Bailey
West Berkshire.
<roy (dot) bailey (at) freeuk (dot) com>

As a side note, isn't (wasn't) Kelham Island's Pale Rider brewed by
Ridley's?

On 6 Jul 2005 13:10:48 -0700, "AdamV"  wrote:


>As a side note, isn't (wasn't) Kelham Island's Pale Rider brewed by
>Ridley's?


No it wasn't (and isn't, AFAIK)!

Some of it has been brewed by a small brewery in Derbyshire since they
won CBOB. I am not aware of any brewing being sub-contracted so far
south.

The winning brew was brewed by Paul Ward in Sheffield.


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Regards

Mike

mikedotroebuckatgmxdotnet

"Mike Roebuck"  wrote in message 
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> On 6 Jul 2005 13:10:48 -0700, "AdamV"  wrote:
>
>>As a side note, isn't (wasn't) Kelham Island's Pale Rider brewed by
>>Ridley's?
>
> No it wasn't (and isn't, AFAIK)!
>
> Some of it has been brewed by a small brewery in Derbyshire since they
> won CBOB. I am not aware of any brewing being sub-contracted so far
> south.
>
> The winning brew was brewed by Paul Ward in Sheffield.
>
>


CAMRA press release - 
http://www.camra.org.uk/SHWebClass.ASP?WCI=ShowDoc&DocID=11708 says Ridleys 
are involved, brewing Pale Island, the contract version of Pale Rider.

David

On Thu, 07 Jul 2005 05:01:02 GMT, "David Thornhill"
 wrote:


>
>"Mike Roebuck"  wrote in message 
>news:pn0pc116ioqn9j011qr8s3l2a7ddsp71n9@4ax.com...
>> On 6 Jul 2005 13:10:48 -0700, "AdamV"  wrote:
>>
>>>As a side note, isn't (wasn't) Kelham Island's Pale Rider brewed by
>>>Ridley's?
>>
>> No it wasn't (and isn't, AFAIK)!
>>
>> Some of it has been brewed by a small brewery in Derbyshire since they
>> won CBOB. I am not aware of any brewing being sub-contracted so far
>> south.
>>
>> The winning brew was brewed by Paul Ward in Sheffield.
>>
>>
>
>CAMRA press release - 
>http://www.camra.org.uk/SHWebClass.ASP?WCI=ShowDoc&DocID=11708 says Ridleys 
>are involved, brewing Pale Island, the contract version of Pale Rider.


Fine, Dave, but it *isn't* Pale Rider!


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Regards

Mike

mikedotroebuckatgmxdotnet