From the Winchester Brewery. Southampton - anyone like it ?
I reckon it tastes of creosote, others tast/smell of ashtrays or Stokholm
tar.
Anyone had more than one pint of it ?

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On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 22:07:58 -0000, "N Cook"  wrote:

>From the Winchester Brewery. Southampton - anyone like it ?
>I reckon it tastes of creosote, others tast/smell of ashtrays or Stokholm
>tar.
>Anyone had more than one pint of it ?

Nowt wrong with it.
Try this instead!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/02/06/wcow106.xml

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> On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 22:07:58 -0000, "N Cook"  wrote:
>
> >From the Winchester Brewery. Southampton - anyone like it ?
> >I reckon it tastes of creosote, others tast/smell of ashtrays or Stokholm
> >tar.
> >Anyone had more than one pint of it ?
>
> Nowt wrong with it.
> Try this instead!
>
>
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/02/06/wcow106.xml


I remembered the taste of some toothache tincture that I was surprised
contained creosote.
Digging out that bottle from the back of the cupboard (clove oil diluted
with olive oil used in preference) it contained 2 per cent creosote but also
26 per cent tannic acid , so it is probably that rather than creosote I
tasted and smelt in tincture and beer.


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As so many people refused to drink the stuff, the rest of the barrel was
tipped down the drain by the management.
It seems the Southampton drinking public does not like tannic acid in their
beer.  Reinheitsgebot for Southampton anyone?


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"N Cook"  wrote:

>From the Winchester Brewery. Southampton - anyone like it ?
>I reckon it tastes of creosote, others tast/smell of ashtrays or Stokholm
>tar.
>Anyone had more than one pint of it ?
>

Never heard of it!

We get six guest beers at the Humble Plumb, various beers coming
through, some weak, some medium and some strong.

Matt


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"N Cook"  wrote:

>I remembered the taste of some toothache tincture that I was surprised
>contained creosote.

Creosote is a powerful antiseptic. Acridine is very similar.

Matt


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> "N Cook"  wrote:
>
> >From the Winchester Brewery. Southampton - anyone like it ?
> >I reckon it tastes of creosote, others tast/smell of ashtrays or Stokholm
> >tar.
> >Anyone had more than one pint of it ?
> >
>
> Never heard of it!
>
> We get six guest beers at the Humble Plumb, various beers coming
> through, some weak, some medium and some strong.
>
> Matt
>
>
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I guess that may be partly to blame.
The South Western Arms , St Denys, only has one regular week-after-week pint
but a forever changing collection of 7 to 10 guest beers a week. Its like a
continuous beer festival.
The pump clip for this Swithun showed someone in medieval clothing so , not
being familiar with the beer, myself anyway, don't know about the SWA
management, thought it was some deliberate olde worlde flavour.

Researching the use of tannic acid in brewing , it would seem to have a use
as a fining or clearing agent, but too much used in this case or failure to
clear the residue or something.

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In article <fodb2c$q4b$1@inews.gazeta.pl>, N Cook  
writes
>From the Winchester Brewery. Southampton - anyone like it ?
>I reckon it tastes of creosote, others tast/smell of ashtrays or Stokholm
>tar.
>Anyone had more than one pint of it ?
>
You might try posting this enquiry to uk.food+drink.real-ale.
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