Did five Spoons in Sheffield yesterday didn't see anybody drinking the IPA.

Though in Sheffield even the great unwashed seem to have some taste.

Maybe its the choice.

All Spoons had their usual full range on.

Most normals seemed to be on the San Miguel!

-- 
Brian Waine
Warrington

"Brian Waine"  wrote in message 
news:LmCdl.204930$iW1.168729@newsfe23.ams2...
> Did five Spoons in Sheffield yesterday didn't see anybody drinking the 
> IPA.
>
> Though in Sheffield even the great unwashed seem to have some taste.
>
> Maybe its the choice.
>
> All Spoons had their usual full range on.
>
> Most normals seemed to be on the San Miguel!
>
> -- 
> Brian Waine
> Warrington

I have to agree. I very rarely saw people drinking IPA before or after the 
price drop in the 'spoons I visit in Gtr Mcr area but, San Miguel is a lot 
more "in view" these days.


Ken, BOLTON.

Brian Waine wrote:
> Did five Spoons in Sheffield yesterday

Why? Is the pub situation in Sheffield really that bad?


> didn't see anybody drinking the IPA.
> 
> Though in Sheffield even the great unwashed seem to have some taste.
> 
> Maybe its the choice.
> 
> All Spoons had their usual full range on.
> 
> Most normals seemed to be on the San Miguel!
> 


-- 
Arthur Figgis               Surrey, UK

In article <LmCdl.204930$iW1.168729@newsfe23.ams2>, Brian Waine 
 writes
>Did five Spoons in Sheffield yesterday didn't see anybody drinking the IPA.
>
>Though in Sheffield even the great unwashed seem to have some taste.
>
>Maybe its the choice.
>
>All Spoons had their usual full range on.
>

>Most normals seemed to be on the San Miguel!
       !!!!???

-- 
Ian             G8ILZ
There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.
~Ansel Adams

Well I had to pass 3 on my way to the Devonshire Cat.

The Swim on the way to the Bath. and it was only 2 stops on the tram on my way to the Hillsborough.

Two ticks in Benjamin Huntsman and in and out the other four.

Don't usually drink if Spoons unless its something new or interesting.

Usually have a drink in normal pubs.

-- 
Brian Waine
Warrington
"Arthur Figgis" <afiggis@example.com.invalid> wrote in message news:5O6dnecbiucD9OrUnZ2dnUVZ8i2WnZ2d@posted.plusnet...
> Brian Waine wrote:
>> Did five Spoons in Sheffield yesterday
>
> Why? Is the pub situation in Sheffield really that bad?
>
>
>> didn't see anybody drinking the IPA.
>>
>> Though in Sheffield even the great unwashed seem to have some taste.
>>
>> Maybe its the choice.
>>
>> All Spoons had their usual full range on.
>>
>> Most normals seemed to be on the San Miguel!
>>
>
>
> -- 
> Arthur Figgis               Surrey, UK

Devonshire Cat indeed

Good pub, nice beer, good food , and ..  it does look a lot like a 
Wetherspoons.

In article ,
   Paul Rigg  wrote:


> Devonshire Cat indeed

> Good pub, nice beer, good food , and ..  it does look a lot like a 
> Wetherspoons. 


Sheffield - the new Mecca - only discovered it last year!!

-- 
Chris de Cordova (West Cumbria & Western Lakes) www.westcumbriacamra.org.uk
Whitehaven Beer Festival: 21st & 22nd Nov 2008 (www.whitehavenbeerfestival.co.uk)
www.cumbrianbreweries.org.uk for good craic on our beers!

Change is inevitable ... except from vending machines.

Chris de Cordova wrote:
> In article ,
>    Paul Rigg  wrote:
> 
> 
>> Devonshire Cat indeed
> 
>> Good pub, nice beer, good food , and ..  it does look a lot like a 
>> Wetherspoons. 
> 
> 
> Sheffield - the new Mecca - only discovered it last year!! 

A bad comparison if you are after decent beer?

-- 
Arthur Figgis               Surrey, UK

Arthur Figgis wrote:

>Chris de Cordova wrote:
>> In article ,
>>    Paul Rigg  wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> Devonshire Cat indeed
>> 
>>> Good pub, nice beer, good food , and ..  it does look a lot like a 
>>> Wetherspoons. 
>> 
>> 
>> Sheffield - the new Mecca - only discovered it last year!! 
>
>A bad comparison if you are after decent beer?

Which Mecca though? I don't think the islamic world is big on dancing
and gambling either, yet we have ballrooms and bingo halls called
Mecca.
-- 
Phil Cook

In article <jO2dnc-Z_crS1eHUnZ2dnUVZ8tDinZ2d@posted.plusnet>, Arthur
Figgis <afiggis@example.com.invalid> wrote:
> Chris de Cordova wrote:
> > In article , Paul Rigg
> >     wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >> Devonshire Cat indeed
> > 
> >> Good pub, nice beer, good food , and ..  it does look a lot like
> >> a Wetherspoons. 
> > 
> > 
> > Sheffield - the new Mecca - only discovered it last year!! 

> A bad comparison if you are after decent beer?

I found plenty there last visit - and enjoyed the trams.

Where would you recommend then?

-- 
Chris de Cordova (West Cumbria & Western Lakes) www.westcumbriacamra.org.uk
Whitehaven Beer Festival: 21st & 22nd Nov 2008 (www.whitehavenbeerfestival.co.uk)
www.cumbrianbreweries.org.uk for good craic on our beers!

The man who fell into an upholstery machine is fully recovered.

Chris de Cordova wrote:
> In article <jO2dnc-Z_crS1eHUnZ2dnUVZ8tDinZ2d@posted.plusnet>, Arthur
> Figgis <afiggis@example.com.invalid> wrote:
>> Chris de Cordova wrote:
>>> In article , Paul Rigg
>>>     wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Devonshire Cat indeed
>>>> Good pub, nice beer, good food , and ..  it does look a lot like
>>>> a Wetherspoons. 
>>>
>>> Sheffield - the new Mecca - only discovered it last year!! 
> 
>> A bad comparison if you are after decent beer?
> 
> I found plenty there last visit - and enjoyed the trams.
 >
 > Where would you recommend then?

Almost anywhere /except/ the holiest site of a religion which doesn't 
approve of alcohol...

-- 
Arthur Figgis               Surrey, UK

In article <DMKdnfbBnt_EDOHUnZ2dnUVZ8oGWnZ2d@posted.plusnet>,
   Arthur Figgis <afiggis@example.com.invalid> wrote:

> >>> Sheffield - the new Mecca - only discovered it last year!! 
> > 
> >> A bad comparison if you are after decent beer?
> > 
> > I found plenty there last visit - and enjoyed the trams.
>  >
>  > Where would you recommend then?

> Almost anywhere /except/ the holiest site of a religion which
> doesn't approve of alcohol...

not a helpful answer.
twas a serious  question - am very interested

-- 
Chris de Cordova (West Cumbria & Western Lakes) www.westcumbriacamra.org.uk
Whitehaven Beer Festival: 21st & 22nd Nov 2008 (www.whitehavenbeerfestival.co.uk)
www.cumbrianbreweries.org.uk for good craic on our beers!

Marathon runners with bad footwear suffer the agony of defeat.

Chris de Cordova wrote:
> In article <DMKdnfbBnt_EDOHUnZ2dnUVZ8oGWnZ2d@posted.plusnet>,
>    Arthur Figgis <afiggis@example.com.invalid> wrote:
> 
>>>>> Sheffield - the new Mecca - only discovered it last year!! 
>>>> A bad comparison if you are after decent beer?
>>> I found plenty there last visit - and enjoyed the trams.
>>  >
>>  > Where would you recommend then?
> 
>> Almost anywhere /except/ the holiest site of a religion which
>> doesn't approve of alcohol...
> 
> not a helpful answer.

So what is a helpful answer? Not having been there, I would guess it is 
"catch the next plane out of Saudi Arabia for the UAE", but don't know?

-- 
Arthur Figgis               Surrey, UK

Lots of excellent pubs in Sheffield along the road towards Hillsborough

The Wellington (ex Cask and Cutler) , Fat Cat, Kelham Island Tavern, New 
Barrack Tavern and Hillsborough Hotel.

If you get a train ticket to Sheffield the £3 bus plus add on includes the 
Supertram or you can get a day ticket off the conductor.

In article <ZcCdnZATRc3F8ODUnZ2dnUVZ8rmWnZ2d@posted.plusnet>, Arthur
Figgis <afiggis@example.com.invalid> wrote:
> > not a helpful answer.

> So what is a helpful answer? Not having been there, I would guess
> it is "catch the next plane out of Saudi Arabia for the UAE", but
> don't know?

You criticised a place that I thought was really good for decent beer
- so I asked where you would recommend. A genuine question that
didn't deserve either of your replies.

I would seriously like to know - I like to have weekends away for
pubs and beer and would be interested in knowing where was worth
going.

-- 
Chris de Cordova (West Cumbria & Western Lakes) www.westcumbriacamra.org.uk
Whitehaven Beer Festival: 21st & 22nd Nov 2008 (www.whitehavenbeerfestival.co.uk)
www.cumbrianbreweries.org.uk for good craic on our beers!

I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize.

In article ,
   Chris de Cordova  wrote:
> In article <ZcCdnZATRc3F8ODUnZ2dnUVZ8rmWnZ2d@posted.plusnet>, Arthur
> Figgis <afiggis@example.com.invalid> wrote:
> > > not a helpful answer.

> > So what is a helpful answer? Not having been there, I would guess
> > it is "catch the next plane out of Saudi Arabia for the UAE", but
> > don't know?

> You criticised a place that I thought was really good for decent beer
> - so I asked where you would recommend. A genuine question that
> didn't deserve either of your replies.

> I would seriously like to know - I like to have weekends away for
> pubs and beer and would be interested in knowing where was worth
> going.
>
You misunderstood - he wasn't critising Sheffied as a drinking place; he was
just jokingly(?) suggesting that comparing a good drinking place to Mecca as
it's a famous Islamic city and therefore non-drinking wasn't such a good
idea!

Brian

-- 
Brian Debenham
brian@bdebenham.co.uk
StrongARMed and dangerous !
Chelmsford CAMRA: http://www.chelmsfordcamra.org.uk/

In article , Brian Debenham
 wrote:
> You misunderstood - he wasn't critising Sheffied as a drinking
> place; he was just jokingly(?) suggesting that comparing a good
> drinking place to Mecca as it's a famous Islamic city and therefore
> non-drinking wasn't such a good idea!

Oh - I didn't see that!

-- 
Chris de Cordova (West Cumbria & Western Lakes) www.westcumbriacamra.org.uk
Whitehaven Beer Festival: 21st & 22nd Nov 2008 (www.whitehavenbeerfestival.co.uk)
www.cumbrianbreweries.org.uk for good craic on our beers!

A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good.