Beverages and Blades - Traditional of Course

[tmd_87]

Brass is starting to patina, haven't got a patina going on the blade. Such a beautiful knife. The beer is definitely something different. But refreshing. 1st Laugunitas in a while.

 

[Jack Black]

Sparkling mint limeade.

The lambsfoot halved the lime, of course.

Looks good Greg

Staggering across the world's borders in true multicultural style with no regard for traditions or customs or politics...for that I say thank you o mighty God of beer.

Pretty good beverage the brewer calls a "black India pale ale" - that burned out my logic circuits!
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- GT

The kids are really breaking all the rules these days my friend! Nice knife (I have one in jigged bone)

Brass is starting to patina, haven't got a patina going on the blade. Such a beautiful knife. The beer is definitely something different. But refreshing. 1st Laugunitas in a while.

Good pic Taylor

 

[5K Qs]

Maybe it should be called a blackout IPA then.

What’s the knife?

The knife is a Rough Rider marlin spike in smooth white bone; makes me feel like a real seafaring man as I've spent the past 2 weeks on the shore of Lake Huron.

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The kids are really breaking all the rules these days my friend! Nice knife (I have one in jigged bone)
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It seems like a very nice knife, Jack. The sheepsfoot blade is very useful, and although I don't work with rope very often, I've been surprised how many times I've used the locking spike to probe or poke at something.

Another beer whose name is inspired by the copper mining industry. From the can:
The "Widowmaker": an early pneumatic drill without benefit of dust suppression introduced to the Copper Country in the 1890s, contributed greatly to the mortality of miners due to prolonged dust inhalation.


- GT

 

[Jack Black]

The knife is a Rough Rider marlin spike in smooth white bone; makes me feel like a real seafaring man as I've spent the past 2 weeks on the shore of Lake Huron.



It seems like a very nice knife, Jack. The sheepsfoot blade is very useful, and although I don't work with rope very often, I've been surprised how many times I've used the locking spike to probe or poke at something.

Another beer whose name is inspired by the copper mining industry. From the can:
The "Widowmaker": an early pneumatic drill without benefit of dust suppression introduced to the Copper Country in the 1890s, contributed greatly to the mortality of miners due to prolonged dust inhalation.
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- GT

I agree my friend, I agree up with similar British Army & Navy patterns, and used the spike a lot - with their heavy pulls, it was sometimes easier than opening the blade!

Interesting name and artwork for that great-looking beverage

 

[JohnDF]

Another beer whose name is inspired by the copper mining industry. From the can:
The "Widowmaker": an early pneumatic drill without benefit of dust suppression introduced to the Copper Country in the 1890s, contributed greatly to the mortality of miners due to prolonged dust inhalation.
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- GT

Great can art.

 

[btb01]

So onto the Victoria in the hamlet of Worton another old drovers inn dating from 1698.

Well this was a real find. A genuine rural fur n' feather pub that was literally unchanged for the past... 300years....?? At some point all rural English pubs would of looked like this and I'm really not sure how many are left. It's the sort of pub were a brace of rabbits will buy you your ale for the night. The Licencing laws and smoking ban haven't really reached here yet either It's not a pub for tourists; this is a real locals pub for farmers, shooters, farriers ect and theres a great many people in the UK who would walk in here then run straight back out again. Especially if the saw the toilets...

The landlord had apparently inherited it from his parents who ran it for over 60 years, and chatting to him I very much doubt he'd left the pub in the past 60 years himself. No cask ale only keg on draft. He was unsure whether it was Theakston's Bitter or Black Sheep Bitter that he served, but whatever it was it was actually a really good pint I could of stayed here all day.

And the back room. Circa...1950...??

Back to civilization and a pint of "Drover's Arms" a 3.9% bitter from the local Yorkshire Dales Brewery, in the Kings Arms pub in the village of Askrigg.

An historic coaching inn in the centre of the village.

More to come...

Donn, I always enjoy your pub posts, and this tour was really great! Like yourself, I found the Victoria Arms particularly intriguing.

Sparkling mint limeade.

The lambsfoot halved the lime, of course.

Sounds refreshing, Greg!

 

[DelOro]

 

[donn]

I could swear I've seen every one of these places on Last of the Summer Wine.

LOL yes very similar. Last of the Summer Wine was filmed in a pretty little West Yorkshire village called Holmfirth, but the buildings and countryside are very identical as there both situated in the Pennines.

donn So wonderful to be a part of your peregrinations! Keep em comin...

You know this place is an education as well isn't, were one can expand their vocabulary Cheers Fodderwing, there's another one of my peregrinations coming in a mo'.

I'd never heard of this stuff. Apparently it's flavored with oil boiled from birchbark. Different species used to give different colors; today they use food coloring. Tastes sort of like root beer, but less so.

That looks an interesting brew

I won't be buying any more birch beer. Over $1 a bottle and no alcohol?
Yup, aspirin is from willows. That's why I consider an aspirin poultice to be a homeopathic remedy for spider-bite: willows and spiders are both associated with the great goddess in her less nurturing aspect.

And more education We've no biting spiders here in the UK but it's been a bad year for horse flies round were I live. I'm wondering if that'll work for those.

Brass is starting to patina, haven't got a patina going on the blade. Such a beautiful knife. The beer is definitely something different. But refreshing. 1st Laugunitas in a while.

Great shot and a cracking gunstock you have there. I'd like to see a backed up shot of those shelves though, they look interesting

 

[donn]

So thanks everyone who said they enjoyed my last peregrination I managed to get out of work early on Thursday and so made it to a pub I've been wanting to visit for some time.
The Vine, on the edge of a town called Brierley Hill, in the West Midlands in England.

This is the brewery tap for Batham's Brewery, and dates from 1836, although it was a butchers from as early as 1824. The combination of butchering and brewing was a common one in the Midlands. Although rebuilt in 1912 due to subsidence it is still the epitome of an English Victorian pub. Quiet and restrained; no TV's, no music, (but there are games machines by the toilets) just the gentle hubbub of conversation, the rustle of newspapers and the clink of glasses.
The legend on the eves reads "Blessing of your heart, you brew good ale" and is a quote from Shakespeare ('Gentlemen of Verona' apparently).
The bar back is original and unlike in many pubs that have managed to retain Victorian bar backs the clock still keeps perfect time

So a pint of Batham's Best Bitter 4.3%

Followed by a couple of pints of their excellent Mild Ale 3.5%

The lounge in the back (some of which is interwar).

Not as good a picture as I thought but here's the history of the pub.

And where the magic happens. This is the original Victorian era tower brewery situated behind the pub. Still in use brewing vast quantities of excellent ale on a weekly basis.

www.bathams.com

Hope you enjoyed this.
-David.

 

[Horsewright]

Great story again David! Fun tagging along. Can tell you from personal experience that its not just a Midlands deal though; cutting up critters can be thirsty work:

Just a quick little video of a few seconds. Traditional knives, 2 margaritas and another Coors. Can ya spot em? Our booth set up at the local rodeo last night:

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bmmpp-fh_Ky/?taken-by=horsewrightclothing

 

[biglmbass]

 

[JohnDF]

Had a little refreshment at one of my favorite stores today...

 

[Jack Black]

So thanks everyone who said they enjoyed my last peregrination I managed to get out of work early on Thursday and so made it to a pub I've been wanting to visit for some time.
The Vine, on the edge of a town called Brierley Hill, in the West Midlands in England.

This is the brewery tap for Batham's Brewery, and dates from 1836, although it was a butchers from as early as 1824. The combination of butchering and brewing was a common one in the Midlands. Although rebuilt in 1912 due to subsidence it is still the epitome of an English Victorian pub. Quiet and restrained; no TV's, no music, (but there are games machines by the toilets) just the gentle hubbub of conversation, the rustle of newspapers and the clink of glasses.
The legend on the eves reads "Blessing of your heart, you brew good ale" and is a quote from Shakespeare ('Gentlemen of Verona' apparently).
The bar back is original and unlike in many pubs that have managed to retain Victorian bar backs the clock still keeps perfect time

So a pint of Batham's Best Bitter 4.3%

Followed by a couple of pints of their excellent Mild Ale 3.5%

The lounge in the back (some of which is interwar).

Not as good a picture as I thought but here's the history of the pub.

And where the magic happens. This is the original Victorian era tower brewery situated behind the pub. Still in use brewing vast quantities of excellent ale on a weekly basis.

www.bathams.com

Hope you enjoyed this.
-David.

Another fantastic post my friend

Great knives and brews guys Cheers

 

[Jack Black]

I've been looking forward to trying this one again

 

[Jack Black]

I've been looking forward to trying this one again

This one too I've been enjoying these Evil Twin beers, but the prices over here are as high as the ABVs! (11.5 in this case!)

 

[Fodderwing]

 

[VashHash]

Fits here too

 

[DelOro]

Weekends seem to go by really fast or is it just me?

 

[tmd_87]

Drank quite a few of these this past weekend. Made my own and bought some. Two of my buddies and I ended up using all of a saloon's inventory of limes...

 

[btb01]

I've been looking forward to trying this one again

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That an interesting combination of flavors. How is it?

I had this Blonde Ale tonight while grilling pork chops. This was one of those beers that I've had fridge for a while, and honestly I don't know when, where or why I obtained it, and there was only one. It's like it just magically appeared in my beer fridge. (No complaints!)

(I meant to take a photo of the pork chops, too, but I got too busy cooking them, and then too busy eating them. They turned out great, too! Brined 'em for a few hours, grilled over indirect heat for a bit, then basted with a Carolina mustard and vinegar BBQ sauce and seared directly over the coals to finish. )