Beverages and Blades - Traditional of Course

[DelOro]

Okay Kids, Just ADD vanilla ice cream!

Merry Christmas

 

[JB in SC]

DelOro

Del, you left out the "hillbilly float", Mt Dew and Breyer's Vanilla

And a very Merry Christmas to you and your family...

 

[DelOro]

DelOro

Del, you left out the "hillbilly float", Mt Dew and Breyer's Vanilla

And a very Merry Christmas to you and your family...

HaHa! Hillbilly Float!

We can only get Mt. Dew -- Dr. Pepper -- Dad's Root Beer in cans out west.

Kids LOVE those glass bottles.

Mrs. Oro likes vanilla cream soda floats & I'm more of a thick malt shake guy myself.

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Jerry,

Merry Christmas & Good Health (to you and yours).

- Del

 

[Postlapsaria]

First night with an 85 after about a year-long hunt for one. Pretty damn pleased to land this one!

 

[JB in SC]

The cane sugar Mt Dew in the old bottles is pretty easy to find here. I'm a former Mt Dew Float fiend, the guys at work kidded me about it mercilessly. I haven't had one in thirty years. Way too many carbs and caffeine.

 

[Duckdog]

Wow! We got the same tastes! Sipping on Jim Beam now, with WT101 on standby!

Look what I found. Yep, 13.5% abv! It is scary smooth. And they are proud of it, too.

Don't know how to quote a multi-quote...responding to Duckdog on craft beers and Anchor Steam. I was/am perhaps splitting hairs because Anchor Steam was an existing local brewery that Fritz Maytag bought because folks were afraid it was going to close (I think back in 1960s). I am a huge fan of Anchor Steam and all that Fritz Maytag did for beer....I even put a Beer Scout Beer Club pin on my Anchor Steam hat....I'll gladly not split hairs and give Fritz his due.

We are on the same page. I am very excited about the growth in craft beers (one of the true boomers in Virginia's agricultural sectors). You are correct in your citation of recent "new" breweries; I just didn't want some of our early pioneers to be forgotten. BTW, we are booming in Virginia, with the state giving out agricultural grants to breweries to support their purchase on Virginia grain and hops.

- Stuart

 

[DelOro]

Look what I found. Yep, 13.5% abv! It is scary smooth. And they are proud of it, too.

Wow! Like a duck on popcorn.

 

[Prester John]

Okay Kids, Just ADD vanilla ice cream!

Merry Christmas

I like those Mexican sodas: real sugar!

 

[Prester John]

Look what I found. Yep, 13.5% abv! It is scary smooth. And they are proud of it, too.

Wow! I want some!

 

[PaulS.]

Alewerks Fun, Old Fashioned Family Christmas Ale Winter Warmer at my local watering hole. I normally don't go for spiced beer, but this is really good. It brings back those childhood memories of sitting around on Christmas morning drinking beer! Just kidding! I probably should have wiped off the knife blade.

 

[donn]

The pubs and beers therein of Kelham Island in Sheffield.
Thought I'd put this here as it's lot's of beverages (with my horn swayback lambsfoot) all on the same day and some of you guys have enjoyed my previous pub posts.
So me and a couple of mates have a little tradition of an annual pre-Christmas pub crawl to kick of Christmas We go a different place every year, but this year we pinned the donkey's tail on on the Kelham Island area of the city of Sheffield.
You'll of seen Jack Black mention these pubs and a few of the trad forum members have even been lucky to quaff an ale or two in some of them as well.

So we started in the 'Harlequin' on the banks of the River Donn.
exit33.beer

Home to 'Exit 33' brewery. My first visit and some fine ales, especially this Best Bitter which I could of drank all day.

Just a couple in there then round the corner to 'Shakespeare's Ale and Cider House'.

www.shakespeares-sheffield.co.uk

Another fine selection of ales. I plumbed for the Barnsley Bitter but only 'cos I missed the Cranberry Stout

Then across the road to the 'Kelham Island Tavern'.
wwwkelhamtavern.co.uk

This pub has been voted UK National Pub of the Year twice . Something to do with the fantastic ale...

...and the fantastic pies...

....

 

[donn]

...
We generally had to peel ourselves away from there 'cos there were still another three pub to do.
So round the corner to the 'Fat Cat', probably my favourite Sheffield pub and definately one of the finest in the realm.

I'm hoping the pearly gates look just like this...

A ten minute walk to the 'Gardener's Rest'. Strictly speaking in an area known as Neepsend but it's close enough A pub now run by a Community Co-operative, it's also the brewery tap for 'Sheffield Brewery'.
www.sheffieldbrewery.com

A pint of their Best and another fine selection.

And finally, because we all had to go home, we headed to the final pub.
The Wellington, brewery tap for the 'Neepsend Brewery'.
www.neepsendbrewco.com

I didn't get a bar shot with this one, but it was dark and damned nice Could of been their milk stout, or one of their other stouts.

And that was it folks. A day of dark thick rich beers which really suited the weather and the season.
Excellent beers and excellent pubs; I hope your all as lucky as I am in having somewhere like them to enjoy some ale.

 

[Jack Black]

Outstanding posts David, thank you for the tour You and your pals have some stamina I thought you would like the Crucible Best

 

[JB in SC]

donn

David those pubs looked empty, were folks hiding from the camera? Nice crawl and photos

 

[Dschal]

I really enjoy your pub posts David! Thanks so much.

 

[Filoso]

 

[DelOro]

Alewerks Fun, Old Fashioned Family Christmas Ale Winter Warmer at my local watering hole. I normally don't go for spiced beer, but this is really good. It brings back those childhood memories of sitting around on Christmas morning drinking beer! Just kidding! I probably should have wiped off the knife blade.

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LMAO Childhood Memories! We always looked forward to Grandma's Christmas Rum Cake!

 

[donn]

Outstanding posts David, thank you for the tour You and your pals have some stamina I thought you would like the Crucible Best

Thanks Jack, we had about 10 pints over 8 hours and we had a proper meal in the Harlequin first.

donn

David those pubs looked empty, were folks hiding from the camera? Nice crawl and photos

Cheers Jerry. It was actually a Monday afternoon into early evening from midday onwards, but the pubs were actually a lot busier than the photos make them look. Apart from the Gardeners that is, which only had a couple of groups in.

I really enjoy your pub posts David! Thanks so much.

Your welcome Hopefully the cathedral city of Norwich will be next in a few weeks

 

[Jack Black]

That looks like a REALLY interesting knife

Thanks Jack, we had about 10 pints over 8 hours and we had a proper meal in the Harlequin first.

No wonder those pubs emptied out!

Sounds like a great time my friend, and I note pies were consumed along the way

 

[donn]

and I note pies were consumed along the way

The day would of been a complete failure if there hadn't been....