tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076725205410370436.post1688564311028298186..comments2024-01-29T10:16:00.995+00:00Comments on CALLED TO THE BAR : The beer tribes of BlightyAdrian Tierney-Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05421802854011395300noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076725205410370436.post-22348219064996884612010-04-28T14:15:52.413+01:002010-04-28T14:15:52.413+01:00God, I'm number 5, is there no hope...?God, I'm number 5, is there no hope...?Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11459315590784729448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076725205410370436.post-33231490484328320572010-04-28T09:22:05.885+01:002010-04-28T09:22:05.885+01:00Pub Diaries — you’re right, whether it’s religion ...Pub Diaries — you’re right, whether it’s religion or beer, converts can be the most zealous of the lot, look at Evelyn Waugh, more catholic than the Pope, but he only converted in the 1930s after a divorce.Adrian Tierney-Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05421802854011395300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076725205410370436.post-44940367980909756672010-04-28T08:57:34.398+01:002010-04-28T08:57:34.398+01:00Not to forget the Born Again, which is a zealot, a...Not to forget the Born Again, which is a zealot, attempting to convert all who cross their path, to assuage their past alcopop and fizzy beer sins.The Pub Diarieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05833851533643604100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076725205410370436.post-17962137670803865142010-04-27T23:10:39.529+01:002010-04-27T23:10:39.529+01:00Oh, I know a few locally who as a matter of princi...Oh, I know a few locally who as a matter of principle won't touch anything not cask or bottle-conditioned, and still go on about the "war against lager".Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076725205410370436.post-75954746640963594072010-04-27T22:43:39.214+01:002010-04-27T22:43:39.214+01:00Even I’ve heard of this man, but I did think that ...Even I’ve heard of this man, but I did think that he was something that was conjured up to frighten the children of rich merchants to get to sleep or their dreams would be plagued by dancing cask breathers.Adrian Tierney-Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05421802854011395300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076725205410370436.post-28056420887020674912010-04-27T22:39:17.026+01:002010-04-27T22:39:17.026+01:00Dicky English isn't real, Mudgie. He's a p...Dicky English isn't real, Mudgie. He's a parody made up. It's probably me or Tandy doing it.Cooking Lagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830924433230427226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076725205410370436.post-56810691162445650372010-04-27T18:39:17.783+01:002010-04-27T18:39:17.783+01:00Indeed they did, but then the locals picked up on ...Indeed they did, but then the locals picked up on the idea and started imperialising and india-ising everything in sight.Velky Alhttp://www.fuggled.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076725205410370436.post-35359297187035046842010-04-27T18:27:31.359+01:002010-04-27T18:27:31.359+01:00Curmudgeon — I thought that tribe had become extin...Curmudgeon — I thought that tribe had become extinct and that Sting had even failed to find them and make a record with them, but I also reckon they flit in and out of tribe number two, sort of honorary members if you like.Adrian Tierney-Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05421802854011395300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076725205410370436.post-44754688636988844522010-04-27T18:18:17.716+01:002010-04-27T18:18:17.716+01:00So what about the old-style CAMRA member "I w...So what about the old-style CAMRA member "I won't touch that chemical fizz rubbish" tribe?Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076725205410370436.post-122333165743512622010-04-27T17:33:43.897+01:002010-04-27T17:33:43.897+01:00Velky — excellent, duly noted, but surely these ty...Velky — excellent, duly noted, but surely these types should have taken their IPAs in their longboats out there with them ;-)Adrian Tierney-Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05421802854011395300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076725205410370436.post-8727221330019437452010-04-27T17:27:22.322+01:002010-04-27T17:27:22.322+01:00You forgot the Expat Tribe - those who live in for...You forgot the Expat Tribe - those who live in foreign climes and lament the absence of British beer, in particular Johnny Foreigner's inexplicable lack of cask ale.Velky Alhttp://www.fuggled.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076725205410370436.post-77755463217992918142010-04-27T17:20:45.983+01:002010-04-27T17:20:45.983+01:00Philip — a traitor to what? You’ve changed tribes,...Philip — a traitor to what? You’ve changed tribes, all tribalism is relative. As the Messiah of Macro-brewing notes below, we are all tribes.<br />Cooking — now hippies are one tribe I’ve never had much time for.Adrian Tierney-Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05421802854011395300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076725205410370436.post-77447684971116708532010-04-27T17:11:25.589+01:002010-04-27T17:11:25.589+01:00Humanity is tribal Ade. How to create peace and lo...Humanity is tribal Ade. How to create peace and love through the tribes of man, figure that one out and you become a beery messiah.Cooking Lagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830924433230427226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076725205410370436.post-32871982888625554032010-04-27T17:09:57.118+01:002010-04-27T17:09:57.118+01:00As someone who used to work for one of the cathedr...As someone who used to work for one of the cathedrals of brewing (Marston's) I'm a bit of a traitor in that I now only drink lager.Philip Whitelandhttp://philwhiteland.blog.co.uknoreply@blogger.com