tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076725205410370436.post8373699292536358616..comments2024-01-29T10:16:00.995+00:00Comments on CALLED TO THE BAR : Cheddar? Cheddar.Adrian Tierney-Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05421802854011395300noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076725205410370436.post-30481717140050800712011-12-16T14:03:28.902+00:002011-12-16T14:03:28.902+00:00Bailey totally agree about the paucity of some bre...Bailey totally agree about the paucity of some breweries’ B-Cing, there used to be one sw brewery whose bottles used to spout like a geyser whenevr they were opened — needless to say the brewery is no longer around.Adrian Tierney-Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05421802854011395300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076725205410370436.post-39923773891589627732011-12-16T13:35:36.214+00:002011-12-16T13:35:36.214+00:00We were impressed with the Cheddar stuff we had a ...We were impressed with the Cheddar stuff we had a couple of years back, although their classy branding doesn't hurt. (Festive Totty aside.)<br /><br />Bottle-conditioned isn't always a good thing but I do find myself increasingly drawn towards BC beers from breweries I know do it well. Delighted to see St Austell now BCing most of their ales, which I think does give them an edge. (Tribute doesn't seem to like being filtered pasteurised.)<br /><br />As others have pointed out, there's a difference between (a) skillful bottle-conditioning and (b) breweries who are working their way up from homebrewing and don't have the skill/means to do anything other than dump it into the bottle with an inch of yeast.Baileyhttp://boakandbailey.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076725205410370436.post-72083966750822100682011-12-16T10:10:24.488+00:002011-12-16T10:10:24.488+00:00do you know what didn’t even cross my mind, the be...do you know what didn’t even cross my mind, the beer was the thing with me not the brandingAdrian Tierney-Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05421802854011395300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076725205410370436.post-41395674440944071232011-12-16T09:52:08.681+00:002011-12-16T09:52:08.681+00:00I know what you mean about the "CAMRA says......I know what you mean about the "CAMRA says..." badge, though I'm agnostic about it. However, a name like "Festive Totty" is quite likely to make me buy something else.<br /><br />(Yes, it's named after a local cave, a tactic I think we can now start calling the "Christmas Jumper Defence".)The Beer Nuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14105708522526153528noreply@blogger.com