Comments on: Revisiting old haunts http://boakandbailey.com/2009/10/15/revisiting-old-haunts/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:29:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Bailey http://boakandbailey.com/2009/10/15/revisiting-old-haunts/#comment-3918 Bailey Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:17:40 +0000 http://boakandbailey.com/?p=2490#comment-3918 Tandleman -- the stuff we've had in the not-that-beery bits of Germany (Mainz and Heidelberg, for example) was pretty rubbish, but we were thinking of Bavaria/Franconia. They seem to give all kinds of names to unfiltered (i.e. opaque) lagers down there, of which kellerbier is one, hence the catch-all term. Knut -- once again, after two weeks drinking Cruzcampo, Kronenbourg, San Miguel and Mahou, even a halfway decent ale tastes like nectar. We didn't try the ginger this time, but the ESB-alike and the IPA were both pretty good. Not as good as most British beer, but better than, say, Greene King IPA. You did a much better job of hunting down decent beer in Paris than we did, though! Tandleman — the stuff we’ve had in the not-that-beery bits of Germany (Mainz and Heidelberg, for example) was pretty rubbish, but we were thinking of Bavaria/Franconia. They seem to give all kinds of names to unfiltered (i.e. opaque) lagers down there, of which kellerbier is one, hence the catch-all term.

Knut — once again, after two weeks drinking Cruzcampo, Kronenbourg, San Miguel and Mahou, even a halfway decent ale tastes like nectar. We didn’t try the ginger this time, but the ESB-alike and the IPA were both pretty good. Not as good as most British beer, but better than, say, Greene King IPA. You did a much better job of hunting down decent beer in Paris than we did, though!

]]> By: Knut http://boakandbailey.com/2009/10/15/revisiting-old-haunts/#comment-3917 Knut Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:23:38 +0000 http://boakandbailey.com/?p=2490#comment-3917 I did not expect much from the Frog & Rosbif, and it wasn't much, either. The ginger ale was all right, but the rest was pretty bad stuff. With a little extra care they would have had an all right range of beers. I don't know if it's true tat they brew in all their pubs. If they do, centralizing the brewing would be a good idea. (It's the first time I have ever advocated centralizing anything!) I did not expect much from the Frog & Rosbif, and it wasn’t much, either. The ginger ale was all right, but the rest was pretty bad stuff.

With a little extra care they would have had an all right range of beers. I don’t know if it’s true tat they brew in all their pubs. If they do, centralizing the brewing would be a good idea.
(It’s the first time I have ever advocated centralizing anything!)

]]> By: Tandleman http://boakandbailey.com/2009/10/15/revisiting-old-haunts/#comment-3916 Tandleman Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:28:48 +0000 http://boakandbailey.com/?p=2490#comment-3916 "almost as good as some unfiltered lagers we’d had in Germany." Blimey. Apart from kellerbier you've had good unfiltered blonde beer in Germany? In my experience most are just trub laden disasters. “almost as good as some unfiltered lagers we’d had in Germany.”

Blimey. Apart from kellerbier you’ve had good unfiltered blonde beer in Germany? In my experience most are just trub laden disasters.

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