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Title: Best place for real ale in cardiff
Post by: hotel21 on 22 June 2011, 15:51:13
Stuck in Cardiff city centre for the night. Where's the best place for honest local ale?  And what is it, please?  :y
Title: Re: Best place for real ale in cardiff
Post by: STMO123 on 22 June 2011, 16:36:42
I believe there's a local brew call 'Sheep Piss'. :y
Title: Re: Best place for real ale in cardiff
Post by: Plomien on 22 June 2011, 16:39:55
There is a number of Ales, Brains, Felin Foel, Tomos watkins.
They are all down to individual tastes, most pubs will serve them as well :y
Title: Re: Best place for real ale in cardiff
Post by: STMO123 on 22 June 2011, 16:41:56
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There is a number of Ales, Brains, Felin Foel, Tomos watkins.
They are all down to individual tastes, most pubs will serve them as well :y

They sound OK, but I prefer sheep piss. ;D
Title: Re: Best place for real ale in cardiff
Post by: Plomien on 22 June 2011, 16:42:39
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I believe there's a local brew call 'Sheep Piss'. :y
There is one called Sheep dip but that's from Dorset

Oh I also forgot Double Dragon as well.
Title: Re: Best place for real ale in cardiff
Post by: bob.dent on 22 June 2011, 16:45:23
Brains SA - top pint. [smiley=beer.gif]
Title: Re: Best place for real ale in cardiff
Post by: Kevin Wood on 22 June 2011, 16:47:15
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I believe there's a local brew call 'Sheep Piss'. :y
There is one called Sheep dip but that's from Dorset

Oh I also forgot Double Dragon as well.

Went down quite well during a recent kit car tour to Wales. :y Until the barrel emptied. :'(
Title: Re: Best place for real ale in cardiff
Post by: hotel21 on 22 June 2011, 18:08:05
Settled for a pint of brains smooth at the prem inn. Can't be harrised going out after playing with the new and ongoing one way system and a backup satnav with old maps trying to send memdown no entries!   :D
Title: Re: Best place for real ale in cardiff
Post by: hotel21 on 22 June 2011, 18:37:23
The brains failed the taste test, sadly.

Back Guinness cold!   ;D

Title: Re: Best place for real ale in cardiff
Post by: tidla on 22 June 2011, 19:15:14
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The brains failed the taste test, sadly.

Back Guinness cold!   ;D


taste buds must be faulty.

does the S A in brains really mean skull attack??
Title: Re: Best place for real ale in cardiff
Post by: TheBoy on 22 June 2011, 19:17:26
TBH, despite frequently going to Cardiff up until around 6yrs ago, its all a bit fuzzy...  ...hotels, corporate expenses, over indulgance ;D  :-[

We always stayed in the mid-class hotel near the train station - not the one that let rooms by the hour, the other. Marriot? Nice and close to city centre, always messy....
Title: Re: Best place for real ale in cardiff
Post by: Broomies Mate on 22 June 2011, 19:18:45
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The brains failed the taste test, sadly.

Back Guinness cold!   ;D


taste buds must be faulty.

does the S A in brains really mean skull attack??

Special Ale

But Skull Attack is more appropriate!  ;D
Title: Re: Best place for real ale in cardiff
Post by: TheBoy on 22 June 2011, 19:18:53
Actually, it might have been in a curry house near there that a 'top heavy' lass gave me a hell of a slap for what she obviously thought was an inappropriate remark, which entertained my colleagues somewhat  :-[
Title: Re: Best place for real ale in cardiff
Post by: Kevin Wood on 22 June 2011, 22:05:31
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The brains failed the taste test, sadly.

The clue's in the name.

smooth = old bath water.  ;)
Title: Re: Best place for real ale in cardiff
Post by: feeutfo on 23 June 2011, 00:03:56
Much as I was pleasantly surprised, on average, by a recent beer festival. It's difficult for me to get round a basic design fault with beer. It's warm.

...or at least certainly not cold. What qualifies a drink to be cold/warm/hot/room temp i'm not sure.

But it seems to me a pint of anything should be cold!

Strange though that shorts should be fine at room temp. But they are and that's that. Add ice if you wish of course. But generally warm is ok.

Strange. Guiness= cold. lager=cold. Cider= cold. Beer = warm.

Why?

I'm not a wine fan, much as a certain admin would prefer i was. But Red=warm. White=cold.

Why?  :-/

Flavour is ok with Beer. Mostly. But warm beer is just wrong.  :-? IMO.  ;)



Title: Re: Best place for real ale in cardiff
Post by: Kevin Wood on 23 June 2011, 09:33:06
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Why?  :-/

Flavour is ok with Beer. Mostly. But warm beer is just wrong.  :-? IMO.  ;)


.. because if it's too cold you have no flavour.  ;) Simple fact of life. You can't have cold beer with flavour.

Having said that, it doesn't need to be warm, just not ice cold. 12 degrees is about right. Still below room temperature. Still cold enough to be refreshing on a warm day.

Take a tasty real ale and chill it to lager temperatures and it will lose its' flavour. Lager has no flavour, so doesn't suffer. ;)

Sounds like a good excuse to do some testing in the name of science, though. I'll chuck a couple of bottles in the 'fridge for you. [smiley=beer.gif]
Title: Re: Best place for real ale in cardiff
Post by: TheBoy on 23 June 2011, 15:57:12
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Much as I was pleasantly surprised, on average, by a recent beer festival. It's difficult for me to get round a basic design fault with beer. It's warm.

...or at least certainly not cold. What qualifies a drink to be cold/warm/hot/room temp i'm not sure.

But it seems to me a pint of anything should be cold!

Strange though that shorts should be fine at room temp. But they are and that's that. Add ice if you wish of course. But generally warm is ok.

Strange. Guiness= cold. lager=cold. Cider= cold. Beer = warm.

Why?

I'm not a wine fan, much as a certain admin would prefer i was. But Red=warm. White=cold.

Why?  :-/

Flavour is ok with Beer. Mostly. But warm beer is just wrong.  :-? IMO.  ;)



On the subject of wine, did I call the waiter in the Indian gay because he drinks wine?

Opps
Title: Re: Best place for real ale in cardiff
Post by: feeutfo on 23 June 2011, 22:40:15
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Much as I was pleasantly surprised, on average, by a recent beer festival. It's difficult for me to get round a basic design fault with beer. It's warm.

...or at least certainly not cold. What qualifies a drink to be cold/warm/hot/room temp i'm not sure.

But it seems to me a pint of anything should be cold!

Strange though that shorts should be fine at room temp. But they are and that's that. Add ice if you wish of course. But generally warm is ok.

Strange. Guiness= cold. lager=cold. Cider= cold. Beer = warm.

Why?

I'm not a wine fan, much as a certain admin would prefer i was. But Red=warm. White=cold.

Why?  :-/

Flavour is ok with Beer. Mostly. But warm beer is just wrong.  :-? IMO.  ;)



On the subject of wine, did I call the waiter in the Indian gay because he drinks wine?

Opps
Yes he you did... And yes he was. :-/
Title: Re: Best place for real ale in cardiff
Post by: feeutfo on 23 June 2011, 22:41:46
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Why?  :-/

Flavour is ok with Beer. Mostly. But warm beer is just wrong.  :-? IMO.  ;)


.. because if it's too cold you have no flavour.  ;) Simple fact of life. You can't have cold beer with flavour.

Having said that, it doesn't need to be warm, just not ice cold. 12 degrees is about right. Still below room temperature. Still cold enough to be refreshing on a warm day.

Take a tasty real ale and chill it to lager temperatures and it will lose its' flavour. Lager has no flavour, so doesn't suffer. ;)

Sounds like a good excuse to do some testing in the name of science, though. I'll chuck a couple of bottles in the 'fridge for you. [smiley=beer.gif]
Well that sounds like a damn good idea.   :y
Title: Re: Best place for real ale in cardiff
Post by: Seth on 24 June 2011, 16:35:05
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Brains SA - top pint. [smiley=beer.gif]

AKA "Skull Attack" in these parts! :D

Tried it once - never again :'(