Real Ale lovers take note!!

Paul B · Post by **Paul B** » Tue 22 Jul, 2008 11:48 pm

anyone rember owd rodger a leathal pint it was with a gravety of 10/80, I used to drink it in the duck and drake an fall over quite a bit lol brill stuff.also i like tetleys imperial but not many pubs sell it and the last place i had it was the fox and newtall the bestPB

Post by **cnosni** » Wed 23 Jul, 2008 12:42 am

Paul B wrote: anyone rember owd rodger a leathal pint it was with a gravety of 10/80, I used to drink it in the duck and drake an fall over quite a bit lol brill stuff.also i like tetleys imperial but not many pubs sell it and the last place i had it was the fox and newtall the bestPB Yes to both.Saw Imperial advertised in Whitby last week.You can buy Owd Roger in bottles,doesnt taste as good though.

Glenny3363 · Post by **Glenny3363** » Wed 23 Jul, 2008 9:06 am

I remember Owd Roger!In my youth, me and a friend took it upon ourselves to try drink a pint from every pump, from one end to the other, in one 'sitting' in a pub called The Blue Pig in Fagley (a fair few pumps in those days!!!).We were doing quite well, but when we got to the Owd Roger, the landlord would only give us a half! said it was too strong!!!He must have been right as neither of us, to this day, can remember if we got to the other end of the bar!!!

Paul B · Post by **Paul B** » Wed 23 Jul, 2008 3:23 pm

Glenny3363 wrote: I remember Owd Roger!In my youth, me and a friend took it upon ourselves to try drink a pint from every pump, from one end to the other, in one 'sitting' in a pub called The Blue Pig in Fagley (a fair few pumps in those days!!!).We were doing quite well, but when we got to the Owd Roger, the landlord would only give us a half! said it was too strong!!!He must have been right as neither of us, to this day, can remember if we got to the other end of the bar!!! Yes it has that effect on you lol and i remember the blue pig my dad used to go in there as we only lived over in pudsey.also hi cnosniwere can you buy Owd Roger in bottles ?

Post by **cnosni** » Wed 23 Jul, 2008 5:00 pm

Paul B wrote: Glenny3363 wrote: I remember Owd Roger!In my youth, me and a friend took it upon ourselves to try drink a pint from every pump, from one end to the other, in one 'sitting' in a pub called The Blue Pig in Fagley (a fair few pumps in those days!!!).We were doing quite well, but when we got to the Owd Roger, the landlord would only give us a half! said it was too strong!!!He must have been right as neither of us, to this day, can remember if we got to the other end of the bar!!! Yes it has that effect on you lol and i remember the blue pig my dad used to go in there as we only lived over in pudsey.also hi cnosniwere can you buy Owd Roger in bottles ? I got mine at Beeritz in the market square in Knaresborough,though i think theres one in Leeds,in Headingley,got Sammy Smiths in bottles too

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Wed 23 Jul, 2008 7:00 pm

cnosni wrote: Paul B wrote: anyone rember owd rodger a leathal pint it was with a gravety of 10/80, I used to drink it in the duck and drake an fall over quite a bit lol brill stuff.also i like tetleys imperial but not many pubs sell it and the last place i had it was the fox and newtall the bestPB Yes to both.Saw Imperial advertised in Whitby last week.You can buy Owd Roger in bottles,doesnt taste as good though. I must admit I thought Tetleys Imperial was sort of exclusive to the North East of the county originally to compete with Camerons Strongarm - strong ale for steelworkers etc.It must be 25 years since I last had any and that was in Whitby.I've seen Owd Rodger in Beer Ritz though.

Post by **cnosni** » Wed 23 Jul, 2008 11:47 pm

Had Imperial in leeds,but about fifteen years ago.Its certainly a beer to compete with Camerons et al, but had a beautiful pint of Camerons Ruby in Grosmont last week,so some serious competition still going on.

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Thu 24 Jul, 2008 12:22 am

cnosni wrote: Had Imperial in leeds,but about fifteen years ago.Its certainly a beer to compete with Camerons et al, but had a beautiful pint of Camerons Ruby in Grosmont last week,so some serious competition still going on. I was in Cornwall last week drinking "Betty Stoggs" pretty good too - I hestitate to say it but I reckon it gives Landlord a run for its money.

Post by **cnosni** » Thu 24 Jul, 2008 1:00 pm

Trojan wrote: cnosni wrote: Had Imperial in leeds,but about fifteen years ago.Its certainly a beer to compete with Camerons et al, but had a beautiful pint of Camerons Ruby in Grosmont last week,so some serious competition still going on. I was in Cornwall last week drinking "Betty Stoggs" pretty good too - I hestitate to say it but I reckon it gives Landlord a run for its money. Must be good then,quite partial to that one myself.Perhaps we should all put up a list of our 5 favourites,a sort of Top of the "Pops"(nudge nudge)Ill give it some thought,needless to say Si's #1 will be Tetleys.I wonder what Steve Jones' will be then,perhaps Pendle Witch!!

Si · Post by Si » Thu 24 Jul, 2008 1:13 pm

1. 1970's Tetley Mild (not what it was IMHO)2. Timothy Taylor's Landlord3. Black Sheep Riggwelter4. Leffe Blond5. Czech Budweiser (Budvar)That's today's list, though it is a movable feast!(There's even a lager in there!)