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Matti Lamprhey
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| Posted: Sun May 30, 2004 2:49 pm
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"Django Cat" <nospam@ireallymeanit.com> wrote...
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Those of us in the benighted North, of course, don't have Waitrose.
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<SusieBlake mode=Victoria Wood>
"Before the next programme, the BBC would like to apologise to viewers
in the North. We're really very sorry -- it must be awful for you."
</SusieBlake>
Safeway apparently stock Fuller's Vintage Ale too, so perhaps all your
Morrison stores will do so now.
Matti
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Matti Lamprhey
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| Posted: Sun May 30, 2004 2:52 pm
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"Matti Lamprhey" <matti-nospam@totally-official.com> wrote...
| Quote: | "Dr Robin Bignall" <docrobin@ntlworld.com> wrote...
Mike, maybe I'm cynical, but I smell a large, individually numbered
rat in Matti's beer.
If you're hinting that I may have an interest in Fullers or Waitrose,
I can assure you I haven't. I simply enjoy recommending good
things occasionally. But if you prefer to disbelieve me, feel free!
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Robin, having read how mUs1Ka read your comment, let me get my apology
in first. You just thought my post was a wind-up, and I must learn not
to be so cynical!
Matti |
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Wood Avens
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| Posted: Sun May 30, 2004 3:47 pm
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On Sat, 29 May 2004 23:49:37 +0100, Django Cat
<nospam@ireallymeanit.com> wrote:
| Quote: | Those of us in the benighted North, of course, don't have Waitrose.
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You will, though. Some of those Morrisons stores are due to
transmogrify.
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Katy Jennison
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Mike Lyle
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| Posted: Sun May 30, 2004 6:14 pm
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Michael Nitabach <mnitabach@acedsl.com> wrote in message news:<Xns94F88416F13E3mnitabachacedslcom@216.196.97.140>...
| Quote: | "Matti Lamprhey" <matti-nospam@totally-official.com> wrote in
news:2hrt6jFgod2nU1@uni-berlin.de:
"Matti Lamprhey" <matti-nospam@totally-official.com> wrote...
AIUI "ale" is top-fermented and "lager" bottom-fermented, with
"beer" covering both. Thus bitter and mild are ales and beers.
[...]
I'm just enjoying a very special ale now, and it's so good that I
thought it merited a bit of advertising hereabouts and in AUE
which I've added.
It's Fuller's bottle-conditioned Vintage Ale, produced in small
numbers and each bottle individually numbered. Look for it in
Waitrose at Christmas time, each bottle packaged in a little box.
I just can't tell you how brilliant it is.
Browse for it at
http://www.fullers.co.uk
There are a number of bars in NYC that serve Fuller's Extra Special
Bitter on tap. It's one of my favorite beers, and very strong.
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Interesting: I tried Fuller's London Pride in bottle (a contradiction
in terms, I thought) last year, and found it disgusting. I had the
chance to try it off the wood again a few months later, and it was as
good as I remembered.
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mUs1Ka
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| Posted: Sun May 30, 2004 6:24 pm
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Matti Lamprhey wrote:
| Quote: | "Matti Lamprhey" <matti-nospam@totally-official.com> wrote...
"Dr Robin Bignall" <docrobin@ntlworld.com> wrote...
Mike, maybe I'm cynical, but I smell a large, individually numbered
rat in Matti's beer.
If you're hinting that I may have an interest in Fullers or Waitrose,
I can assure you I haven't. I simply enjoy recommending good
things occasionally. But if you prefer to disbelieve me, feel free!
Robin, having read how mUs1Ka read your comment, let me get my apology
in first. You just thought my post was a wind-up, and I must learn
not to be so cynical!
I too found it hard to judge what Robin was getting at, so I went with the |
simplest of my thoughts; the "individually numbered" reference is what
swayed me.
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Matti Lamprhey
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| Posted: Sun May 30, 2004 7:56 pm
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"Mike Lyle" <mike_lyle_uk@yahoo.co.uk> wrote...
| Quote: | Michael Nitabach <mnitabach@acedsl.com> wrote...
There are a number of bars in NYC that serve Fuller's Extra Special
Bitter on tap. It's one of my favorite beers, and very strong.
Interesting: I tried Fuller's London Pride in bottle (a contradiction
in terms, I thought) last year, and found it disgusting. I had the
chance to try it off the wood again a few months later, and it was as
good as I remembered.
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A very creditable ale. You might want to try the similarly-named
Young's Special London Ale, brewed within a stone's throw of Fuller's,
of course, and trumping its neighbour's 4.7% version soundly at a very
tasty 6.4%. I've got unopened bottles of each in front of me, but not
for long; lovely weather for alcohol today.
http://www.youngs.co.uk/
obAUE: The Ram's Brewery, Wandsworth
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Dr Robin Bignall
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| Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 5:53 am
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On Sat, 29 May 2004 23:21:17 +0100, "Matti Lamprhey"
<matti-nospam@totally-official.com> wrote:
| Quote: | "Dr Robin Bignall" <docrobin@ntlworld.com> wrote...
Michael Nitabach <mnitabach@acedsl.com> wrote:
"Matti Lamprhey" <matti-nospam@totally-official.com> wrote:
I'm just enjoying a very special ale now, and it's so good that I
thought it merited a bit of advertising hereabouts and in AUE
which I've added.
It's Fuller's bottle-conditioned Vintage Ale, produced in small
numbers and each bottle individually numbered. Look for it in
Waitrose at Christmas time, each bottle packaged in a little box.
I just can't tell you how brilliant it is.
Browse for it at
http://www.fullers.co.uk
There are a number of bars in NYC that serve Fuller's Extra Special
Bitter on tap. It's one of my favorite beers, and very strong.
Mike, maybe I'm cynical, but I smell a large, individually numbered
rat in Matti's beer.
If you're hinting that I may have an interest in Fullers or Waitrose, I
can assure you I haven't.
I don't see you as a brewer or storekeeper, Matti, but one never knows! |
It's the thought of bottles of beer being individually numbered that got me
wondering. We've just bought a couple of bottles of Bollinger, and they
don't appear to have individual numbers.
| Quote: | I simply enjoy recommending good things
occasionally. But if you prefer to disbelieve me, feel free!
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I would try to check it out at Christmas, except that Waitroses don't seem
to be local to me, either, and I would not be able to tell whether an ale
was a good one or not anymore.
--
wrmst rgrds
Robin Bignall
Hertfordshire
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Dr Robin Bignall
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| Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 6:16 am
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On Sat, 29 May 2004 23:27:12 +0100, "mUs1Ka" <mUs1Ka@exite.com> wrote:
| Quote: | Dr Robin Bignall wrote:
On Sat, 29 May 2004 11:59:04 -0500, Michael Nitabach
mnitabach@acedsl.com> wrote:
"Matti Lamprhey" <matti-nospam@totally-official.com> wrote in
news:2hrt6jFgod2nU1@uni-berlin.de:
"Matti Lamprhey" <matti-nospam@totally-official.com> wrote...
AIUI "ale" is top-fermented and "lager" bottom-fermented, with
"beer" covering both. Thus bitter and mild are ales and beers.
[...]
I'm just enjoying a very special ale now, and it's so good that I
thought it merited a bit of advertising hereabouts and in AUE
which I've added.
It's Fuller's bottle-conditioned Vintage Ale, produced in small
numbers and each bottle individually numbered. Look for it in
Waitrose at Christmas time, each bottle packaged in a little box.
I just can't tell you how brilliant it is.
Browse for it at
http://www.fullers.co.uk
There are a number of bars in NYC that serve Fuller's Extra Special
Bitter on tap. It's one of my favorite beers, and very strong.
Mike, maybe I'm cynical, but I smell a large, individually numbered
rat in Matti's beer.
It's there on the site he cited. May be an oversight on your part.
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You're right. I missed it first look (I clicked on 'Fuller's beer', but
missed 'brands'), and Fuller's brewery is just down the road from where I
used to live, too! But individually numbered bottles, each in its own box?
I don't think that even the best single malt whiskies are individually
numbered!
--
wrmst rgrds
Robin Bignall
Hertfordshire
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Gwilym Calon
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| Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 6:38 am
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"Dr Robin Bignall" <docrobin@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:khrkb05047pik9ss3ns29ubhqhu6vfmc4i@4ax.com...
| Quote: | I would try to check it out at Christmas, except that Waitroses don't seem
to be local to me, either,
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They are in Stevenage, Harpenden, Hertford, Welwyn, St. Albans, and maybe other
Hertfordshire towns,
See:
http://www.waitrose.com/about/findyourlocalwaitrose.asp
| Quote: | and I would not be able to tell whether an ale
was a good one or not anymore.
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That, I can't help with it.
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GC |
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Michael Nitabach
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| Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 7:48 am
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Dr Robin Bignall <docrobin@ntlworld.com> wrote in
news:kutkb0t8oud8qs7f3ebclv3g3jirpjb3t3@4ax.com:
| Quote: | I don't think that even the best single malt whiskies are
individually numbered!
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Many single-cask malt whiskies are provided in bottles labelled with
the cask number.
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Matti Lamprhey
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| Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 2:07 pm
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"Dr Robin Bignall" <docrobin@ntlworld.com> wrote...
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You're right. I missed it first look (I clicked on 'Fuller's beer',
but
missed 'brands'), and Fuller's brewery is just down the road from
where I
used to live, too! But individually numbered bottles, each in its own
box?
I don't think that even the best single malt whiskies are individually
numbered!
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I've just rummaged in the recycling bin to find the bottle in question:
http://www.meticula.plus.com/Photos/Vintage.jpg
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david56
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| Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 2:32 pm
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In article <jbbjb0t2cic9c0sd1d9tuu7mhbbl18hhnb@4ax.com>,
woodavens@askjennison.com says...
| Quote: | On Sat, 29 May 2004 23:49:37 +0100, Django Cat
nospam@ireallymeanit.com> wrote:
Those of us in the benighted North, of course, don't have Waitrose.
You will, though. Some of those Morrisons stores are due to
transmogrify.
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Only one, in Southport; the other 18 are ex-Safeways stores, recently
bought by Morrisons. Waitrose has reached the West Midlands, Leicester
and Nottingham, but not the North West, Yorkshire, or points north.
The Safeway stores to be converted are at Sandbach, Abergavenny,
Harrogate, Hitchin, Swaffham, Barry, Otley, Dartford, Lincoln,
Sheffield, Wolverhampton, Willerby, Rushden, Fulham, Towcester, Newport
in Shropshire, Worthing and Farnham. I would only count two of these as
in The North.
Morrisons has a large range of bottled beers (better than our local
Sainsbury or Tesco). I shall look for Fullers when I visit to stock up
on barbecue essentials this afternoon.
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David
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Dr Robin Bignall
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| Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2004 2:17 pm
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On Mon, 31 May 2004 09:07:31 +0100, "Matti Lamprhey"
<matti-nospam@totally-official.com> wrote:
| Quote: | "Dr Robin Bignall" <docrobin@ntlworld.com> wrote...
You're right. I missed it first look (I clicked on 'Fuller's beer',
but
missed 'brands'), and Fuller's brewery is just down the road from
where I
used to live, too! But individually numbered bottles, each in its own
box?
I don't think that even the best single malt whiskies are individually
numbered!
I've just rummaged in the recycling bin to find the bottle in question:
http://www.meticula.plus.com/Photos/Vintage.jpg
Surely you must now put it onto your trophy shelf. It's just had its 15 |
minutes of fame. Seems a pity to recycle it into a coke bottle.
--
wrmst rgrds
Robin Bignall
Hertfordshire
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John Varela
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On Sat, 29 May 2004 16:48:01 UTC, "Matti Lamprhey"
<matti-nospam@totally-official.com> wrote:
ObAUE: "Our beers have been best in class no less than nine times..."
Shouldn't that be "...fewer than nine..."?
--
John Varela
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John Varela
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| Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2004 8:10 pm
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On Sat, 29 May 2004 16:48:01 UTC, "Matti Lamprhey"
<matti-nospam@totally-official.com> wrote:
| Quote: | It's Fuller's bottle-conditioned Vintage Ale, produced in small numbers
and each bottle individually numbered.
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Are you sure that's an individual bottle number and not a batch number? I
just checked the fridge and a couple of brands have what appear to be batch
numbers on the bottles. That is to say, the number was obviously applied
later to a preprinted label, but all the bottles in the case bear the same
number. (One brand has a bottled-on date, and another has a date in the
future that is either sell-by or use-by.)
--
John Varela
(Trade "OLD" lamps for "NEW" for email.)
I apologize for munging the address but the spam was too much. |
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