tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post2205672935656990840..comments2024-03-26T09:19:10.810+00:00Comments on BRAPA (British Real Ale Pub Adventure): BRAPA - Saltaire & ShipleySi 'BRAPA' Everitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17291680772889990384noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-66199473755796672002016-02-13T00:28:18.726+00:002016-02-13T00:28:18.726+00:00I'm kind of so intrigued by the whole Micro pu...I'm kind of so intrigued by the whole Micro pub thing, I can't dislike them yet, but ask me again when I've visited my 1000th GBG one in 2030 and I might have a VERY different opinion, some have been rather limp. I really didn't like Newark at all, but then loved Carnforth, loved Beer in Hand in Hereford in summer (probably because it's not micro in size, only in every other factor!) but more recent ones like Wolverhampton, Nottingham have been a bit 'lacking' something, can't quite put my finger on but I have to say, give me an Ebor in Bishopthorpe every time!! Si 'BRAPA' Everitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17291680772889990384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-36290384015454016112016-02-12T23:04:54.577+00:002016-02-12T23:04:54.577+00:00I don't like pubs where all the tables are for...I don't like pubs where all the tables are for large groups, particularly if they're small and you then feel very self-conscious and want to drink quickly. So much to dislike about micros. Sam Smith pubs never seem to have that problems; loads of space for lone drinkers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-16908135035481606902015-09-28T22:48:48.398+01:002015-09-28T22:48:48.398+01:00Weird that, unless they are counting the Starbucks...Weird that, unless they are counting the Starbucks section too as the 7am opening bit! 11am alcohol for sure. VAT & Fiddle is superb though, I can't blame Ben really for choosing it (quite ironic cos if you read my archives on VAT & Fiddle, I always wanted to stay but the Andrew's moved us on to somewhere less good, mentioning no gimmicky student holes with a canal running through them!) Si 'BRAPA' Everitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17291680772889990384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-17731280120944133002015-09-28T20:23:04.165+01:002015-09-28T20:23:04.165+01:00I reckon that fits the bill. I notice that it serv...I reckon that fits the bill. I notice that it serves meals at 07:00 but doesn't open until 11:00. Do you reckon the latter is the time they serve alcohol. I'll let you send the email, you know what time you get in and your other pub details, I wouldn't want to get anything wrong. I shall tailor my pub arrival time accordingly as I shall be paying my fare on the train.<br /><br />If Ben enters the VAT & Fiddle, which he will, he won't leave until 14:30. The others could go either way.Tom Irvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15707212109059322727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-16970231826566706312015-09-28T19:23:26.808+01:002015-09-28T19:23:26.808+01:00You always make me think Tom. It might feel a was...You always make me think Tom. It might feel a wasted opportunity plus it is so good, it might be hard to get Dad, Christine and co to leave as well as Ben. I might have found something, see link:<br /><br />http://whatpub.com/pubs/NOT/20/citizens-bar-bistro-nottingham<br /><br />Could be worth a try? SiSi 'BRAPA' Everitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17291680772889990384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-45619315272423090252015-09-27T21:51:09.191+01:002015-09-27T21:51:09.191+01:00Re event 3 (Nottingham Forest):
May I quote the fo...Re event 3 (Nottingham Forest):<br />May I quote the following from the Code of Conduct:<br />"avoid "additional pre or mid BRAPA drinks". Football ground pre match or half time? No! 20 mins to spare in train station with real ale pub before you're first tick? No! "<br />Does this rule out VAT & Fiddle at 11:00 on the grounds of it being a pre-BRAPA drink? It almost comes under railway station with real ale pub also. Is there an 11:00 pre-emptive to get around this?Tom Irvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15707212109059322727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-4268457061071267202015-09-25T20:13:09.758+01:002015-09-25T20:13:09.758+01:00So long as you are on that last train down the bra...So long as you are on that last train down the branch, you are fine. You could always take a printed map as plan b.<br /><br />Beer in Hand is a pub. Nothing micro about it. The marketeers are wrong in the same way that the Queen is wrong to say that Sunderland is a city.Tom Irvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15707212109059322727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-62787558257041824422015-09-25T17:45:39.996+01:002015-09-25T17:45:39.996+01:00If you bought the coat from Mr Right, would it hav...If you bought the coat from Mr Right, would it have been £38? Sorry.<br /><br />My plan is to avoid football idiots by leaving Sheffield sufficiently early. The only ways it can fail are if the game is abandoned or if City are so spectacularly rubbish that loads of people leave early, like at Barnsley. I admit with these holes it is a really crap plan.Tom Irvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15707212109059322727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-14857000698405858162015-09-25T17:41:47.207+01:002015-09-25T17:41:47.207+01:00Yes Dad, £18 from a Mr Wong in Hong Kong, bargain!...Yes Dad, £18 from a Mr Wong in Hong Kong, bargain! <br /><br />Tom I too was amazed the Sir John BW isn't a 'Spoons. I really thought I'd cracked the early opener conundrum. NOT boycotting this one. <br /><br />I forgot about the journey back from Sheff but providing we don't get caught up by football idiots, Mexborough sounds ideal.<br /><br />I think I will leave Danby as there are too many ways I can get stranded if I push it, I had no phone reception in Castleton last year for example! <br /><br />Remember beer in hand in Hereford? Micro pub! But don't ask me how. I agree they should all be one small square room, Cardiff's Gravity Station was a good example.<br /><br />Thanks for understanding re Axholme, let's hope it falls better next year.Si 'BRAPA' Everitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17291680772889990384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-19839752160284505072015-09-25T17:09:26.183+01:002015-09-25T17:09:26.183+01:00The 17:25 White Shite - Skipton is notorious. You ...The 17:25 White Shite - Skipton is notorious. You can see in your photograph a tramline leading to the Hop. There is also a tram depot converted to a pub in Tooting which used to be in the GBG, I'm not sure if it still is so Hop is not unique in this regard.<br /><br />I wonder if Beespoke brewery brew a honey beer? It is clearly a deliberate pun in their name, I'm just struggling to work out why.<br /><br />If a pub has a decent sized table in the middle of the room, then it isn't a micropub. If you come to Cleethorpes, I will happily take you to what I consider a micropub, but it isn't in the guide and these days probably isn't much less pre-emptive than the Oporto (what is the Portuguese connection here - coincidence or other?). I am glad you at least recognise the latter as a theoretical pre-emptive.<br /><br />If you are in a position to do Danby, then I would do it. So long as you make the last train back down the branch (if the outward runs the return will barring the unit bursting or the guard being arrested in the supermarket at Whitby) then you are fine, if the +10 are Middlesbrough doesn't make there will be another move out or if you have a through ticket it will become a railway taxi job.<br /><br />I'm amazed that Sir John Borlase Warren is a 12:00 opener. It sounds so much like a 'Spoons it is incredible. I will send an email confirming movements. Are you not boycotting then?<br /><br />Don't worry about Isle of Axholme. One year it will fall on a date so that the Saturday isn't an attractive away game to make it a little easier. We'll see how many we can do in Kelham Island, you will probably only want to do one so as to be on a tram back down the hill before full time. Have you researched potential for the way home to get you above 3 for the day. Mexborough seems obvious, I'll let you do the research. Feel free to ask if I think anything different is doable.<br /><br />Tom Irvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15707212109059322727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-12048847275156628592015-09-25T16:32:30.141+01:002015-09-25T16:32:30.141+01:00Not another bloody leather jacket!Not another bloody leather jacket!Daddy BRAPAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09561087302567762686noreply@blogger.com