tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post6512795778303680921..comments2024-03-26T09:19:10.810+00:00Comments on BRAPA (British Real Ale Pub Adventure): BRAPA - Lewes, Brighton and LondonSi 'BRAPA' Everitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17291680772889990384noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-11136327165208204762016-02-11T18:49:01.504+00:002016-02-11T18:49:01.504+00:00Hull United have two name changes in their history...Hull United have two name changes in their history, and some of their recent behaviour has been despicable. I take and agree your point though, and I believe the war is not yet over. I see Gary Bradshaw and heroic centre half Matt Plummer are playing with them, just as an aside.<br /><br />We are Hull City, we'll soon be non league.<br /><br />Dagger for Duncan. Tom Irvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15707212109059322727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-4075203762379749592016-02-11T16:37:23.162+00:002016-02-11T16:37:23.162+00:00Yes, 'classic London ale' probably belongs...Yes, 'classic London ale' probably belongs in the 'cracking the code glossary'. <br /><br />Oh that was hideous at Brighton match, deary me. Exactly right, and the appeal of going to say Hull Utd over Hull City when I was contemplating defection in my darkest hours of the name change saga! Si 'BRAPA' Everitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17291680772889990384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-66965864673343447112016-02-11T00:29:01.399+00:002016-02-11T00:29:01.399+00:00I'm only going to comment in GBG 16 onwards an...I'm only going to comment in GBG 16 onwards and go forward in order. Keep you in your toes.<br /><br />Point of clarification - when you say Portobello Star was a classic London ale, presume you mean largely rubbish ?<br /><br />By the way (re Shoreham OTT), a highlight of Berwick Rangers was players emerging from tunnel at 2.59.30 and kicking off at 3.00 dead. No minutes silence for Terry, no ref picking the ball off a plinth, no handshakes, Brilliant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-18543626663715891262015-09-15T19:40:57.162+01:002015-09-15T19:40:57.162+01:00I suppose lynching is a bit to lower class for tho...I suppose lynching is a bit to lower class for those Mayfair types. I'm sure they would have had a way of dealing with me, even if it was being removed to the commoners area.Tom Irvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15707212109059322727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-34719319502121267362015-09-15T09:32:54.827+01:002015-09-15T09:32:54.827+01:00Hi Tom, I could do more but am going to be sensibl...Hi Tom, I could do more but am going to be sensible with it being York Beer Fest tmw. Have a bit of an 'out of the way' plan and if it were a normal BRAPA day, think I'd focus on the North Cardiff pubs. It may not come off anyway.<br /><br />Yes, and the Ellie was co owned by Brighton Bier so amend my rating to 7.5 please.<br /><br />I did imagine you striding through Mayfair with carrier bag and raincoat! It'd have been fine, it didn't seem like a lynching kind of place.<br /><br />Polly Nicholls senior once nearly pawned a 'jolly bonnet' for the price of a bed/gin for the night, so what she or junior could make from an iPhone beggars belief. Her running off with it did cross my mind so you aren't the only cynical one.Si 'BRAPA' Everitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17291680772889990384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-88029341094305604092015-09-14T19:35:27.490+01:002015-09-14T19:35:27.490+01:00I had assumed that the paint job was unfinished, h...I had assumed that the paint job was unfinished, however I suspected there might be some damp undercoat. You can never be too careful.<br /><br />For a Tuesday night in Cardiff, could you run up an even higher score? Is there potential to stop off at somewhere like Casnewydd on the way (your train will almost certainly stop) or are you not in early enough?<br /><br />I shall send an email to those in Fareham but my score is considerably lower than 8, possibly because it felt too much like a football pub and the New Zealand barman flogging you the beer with the New Zealand hops. I give it 4.<br /><br />It is probably a good thing that I wasn't in London with you. If I had managed to get past the armed people outside the Buckingham, if you were struggling to be posh enough walking through Mayfair just imagine the position I'd have been in. It could very well have resulted in a lynching.<br /><br />I wouldn't have trusted Polly Nicholls Junion. I know I am a cynical bastard, but I would have been too wary of her running off with my camera.Tom Irvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15707212109059322727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-87453576653647898352015-09-14T13:36:39.856+01:002015-09-14T13:36:39.856+01:00Before you get too carried away Tom, you were '...Before you get too carried away Tom, you were 'lead BRAPster' for that weekend, it is an ever changing position.<br /><br />If that was a paint job, I think another coat is needed. Maybe I had a black right hand.<br /><br />That was funny! I thought everyone would put Donny in your top 5 but just shows how much competition there is.<br /><br />My lizard might disagree but 750 challenge is on! 5 is Cardiff should be achievable, not to mention a cheeky Manc tick on Wed lunchtime. <br /><br />Yes Ellie felt like the most away day pub of all those visited. I give it 8. Si 'BRAPA' Everitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17291680772889990384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-56288037040970921312015-09-13T23:52:45.472+01:002015-09-13T23:52:45.472+01:00Is lead BRAPster a promotion? I feel honoured. Do ...Is lead BRAPster a promotion? I feel honoured. Do I need to do anything? Do I get a payrise?<br /><br />I was more worried about the wet paint sign on the door of the Lewes Arms and wondered if we should be using a back door. I didn't want to spoil somebody's paint job. I have a policy of attempting to be nice once a day, and that was yesterday's quota.<br /><br />I enjoyed your 1973 program quiz, although involving me in a nearest the marking numbers questions will always result in the tactical answers you saw. I find it frightening how useless 'somebody Tom really hates' is as a clue to a question when one of the answers is Doncaster Rovers.<br /><br />I was hoping that when you were going round Brighton all the yuppy types would have buggered off back to London, but clearly at least some are resident. The place was infested when I walked from the BR station to the Volks and back. Sadly one of them was nearly hit by a bus when failing to follow the green cross code.<br /><br />The Prince Albert has been referred to by Nick before. Brighton used to be a good drinking town (yes, Brighton and Hove are two towns, not one city), whilst the pubs are still there it sounds like it is caving in on itself with these funny youngsters taking over. Shame really, there should always be a place for a quiet pint.<br /><br />11 for the weekend, I think we said 15 was achievable this week. I think you could exceed that. Top draw. 68 required for the target of 750, with 3.5 months to do it. A monthly pub average of 20 will do it.<br /><br />Would you agree Elephant & Castle for the pub of the season entry, seeing as it is the only one all 4 of us met in?Tom Irvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15707212109059322727noreply@blogger.com